Contributed by Kent Lenard on Jun 29, 2002
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As a schoolboy, one of Red Skelton’s teachers explained the words and meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance to his class. Skelton later wrote down, and eventually recorded, his recollection of this lecture. It’s followed by an observation of his own.
I - - Me; an individual; a committee of
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Contributed by Troy Borst on Sep 9, 2004
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ILLUSTRATION... Prayer is the link by AB Simpson
Prayer is the link that connects us with God. It is the bridge that spans every gulf and bears us over every
abyss of danger or of need. How significant is this picture of the New Testament church: Peter in prison, the Jews triumphant, Herod
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
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Prayer is the link that connects us with God. It is the bridge that spans every gulf and bears us over every abyss of danger or of need. How significant is this picture of the New Testament church: Peter in prison, the Jews triumphant, Herod supreme, the arena of martyrdom awaiting the dawning of
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Contributed by Richard Francis on Mar 29, 2008
A prayer for wells of Salvation:
Lord God, amighty God I ask by your creative power that you would open the hearts of all who hear and read these words to your son Jesus Christ, Lord Jesus I pray that we would let you into our hearts by faith and surrender to you and Lord I ask as you promise that
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Contributed by David Baeder on Nov 8, 2008
The Jews have this concept, when they celebrate the Passover, they are not only remembering the deliverance of their ancestors from Egypt, they are celebrating their own deliverance from Egypt. It is a concept of historical solidarity. The bible presents this same view in baptism and in the
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 18, 2009
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GENTLE DOGMATISM
We have gotten accustomed to the blurred puffs of gray fog that pass for doctrine in churches and expect nothing better. From some previously unimpeachable sources are now coming vague statements consisting of a milky admixture of Scripture, science, and human sentiment that is
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Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Aug 11, 2009
A GENTLE DOGMATISM
A. W. Tozer said, "We have gotten accustomed to the blurred puffs of gray fog that pass for doctrine in churches and expect nothing better. From some previously unimpeachable sources are now coming vague statements consisting of a milky admixture of Scripture, science, and
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LOVE'S OLD-FASHIONED NOTION
Tina Turner once asked a powerful question, one that became a hit song of the early-eighties. She asked, "What does love have to do with it?" Her song is replete with two, rhetorical questions: "What's love but a second hand emotion" and "Who needs a heart, when a
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Lutheran
Contributed by Perry Greene on Aug 13, 2012
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SPIT
Now why did Jesus spit in the blind man’s eyes? This is similar to another time when he spit in some dust and made clay, with which he anointed blind eyes (Mark 7:33). If a modern evangelist or missionary followed Jesus’ example in this, how well received would it
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Contributed by Doug Lyon on Oct 8, 2007
The Rubik’s Cube. [Play with the Cube.]
Have you ever tried to solve the Rubik’s Cube? It’s a challenge! The Cube was invented in 1974 by a Hungarian man named Erno Rubik. The object of the game is to arrange the cube in such a way that each of the 9 squares on a face contains the same color.
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Mar 7, 2003
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I'M STANDING FOR MY MARRIAGE
A former Pastor in Seattle, WA wrote a power statement about marriage…
I am standing for the healing of my marriage!
I won’t give up, give in, give out, or give over till that healing takes place.
I made a vow; I said the words; I gave the pledge; I gave a ring; I
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Dietrich Bonheoffer once asked this question of us,
"Do we understand that instead we get a messiah who gives us power all right, but it’s a whole new kind of power, it’s THE POWER OF SUFFERING LOVE
It’s a power that looks me in the eye, forgives my sin, my fear, my anger, my resentment, my
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Contributed by Brad Henry on Oct 19, 2011
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HOLY SPIRIT: THE FORGOTTEN GOD
ALL the ruthless Ninevites from the commoner to the King of Assyria repented and God did not send destruction. But why did these ruthless people listen to Jonah who was just one man? I have been struggling with this very question and asked God to help me speak to you
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Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Aug 16, 2011
THE ACCELERATOR OF SIN
The late Ray Stedman recalled a time he was a guest at a conference and was driven around in a Lincoln Continental. He remembered thinking how quietly it rode--he couldn’t hear the engine. Yet, as they drove through mountain passages, he realized that with each push of the
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 28, 2002
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I CAN KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT!
There was once an elderly couple that was traveling through upstate NY. As they were driving along they saw a sign that said, "Helicopter rides ahead". Pa said to Ma that he always wanted to ride in one of them helicopters.
So they pull into the place and find the pilot.
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