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  • The Pond Of The Soul

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 15, 2012
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    THE POND OF THE SOUL Thomas Fuller (English preacher of 1600’s) wrote: "Almost 20 years ago I heard a profane jest and still I remember it. How many pious passages of a far later date have I utterly forgotten? It seems my soul is like a filthy pond where fish die soon ...read more

  • In The Comic Strip Calvin And Hobbes, Calvin's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, Calvin’s boss is catching him sitting at his desk staring out the window. “Why aren’t you working Calvin?” Without much thought Calvin confessed to his boss, “Because I didn’t see you coming.” In many ways we are asleep and we don’t see what’s coming. ...read more

  • Top 10 Reasons Why People Worry

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Top 10 Reasons Why People Worry Results of a national poll: Industry Week Magazine… 1. Own health and fitness - 73% 2. Lack of time for family or leisure pursuits - 49% 3. Their children’s problems - 43% 4. Job related stress - 43% 5. Personal investments - 39% 6. Estate planning - ...read more

  • How Much Do You Need?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2011
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    HOW MUCH DO YOU NEED? According to the Barna Research Group, the average American adult believes he needs an additional $8,000–$11,000 per year to live comfortably. Tracking studies show, however, that even when adults reach or exceed the income levels to which they aspired, they still claim they ...read more

  • It Is Not The Importance Of The Thing, But The ...

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 7, 2001
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    "It is not the importance of the thing, but the majesty of the Lawgiver, that is to be the standard of obedience...Some, indeed, might reckon such minute and arbitrary rules as these as trifling. But the principle involved in obedience or disobedience was none other than the same principle which ...read more

  • An Old Dog Was Watching A Young Dog Chase ...  PRO

    Contributed by Darrell Stetler Ii on Jan 22, 2004
    based on 13 ratings
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    <ILLUS> An old dog was watching a young dog chase his tail. The young dog stopped to rest, and told the older dog, “I believe happiness is in my tail, and if I catch it, then I will have happiness!” The older, wiser dog said, “I caught mine once. . . and I found out that happiness is not in the ...read more

  • Jesus Calls Us To His Rest, And Meekness Is His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Kuzma on Jan 2, 2002
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     | 4,870 views

    “Jesus calls us to His rest, and meekness is his method. The meek man cares not at all who is greater than he, for he has long ago decided that the esteem of the world is not worth the effort. The rest Christ offers is the rest of meekness, the blessed relief which comes when we accept ourselves ...read more

  • Van Gogh Was Born March 30, 1853, In ...

    Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Feb 25, 2008
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    Van Gogh was born March 30, 1853, in Groot-Zundert, son of a Dutch Protestant pastor. Early in life he displayed a moody, restless temperament that was to thwart his every pursuit. By the age of 27 he had been, in turn, a salesman in an art gallery, a French tutor, a theological student, and an ...read more

  • The Strangle-Hold Of Wealth  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 12, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,509 views

    THE STRANGLE-HOLD OF WEALTH There was an article in the Wednesday, June 26, 2002 issue of the Colorado Springs Gazette by Michelle Singletary titled “How Much is Enough in the Pursuit of Money?” She began by writing about Karen Hughes, counselor to President Bush, who decided to leave the White ...read more

  • The First Glimmers That Excluding Design ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 24, 2001
    based on 40 ratings
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    The first glimmers that excluding design artificially restricts science come from admissions by scientists opposed to design. The arch-Darwinist Richard Dawkins begins his book The Blind Watchmaker by stating, "Biology is the study of complicated things that give the appearance of having been ...read more

  • All In Tune  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Dow on Sep 18, 2002
    based on 31 ratings
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    ALL IN TUNE “Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all turned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other? They are of one accord by being tuned, not to each other, but to another standard to which each one must individually bow. So one hundred worshipers [meeting] ...read more

  • The Method Of Meekness  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 17, 2003
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    THE METHOD OF MEEKNESS “Jesus calls us to His rest, and meekness is his method. The meek man cares not at all who is greater than he, for he has long ago decided that the esteem of the world is not worth the effort. The rest Christ offers is the rest of meekness, the blessed relief which comes ...read more

  • Loyalty: F-O-R-T-U-N-E Personnel Consultants ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
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    Loyalty: F-O-R-T-U-N-E Personnel Consultants national research uncovered key reasons employees stay. The 3 most important reasons for staying with an employer are: challenging work, the ability to balance work with family life, and compensation. The 3 least important reasons for staying are: ...read more

  • Her Name - Helen. Rich Husband, Kidnapped By ...

    Contributed by Clint Davison on Sep 11, 2006
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    Her name - Helen. Rich husband, kidnapped by husband¡¦s rival. He launches 1000 ships to get her back. Helen, wife of Menelaus, king of Greece was pursued. Something in this stirs us. What a love story! Few have ever felt so pursued. Ever even noticed?! Mom busy, Dad gone, spouse working late ¡V ...read more

  • What Makes A Christian

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 28, 2009
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    WHAT MAKES A CHRISTIAN "The true Christian desires less and less of the things and comforts and pursuits and goals of this world, and desires more and more the things that are eternal, that are pleasing to God, that are divine in nature. What do you witness in the people around you who claim to be ...read more

  • When I Was At The Ktis Pastor's Appreciation ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 22, 2007
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    When I was at the KTIS pastor’s appreciation dinner last week – Dr. Gary Smalley shared how he was a recovering Hedon. He defined that hedonism is the old playboy philosophy of life. When I typed in the word Hedonism on a google search to attain its definition a website came up called “Hedonistic ...read more

  • Loyalty: F-O-R-T-U-N-E Personnel Consultants ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2006
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    Loyalty: F-O-R-T-U-N-E Personnel Consultants national research uncovered key reasons employees stay. The 3 most important reasons for staying with an employer are: challenging work, the ability to balance work with family life, and compensation. The 3 least important reasons for staying are: ...read more

  • Dogs  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
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    Dogs An old dog was watching a young dog chase his tail. The young dog stopped to rest, and told the older dog, “I believe happiness is in my tail, and if I catch it, then I will have happiness” The older, wiser dog said, “I caught mine once. . . and I found out that happiness is not in the ...read more

  • In The Thick Fighting Of The Civil War, General ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In the thick fighting of the Civil War, General Grant, in hot pursuit of General Lee’s troops, was half blinded with a sick headache. He stopped at a farmhouse and wrote in his memoirs, “I spend the night in bathing my feet in hot water and mustard and putting mustard plasters on my wrist and the ...read more

  • Colonel Henry Gariepy, Retired Salvation Army ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Oct 6, 2007
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    Colonel Henry Gariepy, retired Salvation Army officer and author in the United States offered an awakening word. “Even in what sometimes appears to be our religious duties to Christ we find ulterior motives. Have we not too often observed those who come to church for the bread that perishes? In ...read more