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  • A Missionary In Africa Was Once Asked If He ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jun 4, 2003
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    A missionary in Africa was once asked if he really liked what he was doing. His response was shocking. “Do I like this work?” he said “No. My wife and I do not like dirt. We have reasonable refined sensibilities. we do not like crawling into vile huts through goat refuse....But is a man to do ...read more

  • A Moslem Said To A Christian, "We Moslems Have ...  PRO

    Contributed by Francis Avila on Apr 9, 2004
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    A Moslem said to a Christian, "WE Moslems have one thing you Christians do not have. When we go to Medina (Saudi arabia), we find a coffin and know that that Mohammed lived because his body is in it. But when, you Christians go to Jerusalem, you find nothing but an empty tomb." "Thank you!" ...read more

  • Mcdowell States, "Only 15% Of Churched Youth ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 16, 2005
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    McDowell states, “Only 15% of churched youth disagree with the statement: ‘What is right for one person in a given situation might not be right for another person who encounters the same situation.’ In other words, 85 percent of un-churched kids are liable to reason, ‘Just because it’s wrong for ...read more

  • The Serenity Prayer – Written By Reinhold ...

    Contributed by Greg Buchner on May 31, 2005
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    The Serenity Prayer – written by Reinhold Niebuhr God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time; accepting hardship as a pathway to peace; ...read more

  • Listen To The Word Of God

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Aug 21, 2005
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    LISTEN TO THE WORD OF GOD I witnessed something similar to this on an airplane once. I kept hearing outbursts of laughter. The flight was turbulent and bumpy, hardly a reason for humour. But some fellow behind me was cracking up. No one else, just him. Finally I turned to see what was so funny. ...read more

  • Emotion Is Always More Persuasive Than Logic. Yet ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Emotion is always more persuasive than logic. Yet it is even truer for older consumers, says Matt Thornhill President of the Boomer Project. “When you’re young and you’re making a purchase decision, you have to go through a reasoned thought process. But by the time you’re 55, you’ve done that about ...read more

  • Mercy Is A Fascinating Thing. Let's Try To ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Mar 28, 2010
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    Mercy is a fascinating thing. Let's try to understand it better. I want you to remember a time when a friend or someone close to you avoided you, shrugged you off for some reason. Now imagine that person being in all kinds of trouble or having a lot of problems because of a bad choice that included ...read more

  • Brand New Start  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
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    BRAND NEW START An angry newspaper subscriber stormed into the reporter’s office and demanded an apology because he had been mistakenly put in the obituaries. The reporter said, "I never write retractions, but what I will do tomorrow is list you in the birth column and give you a brand new ...read more

  • Muller: Scriptures Make Me Happy

    Contributed by Mark Tonkery on Jan 27, 2012
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    MULLER: SCRIPTURES MAKE ME HAPPY George Muller, who established many orphanages throughout England in the 1800’s, once said... "I believe that the one chief reason that I have been kept in happy useful service is that I have been a lover of Holy Scripture. It has been my habit to read the Bible ...read more

  • Active Father Figures Play A Key Role In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    ACTIVE FATHER FIGURES play a key role in reducing behavior problems in boys and psychological problems in young women, according to the peer-reviewed journal Acta Paediatrica. Swedish researchers found regular positive contact reduces criminal behavior among children in low-income families and ...read more

  • More Than The Sum Of Their Parts

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    MORE THAN THE SUM OF THEIR PARTS I once read the story is told of a horse pulling contest in Canada. The winning horse in the contest pulled 9,000 pounds The runner up pulled 8,000. Together you’d expect them to pull 17,000 lbs. but not so! When teamed together, they pulled 30,000 lbs – nearly ...read more

  • Because The Blood Is The Life Of Man, And Of All ...

    Contributed by Charles Jones on Oct 21, 2008
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    Because the blood is the life of man, and of all flesh,and man’s blood became corrupted by the entrance of sin, sinless blood was needed to redeem man because “the children are partakers of flesh and blood” it was necessary that the etrnal Son of God, by reason of the Everlasting Covenent ,take ...read more

  • Just Good Enough

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    III. THIRD–YOU CAN’T RUMBLE, IF YOU DON’T KNOW THAT COMPROMISE IS THE NUMBER ONE REASON CHRISTIANS AND CHURCHES BECOME LUKEWARM. A. VERSE 16, IS NOT A PORTRAIT OF A PERSON LOSING THEIR SALVATION, THIS IS A PICTURE OF A PERSON TRYING TO STRADDLE THE FENCE BETWEEN THE WORLD AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD ...read more

  • During The Early 1980's, A Retired British ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 10, 2007
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    During the early 1980’s, a retired British couple feared that a nuclear holocaust was imminent. They determined they would find the most reasonable place to live on earth, one with a high standard of living, freedom, and unlikely to be a nuclear target. After they found their secluded nest, they ...read more

  • A Band Of Theologians  PRO

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Mar 4, 2014
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    A BAND OF THEOLOGIANS Dr. Robert Jastrow, scientist and agnostic once said, "Now we see how astronomical evidence leads to a biblical view of the origin of the world." He concluded w/a monumental statement: "For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends ...read more

  • John Macarthur: Christ Was Born To Die

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 14, 2014
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    John MacArthur: "The reason that Jesus Christ was born was to die. It greatly concerns me today that there are some who are always talking about the fact that Jesus was a wonderful person who through a set of circumstances got Himself into a mess and wound up getting crucified. However, the Word ...read more

  • James Dobson On Halloween  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 21, 2002
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    JAMES DOBSON ON HALLOWEEN Mr. Dobson’s reply to the question: "What about Halloween?" "Halloween is a rather different story. Whereas it can be argued that Christmas is a Christian holiday with Christian origins that has suffered the effects of growing secularism, Halloween can be traced to ...read more

  • I Mentioned Brian Mclaren's Book "A Generous ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Feb 21, 2005
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    I mentioned Brian McLaren’s book “A Generous Orthodoxy” last week. The chapter after “Would Jesus Be a Christian” is titled, “Jesus, Savior of What?” In this chapter he argues that while Jesus did come to save us as individuals, we in the west have placed such a strong emphasis on personal ...read more

  • Homeschool Numbers Approximately 850,000 Children ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006
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    Homeschool Numbers Approximately 850,000 children received their education at home in ‘99, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics. However, the National Home Education Research Institute estimates between 1.3 million to 1.7 million ...read more

  • Your Grumbling Goes With You

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 15, 2009
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    YOUR GRUMBLING GOES WITH YOU There was a boy named Grumble Tone who ran away to sea, "I’m sick of things on land," he said, "as sick as I can be; A life upon the bounding wave will suit a lad like me!" The seething ocean billows failed to stimulate his mirth, For he did not like the vessel, nor ...read more