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  • Princeton.edu Also States, "The Great Awakening, ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 5, 2007
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    Princeton.edu also states, “The Great Awakening, the series of religious revivals that swept the English colonies in America in the eighteenth century. The Great Awakening had other important social and political consequences, too. It brought an upsurge in missionary activities among the Indians ...read more

  • There Is A Growing Awareness Of The Exalted ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 15, 2012
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    There is a growing awareness of the exalted dignity proper to the human person, since he stands above all things, and his rights and duties are universal and inviolable. Therefore, there must be made available to all men everything necessary for leading a life truly human, such as food, clothing, ...read more

  • But, When I Was Preparing My Studies Of This ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
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    But, when I was preparing my studies of this story, I came across a saying of one of the older preachers, who observed that, although little could be said for this blind man, there was this one thing: he was at least in a place where Jesus was likely to go. He was by the gate leading into the ...read more

  • Number Of Catholic Clergy Falls

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
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    NUMBER OF CATHOLIC CLERGY FALLS The Vatican reports a further dramatic fall in the number of Roman Catholic monks and nuns worldwide. The number of men and women belonging to religious orders fell by 10% to just under a million between 2005 and 2006. During the pontificate of Pope John Paul II, ...read more

  • A Priest And Pastor From The Local Parishes Are ...

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Apr 27, 2009
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    A priest and pastor from the local parishes are standing by the side of the road holding up a sign that reads, "The End is Near! Turn yourself around now before it’s too late!" "Leave us alone you religious nuts!" yelled the first driver as he sped by. From around the curve they heard ...read more

  • Many Years Ago, In My High School Chemistry ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Many years ago, in my high school chemistry class, a little poem was often quoted. Its effort at humor may have been lacking but the consequences of an erroneous belief were certainly well depicted. It goes “Alas for little Willie, We’ll ne’er see Willie more, For what he thought was H2O, Was H2 ...read more

  • June 11, 2001, Timothy Mcvey, The Home-Grown ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    June 11, 2001, Timothy McVey, the home-grown terrorist who bombed the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City was executed. His final statement to the world was this poem. As he faced his executioner, he still wanted the same thing Adam and Eve wanted. To be master of his own fate—captain of his ...read more

  • My Dear Friend Maureen Smith Grable Conveys This ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    My dear friend Maureen Smith Grable conveys this truth very well in her poem “Doing Battle on Our Knees.” "Many warriors have gone to battle riding mounted, prancing steeds But the Christian goes to battle when he falls upon his knees. The greatest warfare will take place when the Christian kneels ...read more

  • Miracles

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
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    MIRACLES I’m reminded of the poem by Clay Harrison entitled "Miracles:" "Miracles can be large or small according to God’s Plan. And they need no explanation for the unbelieving man. The heavens declare His Glory; the harvest proclaims His Love. With the faith of a mustard seed we’ve seen His ...read more

  • The Story Of George Beverly Shea

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 17, 2012
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    THE STORY OF GEORGE BEVERLY SHEA George Beverly Shea was a young man in the late 1920s aspiring to become a well-known singer. He entered Houghton College in New York in 1928 to get some good music training, but family financial problems caused him to leave after only one year. He found a job as a ...read more

  • Silent Night

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    SILENT NIGHT Europe in the early 1800s was a place of great war, turmoil and upheaval. Even after the Napoleonic Wars officially ended in 1815, it's effects continued to take their toll. The year 1816 was one in which national and municipal borders were divided, changed and reset. Areas, such as ...read more

  • God's Hmo's

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 6, 2008
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    GOD'S HMO'S In Christian Counseling Today Magazine I discovered another article talking about "Spirituality Theology and Health." It highlighted the center for the study of Religion/Spirituality and Health at Duke University. After twenty years of study and 25 research studies they discovered the ...read more

  • We’ve Probably All Heard The Expression, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on May 10, 2001
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    We’ve probably all heard the expression, “This separates the men from the boys!” What kinds of things separate the men from the boys? Things that involve danger and risk. Things that take courage and a willingness to sacrifice. Things that are grueling and gut-wrenching. Things that require ...read more

  • David Berkwitz Of Newsweek Asked The Question In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 24, 2002
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    David Berkwitz of Newsweek asked the question in a web article on 12/22, “What Would Jesus Do About Bin Laden?” He asked different religious leaders their opinions but the only “Jesus” he could find that he agreed with was Jesus (hey-soos) Ayala of Brooklyn who said: “We should kill him and ...read more

  • John Stott, Wrote About Tolerance And Made A ...

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Oct 21, 2003
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    John Stott, wrote about tolerance and made a very key distinction between legal, social and intellectual tolerance or acceptance. About legal tolerance he wrote, “fighting for the equal rights before the law of all ethnic and religious minorities. Christians should be in the forefront of this ...read more

  • Spirituality Is In-Religion Is Out "Religion Has ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
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    Spirituality Is In-Religion Is Out “Religion has become a bit of a dirty word”, said pollster George Gallup Jr., “Spirituality is a safer word. If you can say you are spiritual, you don’t have to make a commitment. For a lot of people it’s a way out.” 54% of Americans say they are religious, 30% ...read more

  • The Sanctity Of Human Life  PRO

    Contributed by Bill Sullivan on Jan 24, 2006
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    World Magazine reported last October: Just in time for scary Halloween masks, Princeton professor Peter Singer—notorious for his approval of euthanasia and some kinds of infanticide, bestiality, and necrophilia—is at it again. He predicts in the Sept.-Oct. issue of Foreign Policy that by 2040 ...read more

  • Coming Change: 56% Of Technology Experts Agree ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Coming Change: 56% of technology experts agree that as telecommuting and home-schooling expand, the boundary between work and leisure will diminish and family dynamics will change. There is notable agreement among the experts that in the next 10 years the internet will be more deeply integrated in ...read more

  • Creationists Impact Films: The Evolution Fight ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Creationists Impact Films: The evolution fight has reached the big, big screen. Several Imax theaters are refusing to show movies that mention the subject—or the Big Bang or the geology of the earth—fearing protests from people who object to films that contradict biblical descriptions of the origin ...read more

  • Listen To This Quote By British Justice Peter ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on May 30, 2006
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    Listen to this quote by British Justice Peter Smith, that I found on Foxnews.com: "Merely because an author describes matters as being factually correct does not mean that they are factually correct. It is a way of blending fact and fiction together to create that well known model ’faction.’ The ...read more