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Our national pride is not always what it seems to be:
On the sixth day God turned to the Archangel Gabriel and said, “Today I am going to create a land called Canada. It will be a land of outstanding natural beauty. It shall have tall majestic mountains full of mountain goats and eagles,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
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BENT LOW
A city boy visited his cousin who lived on a farm in the country for the first time. The city boy had never seen wheat growing in a field. It was an impressive sight for him, the wheat golden brown and ready for harvesting.
He noticed that some of the wheat stood tall in the field,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 8, 2003
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My father grew up during the “Great Depression,” and he remembered a peddler lady who would visit their home from time to time. She carried a large backpack containing household goods, small clothing items, and other merchandise. She would spread her wares on the livingroom floor, and my grandma
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Contributed by John King on Nov 9, 2006
Mark Morford (columnist at San Francisco Chronicle):” There remains this enormous and wicked socio-cultural myth. It is this:
Hard work is all there is.
a) Work hard and the world respects you.
b)Work hard and you can have anything you want.
c)Work really extra super hard and do nothing else
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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In Edward Gibbons book, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, he mentions a statement from one of the most powerful, prosperous, and prestigious Muslim rulers of the Roman era. Gibbons wrote,
“It may therefore be of some use to borrow the experience of the same Abdalrahman, whose magnificence
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Episcopal/Anglican
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
How to Get the Most Out of Your Bible
In Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith, Kathleen Norris recounts the story of a South Dakota rancher and his bride who received an expensive Bible as a wedding gift from his grandfather. They wrote a thank-you note and stowed the Bible away on a closet
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007
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FANNIE JOHNSTON FLINT, who was cancerous, arthritic, incontinent, blind, orphaned, managed enough ability to get a pen into her warped hands and write a hymn, many of them, in fact. Perhaps you know this one:
He giveth more grace when the burdens grow greater;
He sendeth more strength
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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In Coping With Grief.
1. FANNIE JOHNSTON FLINT, who was cancerous, arthritic, incontinent, blind, orphaned, managed enough ability to get a pen into her warped hands and write a hymn, many of them, in fact. Perhaps you know this one:
He giveth more grace when the burdens grow greater;
He sendeth
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 8, 2010
WHAT MAKES JERUSALEM SO GREAT?
"Archaeologists and historians have long wondered why Jerusalem should have been established where it was, and why it should have become great. It enjoys none of the physical features which favored the advancement and prosperity of other important cities in the
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 30, 2010
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Quote: William Hershey Davis
• "Reputation is what you are supposed to be;
• Character is what you are.
• Reputation is what you have when you come to a new community;
• Character is what you have when you go away.
• Reputation is made in a moment;
• Character is built in a lifetime.
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Brethren
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WHAT MADE AMERICA GREAT, DONALD TRUMP?
Donald Trump says that he wants to make America great again. If he does, he should listen to the words of French writer Alexis de Tocqueville, who visited America in 1831, said, "I sought for the greatness of the United States in her commodious harbors, her
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 23, 2008
Did you know that every year 3,000 lives are killed and injured as a result of drunk driving in the United Kingdom and this heightens around Christmas time. So the government along with the DVLA run drink-driving campaigns on TV. Where they show real life car accidents as a result of drinking and
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Baptist
Contributed by James Chandler on Feb 17, 2008
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Everyone is a unique creation of an almighty God.
Everyone: the church is for everyone.
Believer and unbeliever
Rich and poor
Red, yellow, black and white
Old and young
Extroverted and introverted
Unique: We are all different.
Different personalities
Different Strengths
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Christian/Church Of Christ