Contributed by Pete Pawelek on May 28, 2008
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The senior pastor was doing the children’s sermon one day at his church. He had decided to talk to the kids about how to write a good sermon, in hopes of inspiring some to grow up and go into the ministry. So he asked the children, "What makes a good sermon?"
Of course all the little kids raised
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Dec 31, 2008
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Forgiveness is Freedom
Forgiveness is surrendering my right to hurt you for hurting me. Forgiveness does not pretend there was no offense; it does not dismiss wrongdoing. It does not say, "Oh, that's all right; forget it." True forgiveness is realistic.
Lewis Smedes gave a great definition:
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006
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Flexible Ethics: Nearly two in three adults believe ethics "vary by situation" or that there is no "unchanging ethical standard of right and wrong." Among those in the 18-34 age group, 79% said they hold to the view that ethics
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There was an older man in my church in Texas who came to me with tears in his eyes after a sermon I preached on tithing. He said, "Pastor, thank you for telling our people the truth about how God can bless you when you are obedient to His Word."
He wiped a tear and said, "Pastor, I
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Contributed by J. B. Hall on Dec 22, 2008
The second paragraph of The Declaration of Independence begins:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness...
Thus, America was
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Feb 18, 2009
Daniel still prayed to God openly because Daniel’s love for God was more important to him than pretending he didn’t care about God. Daniel thought it was better to die than to pretend. Daniel
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Contributed by David Dewitt on Jan 2, 2001
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Faith is the belief that god will do what is right.
God says that the more hopeless your circumstances, the more likely your salvation. The greater your cares, the more genuine your prayers. The darker the room, the greater need for light.
God’s
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Contributed by Chuck Hill on Dec 8, 2004
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COMING FOR HIS CROWN
When the Archbishop of Canterbury crowned Queen Elizabeth II, he laid the crown on her head with this pronouncement, “I give thee, O sovereign lady, this crown to wear until he who reserves the right to wear it shall return.”
The Archbishop
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Contributed by Dan Waite on Feb 2, 2006
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The all purpose lubricant/cleaner/polisher WD-40 gets its name from “Water Displacement” and the number of experiments needed to get it right. In other words, there were 39 tries that did not work. Imagine
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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Anger is a divinely implanted emotion. Closely allied to our instinct for right, it is designed to be used for constructive spiritual purposes. The person who cannot feel anger at evil is a person who lacks enthusiasm for good. If you cannot hate
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