Contributed by Keith Broyles on Oct 4, 2007
There is a man who keeps on his desk a fairly large stone on which is lettered one word: FIRST. Acting as a constant reminder of Jesus’ words, “He that is without sin… let him cast the first stone,” it helps check within him the automatic desire to be hasty in condemning others. As he daily
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Contributed by Anne Benefield on Jul 14, 2008
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The hard-hearted listener is cynical. Often they have done a fair amount of research to support their unwillingness to hear the word. Or they may have had a personal trauma that left them without faith.
There is a woman in New York City that I counseled during a particularly difficult time in
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John - The Apostle of Love
John is known as The Apostle of Love because more than any other writer in the New Testament he speaks of love, he exemplifies love, he loves and is loved. As a matter of fact, even though he writes only five books in the New Testament (as opposed to Paul’s 13) he used
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010
GEN. MACARTHUR: UNDERSTANDING EINSTEIN
When General Douglas MacArthur was at Army training college, he tells this story:
"The first section was studying the time-space relationship later formulated by Einstein as his Theory of Relativity. The text was complex and, being unable to comprehend it, I
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Contributed by Chris Surber on Oct 6, 2007
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Have you ever seen a young boy learning to use a hammer and nails? My 2 year old son Sebastian loves to help me whenever I am working around the parsonage.
He even has his own little plastic hammer that he uses as I use the real one.
Sometimes I will let him try to hit the nail with his plastic
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Christian Church
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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For they wished to fill the winepress of eloquence not with the tendrils of mere words but with
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Contributed by Doug Lyon on Feb 17, 2008
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Scottish theologian James Moffatt comments: “Death is never the last word in the
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Don Hawks on Jul 31, 2002
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In the news last week was the story of the rescue of the 9 miners from the PA coal mine. A large part of their survival was their encouragement of one another. One of the miners said, “We decided we were all going to live together or die together.”
Your words of encourgament are like the leaven
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2003
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When Roy DeLamotte was chaplain at Paine College in Georgia, he preached the shortest sermon in the college’s history. However, he had a rather long topic--"What does Christ Answer When We Ask, "Lord, What’s in Religion for Me?" The complete content of his sermon was in one word: "Nothing." He
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