Contributed by Tony Abram on Mar 30, 2008
A study once disclosed that if both Mom and Dad attend church regularly, 72 percent of their children remain faithful in attendance. If only Dad attends regularly, 55 percent remain faithful. If only Mom attends regularly, 15 percent
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Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 9, 2009
You remember the Gatorade commercial with Michael Jordan and the tagline, "Be like Mike." Well, our goal as Christians should be to "be like Jesus." 1 John 2:5-6 puts it this way, "This is how we know
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2002
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In an article in this week’s issue of TIME magazine, Nancy Gibbs ponders the paradoxical nature of Thanksgiving. She says:
“It is an ordeal to travel and yet we do; family reunions can be wildly stressful and yet painful to miss…. This is the kind of holiday we need right now, an intrinsically
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
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Between ’88 and ’97, Hollywood produced 17 times more R-rated films than G-rated, but the G-rated films generated 8 times more gross earnings and a 78% greater rate of Return on Investment, according to the Dove foundation. The average G-rated film earned $94 million in gross revenues compared to
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
THOMAS JEFFERSON AND JOHN ADAMS WERE GREAT FRIENDS, BUT WHEN JEFFERSON DEFEATED ADAMS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, ADAMS TOOK IT PERSONALLY.
V. "YOU HAVE TURNED ME OUT! YOU HAVE TURNED ME OUT!" NO WORDS FOR 11 YEARS. FRIENDS VISITED OLD, BITTER ADAMS, WHO SAID, "I ALWAYS LOVED JEFFERSON AND I
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 1, 2009
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CHRIST-LIKE SIMPLICITY
Francis de Sales, 17th cent. writer, said that Christ-like simplicity is similar to what we see in little children "who with one hand cling to their father, and with the other gather strawberries or blackberries along the hedges. For just like this, while you are gathering
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Contributed by James Mercer on Dec 8, 2009
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THE HOPE OF 3:16
I don’t know about you, but I will be glad to turn the calendar to a new decade in a few weeks. An ongoing war on two fronts, the Great Recession draining our family resources, the growing immorality of our country, tragic accidents and gruesome killers all over the news. The
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HOLINESS AND HAPPINESS
Quote taken from an article "9 Points for Preaching on the Problem of Evil" by Norman L. Geisler, a distinguished professor of apologetics at Veritas Evangelical Seminary in Murrieta, California:
"The stark truth is that God is more interested in our holiness than in our
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Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Jul 17, 2011
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FLOOD STORIES
One evidence that the Genesis flood was a real event is the prevalence of flood stories in other ancient cultures, remnants of the story passed on by Noah’s descendants, stories corrupted as his descendants forgot the one true God.
The Mesopotamian flood story describes their gods
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 19, 2022
"Pentecost was a reversal of the judgment at the Tower of Babel when God confused man’s language (Gen. 11:1-9). God’s judgment at Babel scattered the people, but God’s blessings at Pentecost united the believers in the Spirit.
At Babel, the people were unable to understand each other, but at
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Oct 14, 2024
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SATANIC COUNTERFEITS
Satan has his own trinity – devil, beast, false prophet (Rev. 16:13).
Satan has his own church – “the synagogue of Satan” (Rev. 2:9).
Satan has his own ministers (II Cor.. 11:4).
Satan has his own doctrine – “the doctrines of devils” (I Timothy 4:1).
Satan has his own
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