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  • The Condition Of Society

    Contributed by Michael Mccosker on Sep 20, 2007
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     | 2,068 views

    The Condition of Society “The fruit of the secular world view can be seen in around us. As we observe society, it is evident that not all is well. Television has degenerated into a bordello of violence, soft-pornography, anti-family sit-coms, commercials that appeal to immediate ...read more

  • Here Are Some Opening Lines To Books Or Poems. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Platt on Mar 8, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,692 views

    Here are some opening lines to books or poems. See if you recognize them. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" -A Tale of Two Cities- Charles Dickens "Call me Ishmael" -Moby Dick – Herman Melville "Tell me, O Muse, of the man of many devices, who wandered full many ways after ...read more

  • Have You Ever Heard Of The Lotus Effect? The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Howard Flynn on May 17, 2001
    based on 55 ratings
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    Have you ever heard of the Lotus Effect? The lotus is a beautiful blossom with dazzling whiteness. It is the national flower of India, the sacred flower of Hinduism, and prominent in Buddhism. It begins its life in the mud of a pond, shoots up through the muck and scum, and blossoms with a ...read more

  • It Was April 1742 When George Fredrick Handel ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Dec 17, 2006
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    It was April 1742 when George Fredrick Handel premiered his oratorio THE MESSIAH in Dublin. The next year several performances were given in London, and King George II was present on one such occasion. When the King first heard “The Hallelujah Chorus,” he was so overwhelmed and inspired that in ...read more

  • The Home Should Be The Place Where Our Spiritual ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 25, 2008
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    The home should be the place where our spiritual life and everyday life meet. Recover the sacredness of the family table. Throughout history, mealtime, especially the dinner meal, has been considered a sacred time. Remember when the disciples shared a meal with the risen Christ? It was at the meal ...read more

  • A Time Better Served on January 9, 1985, A...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Apr 25, 2002
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    A TIME BETTER SERVED On January 9, 1985, a Congregational pastor in Bulgaria named Christo Kuleczef, was arrested and put in jail. His crime was preaching in his church, just like I am right now. It was a crime because the week before the village committee had appointed a new pastor. The secular ...read more

  • Can Love Last A ...

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jul 8, 2010
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    Can Love Last a Lifetime? “Psychology Today Magazine” had a very timely an article in their June 2010 volume. The title of the article was “Can Love Last a Lifetime?” and their answer was Yes! Here is a thoroughly secular source that has recently changed its position and discovered that love need ...read more

  • Sabbath Vs. Little League

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 1, 2011
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    SABBATH VS. LITTLE LEAGUE The NT changes several things about the Sabbath. However, it is wise to observe a time of rest and worship. A couple of years ago Roman Catholic Cardinal John O' Connor took on Little League baseball because many altar boys were missing Sunday services. He wanted ...read more

  • Gordon Macdonald Shared About A Time When He And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Sep 8, 2005
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    Gordon MacDonald shared about a time when he and his daughter, Kristy attended the New Year’s Eve celebration at the InterVarsity Urban Missionary Convention in 1976. The night closed with a Communion Service. After the benediction, 17,000 students began to head for the arena portals and their ...read more

  • An Increasing Number Of People In America And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008
     | 2,234 views

    An increasing number of people in America and around the world don't believe in God. The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press has found 20% of Americans ages 18 to 25 say they have no religious affiliation or consider themselves atheists or agnostics, nearly double the rate of 20 years ...read more

  • Airplane Pilots Are Subject To A Strange ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 3, 2009
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    Airplane pilots are subject to a strange phenomenon. When flying through clouds or fog, which prevent them from seeing the horizon, they cannot feel the plane’s wings beginning to bank to the left or right. In the early days of flight, pilots followed the myth of instinct. They believed they could ...read more

  • An Inadequate Constitution  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 30, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,541 views

    AN INADEQUATE CONSTITUTION For most of our history we have remained a religious people. From the very first moment that Americans officially declared themselves before the world to be one people, they appealed to the “Creator” and the “Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God.” From the brave ...read more

  • Mine Worker Understands The Cost Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2010
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    Mine Worker Understands the Cost of Forgiveness G. Campbell Morgan, the well known pastor of the last century of Westminster Chapel, near Buckingham Palace, was once approached by a soldier who said he would give anything to believe that God would forgive sins, “but I cannot believe He will forgive ...read more

  • Message To Baylor Students

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Jan 10, 2012
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    MESSAGE TO BAYLOR STUDENTS Dr. Samuel Palmer Brooks was president of Baylor University in Texas from 1902 until his death in 1931. On his deathbed he wrote a message to the senior class of 1931 which has become immortal to the students of Baylor. "I stand on the border of mortal life but I face ...read more

  • This Anchor

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 11, 2008
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     | 3,721 views

    This anchor holds in day of adversity, When all else threatens to give way. This anchor keeps my vessel from drifting, Never letting my ship run astray. This anchor holds midst angry seas battering, When waves and winds battle for my soul. This anchor holds in the lonely night hours, When darkness ...read more

  • The Mush God  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2002
    based on 21 ratings
     | 3,648 views

    THE MUSH GOD The Mush God has been known to appear to millionaires on golf courses. He appears to politicians at ribbon-cutting ceremonies and to clergymen speaking the invocation on national TV at either Democratic or Republican conventions. The Mush God has no theology to speak of, being a ...read more

  • We Always Turn To Something

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 30, 2010
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    We Always Turn to Something In Thessalonica, notice those who heard the gospel responded by 1Thes1:9 turning to God from idols to serve the true and living God. In our 21st century western society there has been a huge paradigm shift, a turning away from Judea/Christian God centred worldview, ...read more

  • I Have Read Somewhere Of A British Scientist In ...

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 29, 2004
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    I have read somewhere of a British scientist in India who years ago, was greatly troubled by the Hindu custom of drinking the water of their sacred river Ganges. He knew the water was full of impurities and most harmful to those who persisted in taking it. He wondered what he could do to stop the ...read more

  • : A Bank President Came To His Pastor ...

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Mar 31, 2009
     | 1,841 views

    Illus.: A bank president came to his pastor concerned about one of his teller’s soul. He asked his pastor to talk to him, but the pastor said, “It would be better if you would do that. He would look upon my visit as a professional task.” “All right,” said the banker, “but, will you go with me?” ...read more

  • On Average The Servicemen Who Guard The Tomb Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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     | 1,915 views

    On average the servicemen who guard the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier spend about 8 hours to prepare for duty. Their uniform must be meticulously prepared. What preparation do we put into our life of service to God? A logical question that someone might ask of the soldiers who guard the Tomb of the ...read more

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