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  • A. Here Are A Series Of Quotes From The Founding ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 3, 2007
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    a. Here are a series of quotes from the Founding Fathers warning us not to forsake the Bible and its teachings these quotes are form the same website above and from lectures by Peter Marshall on Restoring America: “The very men who WROTE the Constitution admit that this nation and its Judicial ...read more

  • The Deception Of Effective Leadership  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Visneskie on Feb 9, 2004
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,358 views

    Research from Barna concerning Leadership: The Deception of Effective Leadership Most pastors are content with the way things are going in their ministry. A national survey among pastors revealed that a majority feel they are doing an excellent or good job in leading people spiritually in ...read more

  • In His Book "The Great Divorce," C.s. Lewis Gives ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Thomas on Feb 13, 2004
    based on 12 ratings
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    In his book “The Great Divorce,” C.S. Lewis gives an allegorical story about a ghost of a man consumed by lust. And in this story lust is depicted as a red lizard that sits on his shoulder and whispers seductively in his ear. When the man is bothered by this lizard on his shoulder, an angel ...read more

  • Introduction... The Clock That Had A Nervous ...  PRO

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Aug 5, 2004
    based on 15 ratings
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    INTRODUCTION... The Clock that had a Nervous Breakdown, C. Swindoll This new clock was ticking away on the shelf two ticks to the second as any good, self-respecting clock should tick when it began to think about how many times it was going to have to tick. “Two ticks to the second means 120 ticks ...read more

  • Thomas Andrew Dorsey Was A Black Jazz Musician ...  PRO

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Sep 27, 2004
    based on 26 ratings
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    Thomas Andrew Dorsey was a black jazz musician from Atlanta. In the twenties he gained a certain amount of notoriety as the composer of jazz tunes with suggestive lyrics, but he gave all that up in 1926 to concentrate exclusively on spiritual music. "Peace in the Valley" is one of his best known ...read more

  • At A Billy Graham School Of Evangelism, Dr. ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 2, 2007
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    At a Billy Graham School of Evangelism, Dr. George Hunter, professor of evangelism at Asbury Theological Seminary, gave the following explanation of secularism and meaning for the church today. Throughout the Middle Ages the church exercised control or heavy influence over all of Western culture. ...read more

  • In A Hurry  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
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    A news story out of St. Louis last year began… "He was a loving father and loved his grandkids," Linda Heath never imagined Wednesday would mark the first time she referred to her husband of 31 years in the past tense.” On April 26, 2006 Henry Heath was killed while directing traffic in a ...read more

  • President Abraham Lincoln Called For A Day Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    President Abraham Lincoln called for a day of fasting and prayer. His declaration for a day of national humiliation, fasting and prayer begins with this thought. And in so much as we know that, by his divine law, nations, like individuals, are subject to the punishments and chastisements in this ...read more

  • You Can Tell What We're Going Through When You ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Sullivan on Feb 19, 2008
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    You can tell what we’re going through when you come over to our house and check out the bookshelf. We’ve got James Dobson’s entire library: “Dare to Discipline”, “The Strong Willed Child”; “Parenting isn’t for Cowards.” I can’t tell you that I’ve actually read them all! We’ve got others, “How to ...read more

  • The Weak Ones

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Feb 20, 2008
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    1 Peter 5:8 – Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Any of you watch those nature shows? Growing up, we’d always watch “Mutual of Omaha’s ‘Wild Kingdom,’” with Marlin Perkins. Remember that? We loved that show. My ...read more

  • Roy Anthony Borges Was Sentenced To A Term Of 45 ...  PRO

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Mar 5, 2008
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    Roy Anthony Borges was sentenced to a term of 45 years in a Florida penitentiary for robbery. He has become a Christian and is a law clerk in the prison library. Roy tells this story in an article he wrote for DISCIPLESHIP JOURNAL and MEN OF INTEGRITY magazine in 1998: “Where the strong prey on ...read more

  • The Swiss Fusion Man

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    THE SWISS FUSION MAN On May 14, 2008, Swiss aviation enthusiast and inventor Yves Rossy became the first man in the world to fly with wings and four jet engines strapped to his body. The inaugural flight in Bex, Switzerland lasted six minutes. The 48-year-old daredevil made his first public ...read more

  • The Contract Of ...

    Contributed by David Rumley on Apr 16, 2009
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    THE CONTRACT OF FREEDOM: Defining the Contract: A contract involves two parties agreeing on a focused intent. The two parties in this contract are you and God. If you are like most of us you don’t sign a contract without knowing ahead of time what you are signing. So what is this contract of ...read more

  • Pull For The Shore, Sailor

    Contributed by Dwight L. Moody on Jun 11, 2009
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    PULL FOR THE SHORE, SAILOR A vessel was wrecked off the shore. Eager eyes were watching and strong arms manned the life-boat. For hours they tried to reach that vessel through the great breakers that raged and foamed on the sand-bank, but it seemed impossible. The boat appeared to be leaving the ...read more

  • A Man Doesnt' Recognize The Answer To His Prayer ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2009
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    A Man Doesnt’ Recognize the Answer To His Prayer Because of Laziness A man, who had been a churchgoer since boyhood from a remote village went to his town one day and saw advertisements and billboards along the highway. He saw advertisements endorsing a brand of dairy products – milk, cheese, ...read more

  • Holiness Is Developed In Community

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
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    HOLINESS IS DEVELOPED IN COMMUNITY In the 3rd and 4th Centuries, and even to some extent today, the popular image of holiness was solitude, silence and severity. The really (quote) "holy people" back then were those who lived like hermits, wandering in the desert alone -- fasting, praying and ...read more

  • What Comes Out Of Your Mouth  PRO

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Apr 10, 2011
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    WHAT COMES OUT OF YOUR MOUTH How carefully do you monitor what goes into your mouth, compared to what comes out of it? For example, do you follow a low-fat diet? Do you obsessively track the grams of fat going into your body? Do you watch the number of calories that you consume? Do you avoid ...read more

  • Can't Never Did Nothing.

    Contributed by Michael Walther on May 27, 2011
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    "CAN'T NEVER DID NOTHING." When I was in high school, I worked as a janitor. I was the summer help, and I was teamed up with the regular janitor named Jim. Jim was a rough character. When I first met him he reminded me of Charles Manson. He was a former Marine who had been through some very ...read more

  • The Rug: Making And Keeping Good Boys

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2011
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    THE RUG: MAKING AND KEEPING GOOD BOYS A preacher tells how he was once entertained by a teacher and his wife who had two boys in their middle teens. He writes, "Immediately on entering, I felt the home atmosphere. They were evidently a fine Christian family. However, I noticed that the carpet in ...read more

  • Come Down Off The Chair

    Contributed by Michael Milton on Sep 11, 2011
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    COME DOWN OFF THE CHAIR There is a pastor who was once a professor--a very creative professor--at RTS in Jackson, Mississippi. One day he had the responsibility of leading the chapel service. Most of us prepare for chapel messages by Bible study and prayer. This professor prepared by not only ...read more