Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 20, 2001
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One fine Spring Sunday morning, a Priest was gazing out of a rectory window at a nearby Trout Stream. "Today would be a good day to sneak off and go fishing", he thought. The weather was perfect, his fly rod had new string, he had very recently heard reports of a good Trout run, and the Associate
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 20, 2001
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I think Mark Twain described it best. He said: "Courage is resistance to fear,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 20, 2001
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In July 1992, a Los Angeles Times story on fear of heights featured an interview with the psychotherapist who heads the Anxiety Disorders Association. He reported that one of his patients could cross the 200-foot-high Chesapeake Bay Bridge in
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 20, 2001
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THE CHOICES WE MAKE
Every single day we make choices that show whether we are courageous or cowardly. We choose between the right thing and the convenient thing, sticking to a conviction or caving in for the sake of comfort, greed or approval. We choose either to take a carefully thought-out
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 25, 2001
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Westminster Shorter Catechism: What is the chief end of man? Man’s chief end is to
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2001
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HARD WORK, STRONG CHARACTER
Delayed gratification is also important in training children. A lot of parents are unwilling to make sacrifices that are necessary in order to meet their children’s deepest needs. A promotion at work, a TV show, or a nap on the sofa may all seem much more enticing
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2001
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Coach Tom Landry once said:
"The job of a football coach is to make men do what they don’t want to do, in order to
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 30, 2001
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Heaven is close enough for souls in torment to glimpse; far enough away for them to forever miss what could
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2001
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There were 3 preachers in a Barnie’s Coffee shop were discussing the time when life began. They each gave their opinion of when life begins.
One preacher said "Life begins when the child takes his/her first breath."
The other said "NO," then he finished, "It begins when the child is
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2001
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While flyling home from a pastor’s conference I was getting in my seat buckling in and getting ready for the push back from the gate and taxi. I was reading a very interesting article in a business magazine when the flight attendant began to speak. Good morning ladies and gentelman welcome aboard
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2001
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Reaching the end of a job interview, the human resources person asked a young engineer fresh out of MIT what kind of a salary he was looking for.
"In the neighborhood of $140,000 a year, depending on the benefits package."
"Well, what would you say to a package of 5-weeks vacation, 14 paid
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2001
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Agony claws my mind. I am a statistic. When I first got here, I felt very much alone. I was overwhelmed by grief, and I expected to find sympathy. I found no sympathy. I saw only thousands of others whose bodies were as badly mangled as mine. I was given a number and places in a category. This was
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2001
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Elton Trueblood, the Quaker scholar, once compared evangelism to fire. Evangelism occurs, he said, when Christians are so ignited by their contact with Christ that they in turn set other fires. It is easy to determine when something is aflame. It ignites other material. Any fire that does not
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2001
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Many years ago I attended a birthday party for my gay friend and co-worker, Julian. Sixty gay men and four straight women had gathered to celebrate in a high-rise penthouse with a dramatic sweeping view of San Francisco Bay. Greeting me warmly, Julian exuberantly kissed me on both cheeks
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2001
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Let me give you a real life example of how this works. A young couple decided to start their own business. He was an engineer and she was an advertising copywriter. They wound up buying a small salmon cannery in Alaska. They soon discovered they had a problem. Customers opening a can of their
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2001
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Did you know that Einstein was four years old before he could speak and seven before he could read? Isaac Newton did poorly in grade school. A newspaper editor fired Walt Disney because he had "no good ideas." Leo Trotsky flunked out of college. Haydn gave up on ever making a musician of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2001
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It started like so many evenings. Mom and Dad at home and Jimmy playing after dinner. Mom and Dad were absorbed with jobs and did not notice the time. It was a full moon and some of the light seeped through the windows. Then Mom glanced at the clock. "Jimmy, it’s time to go to bed. Go up now and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2001
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"The body of Christ, especially in well-functioning, small, intimate groups, is the most healing body in the world; yet we do not treat it as such. We wouldn’t think of relating to a medical doctor with the same reserve as we have in the healing body of Christ. Would we say to a doctor, "I have
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