Contributed by Chris Edmondson on May 26, 2007
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We live in a culture that breeds dissatisfaction. Henri Nouwen wrote a wonderful book entitled The
Return of the Prodigal Son. It is a top 10. He made this statement.
Many consumeristic economies stay afloat my manipulating the low self esteem of their consumers. By creating spiritual
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Young William Wilberforce was discouraged one night in the early 1790s after another defeat in his ten-year battle against the slave trade. Tired and frustrated, he opened his Bible and began to leaf through it. A small piece of paper fell out and fluttered to the floor. It was a letter written by
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 25, 2007
According to an article from Wikipedia, those who believe that Spontaneous Human Combustion is true describe some of their observations:
"According to believers, the phenomenon known as spontaneous human combustion may result in simple burns and blisters to the skin, smoking, or a complete
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Roger Nelmes on Jan 29, 2008
Watch Your Step
As a child, my second home was a baby-sitters house. My father worked on rotating shifts as a policeman, so often times we even slept there. My sitter was one BIG lady - over 300lbs. After many times of wetting her bed, she took away my bed sleeping privileges and forced me to
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Glenn Durham on Mar 25, 2008
A friend convinced Phil to go deep-sea fishing, something he had never done before. Now that he was in the middle of the ocean, he felt sure this was the dumbest thing he had ever done. Who would have believed that seasickness could be so awful? With every pitch and roll, Phil wondered if he could
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Jung Lee on Jan 19, 2024
In one of the YouTube videos, Neil deGrasse Tyson shares his observation that humans, unlike most animals, sleep on their backs, naturally facing the sky. This position may have fostered a deep connection with the heavens. However, from a Christian perspective, this curiosity and upward gaze might
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Contributed by Guy Glass on Sep 19, 2003
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On Thanksgiving Day, 1713, the governor of Connecticut and the Kings commissioners were just preparing to dine when it was announced that the bear prepared for the occasion had been “shot on ye Lord’s Day.” At the dismal news none would touch a morsel of the roast bear, until it was decided that
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 1, 2004
John Stott writes, "To be sure, the New Testament speaks of baptism in terms of our washing away our sins, but these are examples of dynamic language which attributes to the visible sign the blessing of the reality signified. It is inconceivable that the apostle Paul, having spent three chapters
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Contributed by Shane Rodriguez on Nov 11, 2004
In England about 2 to 3 miles off the coast there is a place so deep that all the dissolved sewage of London is released there. Each day of the week except Sunday, a ship loaded with garbage goes to the spot and pumps all of the filth of the city into the depth of the sea. the remarkable thing is
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Baptist
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In the 1950¡¦s comedy classic ¡§I Love Lucy,¡¨ one episode dealt with Lucy¡¦s lack of cooking skills. She had no clue how much yeast to use. She kept dumping it in¡Kone box, two, three. She left the bread in the refrigerator for a while as she talked on the phone. When she returned the kitchen
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United Methodist
Contributed by Scott Sharpes on Dec 18, 2001
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Here he was:
The eternal one, caught in a moment of time.
The Omnipresence corralled in a cave manger.
The Omnipotent cradled in a helpless infant who could not even raise His head from the straw.
The Omniscience confined in a baby who would not say a word.
The Christ who created the heavens and
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Nazarene
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Baptism is a lot like a wedding ring. Baptism is symbolic of the washing away of our sins. It is also symbolic of a new way of life. It has been said that Baptism is to the Christian faith what the wedding ring is to a marriage. It is a symbol. "Like the wedding ring, baptism draws a mark on
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2002
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DIETY DEMONSTRATED
"The Easter event, so they affirm,
demonstrated Jesus’ deity; validated his teaching;
attested the completion of his work of atonement for sin;
confirms his present cosmic dominion and his coming reappearance as Judge; assures us that his personal pardon, presence, and power
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