Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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The Japanese introduced a tree to the world that is called a Bonsai tree. It is measured in inches instead of feet as other trees are measured. It is not allowed to reach its full growth potential but instead grows in a stunted miniature form. The reason for it growing in stunted form is that when
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
I ran across this Motto from RoleModel.net on the web and I want you to listen to how they define what a role-model is in our society:
“It is the mission of RoleModel.net to promote the idea that there is within each of us the ability to inspire those around us by living a life that is more
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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A YOUNG MAN ACCEPTED THE CALL TO BECOME AN AFRICAN MISSIONARY BUT FOUND ON FURTHER EXAMINATION THAT HIS WIFE COULD NOT STAND THE CLIMATE OF AFRICA. IT MADE HER VERY SICK. HE WAS HEARTBROKEN, BUT HE PRAYERFULLY RETURNED TO HIS HOME AND DETERMINED TO MAKE ALL THE MONEY HE COULD TO BE USED IN
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 9, 2006
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"One verse in every six in the first three Gospels relates either directly or indirectly to money. Sixteen of our Lords forty-four parables deal with the use of misuse of money. A loving, joyful, liberal giving to the Lord’s
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 17, 2000
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George Hunter contends that the first characteristic of a secular person in the modern world is that he or she is ignorant of basic Christianity. It has been said of the Baby Busters, those born between 1963 and 1977 and the first generation to grow up in a postmodern context, that they lack even
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Contributed by Brian La Croix on Apr 27, 2009
So in case it has, I’d like to read the concluding paragraph from the NIV Application Commentary about this section of Scripture:
On a different note, there is strong encouragement in Jesus’ statement. Even though at times opposition appears to be insurmountable, true Christianity will assert
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John - The Apostle of Love
John is known as The Apostle of Love because more than any other writer in the New Testament he speaks of love, he exemplifies love, he loves and is loved. As a matter of fact, even though he writes only five books in the New Testament (as opposed to Paul’s 13) he used
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Contributed by John Boquist on Jul 19, 2008
MATTHEW 16: DECLASSIFIED MEETING
In 1945, the new President, Harry Truman had to be brought up to speed quickly on the atomic bomb. Then he had to go through the agonizing process of deciding whether or not to use the bomb to bring the war to an end. We know of course that two atomic bombs were
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ONLY PART OF THE MESSAGE
It was June 18, 1815, the Battle of Waterloo. The French under the command of Napoleon were fighting the Allies (British, Dutch, and Germans) under the command of Wellington. The people of England depended on a system of semaphore signals to find out how the battle was
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Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Aug 1, 2008
THE DUMB THINGS WE DO
I don't remember how long my wife and I had been dating, but I invited her over, and I was going to cook a meal. I had two other roommates, so I was going to cook for everybody. Somehow, I settled on pizza. I remembered that the first lunch date we ever had was at a pizza
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Contributed by Carl Greene on Feb 16, 2009
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CHILDREN ON SILENCE
Author Kathleen Norris used to play a game with elementary-school children in which she would make a deal with them. "First you get to make noise," she would bargain, "and then you’ll make silence."
The time of noise was always predictably chaotic -- shouting, pounding and
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Mar 24, 2003
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In his Dictionary of the New Testament, Xavier Leon-Dufour, says this about the biblical meaning of disciple, ‘In the [New Testament], the word does not appear except in the gospels and in Acts. It is never a case of the “pupil” who receives instruction from a
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Contributed by John Shearhart on Nov 19, 2006
“It has been estimated over 1/10 of Jesus’ recorded New Testament words were taken from the Old Testament. Thus, in the four gospels, 180 of the 1,800 verses that report His discourse are either Old Testament
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BARNABAS' GIFT
Barnabas later becomes the disciple who takes St. Paul in tow on the first missionary journey. It is on that journey that Paul discovers his calling to be the apostle to the Gentiles. So Barnabas’s gift, his free will offering of what he owned
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