Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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In his brilliant new book, Catching the Light, quantum physicist Arthur Zojanc writes of what he describes as the "entwined history of light and mind" (correctly described by one admirer as the "two ultimate metaphors of the human spirit"). For our purposes, his initial chapter is most helpful.
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Working on this sermon has made me so thankful.
A few weeks ago I taught a class that went along with what I’ve been studying for this series in Exodus. For the class, I did an extensive study on the 7 feasts that God instituted for the Nation of Israel. I read a detailed account of what is
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 3, 2002
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Conflict is a part of life; it is a part of human history. A study reported in the Canadian Army Journal regarding the frequency of human conflicts came up with this interesting statistic – since 3600 B.C. the world has only known 292 years of peace. During this period
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Church Of God
Contributed by David Dewitt on Apr 9, 2001
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Finding his newly-appointed pastor standing at his study window in the church weeping as he looked over the inner city¡¦s tragic conditions, a layman sought to console him: "Don¡¦t worry. After you¡¦ve been here a while, you¡¦ll get
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Church Of God
Contributed by James Mccullen on May 6, 2005
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Finding his newly-appointed pastor standing at his study window in the church weeping as he looked over the inner city’s tragic conditions, a layman sought to console him: "Don’t worry. After you’ve been here a while, you’ll
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Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Jun 16, 2005
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Jake had been struggling with his faith since his cancer surgery. He was only 22 and had experienced so much and had so many doubts and questions. He decided to enter a theological seminary to study God’s word and hopefully find some answers. When he
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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Teens Under God: According to an American Bible Society study, 82.4% of teens think the words “under God” belong in the Pledge of Allegiance. 63% say they think about the words while they are reciting the pledge. 71.8% think students should be allowed to pray in
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Contributed by Chris Adams on Mar 2, 2006
60% of all web-site visits are sexual in nature (MSNBC /Stanford/Duquesne study, Washington Times Jan. 26, 2000).
Every day, up to 30 million people log on to pornographic web-sites (CNET.com, April 28, 1999).
Americans spend an estimated $8-10 billion annually on
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
The Average Online Shopper is female, age 44, and has an annual household income of about $68,000 according to an eMarketer Inc. study. She has a college degree, is more inclined to use an advanced Internet connection, and spends more than $360 a year on various purchases.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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George Muller was asked, “What is the secret of your service to God?” Muller’s response was this: “There was a day when I died, utterly died, died to George Muller, his opinions, preferences, tastes and will…died to the world, its approval and censure…died to the approval or blame
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jul 29, 2007
Reginald Bibby, the Canadian guru of statistical study, tells us in his book, “Restless Gods” that “People from British Columbia to Newfoundland are providing some interesting evidence of the existence of God, on something of an unconscious level. These kinds of findings point to a great
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Curt Cizek on Sep 18, 2007
One of my seminary professors gave a great lecture one day when I was in my first year at the seminary. I was in awe of his knowledge. I went up to him after class and told him just how much I enjoyed the lecture and his vast Biblical
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Lutheran
Contributed by Ronnie Knight on May 9, 2008
As Wilbur Smith puts it, "We know more about the details of the hours immediately before and the actual death of Jesus than we know about the death of any other man in the entire ancient world." Therefore, we begin our study today with the premise that these events are just as historically
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Baptist
Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Sep 4, 2023
Great multitudes will follow as long as there is no price to be paid, no contract to sign, no commands to obey, no orders to follow, no sacrifices to surrender, no gifts to offer, no commitments to keep, no burdens to bear, no suffering to share, no hardship to handle, no effort to exert, no pills
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Presbyterian/Reformed
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Many years ago, when we had dug our potatoes, we laid the potatoes on the ground and washed them.
We let them dry in the sun, and then my two little sons started putting the potatoes in bags for storage.
We counted the potatoes to nine, then Joshua was to pick the biggest potato he saw and place it
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