Contributed by Carl Kolb on Oct 24, 2009
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The late Bishop Edwin Hughes once delivered a rousing sermon on "God’s Ownership" that put a rich parishioner’s nose out-of-joint. The wealthy man took the Bishop off for lunch, and then walked him through his elaborate gardens, woodlands, and farm. "Now are you going to tell me," he demanded when
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Mar 7, 2010
When I was in seminary, I heard an illustration that has stuck with me over the years. It began with a question, “Whose holding your trampoline?”
The image there is of a group a people stationed around the sides of the trampoline to keep you from falling off.
The purpose of the question was to have
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THE SIN OF DOING NOTHING
I was hungry and you formed a humanities club and discussed my hunger.
I was imprisoned and you crept off quietly to your chapel and prayed for my release.
I was naked and in your mind you debated the morality of my appearance.
I was sick and you knelt and thanked God
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Contributed by Patrick Nix on Jul 9, 2010
THE WHITE FLAG
Two hundred years after Christ, China’s Han Dynasty began its ruthless conquest of neighboring territories. During a particular battle, an enemy soldier, knowing he was defeated, stripped off part of his shirt and waved it in the air. It was an act of surrender – thus began the
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John Tillotson said, "He who provides for this life, but does not take care for eternity, is wise
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
"Tis an old maxim in the schools, That flatterys the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"New and stirring things are belittled because, if they are not belittled, the humiliating question arises: Why,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not a choice. You must take
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it
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