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  • Max Lucado In His Book Life Lessons From The Book ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 3, 2007
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    Max Lucado in his book Life Lessons from the Book of Romans writes this in the introduction: At the moment I don’t feel too smart. I just got off the wrong plane that took me to the wrong city and left me at the wrong airport. I went east instead of west and ended up in Houston instead of Denver. ...read more

  • What A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
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    WHAT A COINCIDENCE... A man was out on walk when he saw another man about to throw himself from a bridge into the river. He ran over to save him. "Why do you want to kill yourself?" the man asked. "I’ve nothing to live for." "Don’t you believe in God?" "Yes I do." "What a coincidence--so do I! ...read more

  • A Holy Minister In The Hands Of God

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010
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    A HOLY MINISTER IN THE HANDS OF GOD We must heed the memorable words written by Robert Murray McCheyne to the Rev. Dan Edwards on 2 October 1840 after his ordination as a missionary to the Jews: "I trust you will have a pleasant and profitable time in Germany. I know you will apply hard to German; ...read more

  • Max Lucado In His Book Life Lessons From The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Max Lucado in his book Life Lessons from the Book of Romans writes this in the introduction: At the moment I don’t feel too smart. I just got off the wrong plane that took me to the wrong city and left me at the wrong airport. I went east instead of west and ended up in Houston instead of Denver. ...read more

  • The Tough Questions

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Sep 11, 2008
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    The Tough Questions Sandy Perry wrote me on Aug. 15, 2008: Today's paper had an article about the decision of Hope Presybterian to host a tribute to Isaac Hayes. Christians were opposed to the idea of hosting a tribute to a prominent, active Scientologist. One of my coworkers mentioned that all ...read more

  • The Real Issue  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,266 views

    THE REAL ISSUE "Even a superficial study of church history reveals that the Spirit of God blows with hurricane force only through those prophets and lovers who have surrendered to the folly of the cross. If there is little power and shallow wisdom in our preaching, teaching, worship, and ministry, ...read more

  • As Abraham Lincoln Prepared To Sign The ...

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 10, 2001
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    As Abraham Lincoln prepared to sign the Emancipation Proclamation, he took his pen, moved it to the signature line, paused for a moment, and then dropped the pen. When asked why, the president replied, "If my name goes into history, it will be for this act, and if my hand trembles when I sign it, ...read more

  • If You Thought Christian Martyrdom Was Merely A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 12, 2005
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    If you thought Christian martyrdom was merely a part of history, listen to this statistic: more Christians have been killed for their faith in this century alone than in the previous nineteen centuries combined. According to Paul Marshall, author of Their Blood Cries Out, in more than 60 countries ...read more

  • Every Major Religion Except Islam Is Declining In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Every Major Religion except Islam is declining in Western Europe, reports Gordon-Conwell’s Center for the Study on Global Christianity. The drop is most evident in France, Sweden and the Netherlands, where church attendance is less than 10% in some areas. The forces driving the decline include ...read more

  • Household Restructure: For The First Time In U.s. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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    Household Restructure: For the first time in U.S. history, the traditional family―a married couple with kids at home―comprises less than 25% of U.S. households. Non-family households are nearly 1/3 of the total, a 50% increase since ’70. Multigenerational homes, with 3 or more ...read more

  • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Was And Still Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. was and still is generally regarded as one of the most outstanding justices in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court. He was known as the Great Dissenter because he disagreed with the other judges so much. Holmes sat on the Supreme Court until he was 91. Two years later, ...read more

  • Allan Bloom On Relativism

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 21, 2011
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    Allan Bloom in The Closing of the American Mind: "Openness and the relativism that makes it the only plausible stance in the face of various claims to truth and various ways of life and kinds of human beings is the great insight of our times. The true believer is the real danger. The study of ...read more

  • President Reagan In His Proclamation Of ...

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on May 6, 2008
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    President Reagan in his proclamation of personhood in the womb, declared on January 14, 1988… “Our nation cannot continue down the path of abortion, so radically at odds with our history, our heritage, and our concepts of justice. This sacred legacy…demands that protection of the innocents must be ...read more

  • Wikapedia Defines Religion As: A Religion Is A ...

    Contributed by Richard Francis on Aug 19, 2008
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    Wikapedia defines religion as: A religion is a set of beliefs and practices, often centered upon specific supernatural and moral claims about reality, the cosmos, and human nature, and often codified as prayer, ritual, or religious law. Religion also encompasses ancestral or cultural traditions, ...read more

  • Sowing Seeds Of Peace  PRO

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on Feb 11, 2002
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    SOWING SEEDS OF PEACE In Europe, 1934, Hitler’s plague of anti-Semitism was infecting a continent. Some would escape it. Some would die from it. But eleven-year-old Heinz would learn from it. He would learn the power of sowing seeds of peace. Heinz was a Jew. The Bavarian village of Fourth, ...read more

  • The Golden Rule And The Holocaust  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
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    THE GOLDEN RULE AND THE HOLOCAUST Living the Golden Rule is pretty simple isn’t it? It’s just being considerate, mindful, and thoughtful but sometimes to live the Golden Rule requires great moral courage. It requires a willingness to sacrifice. In March of 1943, Bulgaria which had aligned with ...read more

  • Loving The Outcasts  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 7, 2009
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    LOVING THE OUTCASTS One of the more remarkable movements of modern times is Alcoholics Anonymous or AA, a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they might solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. Although it is ...read more

  • What If?  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jul 11, 2002
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    WHAT IF? Almost 226 years ago, a group of men were meeting in trying circumstances. A war was on. Armies were marching and doing battle. They believed in certain truths that ultimately would form one of human history’s greatest nations. They were willing to sacrifice their very lives for making ...read more

  • John Gibson, A Popular Anchor For The Fox News ...  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Weber on Dec 16, 2005
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    John Gibson, a popular anchor for the Fox News Channel, has been digging up evidence about activists, lawyers, politicians, educators, and media people who are leading the war on Christmas. And he reveals that the situation is isn’t just hype. For instance: • In Illinois, state government workers ...read more

  • Brown Is Right About One Thing (And Not Much ...

    Contributed by Scott Weber on Mar 14, 2006
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    Brown is right about one thing (and not much more). In the course of Christian history, few events loom larger than the Council of Nicea in 325. When the newly converted Roman Emperor Constantine called bishops from around the world to present-day Turkey, the church had reached a theological ...read more

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