Contributed by Brian La Croix on Jan 27, 2003
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PEARLS FROM GOD-- COMMUNION MEDITATION
The cheerful girl with bouncy golden curls was almost five. With her mother at the checkout stand, she saw them: a circle of glistening white pearls in a pink foil box. "Oh please, Mommy. Can I have them? Please, Mommy, please!"
Quickly the mother checked
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 3, 2001
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British poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge once had a discussion with a man who firmly believed that children should not be given formal religious instruction, but should be free to choose their own religious faith when they reached maturity. Coleridge did not disagree, but later invited the man into his
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 4, 2001
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What would you be willing to do for $10,000,000-00? In their book, The Day America Told the Truth, James Patterson and Peter Kim reveal some shocking statistics about how far people in this country are willing to go for ten million.
Would abandon their entire family (25%)
Would abandon their
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Contributed by Gary Merillat on Jun 4, 2001
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A young girl had to pass through a bad neighborhood. As she went down a dark street she noticed a shadowy figure stalking her. She was gripped with fear, but to her relief the stalker did not attack. Later, she read of another young lady who was attacked that same night in that same place. The
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 1, 2001
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Martin Luther wrote, “I study my Bible like I gather apples. First, I shake the whole tree that the ripest may fall. Then I shake each limb, and when I have shaken each limb, I shake each branch and every twig. Then I look under every leaf. I search the Bible as a whole like shaking the whole tree.
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Church Of God
Contributed by Tim George on Sep 17, 2001
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A sailor once took a group of young people boating for the day. One young man bragged the whole way about all he knew about the sea. Every time the sailor began to give instructions this young man would interrupt with his supposed knowledge. After some time a squall blew up. The sailor began to
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Baptist
Contributed by James O. Davis on Dec 5, 2001
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The captain of an aircraft carrier had ordered a total blackout on the ship. They were in enemy waters in the North Atlantic Sea. He was ensuring the safety of the ship and crew. The leading plane radioed to the ship asking for the lights to be turned on, so they could land safetly. The radio
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2002
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Andrew Carnegie made millions in the steel industrial. He worked hard helping the poor and underprivileged. Once a socialist came to see him in his office and soon was railing against the injustice of Carnegie having so much money. In his view, wealth was meant to be divided equally. Carnegie asked
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2002
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A FATHER'S ROLE
James Dobson and Gary Bauer in their book Children at Risk articulate the importance of the father’s leadership and his role in the children’s emotional development and moral education: “Fathers must be there to tame adolescent boys, to give a young son a sense of what I means to
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Contributed by Ed Wood on May 29, 2002
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Two ministers were talking about the kind of Sunday morning we all have sooner or later. The alarm did not go off. Various domestic crises occurred. The traffic was unusually heavy. Finally, when he arrived at the church, he was late and someone had his parking space. With his frustration level
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 16, 2002
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A GAME TO REST
A father had three very active boys.
One summer evening, he was playing cops and robbers in the back yard after dinner.
One of the boys "shot" his father and yelled, "Bang! You’re dead!"
He slumped to the ground and when he didn’t get up right away, a neighbor ran over to see if
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Documented in a book by James Patterson and Peter Kim, The Day America Told the Truth, (1991), Americans were asked: “What are you willing to do for $10,000,000?” Two-thirds of Americans polled would agree to at least one, some to several of the following:
§ Would abandon their entire family
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Holiness
Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Dec 4, 2003
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A young African boy listened intently as the missionary teacher explained why Christians give presents to each other on Christmas Day. ’An expression of our joy over the birth of Jesus and our love for one another’.
When Christmas came the boy brought the teacher a very beautiful sea shell.
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Contributed by Jeff Simms on Dec 7, 2003
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In the summer of 1986, two ships collided in the Black Sea off the coast of Russia. Hundreds of passengers died as they were hurled into the icy waters below. News of the disaster was further darkened when an investigation revealed the cause of the accident. It wasn’t a technology problem like
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 1, 2004
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As an electrician I was once completing the final lighting fitment in a family home. With me at the same time were 2 other tradesmen, (a carpenter and a stonemason) who were also applying the finishing touches to their handy work. When the young couple that owned the house arrived, they excitedly
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 18, 2004
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Marvin Gregory tells the story of a junk dealer who became a millionaire even though he only had an 8th grade education. Somebody asked him how he was able to make a million dollars and in spite of his lack of formal training. He said, "Well, it ain’t hard. I just bought junk for $1 and sold it for
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Christian Church
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A number of white children had been recaptured, who had been so long with the Indians, that they could give no account of themselves. A mother who had lost two children years before went to seek her lost ones among them. The children were drawn up in line for inspection; but she could not recognize
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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