Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 18, 2001
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In his retirement, Thomas Jefferson founded the University of Virginia. Because Jefferson trusted that students would take their studies seriously, the code of discipline was lax.
Unfortunately, his trust proved misplaced when the misbehavior of students led to a riot in which professors who
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Contributed by Dan Cormie on Nov 23, 2002
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Ill. – Eye of the needle
Jesus was not saying that it is impossible for the rich to be saved. In those days cities were walled and had huge gates, which were open in the day light hours but barred shut at night. If a trader arrived at the city after dark he would not be able to get into the city
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Mennonite
Contributed by Chris Willis on Oct 23, 2007
Mark Twain was a brilliant writer who used his fair share of idioms, and he used our idiom this morning when he wrote Pudd’nhead Wilson in 1894. This is what he wrote, Behold, the fool saith, "Put not all thine eggs in the one basket" which is but a manner of saying, "Scatter your money and your
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Donald Minshew on Jul 21, 2006
Seen clearly in the quandary of the Califonia Senate in 1957. By a 20-7 vote rejected as the state motto “In God we trust” in favor of
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Baptist
Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Oct 17, 2007
Andrew Murray said Faith makes “The pleasure of God our one desire, The will of God our one choice, the help of God our one
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Baptist
Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jul 12, 2008
Samuel Adams on April 16, 1781 declared, "Let each citizen remember…that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"If we will only surrender ourselves utterly to the Lord, and will trust Him perfectly, we shall find our souls mounting up with wings as eagles,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"If you wish in this world to advance, Your merits you're bound to enhance; You must stir it and stump it, And blow your own
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 8, 2004
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In his excellent history of the silent film, "The Parades’ Gone By," Kevin Brownlow tells the amazing tale of a lanky, good looking young man from Montana would do just about anything to get into the movies. In 1926, Paramount was filming one of the last of the big budget silent westerns, "The
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else
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