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On a balmy October afternoon in 1982, Badger Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin, was packed. More than 60,000 die-hard University of Wisconsin supporters were watching their football team take on the Michigan State Spartans. It soon became obvious that MSU had the better team.
What seemed odd was
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Contributed by Stephen Wright on Jan 8, 2006
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A rich man died and left no heirs. When his household goods were auctioned off, an elderly lady was the only one to bid for the picture of the dead man’s son. It had been greatly cherished by the dead man, because his only child had died at an early age. When the woman was asked why she wanted the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
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George Barna claims "People’s faith commitment impacts their moral perspectives. There is a clear relationship between a deep Christian commitment and serious concern about the moral state of America. This is one of those moments in history when genuine, fervent leaders of righteous character and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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The end result of all of this is sadly illustrated in the book, Reforming Fundamentalism, by George A. Marsden, which informs that 85% of the students in one of America’s largest evangelical seminaries stated that they do not believe in the inerrancy of Scripture. Beyond that, a poll of 10,000
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Calvin Coolidge
I was reading the other day. ‘Once, President Calvin Coolidge invited some folks from his hometown to dinner at the White house. Since none of them knew what proper etiquette should be on a state occasion, they thought the best policy would be to do whatever the President did.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Illustration: General Robert E. Lee was a devout follower of Jesus Christ. Although he was raised in the south where prejudice was a daily way of life, Lee seldom practiced it or revealed it in his life. Although his family owned slaves at one juncture, the slaves were always treated with respect
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Thirdly, and finally, we need to rise with Jesus, the Christ I don’t know if any of you knew this; but, the late great Prime Minister and British Statesman, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874 - 1965), arranged his own funeral. There were stately hymns in St Paul’s Cathedral, in London,
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 21, 2008
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"According to the Rabbis, the Books of Numbers and Deuteronomy are complementary to each other (comp. Tithe, Biblical Data); consequently there can be no contradiction between them. Thus there were three kinds of tithes: (1) that given to the Levites as stated in Num. xviii. 21 et seq., and termed
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Contributed by Peter Loughman on Sep 16, 2008
Topography, Basketball and the Gospel
Jack went to an Ivy League School and was a star on the basketball team and graduated with a degree in topography – that is, the study of mapping. What do basketball and topography have to do with the Gospel? Nothing. Except that years later Jack found himself
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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GLOBAL WARMING DOUBTS
More than 31,000 U.S. scientists, including more than 9,000 Ph.D.s (in fields such as atmospheric science, climatology, Earth science, environment and dozens of other specialties) have signed a petition rejecting "global warming," the U.N.’s assumption that human production
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Today is mother’s day and we have the joy of honoring our mom’s on this special day. For some it is a day filled with all kinds of emotions because of the special relationships that we have to our mothers.For some the word mother, conjures up images of June Cleaver, complete with
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Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Jun 23, 2010
In March 2009, a 62-year old woman was charged with stealing more than $73,000 from her church in the state of Washington. When the detectives interrogated her, she told them: “Satan had a big part in the theft.” It sounds like she was saying that the devil made her do it.
Satan may have played a
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Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Apr 20, 2011
POTATO PROVISION
I remember just a few years ago when we lived in Poland as missionaries. We were struggling so much financially. The dollar had plunged in value and we lost about 1/3 of the value of our money and were wondering if we would have to return back to the States. So we were praying for
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Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Jun 24, 2025
The Preacher’s New Suit
I was recently invited to preach for the Sunday morning service.
Ice Breaker: For an introduction, I stated the following:
I introduced myself and then shared the following.
Hello, I'm LC Taylor and my wife is Kathy. My wife and I were discussing how honored we were
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What is the Bible?
"THIS BOOK contains the mind of God, the state of man, the way of salvation, the doom of sinners and the happiness of believers.
Its doctrines are holy, its precepts are binding, its histories are true, and its decisions are immutable.
Read it to be wise, believe it to be
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FUNNY LOVE STORY
Ruth Chudrow stated that she met her husband “while I was working in a science library. He came in every week to read the latest journals and eventually decided to take out the librarian instead of the books.
After a year and a half of dating, he showed up at the library and
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