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CELEBRATE EVERYTHING
Years back my wife reminded me "Tomorrow will be trash day." I responded to her, "Well, that makes this trash eve. What can we do to celebrate?" You see, if we work
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"The real heretic is not the atheist or agnostic (who are often decent people) but those who murmur it doesnt matter what you believe, as long as it makes you feel good. This turns religion into a subjective matter,
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Contributed by Dave Kinney on Mar 22, 2009
Kathryn Hepburn said at 81 years old, "I look forward to oblivion. I am what is called 'gradually decentergrading.' I don’t fear the next world or anything else.
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Contributed by Tony Abram on Jul 9, 2009
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Faithfulness is greatest with God. On that last day when we stand before Him, He will not ask, How much? How many? How big? He will ask how faithful we were with what He
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Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Apr 14, 2011
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Song writer and worship leader Graham Kendrick said, "Worship is first and foremost for His benefit, not ours, though it is marvelous to discover that in giving Him pleasure, we ourselves enter into what can become our
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Methodist
Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 4, 2012
The shepherds didn't just talk about what they saw, but about the life-changing "good news" they heard. It was indelibly written on their hearts. Joyful worship and witness like that of the shepherds is the result of personal experience
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 17, 2000
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George Hunter contends that the first characteristic of a secular person in the modern world is that he or she is ignorant of basic Christianity. It has been said of the Baby Busters, those born between 1963 and 1977 and the first generation to grow up in a postmodern context, that they lack even
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Contributed by Bruce Emmert on Mar 5, 2001
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One of my favorite movies is the Christmas classic, A Christmas Story, the saga of a little boy named Ralphie Parker growing up in Gary, Indiana of the 1950’s. Ralphie has been drinking Ovaltine for months, saving up box tops so that he could send in a get a Little Orphan Annie Secret Decoder Ring.
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United Methodist
Contributed by Bob Ashcraft on Dec 8, 2001
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There was a blacksmith who had a young son that was very strong-willed and discontent. He always wanted to do more than his father would allow. One morning when the blacksmith was forging new horseshoes, the boy came to take a look at his dad’s work. “That’s close enough!”, the blacksmith told to
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
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I'M SO IMPORTANT
Former Secretary of Labor Raymond Donovan tells the story of being on Air Force One. He was in the back compartment of the jet while President Reagan was in the front of the compartment. The phone rang in the back compartment and the voice said, "Mr. Donovan, the president would
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Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 28, 2002
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Former Secretary of Defense, Melvin Laird, has called the Polaris Submarine a “priceless asset” in the Cuban Missile Crisis. The man responsible for the development of the Polaris was Rear Admiral William Raborn, Jr. He carefully recruited his top management personnel. When they came on the job
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Jeff Strite on Mar 19, 2002
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There once was an oyster whose story I tell,
Who found that sand had got under his shell;
Just one little grain, but it gave him much pain,
For oysters have feelings although they’re so plain.
Now, did he berate the working of Fate
Which had led him to such a deplorable state?
Did he curse
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