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  • There Are Two Kinds Of Discontent In This ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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     | 1,756 views

    "There are two kinds of discontent in this world; the discontent that works, and the discontent that wrings its hands. The first gets what it wants, and the second loses what it has. There's no cure ...read more

  • Always Seek Peace Between Your Heart And God, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006
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    "Always seek peace between your heart and God, but in this world, always be careful to remain ever-restless, never satisfied, and always ...read more

  • A Young Musician's Concert Was Poorly Received ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
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    A young musician’s concert was poorly received by the critics. The famous Finnish composer Jean Sibelius consoled him by patting him on the shoulder and saying, ‘Remember, son, there is no city ...read more

  • Poem,

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 2, 2009
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    Poem, “Peace on Earth” Peace on earth, with a world at war? O what were the angels singing for That far-away night when the Star shown down With a glorious light on Bethlehem’s town? Peace on earth! They were singing of Him Who was born that night to redeem from sin; Who still has the power to ...read more

  • I Want Our Great Democracy To Be Wise Enough To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "I want our great democracy to be wise enough to realize that aloofness from war is not promoted by unawareness of war. In a world of mutual suspicions, peace must be affirmatively reached ...read more

  • Selfish Wish: If Americans Could Have Their ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    Selfish Wish: if Americans could have their wildest dreams come true, 38% would choose to win the lottery; 1% would pick world ...read more

  • A Group Of Geography Students Studied The "Seven ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A group of geography students studied the "Seven Wonders of the World." At the end of the lecture, the students were asked to list what they considered to be the present-day seven wonders of the world. Although there was some disagreement, the following got the most votes: 1) the Great Pyramids of ...read more

  • Peace Is Rare: Less Than 8 Percent Of The Time ...

    Contributed by Eric Peloquin on Dec 15, 2007
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    Peace is rare: Less than 8 percent of the time since the beginning of recorded time has the world been entirely at peace. In a total of 3,530 years, 286 have been warless. Eight thousand treaties have been broken in ...read more

  • Everything In Our Culture Is Fast. We Hate To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Aaron Burgess on Sep 19, 2002
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    Everything in our culture is fast. We hate to delay. I heard about a furniture store that carried a sign on its window, “Antiques, while you wait.” Max Lucado says, “America, the country of shortcuts and fast lanes. We’re the only nation on earth with a mountain called, ‘Rushmore.’” Our rushing ...read more

  • He Is The Second-String Quarterback On His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    He is the second-string quarterback on his junior high football team. She is a housewife who substitutes for teachers at the elementary school down the street. The nurse has her beeper clipped to her blue jeans as she shops for groceries. The vice-president is surrounded by those who protect him as ...read more

  • The Serenity Prayer – Written By Reinhold ...

    Contributed by Greg Buchner on May 31, 2005
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    The Serenity Prayer – written by Reinhold Niebuhr God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time; accepting hardship as a pathway to peace; ...read more

  • Tom And Eleanor  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Dec 19, 2001
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    Illus.: Tom & Eleanor I’d like to tell you the story of two children. The parents of the first child were somewhat mismatched. His father was unemployed with no formal schooling. His mother was a teacher. This child, born in Port Huron, Michigan, was estimated to have an IQ of 81. He was ...read more

  • A Despondent Woman Was Walking Along The Beach ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A despondent woman was walking along the beach when she saw a bottle on the sand. She picked it up and pulled out the cork. Whoosh A big puff of smoke appeared. "You have released me from my prison," the genie told her. "To show my thanks, I grant you three wishes. But take care, for with each ...read more

  • Corrie Ten Boom Lived Through The Terrible Life ...

    Contributed by Gerald Steffy on Aug 28, 2009
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    Corrie ten Boom lived through the terrible life of Nazi concentration camps, a place where hope was lost for many people. She survived to tell her story of unfaltering faith and tight-fisted hope in God. She saw the face of evil up close and personal. She saw some of the most atrocious and ...read more

  • We Can Only Hope To Experience Eden When We ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on May 14, 2010
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    We can only hope to experience Eden when we understand it is a lifestyle not a landmass. God invites us to walk with Him and live in Eden! Eden is the experience of wholeness in the world you inhabit. You don’t need to book an international flight or leave it behind after a few days! Eden can be ...read more

  • The First Computers, Built Around The End Of The ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Mar 10, 2002
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    The first computers, built around the end of the Second World War, were large machines that could have taken up most of this sanctuary. But, over a period of 30 - 40 years, they shrunk in size and grew in power. A man by the name of Douglas Engelbart, a former Navy Radar Technician, established ...read more

  • Swedish Hymnist Lina Sandell Berg Served With ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Swedish hymnist Lina Sandell Berg served with her father in an evangelistic ministry. As they were traveling by ship, he accidentally fell overboard and drowned. In need of the comfort that only God can supply, she wrote the following words that are still sung by Christians around the world: Day by ...read more

  • Pax Romana  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 30, 2012
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    PAX ROMANA About 27 years before Jesus was born Rome experienced something unique that history has called Pax Romana = the peace of Rome. Beginning with the reign of Augustine, Emperor of Rome and lasting till about 180 A.D. (a period of 200 years) Rome was at peace. They had few internal ...read more

  • They Call It The Marshmallow Test. A Researcher ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
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    They call it the marshmallow test. A researcher gives this choice to a 4-year-old: “I am leaving for a few minutes to run an errand and you can have this marshmallow while I am gone, but if you wait until I return, you can have two marshmallows.” Researchers at Stanford University ran that test in ...read more

  • When Prayer Isn't All You Need

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2012
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    WHEN PRAYER ISN’T ALL YOU NEED Tim Hansel, Holy Sweat, 1987, Word Books Publisher, p. 63. In my late twenties, a bunch of my friends and I decided to sail around the world. I have to admit, though, at the time I was a bit worried. I hadn’t even sailed before. I was uneasy and anxious. So I spent a ...read more