Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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A farmer went into his banker and announced that he had bad news and good news. "First, the bad news...""Well," said the farmer, "I can’t make my mortgage payments. And that crop loan I’ve taken out for the past 10 years -- I can’t pay that off, either. Not only that, I won’t be able to pay you the
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Contributed by Mark Bauer on Aug 1, 2007
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We stand before the Lord
like a child with her hand in the candy jar.
who finds he cannot withdraw his hand
without letting go of the candy.
She is unwilling to do this
The candy represents everything we want in life
at that moment.
But he child is helpless
caught between 2 desires
candy
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Lutheran
Contributed by Curtis Emerson on Jul 30, 2010
I was reading a blog about “who should get the credit” and I wonder if any of you have some of these same ideas.
One person wrote;
“you know this phony god of yours has it good, it gets all the credit for everything good, and man gets all the credit for everything bad ... the best of both worlds”.
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Lutheran
Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 23, 2002
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KNOW WHAT YOU BELIEVE
The contention of the atheist is logically unsustainable and realistically unlivable. English journalist Steve Turner, in a work entitled, “Creed” sums it up pretty well:
We believe in Marxfreudanddarwin.
We believe everything is OK
as long as you don’t hurt
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b. Brian J. Waldrop relates this slice of life: "Flipping through the channels of my TV the other morning, I stopped to watch a painter skillfully painting a desert landscape. As the man proceeded to color the canvas in deep browns, reds, and yellows, the picture really started to look good. I felt
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 21, 2008
In China many years ago there lived an old man, with his son and a horse. Back in those days, having a horse was like owning a car today, so you can well imagine how valuable a property the animal must have been. One morning, when the man went to his field to feed the horse, the animal was gone.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"The body is a thing of shreds and patches, borrowed unequally from good and bad
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Beautiful hands are they that do deeds that are noble, good and true; Beautiful feet are they that
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as
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Contributed by Sol Madlambayan on Sep 24, 2003
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“Susannah Wesley’s Rules For Raising Children:
1. Subdue self-will in a child and thus work together with God to save his soul.
2. Teach him/her to pray as soon as he can speak.
3. Give him nothing he cries for and only what is good for him if he asks for it politely.
4. To prevent lying, punish
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Methodist