Contributed by Dennis Lawrence on Nov 16, 2005
“A salesman, driving on a lonely country road one dark and rainy night, had a flat tire. He opened the trunk- no tire wrench. The light form a farmhouse could be seen dimly up the road. He set out on foot through the driving rain. Surely the farmer would have a tire wrench he could borrow, he
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 12, 2002
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For years I have seen and heard about the division in churches over "correct" and "incorrect" forms of worship. I have seen it all from "you shouldn’t smile in church because you should fear the Lord" to the Ringling Brothers Circus service. Each group seems to think the other has missed the mark
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Contributed by Nathan Garcia on Mar 8, 2005
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I’m going to be quoting from the book Messy Spirituality by Mike Yaconelli. “In a book by New Zealand author Mike Riddell, Vincent has met and fallen in love with a young girl named Marilyn. Neither one of them is seeking a relationship, but a relationship is seeking them. Swept up by their
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Adventist
Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jun 28, 2001
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I read recently about a door-to-door salesman who had the worst kind of luck. Day after day he’d walk up and down the streets with his product. No one would buy a thing. Every day he knocked on the same woman’s door. Every day she turned him away. Finally, he appeared on her doorstep for the
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Lisa Delay on Aug 28, 2005
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From studying the brain scientists have found that repeated thoughts actually create physical grooves in the brain. When we practice a skill, learn a sport or study facts, a little trench is carved into our brain tissue. This is another reason why it is hard to break a habit. A habit is truly
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Contributed by Jason Cole on Feb 13, 2006
A 97-pound Labrador retriever named Marley is claimed to be the world’s worst dog. He crashed through screen doors with alarming regularity. He went berserk during thunderstorms, destroying everything in his path. He stole food off the dinner table, slobbered incessantly, drank from the toilet
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Contributed by Davon Huss on May 5, 2009
THE PEACEFUL ONE
In 1520 Ferdinand Magellan battled for an entire year to find a passage around South America. There, at the very tip of the continent, in its icy waters he encountered some of the worst weather anywhere on earth. Raging seas, towering icebergs and a mutinous crew plagued his
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Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jul 25, 2004
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It was around 1870 when New York City had one of the most hotly contested mayor’s races in its history. The incumbent was Mayor John Tweed. Everybody called him “Boss Tweed,” and it was a name that suited him well. The time came when he ran for reelection, and Boss Tweed’s political machine
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 21, 2008
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EVIL IN US ALL
In 1960, Israeli undercover agents kidnapped one of the worst killers in Hitler’s army from his hideout in South America. His name was Adolf Eichmann. They took him to Israel to stand trial for crimes against humanity.
Prosecutors called a long list of witnesses who had either seen
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 10, 2009
So this morning, we are going to try to stimulate different portions of the brain. We are going to have communion. Tactile worship and meditation definitely engage our senses in a way that make God more real. We are going to sing about worshipping in the best times and worst times with a song
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Church Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2004
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Our congregation hosted a Red Cross blood drive on a recent Sunday morning that started before and continued during our various assemblies. I tried to give blood before the worship assembly. They rejected my offer! I had to answer a long series of questions about personal health, relationships,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 2, 2002
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Clyde Reid suggested the following in
his book, YOU CAN CHOOSE CHRISTMAS,
(1975): "To anticipate Christmas is to
decide now that miracles
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