Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2004
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AN INFINITE GOD, A FINITE MIND
Augustine, while puzzling over the doctrine of the Trinity, was walking along the beach one day when he observed a young boy with a bucket, running back and forth to pour water into a little hole. Augustine asked, "What are you doing?" The boy replied, "I’m trying to
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 18, 2004
Dear Lord,
I have been re-reading the record of the Rich Young Ruler and his obviously wrong choice. But it has set me thinking. No matter how much wealth he had, he could not—ride in a car, have any surgery, turn on a light, buy penicillin, hear a pipe organ, watch TV, wash dishes in running
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Baptist
Contributed by Richard Burkey on Jun 15, 2005
Someone in our day who has a prideful self-centeredness we say has the disease of Narcissism. The name comes from Greek mythology and refers to a handsome young man name Narcissus who fell in love with himself. Whenever he would come along a pool of clear water, he would look at his reflection for
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Lutheran
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
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When John G. Mitchell, of Multnomah School of the Bible, was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Tacoma, Washington, he heard Dr. G. Campbell Morgan preach. The man knew his text, and young Mitchell was impressed. In fact, he asked the visiting Bible teacher how he understood Scripture so
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Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Mar 5, 2007
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The novel “Gilead” is a letter that the old Presbyterian pastor John Ames is writing to his young son to be read when the son is old enough to understand. He quotes the theologian Ludwig Feuerbach
“Water is the purest, clearest of liquids; in virtue of this its natural character it is the image of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Charles Dickens’ novel A Tale of Two Cities tells the story of Charles Darnay, a young Frenchman
condemned to die in the guillotine. But when Sidney Carton, his friend, heard about Darnay’s
sentence, he was determined to find a way to save him.
Carton gained admission to the dungeon the night
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 25, 2007
The Bigger the Better
Joseph Stowell recounted a story: I was in West Africa—Timbuktu to be exact—and the missionaries were telling me that in that culture the larger the women were the more beautiful they were thought to be. In fact, a young missionary who had a small, trim wife said that the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 7, 2007
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Morris, an 82 year-old man, went to the doctor at The Trailer Estates Medical Clinic
to get a physical. A few days later the doctor saw Morris walking down the street with
a gorgeous young woman on his arm. A couple of days later the doctor spoke to Morris
and said, "You’re really doing great,
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Contributed by Lonnie Erwin on Oct 5, 2007
Illustration: "Objectivity," or the Breath of Hell
A young Englishman ... was in Germany when Nazis degraded the Jews in the streets. At first he was sick at the sight and rushed down a side street. The next time he felt he could look, and stopped for a full minute. The third time he watched.
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Baptist
Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 31, 2008
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SOMEONE ELSE IS PUNISHED
There was once a movie called The Last Emperor. A young child was anointed as the last emperor of China and lived a life of luxury with 1,000 servants at his command.
He was once asked by his brother, "What happens when you do wrong?"
"When I do wrong, someone else is
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
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ACTIVE FATHER FIGURES
Active fathers and father figures play a key role in reducing behavior problems in boys and psychological problems in young women, according to the peer-reviewed journal Acta Paediatrica. Swedish researchers found regular positive contact reduces criminal behavior among
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Contributed by Charles Wallis on Feb 8, 2009
When we try to figure everything out instead of trusting God, we get cynical and miss out on miracles.
"The Logical Song" by Supertramp:
"When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful,
a miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical.
And all the birds in the trees, well they’d be singing so
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Pentecostal
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