Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
Where does the family start? It starts with a young man falling in love with a girl no
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Mar 24, 2009
DARWIN'S START
It was because of the death of his daughter that Charles Darwin couldn't make sense of a loving God. This seemed to put him on his path to finding a way to take God out of the creation story.
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Peter Loughman on Mar 30, 2009
STARTING IS THE EASY PART-------------------
Katie and I got married a little over 21 years ago.
We wanted a simple wedding ceremony, a simple reception - a few friends, some family, a little cake, some punch and that was it. But then, the relatives got involved. Sound familiar?
What started out
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Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
START WITH HEAVEN
Randy Alcorn states the following: “Often our thinking is backwards. Why do we imagine that God patterns Heaven’s holy city after an earthly city, as if Heaven knows nothing of community and culture and has to get its ideas from us? Isn’t it more likely that earthly realities,
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Paul Steen on Dec 10, 2017
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The term “Sunk costs” is an accounting term. It refers to historical costs that no longer have relevance to decisions being made today.
Ali Saam (Garcia) and his stock market losses. He had over $140,000 in stocks. Then, two weeks later his portfolio was down to $77,000. He felt he couldn’t sell
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Denomination:
Calvary Chapel
Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2002
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IF TOMORROW STARTS WITHOUT ME
If tomorrow starts without me,
And I’m not there to see;
If the sun should rise and find your eyes
All filled with tears for me;
I wish so much you wouldn’t cry
The way you did today,
While thinking of the many things,
We didn’t get to say.
I know how much you love
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Nov 9, 2002
The name of the month that starts the year? January. Do you know how it got its name? It comes from the Roman god, Janus. Look at his picture. Isn’t it strange - he’s got two faces! He’s looking both forward and backwards - at the past and into the future. He was known as the god of
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Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Ted Sutherland on Feb 10, 2001
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How Chicago Fire Started
On October 8, 1871, at about eight-thirty in the evening, a lantern in Mrs. O’Leary’s barn, presumably kicked over by her cow, ignited the great Chicago fire. The woman was milking her cow; and there was a little lamp of oil, a little flickering flame. The cow kicked over
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Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Tim Richards on Sep 22, 2004
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The slogan started appearing on billboards in the early 1990’s, "Practice Random Acts of Kindness." According to Gavin Whitsett, author of a small handbook entitled, Guerilla Kindness, the movement is a response to the "random acts of violence" that are so much a part of the daily news. The author
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Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 2, 2006
The American Dream of starting at the bottom and working your way up is fading according to new longevity studies (studies that follow individual and families over many years). Business Week reports that the number of families who stayed stuck in the same income bracket—be it the bottom or the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2007
Todays youngsters are precocious. They start going steady with the opposite sex as
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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It is no disgrace to start all over. It is
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"Backsliding starts in such a subtle way that most of us are not aware of it, and many of us may be
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Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Aug 30, 2007
Forgive us, Lord, for failures past,
Then help us start anew
With strength and courage to obey
And closely follow
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Denomination:
Charismatic
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 30, 2008
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HOW TO START A FIRE
The great Chicago fire of October 8-10, 1871, reportedly began when a cow kicked over a lantern in Mrs. O'Leary's barn. Indeed, there was a cow in the barn belonging to Patrick and Catherine O'Leary of De Koven Street, Chicago, and fire did start in that barn.
Why did the fire
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Contributed by Bruce Ball on Apr 24, 2011
BACK WHERE WE STARTED
I have a photograph, taken of my father’s father around 1910, when he was about 28. I put that photograph next to a photo of me that was taken when I was 30. The poses were just about the same. And surprisingly, the only real different between the two photos is that he was
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Denomination:
*other
WOW! Do we know in 2016 there were 33,000 distinct denominations? It is estimated by 2025 there will be 55,000 denominations? Wow? You can’t get along with others? Just go out and start your own?
C.H. Spurgeon penned the words: The time will come when
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Assembly Of God
The problem is that Christians do not go on with God. They get saved, give a testimony of their salvation, and that’s all they ever have. They never maintain a serious study of the Word of God, which is essential to growth.
They are like the little girl who fell out of bed one night. When the
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Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2010
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BRAND NEW START
An angry newspaper subscriber stormed into the reporter’s office and demanded an apology because he had been mistakenly put in the obituaries. The reporter said, "I never write retractions, but what I will do tomorrow is list you in the birth column and give you a brand new
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