Contributed by Paul Wallace on Aug 30, 2004
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Suicidal Rates in America
Persons under 25 accounted for 15% of all suicides in 2000. (From the 1950’s to the late 70’s the suicide rate increased by 200%, and has remained steady since.)
Psychological autopsy studies show that more than 90% of completed suicides had one or more mental
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Robert Marsh on Mar 18, 2005
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In the last movie of the Lord of the Rings trilogy “The Return of the King,” there is a scene where a man is dying of his wounds, and his daughter runs to his side. As she places her face over his, he fixes his eyes on her, and in the midst of his shock and pain, his bearded face breaks into a
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2003
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A little boy and his father visted the country store, upon leaving the store the owner of the store offered the little boy some free candy. "get a hand full of candy", the merchant said to the boy. The boy just stood there looking up at his father. The owner repeated himself, "Son get a hand full
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
Non-Christians seem to think that the Incarnation implies some particular merit or excellence in humanity. But of course it implies just the reverse: a particular demerit and depravity. No creature that deserved Redemption would need to be redeemed. They that are whole need not the
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Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 10, 2007
Christians and non-Christians. Believers and non-believers. Sinners saved and lost. That is really the only significant difference between men, and I use the word ‘men’ generically; you have heard His words with ears of faith and been declared right with Him or you have heard His words with ears
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Orthodox
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jul 4, 2008
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It is in the non-Christians vested interest to deny the omniscience of God for them to live autonomously. A God who controls the worlds and knows the future is a barrier to that autonomy.
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Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 22, 2011
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NON-CHRISTIANS CAN BE HAPPY
I didn't say that non-Christians can't be happy or that they can't be content. Sure they can be happy...as long as life goes the way they want it to go. As long as our health is good, we enjoy our job, people love us and the sky is blue, anybody can be fairly content
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
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36% of Christians and 47% of non-Christians are “still trying to figure out the purpose of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
90% of Christians and 81% of non-Christians believe “Family is most responsible for teaching forgiveness
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
80% of Christians and 69% of non-Christians feel they “are an outstanding role model for young
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 15, 2006
Non-Christian Narnia: The C.S. Lewis estate and its publishers have started shaping a marketing makeover of Aslan and assorted Narnian habitués to expand readership and extend the brand. Most striking of all, they have developed a discreet strategy to avoid direct links to the Christian imagery
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 17, 2006
More Non-Christians: Over the past 10 years, the number of adults who identify with a non-Christian religion rose from 5.8 million to 7.7 million, according to a Graduate Center of the City University of New York report. This represents an increase from 3.3% to 3.7% of the population.
The American
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I love that scene in The Pilgrim's Progress where Christian and Hopeful come to the final river of death. They are fearful that the water will be over their heads. But Hopeful goes first and calls back to Christian, “Be of good cheer, my brother; I feel the bottom, and it is good.”
For every
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Dana Chau on Apr 21, 2002
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Steve Brown noted, "For every non-Christian who has cancer, a Christian will have cancer, so the world will see the difference. And for every non-Christian who has a business failure, a Christian
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Contributed by Chris Appleby on May 20, 2002
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A funeral and the burial or cremation that goes with it is a vital part in the process of mourning isn’t it? It provides a sense of finality that’s important in coming to terms with loss. You often hear about people who have been lost and assumed dead but their bodies are never found. And their
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Anglican
Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Nov 23, 2010
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70 FUNERALS IN ONE DAY
During a forty-year ministry, I would guess that many pastors do seventy or more burials. But this wasn't over the full span of his ministry. In fact, it wasn't even a full year. In one day, Pastor Rinkart did burial rites for up to seventy people and did the same the next
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Lutheran
There is an old story of a king and his clown or “jester” who sometimes said very foolish things. One day the jester had said something so foolish that the king handing him a staff, said to him: “Take this, and keep it till you find a bigger fool than yourself.”
“Some years later, the king lay on
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