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  • Ignorance

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 18, 2020
     | 3,558 views

    This is a transcript of an actual support call to a computer support number: Me: Thank you for calling —- my name is —- how may I help you? customer: My new laptop won’t turn on. Me: Is it plugged in? Customer: What? Me: Did you plug it in? The battery is probably dead. Customer: It’s a WIRELESS ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Ignoring The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
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    IGNORING THE WARNINGS On Sep. 28, 1986 heavy rains flooded many low-lying areas of the Midwest. Two years before, there was a flood that many remember as the "Memorial Day Massacre" that claimed the lives of twenty people in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as small creeks and drainage ditches became killer ...read more

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  • Singles Ignored: Generally Churches Ignore ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
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    Singles Ignored: Generally churches ignore singles or treat them as if they are strange. Given the fact that almost 50% of the U.S. adult population is single, churches need to recognize singles as normal. And churches need to minister to their diverse needs, including those who have ...read more

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  • Do Not Be Ignorant

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 20, 2008
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    Do Not Be Ignorant Paul opens Chapter 10 by telling the Corinthian Christians to not be ignorant to not be ag-no-eh-o which means the following: The Greek word for "ignorant" - ἀãíïέù, agnoeō, ag-no-eh'-o. Not to know (through lack of information or intelligence); by ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Ignoring The Warnings  PRO

    Contributed by David Parks on Feb 24, 2005
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     | 4,248 views

    Ignoring the Warnings. Several years ago, a close frind gave me a old hand bill. It was one of thousands that were supposed be dropped over Japan before the first Atomic bombs were droped. One side was a picture of bombers dropping thier deadly cargo. The other side was in Japanese and the third ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Ignorance And Apathy

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jun 28, 2011
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    IGNORANCE AND APATHY One fellow was talking to his next-door neighbor about a speaker he heard the night before. He told the neighbor, "That guy said something that has really stuck in my mind. He said that all of the worlds problems could be summed up in two words: ignorance and ...read more

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  • Prayer Is Ignored

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 30, 2012
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    PRAYER IS IGNORED In 2005 Barna Reports said this, "Prayer is one of three critical spiritual dimensions which most local churches essentially ignore. Prayer is said to be one of the top ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Ignorance Of Scripture

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Jan 13, 2010
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    "Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Ignorance Of One's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 27, 2010
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    Ignorance of One’s Inheritance A Michigan factory worker, earning less than ten thousand dollars a year, was an unknowing heir to a half-million dollars. When located by an investigator some years after his benefactor’s death, the worker explained that he had neither returned home nor kept in touch ...read more

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  • Ignoring The Warnings  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 28, 2008
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    IGNORING THE WARNINGS Listen to this description of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in northern Ukraine: "There were two electrical engineers in the control room that night, and the best thing that could be said for what they were doing is they were 'playing around' with the machine. They ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Ignorance Of Sheep

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 16, 2022
     | 1,655 views

    City dwellers generally have limited knowledge of sheep; not usually pets. “What are you doing with that sheep? You should take it to the zoo,” the officer said. The following week, the same police officer sees the same man with the same sheep in the front seat, with both of them wearing ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Apathy Vs. Ignorance

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 16, 2020
     | 2,143 views

    I asked one man what the difference was between ignorance and apathy. You know what he told me? “I ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Ignoring The Barriers Of The Past

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
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    IGNORING THE BARRIERS OF THE PAST Every four years, the world’s attention turns to the summer Olympic games. For a few days, men and women from around the globe gather to compete against the best. Amazing records are broken and new ones are set at these games. The Four-Minute-Mile: Just a few ...read more

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  • Continuing In Blindness

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Apr 6, 2011
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    CONTINUING IN BLINDNESS One of the greatest tragedies for people would be to live in darkness when they could live in the light. Rose Crawford had been blind for 50 years. Then she had an operation in an Ontario hospital. She said, "I just can't believe it," as the doctor lifted the bandages from ...read more

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  • The Stranger

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 19, 2011
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    THE STRANGER Some time ago, a small east coast community was struggling financially, so they called an open town meeting to discuss the problem. A couple dozen people were there, including a stranger that no one seemed to know. Most assumed he was a tourist who had just dropped in on the meeting. ...read more

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  • What You Don't Know

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Nov 12, 2011
     | 1,971 views

    WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW They say, "What you don't know can't hurt you." But it's not true, is it? Suppose your house is invaded by termites that are eating away at the studs and beams and rafters, and you don't know it. Suppose you are on an extended trip but you left water boiling on the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Too Much Of A Good Thing

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 8, 2011
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    TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING Reuters, had a rather strange story: Heat Wave Claims a Frostbite Victim. While the rest of Europe suffered under a record heat wave, back in August 2003, 46 year-old Mike Ball literally froze his foot driving 250 miles with his toes too close to the air conditioning ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • We Have No One By That Name

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 9, 2011
     | 2,118 views

    WE HAVE NO ONE BY THAT NAME Some people are just plain stubborn! Theatre Arts magazine: A subscriber to the Theatre Arts magazine called "Information" for the magazine's number. "Sorry," said the operator, "but there is nobody listed by the name of Theodore Arts." The subscriber insisted: "It's ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • The Lord's Prayer...?

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jan 15, 2012
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    THE LORD'S PRAYER...? Two men were drinking in a bar when the topic of conversation got round to religion. One man turned to his friend and said; “I bet you don't even know the Lord's Prayer." "Wait a minute," said his friend, "I do too know the Lord's Prayer." So his friend pulled out a £20 and ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

  • Higher Standard Of God

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jul 6, 2009
     | 1,972 views

    HIGHER STANDARD OF GOD Paul very much emphasized that we are responsible to others. Not responsible for them but to them. We are held to a high standard (at least we should be) by our own conscience, by others, and by God. Too often we make excuses such as not knowing that something was ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God