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2532) Jay Leno and Me (part one of two)

Adapted from a sermon given in March 2011      On March 12th, Jay Leno, host of the Tonight Show, will be performing at Mystic Lake Casino near Shakopee.  Tickets for the show are $75.  Think about that.  In many ways, what I do for a living is the exact same thing as what Jay Leno does. […]

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1779) America’s Pastor Goes Home

William Franklin Graham, Jr.  (November 7, 1918 – February 21, 2018) ———————— By John Stonestreet and G. Shane Morris, http://www.breakpoint.org, February 22. 2018.      Here’s a story that could be repeated by any one of a million Americans:      “At age 45 I attended a Billy Graham Crusade in New York City and

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1490) What Do People Want?

What’s the number one thing we can do to fill our churches?  It’s probably not what you think. By John Stonestreet, at http://www.breakpoint.org, May 9, 2017       According to a new Gallup survey, the quality of the worship band isn’t the main reason people go to church.  Neither is it thriving kids’ programs.  Or

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945) Life, Death, and the Task of Preaching

By Rev. David Lose (not the above preacher), Professor of Preaching at Luther Seminary, St.Paul, Minnesota; posted 10-23-2009 at:  www.workingpreacher.org The following letter was posted on a website designed to assist in the weekly task of preaching.  It was written as a word of encouragement to the pastors who prepare and preach sermons, but it

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