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I Desire Mercy Not Sacrifice
Experiencing the mercy of God in our lives
Ready & Faithful
Looking to Jesus for help now and hope in the future
Why Suffering?
Help your church understand God's plan in pain
More than 22% of Americans say they never go to church. In 2004, that number was ...read more
Scripture: Acts 1:8
Tags: Evangelism The Lost
In ’07, 28 participating churches in 15 European countries planted 153 new ...read more
Tags: Missions
37% of Protestant churches are very involved in local evangelism/missions; 47% are somewhat ...read more
23% of Protestant churches are very involved in evangelism/missions outside their local community, according to clergy; 49% are somewhat involved. 41% of Protestant churches are very involved in overseas ...read more
COMMON-ISM IN THE CHURCH Years ago I ran across this following definition of the various forms of government. They compared capitalism (the economic model we try to follow in our country) with communism and socialism, and they used a simple illustration to drive their point home. In a capitalist ...read more
Scripture: Acts 2:42-48
Tags: Church Body Of Christ
THE GUILT THAT DOESN’T GO AWAY Those of you who know me know that I love fishing. I do not however like hunting. For some reason the thought of shooting an animal is just not appealing to me. That does not mean I do not know how to shoot. When I was a kid I was in a gun club. I competed in target ...read more
Scripture: Acts 3:19
Tags: Repentance
PAIN AND REGRET: A GIFT? In 1999, Dr Paul Brand and Philip Yancey co-wrote a book called Pain: the Gift Nobody Wants. Dr Brand was born in India to missionary parents, and has spent most of his life caring for people with leprosy. One of Dr Brand’s greatest discoveries was that people with leprosy ...read more
EVERYONE CAN WIN SOMEONE George W. Truett was the beloved pastor of Dallas’ First Baptist Church for more than 60 years. He tells of a woman who came to him after a service. She was a poverty stricken widow with several children. She said, "Pastor, I have never known you to be unfair -- yet you ...read more
Tags: Evangelism Fear Of
It's hard to believe, but another Christmas has come and gone. It comes so slow but leaves so fast. I guess I'll never understand that. This Christmas was probably the most unusual that I have ever experienced. When I was young, I remember those first Christmases; they were so slow in ...read more
Scripture: Acts 20:35
Tags: Christmas, Humore
Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance
My wife Marge said she was 8 years old when during a time of revival in Alberta, Canada she received Jesus as her own personal Saviour. This was in 1948 and the next day she could hardly wait to tell all her friends about Jesus and how she was saved. ...read more
Tags: Salvation, Testimony
B. Salvation depends upon Christ's work for us, while rewards depend upon our works ...read more
Scripture: Acts 16:31
Tags: Salvation, Works
I went to my Acupuncturist this week, like I do every other week. She was busier than usual and so she put my ears seeds in before the acupuncture. (The ear seeds help with different types of problems.) As I was sitting there, she put the ear seed on a place that she has never placed it ...read more
Scripture: Acts 17:1-9
Tags: Easter, Choose
Denomination: Baptist
Over the last few Wednesdays, we have been studying how to make wise choices in who are your close friends. One of the main points is- To have a close friend, you have to be a close friend. We live in a time where people enjoy destroying other people and leave them discouraged. In our sermon ...read more
Scripture: Acts 18:1-28
Tags: Be The Church, Encourager
One Sunday School teacher asked her class, “Why do we have to be quiet in church?’ A little boy quickly ...read more
Scripture: Acts 2:46-47
Tags: Church, Children, Worship
Denomination: Methodist
A 6-year-old girl was sitting in church with her very fidgety 4-year-old brother. She spoke to him with a stern voice, “You’re supposed to be quiet in church.” So her brother asked, “Whose gonna make me?” She ...read more
Tags: Church, Children, Worship, Quiet
In 1968, scientist Spencer Silver at the 3M company created a very weak adhesive that would peel off when removed from any surface. The funny thing was that he was in fact trying to create a super strong adhesive No one thought there was any use for such a product, until another scientist, Art Fry, ...read more
Scripture: Acts 21:17-40
Tags: Mistakes, Failure, Uninended
Denomination: Independent/Bible
Text, Acts 8:1-2, KJV: 1 And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles. 2 And devout men carried Stephen to his ...read more
Scripture: Acts 8:1-2
Tags: Martyrdom, Stephen, Devout Men
David Platt in his book, Radical, has a chapter entitled, "Beginning at the End of Ourselves -- The Importance of Relying on God's Power (Subsection entitled - “Dependent on Ourselves or Desperate for His Spirit?”). This is where I am most convicted as a pastor that I am part of a system ...read more
Scripture: Acts 1:11
Tags: Church, Holy Spirit, Pentecost, Power, Pastors, Programs (view more) (view less)
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Great Quote by A.W. Tozer on the Holy Spirit: "If God were to take the Holy Spirit out of this world, much of what we’re doing in our churches would go right on and nobody would know the difference! .I do not believe in a REPETITION of Pentecost, but I do ...read more
Tags: Power, Pastors, Ministry, Church, Holy Spirit, Pentecost (view more) (view less)
"When we rely on organization, we get what organization can do. When we rely upon education, we get what education can do. When we rely on eloquence, we get what eloquence can do. But when we ...read more
Tags: Holy Spirit, Pentecost, Power, Pastors, Ministry, Church (view more) (view less)