Contributed by Lonnie Erwin on Sep 24, 2007
Illustration: "Christians Aren’t Perfect, Just Forgiven"
Whether seen on bumper stickers, heard during altar calls, developed from a narrow interpretation of Lutheran or fundamentalist theology, or perpetuated in fluffy paperbacks, the reduction of the gospel to cheap forgiveness is ever with
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Contributed by Mark Pierce on May 25, 2010
FRIENDS: FACEBOOK
Facebook story: 175 million users of Facebook. (Stat correct in 3/2009, as of 5/2010 more like 500 million...) If it were a nation would be the 6th most populous nation. Used to be for college kids, but no more. Greatest growth (24.1 million) age 35 ¡V 49. Facebook has added
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Contributed by Michael Walther on May 27, 2011
MAKING IMPROVEMENTS
Recently researchers at John’s Hopkins University ran across the notes a 19th century neurosurgeon named Harvey Cushing. What surprised them was his meticulous self-evaluation and self-criticism. He carefully documented every mistake he made on the operating table. Most
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If Jesus did not rise from the dead, the Christian faith is a foolish fantasy. However, if the resurrection of Christ did occur, it confirms His life, message, and atoning work. It is the basis of our hope of life beyond the grave. Christ is alive, and the evidence is overwhelming. Here are some of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002
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Physician, theologian, and philosopher Albert Schweitzer stated … “The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on Dec 11, 2002
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There is an old sermon illustration that I have heard many times but recently I learned that the illustration has a basis in fact. A man by the name of John Griffith, lived in Oklahoma in 1929 and lost all he had in the stock market. He moved to Mississippi where he took a job as bridge tender for
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Contributed by Don Jones on Feb 25, 2007
George Sweeting, in his book The No-Guilt Guide for Witnessing, tells of a man by the name of John Currier who in 1949 was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Later he was transferred and paroled to work on a farm near Nashville, Tennessee.
In 1968, Currier’s sentence was
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Sep 29, 2009
George Sweeting, in his book The No-Guilt Guide for Witnessing, tells of a man by the name of John Currier who in 1949 was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Later he was transferred and paroled to work on a farm near Nashville, Tennessee.
In 1968, Currier’s sentence was
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"I AM"
In the book Life of Christ, the author on page 32 states the following about "The Great I Am":
We can see that John's aim is two-fold. On one-hand, he seeks to demonstrate that Jesus is "The Messiah, the Son of God." On the other, he wants people to know the true identity of Jesus, so that
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
-- John Adams
From Gary
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Jesus showed great range of emotion in his words. When he whispered, Simon wept and John sobbed. When he
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 14, 2010
“They that know God will be humble,” John Flavel has said, “and they that know themselves cannot be proud.”
Quoted in
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Contributed by Mark Hensley on Jan 26, 2001
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The year was 1772, and a Baptist preacher serving a small country church was called to pastor a large, more prestigious church in London, England. As the story goes, John Fawcett delivered his farewell sermon and packed up his family’s earthly possessions, ready to go. It was the tears of his
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Contributed by Lynn Floyd on Apr 12, 2002
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“The husband who plops himself down in front of the t.v. and orders his wife around like a slave has abandoned
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