Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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Noted Bible teacher E. Schuyler English told of Michael Billester, a Bible distributor who visited a small hamlet in Poland shortly before World War II. Billester gave a Bible to a villager, who was converted by reading it. The new believer then passed the Book on to others. The cycle of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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The noted Bible scholar James M. Gray told a story that underscores the importance of reading the Scriptures for personal growth. He said that when he was a young Bible teacher he became deeply impressed by the peace and spiritual poise of a friend with whom he often talked. Since Gray wanted that
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Contributed by David Dykes on Oct 15, 2006
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During WWII, soldiers were often given Bibles to take into battle. I recall one veteran showing me his. A German bullet punctured it and traveled halfway through until it stopped in Psalm 91. What does Psalm 91:11 say? “For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.”
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2007
Who Needs Church? Even though the Bible is clear about the importance of experiencing God through a shared faith journey, only 17% of adults believe the local church is central to one’s faith development. Only 33% of evangelicals, 20% of non-evangelical born again adults, and 25% of adults with a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
Missed Bible Sales Two 2006 research projects revealed 50% of shoppers that came into a Christian store to purchase a Bible walked out without purchasing one because the variety was too confusing and sales staff
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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Bible scholar and author D. A. Carson tells of a time when he and a friend were going to the beach for some much-needed peace and quiet, but when they got there they found a horde of high school kids celebrating graduation with lots of beer, loud music and, shall we say, public displays of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2005
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A young new minister fresh from bible college wanted everybody in the new town where he was preaching to be bapized.
One day he was walking through a section in town and spotted a homeless man sitting in an alley. He strolled up to the man and asked him if he knew Jesus. The man informed him that
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Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 23, 2005
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Dr. C. I. Scofield, the eminent Bible teacher, once attended a Bible Conference in New York City. The chairman called on another minister to pray. His prayer went something like this: “Oh, thou great and terrible God. great is thy majesty. A great distance separates us from Thee. Poor lost sinners
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Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Oct 12, 2005
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We must be careful not to gather around us Bible teachers who will tickle our ears, teaching us what we want to hear, or seeking out ‘Great speakers’.
No one has done this to me yet but I heard about the little boy who went up to the preacher at the end of the service and gave him a £5 note. The
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Ill. Growing up my father always read the Bible after EVERY meal. Each week he would open the Bible to the place marked where he left off until he came to about halfway through Exodus. Then he would say ¡§A bunch of laws and how to build things¡¨ and then he would pick it up
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Contributed by Glenn Durham on Mar 12, 2008
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When the Bible insists we give honor and glory only to the one true God (when we are warned against idolatry), something more is being referred to than simply the statues before which pagans bow. The idols my heart adores are all those things which I demand for joy and significance. Pastor Tim
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
One famous Bible Commentator, Donald Guthrie had this to say about the term ABBA:
(Abba) was originally used by young children but it had acquired an extended meaning in familiar use roughly equivalent to "dear father".
It is a unique form that finds no parallel either in the OT or in Judaism,
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