Contributed by Richard Burkey on Jun 7, 2005
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J. I. Packer wrote, “The church is not to be like a bus, where passengers sit quietly and let someone else do the driving, but
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Lutheran
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Bill Hybels, the pastor of Willow Creek Church in Chicago which as over 20,000 people in attendance each week, tells the story of an encounter he had with a young woman: “I recall one time being in a restaurant studying for a message, and a gal looked over from her table and saw me reading my
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Methodist
Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Jul 26, 2005
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I have a friend who works with a church in Nashville. He was telling us a few weeks ago about a lady at his church who was really convicted by what she had been reading in the scriptures and hearing at church. She felt that she has no other choice but to take the love of God out to a dying world
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Bruce Ball on Aug 25, 2005
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A small church in Virginia needed to have a new roof in the worst of ways, but there was no money in their account. Most of the congregation was very poor except for the local banker. He was an ornery old cuss, and he would be the first in church so he could always sit in the back pew by the
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10 Things You Never Hear in Church
1. Hey! It’s my turn to sit in the front pew!
2. I was so enthralled, I never noticed your sermon went 25 minutes over time.
3. Personally I find witnessing much more enjoyable than golf.
4. I’ve decided to give our church the $500 a month I used to send to TV
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
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A man who first pastored and nurtured a church brings in an assistant to help with the work, a hand-picked man. Later, both men do church planting work together for a couple of years, then return to the home church. A sharp disagreement arises over an issue they both view as a matter of principle,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
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People who attend church, synagogue or other religious services once a week live 7 years longer than those who never go, according to a study that appears in this month’s
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