Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006
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"Have you noticed how much praying for revival has been going on of late - and how little revival has resulted? I believe the problem is that we have been trying to substitute praying for obeying, and it simply will not work. To pray for revival while ignoring the plain precept laid down in
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Aug 24, 2004
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Dennis Jernigan said his struggle with homosexuality began with sexual experimentation with other small boys at six years of age. He never told anyone about his struggle, because he saw hatred in the response of the church to homosexuals. As a senior in college he went to a 2nd chapter of Acts
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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Protestant Pastor Priorities: The Barna Group recently surveyed Protestant Senior Pastors ministry priorities for the coming year. Overall, 12 different ministry emphases were listed by at least 3% of the pastors. The top priorities were discipleship and spiritual development (47%); evangelism and
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Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 30, 2008
George Barna has broken down the American population into five existing generationsf:
Seniors: those that were born in 1926 and earlier
Builders: those that were born between 1927 and 1945
Boomers: those that were born between 1946 and 1964
Busters: those born between 1965 and 1983
Those that were
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Contributed by Shawn Rose on Jul 28, 2008
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The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network has organized over 400 Gay-Straight Alliances in US. Director Kate Frankfurt says, "Gays are tired of riding in the back of the bus. The issue [of gay rights] is now being joined, and the schools are a very important battleground." Gay activist and
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Baptist
Contributed by Thomas Black on Feb 2, 2005
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The late Vance Havner’s wife was also named Sarah. Shortly after her untimely death, Warren Wiersbe met him at Moody Bible Institute, and expressed his condolences with the simple words, "I’m sorry to hear you lost your wife." Dr. Havner smiled and replied, "Son, when you know where something is,
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jun 22, 2005
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“There is nothing so hardening as delay. When God speaks to us, He asks for a tender heart, open to the whispers of His voice of love. The believer who answers the ‘today’ of the Holy Ghost with the ‘tomorrow’ of some more convenient season, knows not how he is hardening his heart; the delay,
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Orthodox
Contributed by Stephen Wright on Oct 13, 2007
There’s a story about an old Cherokee chief sitting before a flickering fire with his grandson. The boy had broken a tribal taboo, and his grandpa wanted to help him understand what made him do it. "It’s like we have two wolves inside us," said the chief. "One is good, the other is bad. Both
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Baptist
Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Nov 23, 2007
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Dietrich Bonheoffer who wrote , “It is infinitely easier to suffer in obedience to a human command than to accept suffering as free, responsible men. It is infinitely easier to suffer with others than to suffer alone. It is infinitely easier to suffer as public heroes than to suffer apart and in
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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Dating Goes Golden: Internet research firm Nielsen// NetRatings says seniors are the fastest-growing group of online users. And many of them are looking for love or friendship on the Web. Some 26 million people visited online dating sites in January, and 18% of them, or 4.8 million, were over age
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
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Financially Enslaved Americans *90% buy things they can’t afford. *80% of graduating college seniors have credit card debt. *49% can’t cover one month’s living expenses if they lose their income. *75% of airline miles “rewarded’ are never redeemed. *Most people carry a car loan, paying $378 a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2002
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I believe in miracle, but not too much miracle, for too much miracle would weaken us, make us dependent on miracle instead of our obedience to natural law. Just enough miracle to let us know he is there, but not too much, lest we depend on it when we should depend on our own initiative and on his
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Nov 7, 2004
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Several years ago, I read Patrick Morley’s book “Walking with Christ in the Details of Life.” It is a book of meditations that includes one called “Revival: The Gospel of Addition.” In it, he said the following, “The American gospel has evolved into a gospel of addition without subtraction. It is
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Church Of God
Contributed by Steven Cannon on Jan 16, 2007
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Heb 5:7 During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission.
Heb 5:8 Although he was a son, he learned obedience from what he suffered
Heb 5:9 and,
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Christian/Church Of Christ
I remember a game we used to play in phys. ed., during the wrestling unit. There was a circle on the mat, and the object of the contest was to knock your opponent off balance and get some portion of his body to touch outside the designated circle - the goal was to stand your ground - and, as you
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Baptist
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