In William Shakespeare’s play, The Merchant of Venice (Act 1, Scene 3), one of the characters (Antonio) says:
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
An evil soul producing holy witness
Is like a villain with a smiling
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Episcopal/Anglican
Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Sep 20, 2007
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ILLUSTRATION: The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey ran a help-wanted ad for electricians with expertise at using Sontag connectors. They received170 responses, even though there is no such thing as a Sontag connector. The Authority ran
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Assembly Of God
It is said that a church is considered evangelistically effective if just 1 person in 20 in that church leads a person to Christ in a year. This would mean that a church of 100 people would see five people come to Christ in their ministry in a year’s
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Christian/Church Of Christ
RE: GOD’S COMPASSION - LUKE 5:1-7
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SONG:
"If he carry the weight of the world upon his shoulders,
I know my brother he will carry you.
"If he carry the weight of the
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Charismatic
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 19, 2009
Stress can be both positive or negative; it can drain us, but it can also charge us!
1. Distress -- demotivates us, brings us down
2. Eustress-- motivates us, it is tiring in the short term by invigorating in the long…
• Meeting a challenge
• Coming
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 9, 2009
You remember the Gatorade commercial with Michael Jordan and the tagline, "Be like Mike." Well, our goal as Christians should be to "be like Jesus." 1 John 2:5-6 puts it this way, "This is how we know
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
"The Christian Church Is Struggling to influence the nation’s culture because believers think of themselves as individuals1st, Americans 2nd, , and Christians 3rd. Until that prioritization is rearranged, the Church will continue to lose
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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Father’s Day is the 4th most important retail gift holiday, after Christmas, Mother’s Day, and Valentines. 55% of Americans celebrate the day with a gift, according to new Unity Marketing research the typical gift-giver
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
Slippery Slope: World Net Daily reports that, in a survey taken between June 24 and July 8, 53% of respondents said they opposed “gay” marriages and 38% approved. In ‘96, the same survey found 65% opposed and 27%
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