Contributed by Bob Joyce on Oct 10, 2007
In large part, Jesus has a negative attitude toward wealth. Doesn’t have much of anything good to say about money (Mark 4:19; Matthew 6:19; Luke 12:13; 16:1; 19:1).
Jim Bakker, of PTL fame, once the health and wealth and prosperity gospel preacher, said he was convinced by God in a dream, and he
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Contributed by Richard Francis on Jan 31, 2009
A W Tozer encouraged people wanting and having a "personal revival" to be seeking God with ALL of their Heart to consider these two points:
1. Get thoroughly dissatisfied with yourself. Complacency is the deadly enemy of spiritual progress. The contented soul is the stagnant soul. When speaking
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 9, 2024
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An elderly pastor was searching his closet for a tie before church one Sunday morning. In the back of the closet, he found a small box containing 3 eggs and 100--$1.00 bills.
He called his wife into the closet to ask her about the box and its contents. Embarrassed, she admitted having hidden the
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 12, 2024
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Burnout is a serious problem among pastors around the world. Some statistics include:
On average, seminary trained pastors last only five years in church ministry.
• 100% of 1,050 Reformed and Evangelical pastors had a colleague who had left the ministry because of burnout, church conflict, or
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on May 19, 2024
[004]. MESSAGE FROM A POEM - A MEMORIAL TO KENT HARRISON
This was written after Kent’s death in Townsville maybe in April 2005. We had known him since early Mt Isa days, then later when he moved to Charters Towers and then to Townsville. Kent suffered a few massive strokes but battled on after
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Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 30, 2001
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JOHN WOODEN: won many college basketball national championships in a row while at UCLA. Was asked, ‘What does it take to make a winning team? THREE THINGS
1) Get players in right condition (right with God/Salvation)
2) Team them the fundamentals
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Contributed by Mark Hensley on Sep 14, 2001
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Until TuesdaySeptember 11th, the bloodiest day in U.S. history was Sept. 17, 1862, when about 4,700 Union and Confederate soldiers died in the Civil War battle of Antietam. Pearl Harbor killed 2,388 Americans, and
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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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