Contributed by Curt Cizek on Feb 25, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    I went to a conference this past fall.  The pastor leading the conference challenged us all on the first day.  He convicted us all by asking us three questions.  I was sitting in the back near the side so I could see everyone’s body language.  The pastor asked, “Those of you who have kids or
                    
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                    Many years ago, when we had dug our potatoes, we laid the potatoes on the ground and washed them.
We let them dry in the sun, and then my two little sons started putting the potatoes in bags for storage.
We counted the potatoes to nine, then Joshua was to pick the biggest potato he saw and place it
                    
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                    Contributed by Aaron Burgess on Mar 24, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Elmer Towns tells about a member of a motorcycle gang who was converted to Jesus Christ dramatically and the first Sunday he did the only thing he knew he should do and so he went to church.  Nobody in the church knew him and he walked down to the second aisle and sat in the seat.  And the people
                    
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                    Contributed by Joe Fornear on Oct 20, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Tammy Faye Baker in one of those TV reality series went to a book signing and several other celebrities were with her – She was asked “What advice would you give to a parent who first finds out their child is gay?” – She responded, “Love them anyway – love them unconditionally” – she blew everyone
                    
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                    Contributed by Greg Buchner on Nov 1, 2004
                
                
                
                    RECRUITMENT... by Pastor Greg Buchner
There’s a term in Audiology/hearing circles called recruitment. Unlike military recruitment or church committee recruitment, this recruitment is defined as “the range between the volume you are most comfortable hearing vs. the highest volume you are the most
                    
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                    Contributed by Donald Stevens on May 12, 2005
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    I got this story recently in an email and felt it had to be shared with all of you.
It is a story as told by a young lady who also happened to be a Sunday School teacher.
 It goes like this. I was testing the children in my Sunday school class one morning, to see if they understood the concept of
                    
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                    Contributed by Dan Waite on Dec 20, 2005
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Once upon a time, a young minister tried to quit the ministry in absolute disgust.  He was tired of the immaturity of the people and disillusioned by the politics and lack of spirituality of the leadership.  He “reasoned” if the church, God’s ambassadors, was that badly corrupted then Christianity
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Faith Struggles: 9 of 10 adults say faith is very important to them, and 3 out of 4 adults who consider themselves to be Christian say they would like to improve aspects of their faith life. According to a new Barna Group survey 48% of adults who deem themselves Christian rated themselves above
                    
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                    THE NAIL-- As the story goes, they built a new church building and people came from everywhere to see it. They admired its beauty! Up on the roof, a little nail heard the people praising everything about the lovely structure except the nail! No one even knew he was there, and he became angry and
                    
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                    Contributed by Donnie  Martin on Jul 30, 2009
                
                
                
                    Suffice it to say that no revival is of sudden origin. When the revival manifests itself in a mighty way it comes suddenly as in the days of Hezekiah, but even so, its origins begin with the Holy Spirit of God moving effectively in individual lives in private. Let no one pray for revival—let no one
                    
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                    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 27, 2009
                
                
                
                    I love Baptisms. I always love it when people respond to Jesus in this way.
I remember as a TEENAGER 
	seeing people from our YOUTH GROUP 
	being BAPTISED in a BAPTISMAL POOL 
			at the FRONT of our Church. 
It was so STRANGE to me. 
I watched as people WALKED DOWN THE STEPS 
	of a SMALL POOL at
                    
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                    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Oct 16, 2010
                
                
                
                    Jack was an impressionable 15 year-old.  He attended the local Presbyterian Church with his family since he was a baby.  He studied for confirmation and was confirmed taking his place in the congregation.  He attended youth group meetings and sat in church every Sunday.  His 16th birthday was fast
                    
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                    Contributed by William Hooper on May 3, 2011
                
                
                
                    THE MISSION: TETHERED TO SIN
In the award winning film called "The Mission," Robert DeNiro plays a mercenary who has taken asylum in the local church after killing his brother in a fit of jealous rage. He eventually leaves the church and heads to a mission post located above the waterfalls in a
                    
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                    CHILDHOOD REMINDERS
When I first came to Wichita Falls, Joe and Eloise were living over on Hursh, and I remember going to call on them one day. The front door cradled a lovely stained-glass window. When I asked about it, Joe said, "It’s from the old church in Vernon." Every time he entered and
                    
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