Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 23, 2009
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A long time leader in the church was diagnosed with a terminal illness. He came to me and asked, "I was baptized at a young age, I have been faithful in attendance, I have been a leader and servant for the church. Is that enough to get to heaven?"
No, it is not
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Davon Huss on May 5, 2009
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Signs You’re in a Bad Church
10. The church bus has gun racks.
9. The church staff consists of Senior Pastor, Associate Pastor and Socio-pastor.
8. The Bible they use is the "Dr. Seuss Version."
7. There’s an ATM in the lobby.
6. The choir wears leather robes.
5. Worship services are B.Y.O.S.:
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Contributed by Jim Kane on May 18, 2009
To be a missional church does not mean adding a bunch more programs but building relationships with people that we know and love and that Jesus knows and loves by simply being with them along the
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Church Of God
Contributed by Bret Toman on Jun 7, 2009
THE CHURCH DOESN'T NEED SQUIRTS
Soren Kierkegaard once wrote about a town where a fireman lived. Everyone liked the fireman because he was a nice guy. He made it a habit to be gentle and kind, which was unusual for firemen, who were supposed to be tough.
There was a fire one day, and the fireman
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Contributed by Sean Harder on Jun 19, 2009
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FORGIVENESS VS. TOLERANCE: CHURCH DISCIPLINE
If we look closer at Jesus words, he tells us that we do not have to tolerate sinful behaviour in order to forgive a person. He says in verse 17 that if the person doesn't listen after going through all the steps, to treat that person as a tax collector
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 25, 2010
A woman overheard the church custodian talking to a deacon. She thought he was talking about the pastor, but was actually talking about the furnace:
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Charles Jones on Dec 16, 2010
Consider the church that had appointed a man and a woman to co-chair an important church event. The man refused, saying "I'm not going to serve with a woman. If I tell her anything, the whole town will know."
Not intimidated, the woman quickly
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Pentecostal
Visit of some of our Church members to a Departmental store to buy gifts for orphans/widows during Christmas season...
Last Christmas, the womenfolk of our Church went to a reasonably distant Departmental store to buy gifts for the widows/orphans/Sunday school children of our Church. When, they
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Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 3, 2012
The Church of Christ needs servants of all kinds, and instruments of every sort; pen-knives as well as swords, axes as well as hammers, chisels as well as saws, Marthas as well as Marys, Peters as
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Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 11, 2018
I was recently reading an interesting book about life in America 200 years ago. One intriguing detail that the author shared was that back then most people only bathed once a year. It made me think of how unpleasant it would have been to gather on a sultry August Sunday morning in a sanctuary
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Contributed by Coz Von on Jul 25, 2018
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I met Jesus at a conference of Christian managers. But his story is a little out of the ordinary.
The conference was hosted in a beautiful facility in Dallas, Texas, and the organizers had done a fantastic job at putting together a good program. We had great meetings and warm fellowship, and I
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational