Contributed by Tony Abram on Jul 16, 2005
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The added benefit of winning souls is strength. The joy of the Lord gives us strength. The greatest joy next to the joy of your own salvation is winning another soul to Christ. Of the 43 years of missionary evangelism we have seen many answers to prayer with the healing of many. However, I do not
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Contributed by David Dewitt on Sep 19, 2005
All of the Star Wars movies center around the life of one main character, Anakin Skywalker. Episode three tells the story of the demise of Anakin Skywalker. Anakin is one of the greatest heroes of the Jedi order but he allows his personal desires and wants to cloud his decisions. Slowly he begins
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Church Of God
Contributed by John Shearhart on Feb 26, 2006
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The attack [of Pearl Harbor] took place [December 7, 1941] on a sunny Sunday morning. A minimal contingent of soldiers was on duty at the time. Most offices on the base were closed and many servicemen were on leave for the weekend. New technology, including the new radar mounted on Opana Point,
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Contributed by Jay Winters on May 30, 2006
John Donne’s Poem "Holy Sonnet 14" and its meaning for human and divine relationships. I John 4:10. Batter my heart, three-person’d God ; for you
As yet but knock ; breathe, shine, and seek to mend ;
That I may rise, and stand, o’erthrow me, and bend
Your force, to break, blow, burn, and make me
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Lutheran
Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 16, 2006
Erma Bombeck:
Sometimes we forget how important stability is to a child. I’ve always told mine, "The easiest part of being a mother is giving birth.... the hardest part is showing up for it each day..."
Mother’s day is traditionally the day when children give something back to their mothers for all
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Nathan Parker on Mar 10, 2007
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Life Examples: Abraham: The Man of Endurance (Gen. 21:1-3)
Call Abraham not only a man of faith (Gal. 3:9), but a man of endurance.
The starting gun sounded when God promised Abraham a son in his old age, and Abraham "believed in the LORD" (Gen. 15:5-6). Buy a year came and went, and no child
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Baptist
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The world-famous acrobat, Blondin, was born in France in 1824. His real name was Jean Francois Gravalet. Over the years, he became famous throughout Europe and America. In London he once played a violin on a tightrope 170 feet above the ground. On this side of the Atlantic, he became famous for
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Every person among us at one time or another has felt the distress of discouragement to tug at our hearts and dampen our spirits.
Thomas Edison -- Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Dale Carnegie -- Develop success from
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Aug 24, 2007
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Arthur Pink, a theologian from another generation, talks against those who preach about Jesus as a savior from hell rather than a savior from sin. He explained that there are many who are dangerously deceived by this, because there are many who desire to escape the flames of hell, but have no
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 3, 2007
I read in the September 2007 Charisma Magazine a story from Tammy Faye (Bakker) Messner’s memorial that was incredible. Before Jim and Tammy launched the PTL Club in 1974, they were the founding members of Pat Robertson’s 700 Club. The couple later moved to California and helped Paul and Jan
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Wesleyan
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In a book called The Grace Awakening, Chuck Swindoll tells about a Missionary family who left their Work because of Condemnation from other Missionaries. What was the theological disagreement over? Peanut butter.
You see, the Mission field where they went did not have access to Peanut Butter.
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Dec 2, 2007
John Betjeman wrote some memorable lines on the Incarnation of the Lord Jesus Christ: ‘And is it true this most tremendous tale of all, / The Maker of the stars and sea / Became a child on earth for me?’ It is true, we believe, but it isn’t the whole truth: for the whole truth is that the Maker
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Baptist
Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 7, 2008
Marjorie Thompson makes an interesting point when she says, ‘As people become hungrier for spiritual nurture, they often become more dissatisfied with their own tradition of corporate worship. Part of the problem is that average person in the pew has little say over how worship is planned, much
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Church Of God
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