Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"Christian faith is a grand cathedral, with divinely pictured windows. Standing without, you can see no glory, nor can imagine any, but standing within, every
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"Christian unity is not found in uniformity, organization or a particular church, but rather in Jesus and our commitment to His teachings and living them out in our livesIt is only as we join together with others who look different than we do but share a common love and
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Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 23, 2001
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.B. Simpson, the founder of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, told of a
man who advertised for a coachman. Among those who came were two who seemed
to him to be particularly bright. He took them aside and asked them how near
they could drive to the edge of a precipice without falling
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Contributed by Melvin Newland on Feb 23, 2001
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Josh McDowell, a dedicated Christian intellectual, wrote, "I was invited to speak in a university in South America. Because of the university’s Marxist leanings, I was the first American to speak there in four years, & it was a tense situation.
"Big photographs of me had been posted all over
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Contributed by Bart Leger on Mar 15, 2001
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“Beloved Christian reader, in matters of grace, you need a daily supply. You have no store of strength. Day by day must you seek help from above. It is a very sweet assurance that a daily portion is provided for you in the word, through the ministry, by meditation, in prayer, and waiting upon God
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2001
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"The Christian who is not committed to a group of other believers for praying, sharing, and serving, so that he is known, as he knows others, is not an obedient Christian. He is not in the will of God. However
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Contributed by Evie Megginson on Jun 28, 2001
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The importance of really living the Christian life is illustrated in the life of the famous author Mark Twain. Church leaders were largely to blame for his becoming hostile to the Bible and the Christian faith. As he grew up, he knew elders and deacons who owned slaves and abused them. He heard men
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 10, 2001
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It is sometimes argued (sadly) by Christians, “What’s wrong with buying a lottery ticket? What’s wrong with putting a few quarters into a slot machine?” The problem is that such spending supports and propagates an immoral, predatory and exploitative industry that destroys families and society. In
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 13, 2001
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It is said that Claude, a Christian man, was unjustly imprisoned in the Bastille (a French prison). At the same time another man was imprisoned who was so brutal and ferocious that no one dared approach him. The jailer, recognizing Claude’s Christian character, begged him to undertake to humanize
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 13, 2001
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A Christian grocer was in financial difficulties because his customers thought they could run up their bills indefinitely. They felt that such a saintly man would never press them for payment or take them to court. Their ready excuse was, “We don’t have money to pay our bills.” “How can I pay my
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Contributed by Gordan Runyan on Aug 18, 2001
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ILLUSTRATION: One Christian speaker writes of a time of preaching and explaining the truth of the Bible at a particular college campus. After each meeting one young man kept coming to him and asking questions. “Yes, pastor, but what about this…?” and “Yes, pastor, but what about
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Contributed by Dana Chau on Apr 16, 2002
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A journalist asked the remarkable Christian, G.K. Chesterton, what one book he would want to have along if he were stranded on a desert island. Chesterton paused only an instant before
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 24, 2002
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"People" by Apologetix, That Christian Parody Band (www.AplogetiX.com)
James was caught by Herod; Herod captured Peter.
They were sharing Herod’s outbreak of attacks upon believers.
James would have to face the sword and Peter would escape it.
They were not afraid of dying; they both knew that
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 12, 2002
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Persecution of Christians Continues in Many Nations
About 45 million, or two-thirds of all Christian martyrs in the history of the church, actually died in the twentieth century, according to a new book, The New Persecuted: Inquiries into Anti-Christian Intolerance in the New Century of Martyrs by
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Dec 12, 2002
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[2002 Poll on Uniqueness of Christianity, Citation: "Faith in America," U.S. News & World Report (5-6-02), p. 42; source: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/features/religion_survey.htm]
PBS’s Religion and Ethics Newsweekly/U.S. News & World Report poll conducted March 26–April 4, 2002
In a spring
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