"For all of its foibles—-lousy preaching, political infighting, self-centered focus, stagnation, a gaggle of special interest groups—-the pokey local church...is still the most fertile environment for spiritual development. In fact, there can be no genuine spiritual progress without a long-term
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Erik Stadler on Dec 21, 2007
At Christmas we see more kindness. Last Friday, my wife went to get some coffee at Starbucks and went through the drive through. When she pulled to get her coffee and pay for it, the clerk said someone else had paid for it. It was a random act of kindness, and we
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Lutheran
Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 13, 2008
Martyrs p222 -223 MacAuthurs Matthew
Over 300 years of Roman persecution Christians dug nearly 600 miles of catacombs beneath the city of Rome. Archaelolgists estimate 4 million bodies buried there. Perhaps 50 million killed in Dark Ages, and millions in our own century by
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Feb 22, 2008
A Chinese farmer who had cataracts removed from his eyes at a Christian mission clinic. A few days later, the missionary doctor looked out his window and noticed this farmer holding the end of a long rope. In single file holding to the rope were several dozen blind Chinese who had
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Baptist
Contributed by Charles Wallis on Dec 8, 2008
The Army has a system for defense called challenge and password. When a soldier is on guard and someone approaches, he will say "Halt, who goes there?" The person will identify themselves, then the guard will state a challenge code word. If the other person does not know the password, he cannot
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on May 6, 2009
Religion of itself will only make us like the Pharisees, a contradiction of Christianity. No man can save himself. Nothing that we can offer can change a sinner to a saint! I remember seeing a carton showing a scholarly man sitting on top of a great pile of books, looking at himself in a mirror,
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Baptist
Contributed by Scott Bayles on Jun 22, 2009
THE STATUE AND THE CROSS
The Statue of Liberty stands across from the Island of Manhattan in New York. Soldiers, on their return from overseas, often speak in awe of the feelings they had as they sailed into the harbor and viewed the "Torch of Freedom" in Lady Liberty’s hand.
To the Christian,
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Christian Church
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Ravi Zacharias tells the amazing story of a young Christian in Vietnam. He writes, “I was ministering in Vietnam in 1971, and one of my interpreters was Hien Pham, an energetic young Christian. He had worked as a translator with the American forces, and was of immense help both to them and to
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Methodist
Contributed by Michael Walther on Jul 11, 2011
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GOD'S WORD IN A MENTAL HOSPITAL
I think you'll agree that all true and sincere spiritual movement in your life has been caused and created by the word of God.
I served for one year as a part-time chaplain at a mental hospital. One of my duties there was to help people suffering from chemical
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Lutheran
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 9, 2008
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I want you to be challenged by this story about Jackie, a fairly new Christian who walked into a major discount store in Portland. In the prescription area she noticed a woman leaning on the counter obviously very sick. Jackie felt an impulse to pray with the woman but, as 90% of us would do, she
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jun 3, 2001
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There’s a story told of a husband and wife both of who were doctors - one a doctor of theology and the other a doctor of medicine. When their doorbell was rung and the maid answered, the inquirer would often ask for "the doctor". The maid’s interesting reply was: "Do you want the one who preaches
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Baptist
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"Quaker philospher Elton Trueblood described our society as a "cut- flower" civilization. The basic Christian truths have built it, but if we are disconnected from our roots, our ideals and ethics eventually fade and die. If we successfully give Christ to the next generation, we must hand his
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United Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 9, 2004
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Whereas “belief” suggests bare opinion, “faith,” whether in a car, a …medicine, a protégé, a doctor, a marriage partner, or what have you, is a matter of treating the person or thing as trustworthy and committing yourself accordingly. The same is true of faith in God, and in a far-reaching way.
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