Contributed by Ian Johnson on Aug 9, 2006
William Seymore was an African American preacher who became filled with the Holy Spirit in 1905. He got kicked out of his Church and found an old run down grain store to meet in, in a Los Angeles street called Azusa. He had a lot standing against him. His race, His lack of education,
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Denn Guptill on Feb 17, 2003
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Story is told about an old farm couple who were driving along in their pickup and she says, “We never sit all snuggled up in the truck like we used to.” He looks over at her and replies “I haven’t moved” When we discover as a church or as individual
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jun 1, 2003
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He made free use of the Christian vocabulary. He talked about the blessings of the Almighty and the Christian confessions which would become the pillars of the new government. He handed out pious stories to the press, especially to the church papers. He showed them his tattered Bible and
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Baptist
Contributed by Evie Megginson on Apr 19, 2004
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I heard the story of a boy who was pumping the old pump organ in a church so a certain lady could play it. After the service, he said to her we really played well today. She snapped back, what is this we stuff, I played well today. Well the next Sunday, she
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Baptist
Contributed by John Young on Nov 23, 2004
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One Sunday morning, while sitting next to her first grade daughter in church, Susan Wright noticed the little one looking at the open Bible in her lap. In a low whisper, she asked, "Did God really write that?" Susan quietly whispered back, "Yes He did." Looking down at her
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Pentecostalism did not begin at the turn of the century on Azusa, but 2,000 years ago in an upper room.
A.W. Tozer said, "The Great Commission is not the first call to the church." Tozer reminds us that Jesus first told His disciples to go to Jerusalem and tarry there until they were endued with
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 31, 2007
I read a fascinating description of processionary caterpillars, which follow one another in a procession.
An experiment was conducted in which a bunch of them were placed onto the rim of a flowerpot with food inside. True to their nature, the caterpillars followed one another in an endless
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Andy Beech on Mar 29, 2008
Some time ago I was reading Michael Green’s book -’Evangelism in the Local Church’, and one phrase he used has really struck home with me. He said that:
’We have two ears and only one mouth - so why don’t we get our prayers into the same ratio - twice as
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Methodist
Contributed by Charles Wallis on Apr 3, 2008
Pee Wee won the game for the Dodgers in the bottom of the ninth. Vin Scully said his grandfather called him Pee Wee. But his real name is Delwyn Young. Delwyn is not a big player and he came from a little town called Littlerock, CA. But he made it to the Dodgers. The Church is made up of many
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Pentecostal
The great musicologist and Congregational minister Erik Routley was once greeting his parishioners as they left church on Sunday. He noticed one of the teenage girls carrying one of the popularizing versions of the Scriptures. "I see you have the new translation of the Bible," he said. "How do
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Catholic
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1265 - Thomas Aquinas wrote about the gift of tongues in the New Testament, which he understood to be an ability to speak every language, given for the purposes of missionary work. He explained that Christ did not have this gift because his mission was to the Jews, "nor does each one of the
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Paul Collins on Sep 7, 2009
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DAD'S ALARM
A father wrote about what happened when his son David was about five years old. They attended a church where it was common for the preacher to invite children to the front for a special sermon. On one particular morning, he brought up a smoke detector and asked the children if anyone
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Baptist
Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 30, 2010
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THE MEASURE OF GOD'S WORD
The Word of God is the measure of our lives. Imagine different teams of men building a house with everyone measuring by their foot, not tape measure. The carpentry, flooring, coverings, windows and doors would be a mess. It simply would not come together. That's why we
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Contributed by Tim Spear on Sep 6, 2011
UNCONVERTED MINISTERS
Thousands of ordained men in the present day know nothing whatever about Christ, except His name. They have not entered "the door" themselves, and they are unable to show it to others. Unconverted ministers are the dry-rot of the Church...We must never fail to ask, Where is
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Contributed by Perry Greene on Nov 14, 2012
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WHO FLATTERS THE KING
Francois Fenelon was the court clergy for King Louis XIV of France in the 17th century. One Sunday when the king and his attendants arrived at the chapel for the regular service, no one else was there but the preacher. King Louis demanded, "What does this mean?"
Fenelon
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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False prophets and false Christ’s will make the scene in the last days. There was Prophet Jim Jones of the terrible Guyana tragedy on November 18, 1978 when he lied to his followers and convinced them (or commanded them) to drink Kool-aid laced with poison. 913 people were found dead, including Jim
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