The Church, therefore, earnestly desires that Christ's faithful, when present at this mystery of faith, should not be there as strangers or silent spectators; on the contrary, through a good understanding of the rites and prayers they should take part in the sacred action conscious of what they are
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 2, 2023
Adrian Rogers said "We are in a spiritual war! And the Church is not a cruise ship with the Senior Pastor as the Master of Ceremonies! Indeed, the Church is not a showboat…...it is a battleship. We, in the Body of Christ, are called to see Satan's strongholds crumble under the
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 13, 2023
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When I was pastoring in Texas, something strange happened one Christmas that I will never stop laughing about. Because it was a Christmas holiday, we were at home with our family taking a break from our normal ministry schedule. We did not go to the church campus for the weekend.
But, while we
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 25, 2021
How to Gather a Crowd at Church!
A cattle rancher got saved and surrendered to preach. He went to a Bible conference which was all about how to build a crowd.
Asked about it later, he said, "It was strange. In all my years as a cattle rancher, I never had to go to a conference to learn how
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 19, 2022
E.M. Bounds is right when he says, "What the Church needs today is not more machinery or more novel methods, but men whom the Holy Ghost can use— men of prayer, men mighty in prayer.
The Holy Ghost does not flow through methods, but through men.
He does not come
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
Collegiate Church Drop-Outs In ‘02, the SBC’s Council on Family Life reported 88% of evangelical children are leaving the church shortly after they graduate from high school. Estimates of 15 to 20 million people now in America have said they’re Christians but don’t want to be a part of the church.
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Contributed by Rob Clifton on May 23, 2001
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Many people believe that traditional church music is vastly superior to the contemporary church music being written today. But the date on which a song was written does not insure it’s worth either theologically or musically. Milburn Price, a Church Music professor, gave the following example in an
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Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000
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Recently I heard Dieter Zander, the pastor of the first GenX church in America speak at a conference about reaching people in the age of relativism. He cited a Barna study that asked people to use single words to describe Jesus. They responded, "wise, accepting, compassionate, gracious, humble."
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Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 22, 2000
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In forty years of involvement in his church’s visitation program, Wilt Durant had led one person to Christ. You know what they say, if only one person comes to Christ its worth all the effort, right?
When he retired in 1992, he moved to Rogers, AR and joined Immanuel Baptist Church. One Sunday,
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