Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 10, 2007
In the second century theologian and church father, Justin Martyr wrote to the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius c.155 ce, in response to 3 charges:
(Slides) Charges: Sloth, Atheism, Cannibalism
“Everywhere we [Christians], more readily than all men, endeavor to pay to those appointed by you the taxes
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Dec 24, 2007
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John Mackie was the president of the Church of Scotland after WWII. He traveled to a remote parts of the Balkan Peninsula to check on missionaries that they supported. On one trip he was accompanied by two ministers from a severe and pietistic denomination that supported the same
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Church Of God
Contributed by John Gerald on May 5, 2005
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A MOTHER - WHOSE LIFE WAS NOT WASTED
Ian McClaren tells about visiting an old Scotch lady who was standing in her kitchen weeping. She wiped her eyes with the corner of her apron, and when the minister asked her what was the matter, she confessed; "I am so miserable and unhappy."
"Why?"
"Because I
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Methodist
Contributed by Chris Surber on Oct 24, 2008
Living the Full Christian Life
As believers, we have received a great inheritance and legacy. In Acts 17:11, Luke writes, "Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what
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Christian Church
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OFFER YOUR LIFE TO HIM
In a large cathedral in Europe there was a very large, magnificent pipe organ. It was a Saturday afternoon, and the custodian was making one final check the organ loft high in the balcony at the back of the church.
He was startled to hear footsteps echoing up the
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Mike Mcguire on Feb 8, 2007
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The botanical life of most trees is amazing. Often when a tree is damaged and the trunk is cut down, a new shoot will come up out of the stump or roots. As long as the roots are healthy, it will try to live. It will put out new shoots and eventually try to flower and reproduce. It keeps adapting to
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Baptist
Contributed by Dennis Jones on Jun 10, 2003
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There was a church that had a young lady that had started attending the church. She had more than a checkered past to say the least. She had turned her life over to the Lord and had dedicated the rest of her life to serving and following Jesus. She had worked very hard to not let her past get in
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Jim Kane on May 18, 2009
To be a missional church does not mean adding a bunch more programs but building relationships with people that we know and love and that Jesus knows and loves by simply being with them along the
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Church Of God
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Most Americans say they would visit a church if invited by a family member, neighbor or a friend.
A recent study by the North American Mission Board (NAMB) and LifeWay Research found that 67 percent of Americans say a personal invitation from a family member would be effective in getting them to
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Contributed by Pat Cook on Jun 21, 2003
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A pastor received a call from a church that offered him a salary four times what he was then receiving. Being a devout man, he spent much time in prayer trying to discern what God wanted him to do. One day a friend met the pastor’s young son on the street. “Do you know what your dad is going to
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 13, 2003
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In some churches in China, they welcome new believers by saying, “Jesus now has a new pair of eyes to see with, new ears to listen with, new hands to help with, and a new heart to love others with.”
Rick
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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The Pastor of New Spring Community Church in Anderson, South Carolina wrote about a burden that was upon his heart in regard to the unBiblical way churches function today. He wrote, “If you operated an airplane like most churches operate today, you would have a pilot and his crew in the cockpit,
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Contributed by Bledar Valca on Dec 24, 2008
In 1989, a small church in Holland, Michigan was seeing for ways how to make Jesus they focus of their Christian life. Having read “In His Steps” by Charles Sheldon, they agreed with a company to produce a bracelet that would have the letters “WWJD” on it. The letters stand for “What Would Jesus
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Ed Wood on May 30, 2002
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One of the sweet Christians in church history was a little guy named Billy Bray. He was a Cornish miner. He had one of the most remarkable salvation experiences you ever saw in all of your life. Billy Bray was so happy — he shouted all the time. He bothered people. He had so much joy, just shouting
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Baptist
Contributed by Batsell Spivy on Jul 1, 2008
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There was a preacher at a small church. He had been preaching there for some time and was discouraged by how disinterested the church was. Finally he had had enough of the unenthusiastic Sundays so he decided to write a sermon that would surely fire the members up.
He began his sermon by saying,
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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