Dr. William Evans, who pastored College Church from 1906-1909, was an unusually accomplished man. He had the entire King James Version of the Bible memorized as well as the New Testament of the American Standard Version. Dr. Evans also authored over fifty books. His son, Louis, became one of the
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 24, 2007
Now it’s mighty easy to sit in our churches and talk about what needs to be done. It’s mighty easy to talk about how the Gospel needs to be shared, but who will do it if not you and I, and who better than you?
Ask Carl Froling. Several years ago, shortly after she started attending the church,
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Baptist
I remember the church where I was youth leader. None of the 12 members of the board but me were under 60. And I came before them with a proposal. "Give me the permission and several Bibles to go door to door around the tires factory where I worked for a while. I’ll go there with young people from
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Seventh-Day Adventist
Contributed by Curt Cizek on Sep 18, 2007
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Had some friends over for lunch after church. It is our custom to serve wine when guests come over for a meal. To us it shows how special they are. They explained that they don’t drink on Sundays out of respect for
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Lutheran
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 10, 2007
Stacy A. Johnson of First Baptist Church of San Jacinto CA Said:
“If I buy today what I do not need, I will most
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Contributed by C Jordan on Dec 22, 2007
“For most churches, very little of what we do is dependent upon the Holy Spirit. If He were not to show up, most churches would never miss Him. Billy Graham is credited with saying, “95% of today’s church activities would continue if the Holy Spirit were removed from us. In the early Church, 95%
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Contributed by Jay Winters on Dec 30, 2007
In my readings of some early church writings, I came across a monograph from an unnamed ascetic monk. This monk had a vision of the crucifixion that was very real in his mind, almost as if he was really there. He even said of his vision that it was the most terrifying thing that he had ever seen.
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Lutheran
Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Jan 10, 2008
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I heard about a church that had bought a new organ, and they invited a talented musician to play that organ during the dedication recital for that organ. The organist came and sat down at the organ to begin playing. And as soon as he touched one of the keys there was silence - nothing. A
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Baptist
Contributed by Chad Bolfa on Jan 12, 2008
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Warren Wiersbe said this, “The Church is always one generation short of extinction, If our generation fails to guard the truth and entrust it to our children, then that will be the end! When you think of the saints and martyrs who suffered and died so that we might have
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Baptist
Contributed by Todd Pugh on Jan 14, 2008
Call forward everyone in your church born since Roe v Wade. This is a powerful illustration of loss in abortion. It also give opportunity to thank mothers who have sacrificed in order to raise children. I didn’t start explaining the illustration until after the
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Pentecostal
In a previous church I served, we had a young couple in our congregation whose names were Barry and Cindy, and both Barry and Cindy were blind. This was an impressive young couple who managed to live a normal life despite their disability. They maintained their own apartment, held down jobs,
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Presbyterian/Reformed
DO YOU BELIEVE IN PRAYER?
A tale is told about a small town that had historically been “dry,” but then a local businessman decided to build a bar. A group of believers from a local church were concerned and planned an all-night prayer meeting to ask God to intervene. It just so happened that
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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Edgington Young, the first missionary to the native community of Saskatchewan had gone there with the message of the love of God the Father, and they received it like a new revelation.
When he told his message an old chief said, “When you spoke of the great Spirit just now, did I hear you say,
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Presbyterian/Reformed
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A pastor saw one of his sheep in the grocery store and got around to asking where they had been lately. Was it something I said? Is it another church?"
The man laughed and said, "Oh, no, we love you and the people of our church." The pastor was left to his own curiosity. He then
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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One summer while I was in church camp I had a preacher friend ask me, "Do you work 40 hours a week? There are many preachers out there who don’t."
And what if a preacher or anyone else, for that matter, were hired to work 40 hours a week and they didn’t work 40 hours a week? That would be
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There is a popular children’s show on the Disney Channel called Out of the Box. The theme song is one of those songs that, once you’ve heard it, sticks in your mind all day. It ends with the words, “Out of the box, it’s really up to you what comes out of the box.”
In the business world the new
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Christian/Church Of Christ
In a remote Swiss village stands a beautiful church - Mountain Valley Cathedral. It has high pillars and magnificent stained glass windows, but what makes it special is the most beautiful pipe organ in the whole region. People would come from far off lands just to hear the lovely tunes of this
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006
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Excellent Congregations: Excellent Protestant Congregations, by Paul Wilkes and published by Westminster John Knox Press identified the following 26 common traits among the "excellent" protestant congregations.
1. A vibrancy about living a Christian life...living on the creative and holy edge of
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