Contributed by Clay Hallmark on Nov 20, 2006
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In his book, Purpose Driven Life, Rick Warren says this: "We are created for community, fashioned for fellowship, and formed for a family, and none of us
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Too many times, we treat prayer as a transaction and not an opportunity to commune with God. Even though we are bred to be consumers in this country, we should never get
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Were all role models, either positively or negatively, no matter what station in life we occupy. Its one of the things we attain simply by being
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It is equally important, he says, to be attentive “to the various kinds of language that the liturgy employs: words and music, gestures and silence, movement, liturgical colors. By its very
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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Volunteers: Americans that performed volunteer work in ’03 did so as follows: 35% at religious organizations, 27% for school or youth services and 12% social or community
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Contributed by Robert Fox on Dec 20, 2005
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The gifts of service are sometimes considered "second-rate." compared with gifts like "evangelism."
Without faithful Christians exercising their gift of service, the gifts of evangelism are powerless. It is quite true that people don’t “care how much you know until they know how much you
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Contributed by W F on Jul 3, 2006
What bricks and mortar are to a building, a marriage is to a community in which it lives and loves. There can be no doubt that a community will crumble and collapse if marriage is allowed to crumble and collapse. And history is strewn with example after example of this.
The Roman empire is just
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Contributed by Bill Butsko on Sep 17, 2006
J. Whitcomb Brougher tells this story:
A Greek philosopher asked his servant to provide the best dish possible. The servant prepared a dish of tongue, saying: “It is the best of all dishes, because with it we may bless and communicate happiness, dispel sorrow, remove despair, cheer the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008
Mega-Gifts ($1 million or more) most often go to colleges and universities. Religious organizations, services for the needy, and umbrella campaigns are the big losers, according to the Institute for Jewish & Community Research’s report, Mega-Gifts in American Philanthropy: Giving Patterns
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