Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Jan 7, 2006
ILLUSTRATION: A mother sat at church next to her first grade daughter one Sunday morning and noticed her little one looking at the open Bible in her lap. After a few moments of looking intently at the Bible, she whispered to her mom, "Did God really write that?" The mother quietly whispered back,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
"The Christian Church Is Struggling to influence the nation’s culture because believers think of themselves as individuals1st, Americans 2nd, , and Christians 3rd. Until that prioritization is rearranged, the Church will continue to lose
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006
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"A church in the land without the Spirit is rather a curse than a blessing. If you have not the Spirit of God, Christian worker, remember that you stand in somebody else’s way; you are a fruitless
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Contributed by William Yates on May 6, 2006
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In the Russian Orthodox Church, the standard greeting is: “Christ is risen!” To which someone would reply: “He is risen, indeed!”
Years ago, when the communists began to take control of Russia, a Communist party official came to a Russian village to seek to convert its residents there to Communism.
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Contributed by Lynn Malone on May 11, 2006
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A candidate for church membership was asked, "What part of the Bible do you like best?" He said: "I like the New Testament best. Then he was asked, "What Book in the New Testament is your favorite?" He answered, the Book of the Parables, Sir." They then asked him to relate one of the parables to
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Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Jul 24, 2006
As an example, in the local church the smallest network are those involved in “where two or three are gathered together”. The next level of network could be those connected to the same home group or ministry team (e.g. worship team, dance team). This is followed by
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Contributed by Steven Angus on Sep 26, 2006
Dr. Sherwood Wirt in his book, AFTERGLOW, wrote:
I have learned there is no point in talking about strong churches and weak churches, big churches and little churches, warm churches and cold churches. Such categories are unrealistic and beside the
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Contributed by Kraig Pullam on Oct 22, 2006
- The church is a body, not just a building and a budget.
- The church is not an
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Baptist
Contributed by Tony Abram on Nov 2, 2006
THE MESSAGE OF THE CHURCH SHOULD BE COME AND SEE!
I. The Supreme task of Church is the Evangelism of the world.Mass evangelism is not the answer as wonderful as it is.
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Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Dec 18, 2006
At a Danish Protestant Church, the congreagtion always turned and bowed before a white blank wall. Why? Custom for the local Church goers: After a restoration of interior wall; A pre reformation mural of the Virgin Mary was found. A Catholic
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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A man was preaching to a church in Australia. The congregation had big black Bibles and severe expressions... And they knew their Bibles, and were proud of that. It was a smallish group, so he decided to engage them in dialogue:
’Who knows who the Pharisees were?’ They did. ’The Pharisees got a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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The story is told of a minister of a church in a small community, retiring after 40 years of service to
the church and that community.
1) It was a big day, grand celebration, as an expression of gratitude for all he had done.
A young man from the community who had made it big in the theater came
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