Contributed by Nigel Heath on Apr 4, 2009
BAD EXPERIENCES WITH CHRISTIANS
A few weeks ago, I had a conversation with the Rt. Hon. Adam Ingram MP. I dared to ask him about something I had heard to see if it was true. I had been told that Adam Ingram as a young man had attended the BTI (Bible Training Institute) Bible College in Glasgow.
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 6, 2009
UN-CHRISTLIKE CHRISTIANS
A couple of months ago, there was a story on CNN of a Christian school basketball team that beat another team (another Christian school, I think) by the score of 100 to 0. It was a slaughter. The coach of the winning team, even though it was clear that the other team was
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 15, 2025
[165]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – KINDNESS IN THE CHRISTIAN’S PAIN
We all need kindness, but not everyone can give kindness. Some find it too hard because of their backgrounds, and some are just so selfish they are incapable of it.
Kindness is a special gift when it is given in a sacrificial way,
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Contributed by N A on Dec 22, 2007
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QUOTE: “It is abnormal for a Christian not to have an appetite for the impossible. It has been written into our spiritual DNA to hunger for impossibilities
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Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 23, 2001
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.B. Simpson, the founder of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, told of a
man who advertised for a coachman. Among those who came were two who seemed
to him to be particularly bright. He took them aside and asked them how near
they could drive to the edge of a precipice without falling
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Contributed by Melvin Newland on Feb 23, 2001
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Josh McDowell, a dedicated Christian intellectual, wrote, "I was invited to speak in a university in South America. Because of the university’s Marxist leanings, I was the first American to speak there in four years, & it was a tense situation.
"Big photographs of me had been posted all over
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Contributed by Bart Leger on Mar 15, 2001
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“Beloved Christian reader, in matters of grace, you need a daily supply. You have no store of strength. Day by day must you seek help from above. It is a very sweet assurance that a daily portion is provided for you in the word, through the ministry, by meditation, in prayer, and waiting upon God
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2001
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"The Christian who is not committed to a group of other believers for praying, sharing, and serving, so that he is known, as he knows others, is not an obedient Christian. He is not in the will of God. However
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Contributed by Evie Megginson on Jun 28, 2001
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The importance of really living the Christian life is illustrated in the life of the famous author Mark Twain. Church leaders were largely to blame for his becoming hostile to the Bible and the Christian faith. As he grew up, he knew elders and deacons who owned slaves and abused them. He heard men
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 10, 2001
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It is sometimes argued (sadly) by Christians, “What’s wrong with buying a lottery ticket? What’s wrong with putting a few quarters into a slot machine?” The problem is that such spending supports and propagates an immoral, predatory and exploitative industry that destroys families and society. In
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 13, 2001
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It is said that Claude, a Christian man, was unjustly imprisoned in the Bastille (a French prison). At the same time another man was imprisoned who was so brutal and ferocious that no one dared approach him. The jailer, recognizing Claude’s Christian character, begged him to undertake to humanize
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 13, 2001
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A Christian grocer was in financial difficulties because his customers thought they could run up their bills indefinitely. They felt that such a saintly man would never press them for payment or take them to court. Their ready excuse was, “We don’t have money to pay our bills.” “How can I pay my
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Contributed by Gordan Runyan on Aug 18, 2001
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ILLUSTRATION: One Christian speaker writes of a time of preaching and explaining the truth of the Bible at a particular college campus. After each meeting one young man kept coming to him and asking questions. “Yes, pastor, but what about this…?” and “Yes, pastor, but what about
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