Contributed by Ian Johnson on Sep 25, 2006
During the week I spoke with a client who had been very successful in business, He had made Millions in his field, and continues to make millions. In the course of our meeting he had reason to speak to a young business man in his late 20’s who had just experienced what he thought was an
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Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Oct 27, 2006
Sam Jones went home one day and his wife said to him, “Sam, I want you to go see the old sheriff who is dying.”
Sam answered his wife, “Honey, you know he has never believed in God. He is an infidel.”
Stirred on by his wife’s persistence, Sam went to see the sheriff.
After visiting with the
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Baptist
Contributed by Kenneth Anthony on Dec 31, 2006
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ADVICE
A man was on the practice golf course when the club pro brought another man out for a lesson. The pro watched the fellow swing several times and started making suggestions for improvement, but each time the pupil interrupted with his own version of what was wrong and how to correct it.
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Orthodox
Contributed by Tom Osterkamp on Mar 26, 2007
One of the modern day heroes of faith is George Mueller. George Mueller started many orphanages without raising the funds to do so. He simply trusted God to do the work and keep it going. On more than one occasion God provided for those orphans in a miraculous way. On one occasion they had no
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Baptist
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007
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FANNIE JOHNSTON FLINT, who was cancerous, arthritic, incontinent, blind, orphaned, managed enough ability to get a pen into her warped hands and write a hymn, many of them, in fact. Perhaps you know this one:
He giveth more grace when the burdens grow greater;
He sendeth more strength
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Pentecostal
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A few years back, a Galveston church had a Tithing Demonstration Sunday for its members. On a designated Sunday everyone was asked to give a tithe of one week’s salary. They urged everyone … whether or not they usually tithed … to give a tithe that one time.
As you could imagine, the offering
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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How do we repent? I want to show you a great example of repentance from a recent film. Jim Carey, in the film Bruce Almighty, finally comes to the end of himself and surrenders to God in prayer. His prayer is a good model to follow. (Show clip) As Bruce kneels he says to God, “You win. I’m
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Methodist
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Unlike other countries that have a pay-as-you-use toll system on major roads, Switzerland expects drivers using its autoroute system to pay an annual fee of 40 Swiss francs. When you pay, you get a windshield sticker you display for the rest of the year.
Traditionally, traffic police give
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United Methodist
Contributed by Jeffrey Powell on May 25, 2009
FOUNDING FATHERS' FAITH
John Adams once remarked, "It is the duty of the clergy to accommodate their discourses to the times, to preach against such sins as are most prevalent, and recommend such virtues as are most wanted. For example, if exorbitant ambition and venality are predominant, ought
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Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 17, 2009
When I was a kid, I remember my Mum coming to me and blaming me for something I had not done. Mostly when she came to me with punishment I deserved it, but not this time. She was so sure that I was the culprit. In the end there was nothing I could say or do to convince her that I had not committed
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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HOLMAN ON FAITH
Holman defines FAITH: Trusting commitment of one person to another, particularly of a person to God. Faith is the central concept of Christianity. One may be called a Christian only if one has faith.
Holman adds: Our English word "faith" comes from the Latin fides, as developed
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JESUS WAS, YET IS
Back in the 4th century A.D., a man named Gregory of Nazianzus wrote these words that capture the identity of Jesus as one who is fully human, yet fully God:
He began His ministry by being hungry, yet He is the Bread of Life.
Jesus ended His earthly ministry by being thirsty,
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Contributed by Ken Pell on Jul 27, 2010
The devil’s counterfeit initially looks like the real thing. But its fake.
• A counterfeit faith stops when man’s capacity ends – a Biblical faith begins where man stops.
• A counterfeit faith depends of appearance, coercion, and deception – a Biblical faith depends on the reliability of Christ
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Nazarene
WHAT IS SIXTY YEARS
What is sixty years worth? The last sixty years have paid tribute to the election of ten U.S. Presidents. Yuri Gagarin, sixty years ago in April, rocketed into history as the first human to travel beyond the clouds, and to orbit around the earth for nearly two hours. Sixty
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Lutheran
Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 5, 2011
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THEY SENT ME HERE TO FINISH
During the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, the last runner to finish the marathon was an athlete from Tanzania. He'd had a difficult race, to say the least: he's stumbled at one point and ended up bruised, bloodied--and with a broken leg! But he didn't quit. Even
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Contributed by Jeff Morrison on Mar 30, 2012
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THE HUNGER GAMES: LAYING DOWN YOUR LIFE
In the movie, "The Hunger Games," 16 year old Katness is faced with a dramatic choice when her 12 year old sister is chosen by lottery to fight for their district. She knows her sister is small and frail, and that she would not last in the life or death
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Contributed by Tim White on Apr 16, 2012
There is a commercial for a television service provider that states, if you don’t get good programs, you feel bad about yourself. When you feel bad about yourself you go to self-improvement seminars. When you go to self-improvement seminars, you feel like a winner. When you feel like a winner, you
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