“But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness . . 2 Peter 1:5-6
The Greek word for godliness is sometimes translated as piety. Both words have
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Contributed by Todd Catteau on Sep 12, 2023
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With football season in full swing, I often think of my high school football days. I wasn’t very good at all but, as the saying goes, the older I get the better I was. One of my few highlights from those days was a kickoff return. You may be thinking that my story is about a game winning return but
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jan 31, 2026
[283]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – THE LORD, OUR HOPE, OUR JOY, OUR END
This is another of my earliest poems. This poem is a personal testimony to a time when I was walking in the valley of the shadow.
STANZA 1 – All dark nights break forth into sunshine and my dark night looks forward to the Lord
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Contributed by Denn Guptill on Oct 31, 2000
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Hilda Houlding co-ordinator of the Calgary Family Service Bureau, made this comment “An affair is often an attempt to find a little bit of paradise on the side, pursuing the belief that if one just finds the right sexual partner there will be instant happiness and everything will fall into place.
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Sermon Central on May 26, 2005
You could be home with a difficult teenager, at work with a demanding boss or gossipy co-worker; struggling with a customer’s complaints. Whatever the interaction, remind yourself, “School is in session. I’m in God’s school, and this person is the curriculum. What can I learn about love? What
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Barna notes the main reason why people do not currently attend church in a survey he did in 2000 and in 1990:
Main reason for not attending church 2000 1990
1. No time; schedule conflicts; working 26% 24%
2. Not interested; nothing to offer 16% 16%
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Contributed by Millie Pisano on Apr 26, 2004
1. An average day is actually 23hrs. 56 mins 4.09 seconds. Leap year makes up for this shortfall
2. One year contains: 31,557,600 seconds
3. An average person spends 55 mins a day getting showered; dressed; groomed. That is a total 335hrs. 25 mins.
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"In every business, no matter how small or how large, someone is just around the corner forever trying to steal your ideas and build his success out of your imagination, struggling after that which you have toiled endless years to secure, striving to outdo you in each and every way. If such a
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