Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 9, 2006
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Can You Ever Have Enough Bibles? Zondervan research reveals that the average Christian or general market bookstore shopper already owns 7 to 9
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"We should so live and labor in our time that what came to us as seed may go to the next generation as blossom, and that which came to us as blossom may go
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"I had an immense advantage over many othersinasmuch as I had no fixed ideas derived from long-established practices to control and bias my mind, and did not
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Apr 21, 2007
Rick Warren in “Purpose Driven Church” –“With every new generation the rules change a little. If we always do what we’ve always
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Tony Abram on Jan 30, 2008
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C. We must position ourselves to be a prophetic voice to our generation.
D. We may not know the future but we know who holds the future.
E. On a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Here are at least two good things that middle age gives you: the inestimable boon of freedom, and the precious gift of laughter. What makes youth unhappy is its desire to be like everybody else;
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FINANCIAL BLESSING COMES TO GIVER
A few months ago one of our staff members and her husband received a truck from another staff member as a gift! Recently this giving staff member and her
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Charismatic
Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jun 19, 2001
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During the dark days of the American Revolution, when the Continental Army had experienced several setbacks, a farmer who lived near the battlefield approached Washington’s camp unheard. Suddenly his ears caught an earnest voice raised in agonizing prayer. On coming nearer he saw it was the great
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Steven Dow on Jul 9, 2002
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Unamuno, the Spanish philosopher, tells about the Roman aqueduct a Segovia, in his native Spain. It was built in 109 A.D. For eighteen hundred years, it carried cool water from the mountains to the hot and thirsty city. Nearly sixty generations of men drank from its flow.
Then came another
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With all due respect to those of us who love “the old ways” – you will not win an MTV generation with organ music. We want to pass along the faith to today’s generation? Then you’ve got to pass it along in ways they will understand. One preacher said it this way: About the only place you can
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United Methodist
Contributed by Warren Lamb on Jul 8, 2007
Most Expensive Dinner In The World
In an effort to dissuade Rome from conquering Egypt, Cleopatra once wagered Marc Antony that she could give the most expensive dinner in history. General Antony took the bet. The Roman general reclined as the queen sat with an empty plate and a goblet of vinegar
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
A Class would consist of no more than 20 people. Today an ideal size is between four and twelve. Wesley had three “General Rules of the Methodist Class Meetings” for which each class member was expected to give a verbal account as to their personal progress the past week. These three “General
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Methodist
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Feb 16, 2008
“We must not be troubled by unbelievers when they say that this promise of reward makes the Christian life a mercenary affair. There are different kinds of reward. There is the reward which has no natural connection with the things you do to earn it, and is quite foreign to the desires that ought
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
Strong Small Churches - The bigger a church grows, the worse it becomes both in quality and in its capability to reach new people. This surprising finding comes out of a Germany -based Institute of Church Development study of churches worldwide. In churches with attendance of less than 100, 31% of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
How to Get the Most Out of Your Bible
In Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith, Kathleen Norris recounts the story of a South Dakota rancher and his bride who received an expensive Bible as a wedding gift from his grandfather. They wrote a thank-you note and stowed the Bible away on a closet
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
A story I recently read reminds of one other thing we can do with God’s Word. A missionary in Africa gave a Bible to a local tribesman. The man hugged it. He expressed great appreciation for the precious gift.
A few days later, the missionary saw the same man again. To his dismay, the Bible
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