Worldliness is a hard word to define, mainly because the world sees their way of thinking as a good thing. Consider what one online dictionary has to say about the matter. “Worldliness is the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated through cultivation or experience or
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Contributed by Angel Caballero on Jun 17, 2009
The phrase "hardness of heart" is used not only for God’s people’s enemies, like Pharaoh in Egypt, but also for God’s people, Israel.
In the New Testament it describes
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Contributed by David Rumley on Oct 28, 2009
When life is hard… never give up…
• Henry Ford failed and went broke five times before he finally succeeded.
• Beethoven handled the violin awkwardly and preferred playing his own compositions instead of improving his technique. His teacher called him hopeless as a composer.
• Colonel Sanders had
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In a Christmas sermon, David Devine relates a story that appeared in the Washington Post last year... “He emerged from the Metro at the Plaza Station and positioned himself against a wall beside a trash basket. By most measures, he was nondescript: a youngish white man in jeans, a long-sleeved
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Contributed by Brian Mavis on Aug 27, 2001
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YOU BELIEVE WHAT?
Between 1976 and 1997, the number of Americans who believed in astrology grew from seventeen percent to thirty-seven percent. During the same period, the percentage of Americans who professed a belief in
reincarnation nearly tripled -- from nine percent to twenty-five percent.
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Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 29, 2005
It is possible for a man to believe intellectually in God, yet not allow God to have dominion in his life. For instance, consider the painter, Van Gogh. He was born the son of a Lutheran pastor and was a student of theology. He served as a missionary in a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006
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"It is not enough for the believer to begin to pray, nor to pray correctly; nor is it enough to continue for a time to pray. We must patiently, believingly continue in prayer until we obtain an answer. Further, we have not only to continue in prayer until the end, but we have also to believe that
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on Dec 18, 2004
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Is seeing believing? Or are there things that are very real that we cannot see? Our garage doors open by unseen forces at the touch of a button. We put our food in little boxes, not seeing a heating element yet believing the microwaves will make it hot. Our computers have sound boards where the
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Contributed by Jorge Acevedo on Feb 23, 2010
"SHE BELIEVED IN ME"
Several weeks ago, an American Idol contestant said something like this before facing the judges, "I'm doing this for my best friend who died 4 years ago." They showed pictures of her and her friend laughing and doing things together. Then, crying she said, 'She was the only
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Contributed by Bill Butsko on Sep 10, 2010
SEEING--AND BELIEVING
Two children were playing on a hillside, when they noticed that the hour was nearing sunset, and one said, wonderingly: "See how far the sun has gone! A little while ago it was right over that tree, and now it is low down in the sky."
"Only it isn’t the sun that moves; it’s
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010
BELIEVING IN THE POWER OF PRAYER
When a night club opened on the main street of a small American town, the local Church held an all-night prayer meeting. One member asked God to burn it down. Within a few moments, lightning struck the club and it was burnt to the ground.
The owner sued the
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
BELIEVING THE ANCIENT RECORD
On January 6, 1822, Heinrich Schliemann was born. He would one day achieve world renown and great wealth. When Heinrich Schliemann was seven years old, a picture of ancient Troy in flames captured his imagination. Contrary to what many people believed, Heinrich argued
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Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 31, 2010
WHAT AMERICANS BELIEVE
Even those who claim to be Born Again are not necessarily firmly grounded in the truths of the Bible. In his book which provides a statistical analysis of religious beliefs in America, George Barna cites several fascinating statistics which are based on a national survey.
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