Contributed by Brian Harvison on Sep 30, 2008
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Billy Graham has said he would be happy if 5% of those that have made a profession of faith at his crusades were truly saved
According to U.S. News and World Report 78% of people believe in heaven and that they are going there
Only 60% believed in Hell, and only 4% believed they were going there
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Nov 18, 2008
In fact, pagan rituals often drank the blood of animals that were sacrificed because they superstitiously believed that the life force became a part of them. It could extend their own life. Conquering leaders sometimes drank the blood of the defeated kings because they believed that their power and
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Church Of God
Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Apr 7, 2001
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As a Pharisee Paul had dedicated his life to the scrupulous observance of his religion. John Wesley would have had much in common with Paul. When he was a young man at Oxford University he founded the "Holy Club" with the intention that he and his friends should live well-ordered lives in God’s
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Contributed by Ed Wood on Feb 18, 2003
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Earl Allen’s book, Sign of the Star, relates the Suffering Servant to the Christmas story. Allen wrote: “Near the cradle of Bethlehem stands the cross, God’s Christmas tree—you can’t make anything else out of it. The blood of Jesus Christ has been the red ribbon strung from that first coat of skins
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006
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"I want deliberately to encourage this mighty longing after God. The lack of it has brought us to our present low estate. The stiff and wooden quality about our religious lives is a result of our lack of holy desire. Complacency is a deadly foe of all spiritual growth. Acute desire must be present
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Contributed by Gene Gregory on Apr 2, 2006
“A SHORT WHILE BEFORE Dr. J. B. Chapman passed away, he was addressing a gathering of preachers, when he said, “We have reached the place where one plays a handsaw and another gives a “Life’s Story,” gathering a big crowd and we call that revival. No! that is not a revival; that is a farce.
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Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 21, 2008
A Gallup poll conducted some years ago revealed that 60 percent of Americans did not know what "the Holy Trinity" was. Sixty-six percent couldn’t say who delivered the Sermon on the Mount, and 79 percent were unable to name a single Old Testament prophet.
How is your Bible knowledge? Do you
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Whatever injury wicked men-in-power inflict upon good men is to be regarded … as a test for the good man’s virtues. Thus, a good man, though a slave, is free; but a wicked man, though a king, is a slave. For, a wicked man serves not just one master, but, what’s worse, as many masters as he has
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Contributed by Perry Greene on Oct 11, 2012
Oil was used in the time James wrote his epistle. In ancient times various oils had various purposes. It could be that James is referring to medicinal oils such as: Aloes (Burial oil, John 19.39); Cassia and Cinnamon (in God’s holy anointing oil, Exodus 30.22-31); Frankincense Numbers 16.46-50
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Contributed by Timothy Mills on Sep 18, 2006
God does not save us by knowledge, but by faith. A minimum knowledge is necessary, however. Rom 10:14 “How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him
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Contributed by Anne Benefield on May 28, 2008
Reverend Marsh tells the story of two men who worked together for years.
Joe went to church every Sunday, Harvey not at all. One Monday morning, Harvey said, "Joe, I went to church yesterday," whereupon Joe responded excitedly, "Harvey, I'm sure glad to hear that."
Harvey continued, "The
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Evie Megginson on Aug 7, 2001
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D. W. Whittle tells of a man who came to Charles Finney and said: "I don’t believe in the existence of a devil." "Don’t you?" said the old man. "Well, you
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Contributed by Jay Winters on Feb 9, 2008
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, the Holy Three In One who makes our lives more beautiful than what they could ever be on their own.
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
About ten years ago, a movie came out that just about everyone saw. It was called “Fight
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Contributed by Rick Crandall on Apr 19, 2010
One of the best ways to bear everlasting fruit is to share your Christian testimony with other people. This morning we have a YouTube clip with part Drew Brees’ Christian testimony.
Drew gave this testimony earlier this season in an interview with Jill Ewert from the Fellowship of Christian
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
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HOW MANY PRAY?
An overwhelming majority of Americans believe in prayer and believe that God answers prayer.
54% said they pray every day
29% said they pray several
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