Contributed by Charles Wallis on Dec 8, 2008
A church was having a break in problem so they had a new alarm system installed. When the alarm goes off, the alarm company calls the church, calls the pastor, calls the assitant pastor, and then calls the sheriff. We need alarms like that in our lives.
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
Quote Charles Spurgeon:
"The Holy Ghost works by those who feel they would lay down their own lives for the good of others, and would impart to them not only their goods and their instructions, but themselves also, if by any means they might save some. O
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Brethren
Contributed by Mark Haines on Apr 5, 2011
As pastor and author, Tim Keller points out, "Here's the gospel: you're more sinful than you ever dared believe; you're more loved than you ever dared hope."
Citation: Tim Keller, pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian and author of
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Jon Lipka on Mar 4, 2012
DENYING ONESELF
"To deny oneself is not to do without something or even many things. It is not asceticism, nor self-rejection or self-hatred, nor is it even the disowning of particular sins. It is to renounce the self as the dominant element in life. It is to replace the self with God-in-Christ as
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Anglican
Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2001
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Agony claws my mind. I am a statistic. When I first got here, I felt very much alone. I was overwhelmed by grief, and I expected to find sympathy. I found no sympathy. I saw only thousands of others whose bodies were as badly mangled as mine. I was given a number and places in a category. This was
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 27, 2003
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Two theological students were walking along a street in the Whitechapel district of London, a section where old and used clothing is sold. "What a fitting illustration all this makes!" said one of the students as he pointed to a suit of clothes hanging on a rack by a window. A sign on it read:
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Bill Butsko on Mar 13, 2009
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“Imitating Christ”
At the close of a Gospel service an intelligent-looking man came to the minister and said, “I do not see any necessity for the Blood of Christ in my salvation. I can be saved without believing in His shed Blood.”
“Very well,” said the minister, “how then do you propose to be
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Contributed by Richard Francis on Jun 23, 2007
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But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives He will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control’ (Galatians 5:16-17 & 23 TLB). Is living like this really possible? Yes, but you must do four things:
1) understand that
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
A priest visited an elderly woman who was dying at home. She was sure that God no longer loved her because of the sins she had committed in her life; things that she thought were too terrible for even God to forgive. The priest told her about God’s grace and mercy, and Christ’s atonement for our
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Episcopal/Anglican
Contributed by Paul Wallace on Apr 1, 2009
AN ASBURY STUDENT ON HOLINESS
page 64 Hermiz, Asbury College Student
A student came to Dr Hermiz after a revival at Asbury and said, "I didn’t believe in Holiness, so I went to the library with my bible to prove you wrong. But I couldn’t, so back in my room I prayed to God. 'If this is real
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Contributed by David Moore on Apr 14, 2010
Just last week two women were arrested at Liverpool airport for trying to board a plane with a dead body, they put the dead man into a wheelchair and put sunglasses on him, and were trying check in for a flight to Berlin on Saturday. But airport staff became suspicious, and the two were arrested on
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Baptist
ABANDONED
A little over a week ago I made a pilgrimage over to Wally Mart – I’m sure to get something for dinner. Anyway, while getting out of the car, I noticed that the car in front of me had in it a small child – a baby, sitting in his or her car seat, sleeping away. All the while the baby’s
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Lutheran
Contributed by Luis Marquez on Dec 13, 2012
William Carey fue un zapatero cuando un día oyó hablar de los millones de personas en la India que no había oído la Buena Nueva de Jesucristo. Él creía que la gran comisión de "Id por todo el mundo y predicad el evangelio." Creía que ese versículo estaba hablando directamente a él. Así que se
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Baptist
Contributed by Peter Loughman on Mar 31, 2010
WHY WAIT SO LONG-----I worked for this department store in SF for many years. We had a return policy that went like this: If you are not satisfied with what you purchased return the item for a full replacement or for full store credit. Now that may not sound like an unusual return policy, I’m sure
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE
Back in 1991, I went on a mission trip to the former Soviet Union. Twenty-or-so of us arrived on a snowy November day in Samara, a city of more than a million people located on the Volga River. We were there for about ten days, and our mission was to help start a
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Brian La Croix on May 15, 2002
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How many of you remember the Carole King song, You’ve Got a Friend?
You just call out my name, and you know wherever I am, I’ll come runnin’, to see you again.
Winter, Spring, Summer, or Fall, all you got to do is call, and I’ll be there, yes I will.
You’ve got a friend.
The idea of the song is
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