Contributed by Brian La Croix on Feb 20, 2008
Listen to this great quote my Andrew Murray:
“Never forget for a moment that it is sin that has led to the great transaction between you and Christ Jesus; and that each day in your fellowship with God, His one aim is to deliver and keep you fully from its power, and lift
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
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Love for Our Neighbor
John Vianney, 18th Century Pastor, is quoted as saying, “Love for our neighbor consists of three things: to desire the greater good of everyone; to do what good we can when we can; to bear, excuse, and hide other’s faults. The kind of love that Jesus is
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Contributed by Glenn Durham on Apr 14, 2008
Lucian lived between 120 and 200 AD. He was a Greek satirist and opponent of anything religious (which he grouped together as superstitions). Yet when he saw the generosity of the Christian church he wrote: “It is incredible to see the fervor with which the people of that religion help each other
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 25, 2008
A cartoon has been found on a wall in the ruins of ancient Rome showing how crazy the Christian message seemed to the people of that time. It’s a caricature of Jesus’ crucifixion, showing a man’s body hanging on a cross - but the body has the head of a donkey! There’s also a figure of a
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Contributed by Samuel Wilder on Nov 10, 2008
"God summons us to seek our best creative selves. He calls us to become artists of life, seers of truth, creators of new possibilities, and innovative problem solvers. Perhaps by looking at Jesus' life and seeing His creative spirit at work, we can begin to awaken
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"Times change. God doesn't but times do. we learn and grow, and the world around us shifts, and the Christian faith is alive only when it is listening, morphing, innovating, letting go of whatever has gotten in the way of Jesus and embracing whatever will help
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Contributed by Charles Wallis on Dec 11, 2008
A man bought some guitar picks that had "Pick Jesus" written on them. Later that day, a friend brought the same picks to his house. Without realizing it, he had dropped the picks on the parking lot of a large store in another city. His friend happened to be in the same parking
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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FAITH AND DOUBT
Elie Wiesel, when asked to describe his faith, uses the adjective "wounded." "My tradition teaches that no heart is as whole as a broken heart, and I would say that no faith is as solid as a wounded faith."
Another honest believer writes: "It's not as a child that I believe and
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Contributed by Ray Mckendry on Apr 1, 2010
"He paid I debt He did not owe,
I owed a debt I could not pay,
I needed someone to wash my sins away
And now I sing a brand new song, Amazing Grace!
Christ Jesus paid the debt that I could never
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 23, 2002
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When I was a boy we had an elderly lady that lived near us named Julie Mae Brown. She was up in years and had become almos deaf and couldn’t hardly see. Despite these issues, Julie Mae wanted to be in church on Sunday Morning but she couldn’t get there on her own. It became the responsibility of
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In his commentary on the book of Matthew, William Barclay notes this proverb: "Three things come not back----the spoken word, the spent arrow, and the lost opportunity." (The Daily Study Bible: The Gospel Of Matthew.
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United Methodist
Contributed by David Dykes on Mar 31, 2003
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Studies have shown people who don’t regularly attend church are reluctant to come to a worship service alone. But the same studies reveal over 90 percent of Americans say they want to learn more about the
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Baptist
Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jul 7, 2003
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Nancy Spiegelberg, in the November issue of Decision magazine, wrote these words: Lord, I crawled across the barrenness to You with my empty cup, uncertain but asking any small drop of refreshment. If
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Evie Megginson on Oct 22, 2004
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“Just one letter of the alphabet makes all the difference between us now,” said a recently-converted young woman to an unsaved friend, who could not understand the great change that had come
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Baptist
Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jun 13, 2005
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Humans prefer to be deceived and lied to rather than told the truth. T.S. Elliot said it best, “humans cannot bear too much reality.” When it comes to reality we must make sure we
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