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                    I remember a speaker at one of the chapel services at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, where I went to seminary. Having being introduced as our main Missions Conference speaker for the week, he asked us to pray with him. We all bowed in prayer and, after a pregnant pause, John Stensether
                    
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                    Story: "There is an old legend which says when Jesus had ascended into heaven, the angel Gabriel asked him, 
"Lord what plans have you made for carrying on your ministry in the world? How will people learn of what you have done for them?"
Jesus responded, "I left that to Peter, James and John,
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Christian Influencers
Rank	Greatest Influence On The Church (Barna) Ranked by U.S. Pastors	Most Influential Christians In America (The Church Report)
1	Billy Graham (34%)	George W. Bush
2	Rick Warren (26%	Mel Gibson
3	George Bush (14%)	Billy Graham
4	James Dobson (11%)	Rick Warren
5	Bill
                    
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                    Contributed by Darryl  Bell on Apr 17, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    We often don’t realize the impact of our acts of love in Jesus’ name. In 1994 our church sold Christmas trees in the parking lot. After Christmas there were a lot of trees left. The grower had parked his big trailer on the lot one night intending to load out the trees in the next few days. Then, on
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    In Discipleship Journal, Don McCullough wrote: "John Killinger tells about the manager of a minor league baseball team who was so disgusted with his center fielder’s performance that he ordered him to the dugout and assumed the position himself. The first ball that came into center field took a bad
                    
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                    Contributed by Tony Abram on Oct 23, 2006
                
                
                
                    Over the almost past half century my wife and I have ministered in over 125 countries seeing many thousands of people from every walk of life come to receive Christ. I have yet to meet one person who has been saved by the Grace of God say that they were sorry they became a Christian. That the day
                    
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                    HUMBLE BEGINNINGS
Seen the new Coke commercials?  Coca-cola is one product that has far outgrown its humble beginnings. In 1886, Pharmacist Dr. John Pemberton first introduced Coca-Cola in Atlanta, Georgia. The pharmacist concocted a caramel-colored syrup in a three-legged brass kettle in his
                    
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                    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 3, 2009
                
                
                
                    THE DIRT RETURNS
Julie Ackerman recalls asking, "How did everything get so dirty so fast?" I grumbled as I dusted the glass tabletop. "I had the whole house clean a month ago."
"Cleaning is a way of life, not an event," my husband responded.
I know he’s right, but I hate to admit it. I want to
                    
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                    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 30, 2009
                
                
                
                    When I first began dating Marylu, she was a waitress.  Fortunately, I was brought up with good etiquette, & knew to tip 15% for good service.  Now the protocol is 20%, and I try to do that, if the service is good. If not, I leave less.
This week, an interesting story broke out of
                    
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                    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 30, 2009
                
                
                
                    When I first began dating Marylu, she was a waitress.  Fortunately, I was brought up with good etiquette, & knew to tip 15% for good service.  Now the protocol is 20%, and I try to do that, if the service is good. If not, I leave less.
This week, an interesting story broke out of
                    
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                    "There is an old legend which says when Jesus had ascended into heaven, the angel Gabriel asked him, 
"Lord what plans have you made for carrying on your ministry in the world? How will people learn of what you have done for them?"
Jesus responded, "I left that to Peter, James and John, Martha
                    
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                    IVP Bible Background Commentary states this about our passage in John 10:1-10:
"The original text of the Bible had no chapter breaks; this passage continues Jesus’ words to the *Pharisees in 9:41. It is based on *Old Testament images of God as the shepherd of Israel (Gen 48:15; 49:24; Ps 23:1;
                    
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                    Contributed by Michael Tkachuk on May 17, 2010
                
                
                
                    As an amateur photographer, I have often been asked to take photos of people at various events – maybe it was at a wedding, or for a school yearbook, or for the press.  Well, some of the photos turned out very pleasing but some were not so flattering.  The request has always been to destroy bad
                    
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                    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    GOD CALLS BUSY PEOPLE
In the Bible, God never goes to the lazy or the idle when He needs men (or women) for His service. He goes to those who are already at work — the busy person:
— Moses was busy with his flock at Horeb. 
— Gideon was busy threshing wheat by the winepress. 
— Saul was busy
                    
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                    Contributed by Ray Mckendry on Feb 14, 2011
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    THROUGH THE DARKNESS
(John 1:1-14)
It’s a dark night and even though your car headlights are on and shining brightly, you notice how dark it is outside: it’s a dark night. 
You have been driving through the night, a long way from your home, but you will soon be home.
Even after your long drive
                    
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                    Contributed by Terry Barnhill on Feb 26, 2012
                
                
                
                    THE "GOING OUT"
We read in John 15:26, "When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father, he will testify about me."
The "sending" the "going out" which Jesus refers to here is not like a king sending a servant. It is an extending
                    
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                    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Sep 13, 2012
                
                
                
                    THE BLUE AND RED SPIGOTS
John Michael Cussick (Surfing for God, 104) took out two brass spigots. One has a red knob and the other has a blue knob. The red knob represents how we often look at the Christian life. The assumption is that the source from which the water flows is a cesspool and so we
                    
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