Contributed by Brian La Croix on Jun 22, 2003
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In the John Wayne movie, "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon," The John Wayne character is noted for telling people, "never apologize, mister, it's a sign of weakness." I hate to tell you this, but as much as I love John Wayne movies, his character is dead wrong on this one.
When we’re
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Wesleyan
Contributed by John Shearhart on Jan 21, 2007
John Phillips writes, “Counterfeit love is [a] worthless coin in the kingdom of God.” (Phillips 1969, 196)
Phillips, John. Exploring Romans: An
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Contributed by Charles Wallis on Mar 9, 2008
John was having trouble hitting the ball. He was striking out and the head coach was unhappy. John was very upset and felt like giving up. One of the others coaches said, "No matter what happens, even if you strike out, remember that your parents will always love you." The next at bat, John
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Timothy Smith on Feb 22, 2005
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John & Margie Cooper were married in 1941. They settled down on a farm with high hopes of becoming the nation’s largest onion growers. But 4 years later after Margie had given birth to 2 children, she fell victim to polio and spent the majority of her time years completely bedridden. Gone were all
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Christian Church
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John Wesley and George Whitefield - the two great preachers of the 18th Century Evangelical Revival - were both great men of God.
Sadly having been great friends at Oxford, they fell out over the Arminian/Calvinist debate.
There was quite a bit of animosity between their followers.
Once one
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Anglican
Contributed by Ronnie Knight on Apr 9, 2007
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John Quincy Adams, was taking a walk one morning when he meet a friend who asked, “How is John Quincy Adams this morning?” The former president replied, “John Quincy Adams is
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Baptist
John Kenneth Gilbraith en su autobiografia relata el siguiente suceso. Era John Kenneth, Director en uno de los Gabinetes del presidente Lyndon B. Johnson. En cierta ocacion saliendo de su acostubrado trabajo en la Casa Blanca. LLegó a su casa más cansado de lo acostumbrado y dirigiendose a su ama
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Tim Richards on Sep 3, 2005
The famous preacher John Killinger & his wife attended a small country funeral where the pastor got up & for most of the 15 minute sermon talked about the horrors of hell & how tragic it was that the deceased was probably burning there at that very moment. When they left John complained & his wife
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Contributed by John Shearhart on Nov 13, 2006
Sometime in the 1200’s a theologian named John Duns Scotus “and the Pope walked through the Vatican Gold Chambers. As the story goes, the Pope turned to the theologian and said, ‘Dr. Scotus, no longer can the church say ‘silver and gold have I none.’’ To which Scotus reportedly replied, ;And no
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Contributed by John Price on Mar 9, 2007
— John Osteen said “It’s great to be young and dream the dream, but it’s better to be old and
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Pentecostal
Contributed by John Price on Mar 9, 2007
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John Maxwell said in His Book the Success Journey “A dream without a positive attitude produces a daydreamer. A positive attitude without a dream produces a pleasant person who can’t progress. A dream together with a
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Feb 6, 2011
John Henry Jowett was born in Halifax, England in 1864. He became Congregational pastor.
He said on one occasion he saw seventy Salvation Army officers receive their commission for foreign service. That is seventy men being assigned to serve God in a foreign country.
John Henry Jowett said not
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Brethren
Contributed by Norman Lawrence on Aug 23, 2002
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Old John was a man of God and loved his village chapel. One day he was stopped by an acquaintance, who, by the way, was an ardent angler. "I say, John," said the angler, "I have often wondered what attraction there is up at the village chapel. You go week after week to the same old chapel, see the
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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John Stott – “Peter would prepare the church, not simply to endure persecution, but to find in
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