Contributed by Terry Barnhill on Aug 8, 2010
In his book, “Miracles”, C. S. Lewis says, those whose faith is in science and experiments will learn “what regularly happens in Nature; the norm or rule to which she works. Those who believe in miracles are not denying that there is such a norm or rule;
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 18, 2007
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Peter Marshall once began a Senate session with this prayer, "O Lord, forgive us for thinking that prayer is a waste of time, and help us to see that without prayer our work is a waste of time."
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Baptist
Contributed by Andrew Hamilton on Sep 29, 2002
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Monk Story
There is a story told of an old monastery that had fallen upon hard times. It was once a great order, but as a result of waves of anti-monastic persecution in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and the rise of secularism in the nineteenth, all its branch houses were lost and it
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Christian Missionary Alliance
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Friends Forever. Wow those are some very powerful words when you put them together you know? I mean, think about what this phrase means: being a friend forever; always there no matter what. This popular phrase can be found in letters from one best friend to another, on the split necklaces when put
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Salvation Army
Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000
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Michael S. Hamilton, Assistant Professor of History at Seattle Pacific University wrote, "In the 1930’s, most missionary agencies emphasized evangelism, church-planting, and discipleship. In 1998, however, four of the five largest overseas ministries specialized in relief,
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Baptist
Contributed by Michael Gibney on Mar 30, 2002
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The Body of B. Franklin, Printer
Like the Cover of an old Book
Its contents torn out,
And stript of its Lettering and Guilding,
Lies here, Food for Worms,
But the Work shall not be wholly lost:
For it will, as he believ’d,
Appear
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Ed Wood on Jul 1, 2004
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“WHEELBARROW” CHRISTIANS At the entrance of one of the great manufacturing plants in America is a sign that reads, “If you are like a wheelbarrow - going no farther than you are pushed - you need not apply for work here!” In spiritual endeavor, too, one
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Baptist
Contributed by Brian Bolton on May 11, 2006
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It was BILLY GRAHAM who said: “Children will invariably talk, eat, walk, think, respond, and act like their parents. Give them a target to shoot at. Give them a goal to work toward. Give them a pattern that they can
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Christian/Church Of Christ
BARNABAS' GIFT
Barnabas later becomes the disciple who takes St. Paul in tow on the first missionary journey. It is on that journey that Paul discovers his calling to be the apostle to the Gentiles. So Barnabas’s gift, his free will offering of what he owned
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Catholic
Contributed by Jim Kane on May 18, 2009
We live, I believe, in a new time, a new age, in which the old ways and practices no longer work. This is 2009, not 1959 nor 1969 nor 1979 nor 1989 or even 1999. The assumptions about Christianity and the Church,
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Church Of God
Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 12, 2007
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Misplaced Faith
Philip Yancey, in his book Disappointment With God, writes:
Even back then I was searching for hard evidence of God as an alternative to faith. And one day I found it—on television, of all places. While randomly flipping a dial, I came across a mass healing service being conducted
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Baptist
Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 13, 2023
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When I was a young boy, I started mowing yards to make money so I could buy hundreds and hundreds of baseball cards! When I made my first money, my mother reminded me of what God says in the Bible about tithing. "Now, son, the word tithe means one-tenth. God asks us to bring 1 out of every
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Apr 11, 2025
[076]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – EXPECTATIONS, TESTIMONY AND PLEADING
The three words in the title are what the poem is about. Firstly there is expectation of our heavenly home when we are transported from the physical life. Then there is testimony and that is about the way God looks after us,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 18, 2001
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Global military expenditure is now running at well over $1 million per minute, according to New Internationalist magazine. One in every five scientists worldwide, says the magazine, is now engaged in military work, and the average military product
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Contributed by Kerry O'neill on Mar 9, 2010
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DRIVING THE WRONG WAY
An older gentleman was driving home from work when his cell phone rang. His wife was on the line in a panic and said, "Honey, be careful driving. I just saw on the TV that some maniac is driving the wrong
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
Quote: BILLY GRAHAM who said:
"Children will invariably talk, eat, walk, think, respond, and act like their parents. Give them a target to shoot at. Give them a goal to work toward. Give them a pattern that they can
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Brethren
Anna Nicole Smith dominated the news the past few months. In her life we saw the very dramatic and pitiable effects of humanistic philosophy hyped and worked-out once again by Hollywood. Anna Nicole wanted two things in life – to
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United Methodist