Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 10, 2007
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Today, more than 200 million Christians in over 60 countries around the word – our brothers and sisters in the faith – face brutal opposition and persecution because of their faith in Jesus. The number one request they have when asked, is always “please pray for us”. So today we bring their
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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State Of The Church: “The fact that there has not been any measurable increase in church involvement or personal spiritual depth in the past decade challenges the widespread notion that the U.S. is as spiritually healthy and focused as ever. This has been an intriguing year regarding the spiritual
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Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012
STOP EXPECTING LIFE TO BE PERFECT
Donald Miller has written a book called, "A Million Miles in a Thousand Years." It's about the journey Don went on when a couple of filmmakers decided to make a movie about his life, based on his book Blue Like Jazz. Now during the process of writing a screenplay
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Methodist
Contributed by Cameron Smith on Aug 4, 2007
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I wanted to end by recalling the story of a man named Horatio Spafford. In 1873, he and his family of 4 kids decided to go to London from New York to join the evangelistic movement in England. At the last minute, Horatio was delayed but sent his family by boat anyway. On November 2nd, the ship
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Contributed by Jeff Simms on Aug 2, 2004
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Max Lucado tells a story in a book called “It’s Not About Me” about a friend of his who had cancer. Some well intentioned Christians had told him ‘If you have faith, then you will be healed”. But, no healing came, only a crisis in faith in that man’s life. Max suggested another answer to him,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
Evangelism In The U.S.: A new Barna Group survey finds that 55% of born again adults claim to have shared their faith in Christ with a non-Christian during the prior 12 months, a ratio that has remained relatively constant for 10 years. As might be expected, 66% of evangelicals shared their faith,
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Contributed by Raymond Smith on Dec 30, 2006
Martin Luther King Jnr
"I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.
This is
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Contributed by John Beehler on Mar 13, 2002
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I was at the service for Mary Ellen’s father this past Monday. There was grief. There were tears. But I sensed God’s presence there, as well. Through the grief, when the tears were flowing, He was right there, crying right along with the family and friends, feeling the pain and loss every bit as
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Jackson Snyder on Jun 22, 2002
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The Jesus (Ginnosar) Boat
The second fabulous discovery was made in 1986. There had been a drought in Israel and the Sea of Galilee was at low ebb. Not far from Capernaum, buried in the mud of the lake, was found a wooden boat, which was cleared of mud, enclosed in foam and floated out. To
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Contributed by Bruce Mccoy on Feb 8, 2006
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I was 12 years old when I discovered I had the power to knock down my older sister! We were out playing in the new fallen snow. It was all good natured. But, this winter was different. I had had a growth streak & was about the same height of my older sister.
In the rough & tumble of having
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