Contributed by Rodney Killam on Apr 18, 2003
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Dennis Bratcher said,
Good Friday is not a day of celebration but of mourning, both for the death of Jesus and for the sins of the world that his death represents. Yet, although Friday is a solemn time, it is not without its own joy. For while it is important to place the Resurrection against the
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Holiness
Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 23, 2004
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The most comprehensive sex study in recent years, made by researchers at the University of Chicago, states that only 5 percent of men have homosexual desires, and only about half of them ever act out their desires. The statistical evidence clearly suggests that most homosexual men live very
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 8, 2005
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As a pastor I try to be creative in teaching my deacons how to be ready to give an answer for the hope that is in us, but i am not the most tidy leader. One of my deacons was trying to invite a man to our church to experience Jesus. The man refuse saying that he didn’t have much to do with
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2006
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Many Converts-Few Disciples: This is the conclusion of George Barna after 2 years of research. Is this why church-es have lost their relevance in American culture? Not one person polled, when asked to identify their most important goal for their life, said it was to be a committed follower of Jesus
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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 Randall Bergsma on Dec 19, 2006
The message of Jubilee was that when you live with God your failures couldn’t ruin you for good. A fresh start was always coming. God is a god who flips things around to remake them.
Isaiah even points at it with a word play. Verse 3: a crown (phe-er) instead of ashes (epher, ). Ashes were the
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Presbyterian/Reformed
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I remember a Calvin and Hobbes comic strip where the Boss catches Calvin sitting at his desk staring out the window. The Boss demands, “Why aren’t you working Calvin?” And Calvin responds: “Because I didn’t see you coming.” Well, Calvin obviously didn’t think that one through … but at least he
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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Samuel Chadwick -- There is no power like that of prevailing prayer—of Abraham pleading for Sodom, Jacob wrestling in the stillness of the night, Moses standing in the breach, Hannah intoxicated with sorrow, David heartbroken with remorse and grief, Jesus in sweat of blood. Add to this list form
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Jun 23, 2009
“Why have I come to Australia? Well, if Dr Salk had kept quiet about the vaccine he had discovered to help polio sufferers, what a tragedy that would have been! And when I have found Jesus to be the answer to the problems we have, both personal and national, I must share it with others.” Sir Lionel
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Baptist
Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Aug 11, 2009
WHAT AMERICANS BELIEVE
In the Barna Report: What Americans Believe, 1991, George Barna, the church statistician, states that there is "a great deal of ambivalence among Americans with regard to their beliefs. For instance, while 62 percent of the respondents said they have made a personal
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Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Jan 4, 2012
Pysanky -- Ukrainian Art of Egg Decorating
Pysanka is a Ukrainian Easter egg. Pysanky is a form of wax-resist dyeing using a kind of stylus called a kistka. Some kistkas are dipped into the hot wax, and others consist of a cone filled with hot wax that feeds the nib of the stylus. Kistkas are
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Christian Missionary Alliance
Contributed by Richard Francis on May 19, 2007
For me the scariest verse in the Bible is: Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ’Sir, open the door for us.‘ To die and be told by Jesus I don’t know you that is a reality to awful to contemplate, I know it will not happen to me,
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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IN REGARDS TO "BLESSING THOSE WHO PERSECUTE YOU," D.L. MOODY, IN ONE OF HIS SERMONS, PORTRAYS THE LORD JESUS GIVING DIRECTION TO PETER AFTER HIS RESURRECTION ON THIS VERY CONCEPT. MOODY SAID, "GO, FIND THE MAN WHO THRUST HIS SPEAR INTO MY SIDE AND TELL HIM THERE IS A MUCH QUICKER WAY TO MY
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Free Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Do you remember going to the circus. My favorite part of the circus was watching the acrobats. How they flew twisting and turning into the air. It is an amazing sight of beauty. Yet if you notice below the high wire act there is a net. It is not their for looks but is their for protection. That net
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Sep 9, 2007
Ten Basic Statements about Ministry
Warren and David Wiersbe, said in their book: Making Sense of the Ministry
1. The foundation of ministry is character.
2. The nature of ministry is service.
3. The motive for ministry is love.
4. The measure of ministry is sacrifice.
5. The authority of ministry
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Contributed by Tony Abram on Dec 17, 2007
Many different dates have been observed as the birthday of Jesus. January 2 was the first we know about. Later May 20 was observed. At different periods Christmas has been on April 18, April 19, March 25, March 28, and January 6. For a long time the Eastern Orthodox Church observed January 6 and it
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