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  • A Young Lady In San Francisco Wanted To Go To ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Mar 6, 2008
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    A young lady in San Francisco wanted to go to China as a missionary. Therefore she applied to be a missionary to the Mission board in the USA. The mission board interviewed her and asked her 2 important questions. (a) How far do you live from Chinatown? She said, ‘A couple of miles.’ (b) Have you ...read more

  • Cheap Grace  PRO

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Apr 21, 2008
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     | 4,307 views

    CHEAP GRACE Cheap grace is the grace we bestow on ourselves. Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, communion without confession. Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, ...read more

  • Since January 1, 2001, There Have Been About ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jul 20, 2008
     | 1,223 views

    Since January 1, 2001, there have been about 800,000 induced abortions in Canada, which is a rate of about 1/3 of live births (http://www.webhart.net/vandee/abortstat.shtml). There have been over 74 million induced abortions in the Western world ...read more

  • Erwin Mcmanus States, "Once Survival Has Become ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 26, 2008
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    Erwin McManus states, "Once survival has become our supreme goal, we have lost our way... the church is not called to survive history but to serve humanity. As with each individual, there is a difference between living and existing for the church...The church exists to serve as the body of Christ, ...read more

  • The Value Of A Volunteer ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
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    THE VALUE OF A VOLUNTEER HOUR The value of a volunteer hour nearly kept pace with inflation during ’07, increasing 3.94% while consumer prices tracked at 4.1%. The estimate for the value of a volunteer hour jumped 74¢, from $18.77 in ’06 to $19.51 in ’07, reports the Independent Sector, a ...read more

  • The United Methodist Church Has Helped Over ...

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 9, 2009
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    "The United Methodist Church has helped over 59,000 people who were affected by Hurricane Katrina. Over 45,692 volunteers (3320 teams) volunteers from around the world have served in our disaster recovery ministry. That’s a donation value of $40,468,015. What we have found is that we are not just ...read more

  • Hope Stands Up To Its Knees In The Past And ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Aug 11, 2009
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    Hope stands up to its knees in the past and keeps its eyes on the future. There has never been a time past when God wasn’t with us as the strength beyond our strength, the wisdom beyond our wisdom, as whatever it is in our hearts--whether we believe in God or not--that keeps us human enough at ...read more

  • No Future Without Forgiveness

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 12, 2009
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    NO FUTURE WITHOUT FORGIVENESS Archbishop Desmond Tutu cited the crucifixion as his inspiration. Tutu, daily living in the shadow of apartheid, said that the newly empowered South African blacks readily forgave their white persecutors, because they followed "the Jewish rabbi who, when he was ...read more

  • From The Texas Heart Institute's Website, We ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 27, 2010
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    From the Texas Heart Institute’s website, we learn the following about our human heart. It weighs between 7 and 15 ounces (16 ounces is one pound.)It is the size of our fist (Make a fist.) For a person who lives a long life it will beat up to 3.5 billion times. It pumps about 2,000 gallons of blood ...read more

  • Artist August Rodin Has Created A Famous ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jun 3, 2010
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    Artist August Rodin has created a famous sculpture named, “The Hand of God.” Out of a rough piece of stone there arises a strong right hand, and lying in that hand are some figures of human beings beginning to take shape. It stands for the fact that God is at work in each and every one of our ...read more

  • Ask Me Later

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 6, 2010
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    ASK ME LATER Clear-thinking people are often interesting people. One woman shares this story: When my 88-year-old mother was called for jury duty, she had to submit to questioning by the opposing lawyers. "Have you ever dealt with an attorney?" asked the plaintiff's lawyer. "Yes. I had an ...read more

  • Home Is Just Beyond

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Nov 20, 2010
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    HOME IS JUST BEYOND The story is told of a little girl who lived near a cemetery. Even though she had to pass through it after the sun was set she never seemed to be apprehensive. Someone finally said to her: "Aren't you afraid to go through the cemetery?" "Ah, no," she replied, "I am not afraid, ...read more

  • The Colonel Who Served As Inspector General In A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 21, 2011
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    The colonel who served as inspector general in a particular base paid close attention to how personnel wore their uniforms. On one occasion he spotted a junior airman with a violation. "Airman," he bellowed, "what do you do when a shirt pocket is unbuttoned?" The startled airman replied, "Button ...read more

  • Isolation Society

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 14, 2011
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    ISOLATION SOCIETY Here is how Max Lucado rates us as a society: "Call us a fast society, an efficient society, but don't call us a personal society. Our society is set up for isolation. We wear ear buds when we exercise. We communicate via e-mail and text messages. We enter and exit our house with ...read more

  • Peale And Paul

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Aug 3, 2011
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    PEALE AND PAUL Many of you are familiar with Norman Vincent Peale’s book, The Power of Positive Living. It’s a good book. It won’t get you to heaven, but it will really help you approach life with the right kind of outlook. Dr. Vance Havner was asked one time to compare the writings of Norman ...read more

  • Kill Us, Torture Us, Condemn Us...

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Aug 15, 2011
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    KILL US, TORTURE US, CONDEMN US... An early Christian leader named Tertullian (164-200AD) declared: “Kill us, torture us, condemn us, grind us to dust. The more you mow us down, the more we grow, for the seed of the church is the blood of the Christians. Every single drop of our blood springs up, ...read more

  • Donald Grey Barnhouse: "Abraham Came To The ...

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Feb 11, 2012
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    Donald Grey Barnhouse: "Abraham came to the ultimate conclusion that he was going to see a miracle because God cannot lie. He had said that this son would be the one through whom He would fulfill all of His promises. Therefore the son must live or God would be found false. And yet God commands that ...read more

  • Taking The Good Path

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012
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    TAKING THE GOOD PATH The media interviewed the second Chilean miner freed, and here is what he said, "The time down there changed me. God had one hand and the devil had the other hand, and when I was down there, I decided to let go of the devil and hold onto God. I buried 40 years of my life down ...read more

  • Connecting With The Common Man

    Contributed by Perry Greene on May 17, 2012
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    CONNECTING WITH THE COMMON MAN Sam Walton was in the mid 90s named as one of the richest men in America. You'd never know it! He drove a pickup and lived like a regular person. Asked why he didn't drive a Rolls Royce, he replied, "Where would I put my dogs?" He was successful at least in part ...read more

  • George Mueller On Prayer

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 5, 2012
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    GEORGE MUELLER ON PRAYER George Mueller: "I live in the spirit of prayer. I pray as I walk about, when I lie down and when I rise up. And the answers are always coming. Thousands and tens of thousands of times have my prayers been answered. When once I am persuaded that a thing is right and for ...read more