Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Mar 16, 2004
The gospel writers simply wrote "They crucified Jesus". Who crucified him? I’ll tell you who crucified him. I did - and you did, and they did, those groups around the cross. The old Negro spiritual asked the question, "Were you there when they crucified my Lord?" “They” crucified the Lord? It
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Contributed by Ethan Sayler on Aug 5, 2002
Dr. James Dobson, the founder of Focus on the Family, once shared that his father, a pastor of a 15 member church in Sulfur, TX, was known as the man with no leather on the toes of his shoes. The reason he had no leather on the toes of his shoes was that he spent three or four hours a day
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Contributed by Tony Abram on Oct 7, 2008
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Our churches today need to be a spiritual house. Many times our churches have become a social house where as one old preacher said:
We traded our upper room into the board room,
the fire of the Holy Spirit for a warm heater,
our prayer meetings for chicken dinners,
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Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Sep 4, 2023
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Great multitudes will follow as long as there is no price to be paid, no contract to sign, no commands to obey, no orders to follow, no sacrifices to surrender, no gifts to offer, no commitments to keep, no burdens to bear, no suffering to share, no hardship to handle, no effort to exert, no pills
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 28, 2005
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India
So I wrote in my journal, describing the aftermath of the October 1999 cyclone whose 200 mph winds and 30-foot tidal surge devastated the coastal areas of Orissa , India . Originating in the Bay of Bengal , the storm killed an estimated 100,000 people and domestic livestock, mostly by
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Wesleyan
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The story is told of a Sunday class that had been asked the question, ¡§in your time of discouragement, what is your favorite Scripture.¡¨ A young man said, ¡§the Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want Psalm 23:1.¡¨
A middle age woman said, ¡§God is my refuge and strength, a very present help in
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Contributed by Sam Higgs on Sep 29, 2011
CALL TO WAR
Have you ever heard the "trumpet" call to do battle in our culture? On every side we are bombarded with things and teachings that are anti-God. There is the lasciviousness where "free-sex" reigns as supreme. It is the Christian’s God ordained duty to confront this sin against God
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for an Animation of Psalm 42, please go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTMfZ1u9DHU&feature=plcp .
'As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants for Thee, O God. My soul thirsts for God, the Living God. When shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my food day and
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 17, 2007
A Christian steamship captain, a contemporary of George Mueller, once told of an experience involving Mueller’s great faith.
While sailing off the coast of Newfoundland in extremely heavy fog, Mueller came to him and said, “Captain, I need to tell you that I must be in Quebec on Saturday
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Baptist
Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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Spiritual Health Checks
(True Devotions)
Rick Warren wrote, "The key for churches in the 21st Century will be church health, not growth." When a congregation is healthy, it will grow spiritually and enjoy the benefits of a live, vibrant relationship with Jesus Christ. A healthy Christian
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Contributed by R. Darrel Davis on Oct 27, 2001
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Gene Mims in Kingdom Principles for Church Growth said, “The purpose of worship is to come before the Lord in obedience to praise Him, to hear from Him, to confess to Him, and to commit our lives to Him. Every worship service is to be an encounter
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Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 23, 2002
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Gene Mims in Kingdom Principles for Church Growth said, “The purpose of worship is to come before the Lord in obedience to praise Him, to hear from Him, to confess to Him, and to commit our lives to Him. Every worship service is to be an encounter
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Mennonite
Contributed by Mary Lewis on Jun 7, 2004
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During a recent Sunday worship service, a congregation was singing the worship chorus that goes: "I exalt thee, oh Lord...” A mother of a 5-year-old girl glanced down and realized that her daughter was fervently singing,
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