Beulah Church in Lawrence County, Illinois, was a country Church I served for over four years beginning in 1980. Beulah has never had a financial crisis one reason being the fact that nearly all the Church family tithe. Another reason is that they are missionary minded people. They support I
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Methodist
Contributed by Scott Epperson on Nov 22, 2006
Illust. Jesus BROKEN HANDS
Story told of a large cathedral church that was hit by a earthquake. The disaster destroyed the church, and all that remained was a century old statue of Jesus stand ing with his arms out stretched, only the rubble that fell from the earthquake fell and broke off the
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 12, 2007
Back when I was a teen, we used the word "Cool." It has turned into "Khuuul" but still means the same thing.
What you think is "cool" is where your mind is going to be
If you think walking closely with God is cool, you are more likely to walk with God… if you feel like your faith was forced upon
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Independent/Bible
Frank Herbert, the author of Dune has a mantra called the Shai-Hulud and goes.
I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it is gone past me I will turn to see
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2003
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A young boy moving about as fast as molasses in winter approached his father reading the newspaper on the porch, "Dad, why does the wind blow?" "I don’t know, son." "Dad, where do the clouds come from?" "I’m not sure, son." "Dad, what makes a rainbow?" "No idea, son." The young boy leans against
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Story: St. Augustine - so the story goes - was struggling to understand the doctrine of the Trinity. So he decided to go for a walk on the beach, where he saw a little boy digging a hole in the sand with a seashell. The boy then ran off to the ocean, filling the shell, and rushed back to pour it
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Anglican
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Jack Hayford and his wife Anna were vacationing in Britain during the 25th anniversary of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. While there the Hayfords saw constant reminders of royalty. That, along with visits to several castles, caused Hayford to sense what it might be like to be "raised as a
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Contributed by Alan Tison on Jul 9, 2007
What do we have to Worry about?
Consider the following…
40% of our worries never happen. Anxiety is the result of a tired mind.
30% of our worries concerns past decisions which cannot be changed
12% of our worries centers on criticism by others, meant to make us feel inferior
10% is related to
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 26, 2007
Alive Or Not?
Medical authorities determine a person to be "alive" if there is either a detectable heartbeat or brain-wave activity. With that in mind, it is eye-opening for some to realize that unborn children have detectable heartbeats at eighteen days (two and one-half weeks) after conception
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Baptist
Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Apr 17, 2008
Our kids are wet cement!
When cement is still wet, it will take the form of the form into which it is poured. Once it dries and becomes hard, it can take a jack hammer to break it up and all you will have left is broken pieces. It will never be the same again!
Our children are wet cement!
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Church Of God
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 9, 2008
"So far we have seen that God is a real being who is perfect, necessary and unlimited, but nothing has been said about the fundamental nature of that being. Invoking the language of substances, we note that things that exist independent of mind are made of one of two types of substance (or of
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Other
Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Aug 25, 2008
Polycarp, the bishop of Smyrna was brought before the Roman authorities and told if he cursed Christ he would be released. He replied, "86 years have I served him, and he has done me no wrong: how then can I blaspheme my king who saved me?" The Roman officer replied, "Unless you change your mind, I
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on May 28, 2009
THE FIFTH CENTURY NORTH AFRICAN CHURCH FATHER AUGUSTINE SAID THAT “WHOEVER DENIES THE TRINITY IS IN DANGER OF LOSING HIS SALVATION : YET ON THE OTHER THE SIDE OF THE COIN HE SAID, “WHOEVER TRIES TO UNDERSTAND THE TRINITY IS IN DANGER OF LOSING HIS MIND.” P145 THE MOSIAC OF CHRISTIAN BELIEF
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Baptist
To love in truth is a great challenge for the Church in a world that is becoming progressively and pervasively globalized. The Holy Father warns that the risk is that the de facto interdependence of people and nations would not be matched by ethical interaction of consciences and minds that would
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Catholic
Contributed by Charles Wallis on Dec 15, 2009
GOD SHOWS UP IN THE HUMBLEST DWELLINGS
Tommy Welchel describes the miracles of Azusa Street:
"The thought that God visited us in a barn to introduce His Son...confounds the minds of scholars a skeptics. These miracles were happening in and old, run-church that once used to house animals. By the
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Pentecostal
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