Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Dec 4, 2025
Global Gift Dilemma
Simple Gifts, Joyful Hearts
I enjoy Christmas not just because it commemorates Christ’s birth and allows us to share that meaningfully with others.
I appreciate the spirit of giving, but as my wife and I grow older, we’ve become more careful about our spending. We now keep
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
Quote: George W. Truett said: “To know the will of God is the greatest knowledge! To do the will of God is the greatest achievement!” –(quoted in “Toolkit,” Cell Church, Winter, 1996, p.
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There are 800,000 words in the English language, 300,000 are technical terms. The average person knows 10,000 words and uses 5,000 in everyday speech. A journalist knows approximately 15,000 and
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Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Feb 25, 2002
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When I was a freshman at Lincoln Christian College, I had an experience that made me seriously question my calling into the ministry. My professor for a class on the Life of Christ had approached me about leading the group in a Scripture reading and prayer to begin our class time. I agreed. But
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on May 18, 2008
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MENTORING AS A CHURCH PRACTICE
"...In most churches, the congregation pays the pastor to preach, win the lost, and build up the saved—-while the church members function as cheerleaders (if they are enthusiastic) or spectators. The "converts" are won, baptized, and given the right hand of
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jan 2, 2026
[249]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – STRANGE DOCTRINES ARE AMONG US
[[ “Secernment” (third stanza) refers to the act or process of separating or distinguishing substances, often used in a physiological context to describe the secretion of substances in the body. It can also mean the ability to
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2007
Atheist Paid To Attend Church Jim Henderson, author and President of Off the Map, placed a winning eBay auction bid of $504 to send a Chicago atheist to church (one visit per $10 bid). Off the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 18, 2007
Atheist Paid To Attend Church Jim Henderson, author and President of Off the Map, placed a winning eBay auction bid of $504 to send a Chicago atheist to church (one visit per $10 bid). Off the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
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On May 30, 1896, motorist Henry Wells hit bicyclist Evylyn Thomas on a New York City street. It was America’s first auto accident. Thomas’s injury: a broken leg; car that Wells was driving: a Duryea motor wagon; Well’s penalty: a night in jail;
The first automobile fatality: Henry H. Bliss (Sept.
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