Contributed by Glenn Durham on May 27, 2008
                
                
                
                    Dr. Ed Stetzer directs church planting for the Southern Baptist Convention, one of the largest denominations in the country. He writes: "Harold stood up, paused for a moment, and began to speak softly, 'We don't want our church to die. We'll do what it takes.' That was when I first knew the church
                    
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                    Contributed by Chris Surber on Apr 28, 2007
                
                
                
                    A few years ago I was working on a class for my undergraduate degree in religion.  For the final exam you were required to write a series of brief essays on several Christian doctrines.  Well, I worked feverishly on the project.  I really wanted to get a high grade on the project since this class
                    
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                    Contributed by James Jack on Jun 9, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    I’m writing school reports at the moment. It’s something I hate doing. We have a system where you’re expected to write 50-100 words per student so that in the end over all your reports you’ve written tens of thousands of words most of which begin or end with “Johhny needs to be more focused in
                    
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                    Contributed by Jay Winters on Feb 7, 2008
                
                
                
                    I didn’t see the Wizard of Oz until just two years ago. Before that I had gotten to know the characters as they had been presented to me in pop culture here and there. I knew there was a little girl named Dorothy who came from a very unmagical land called Kansas. I knew she had a little dog named
                    
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                    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 5, 2006
                
                
                
                    In an interview with Robert Morse he talked about his resentment for a particular period of his ministry.  Robert and his family were missionaries to Burma.  During this period, he and his family were kicked out of Burma.  Some of the children were sick, and one lady was about to have a baby. 
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    State Of The Church: “The fact that there has not been any measurable increase in church involvement or personal spiritual depth in the past decade challenges the widespread notion that the U.S. is as spiritually healthy and focused as ever. This has been an intriguing year regarding the spiritual
                    
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                    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Sep 12, 2023
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    With football season in full swing, I often think of my high school football days. I wasn’t very good at all but, as the saying goes, the older I get the better I was. One of my few highlights from those days was a kickoff return. You may be thinking that my story is about a game winning return but
                    
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                    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
                
                
                
                    AVOIDING THE ROCKS
Alan was my prayer partner at a previous church and he tells the story of going white water rafting on a Christian retreat. He said he always got stuck being the captain of the boat and sure enough for the 4th year in a row, he was named captain. So his job was to direct the men
                    
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