Contributed by Ejike Monwuba on Nov 28, 2007
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A furious Father in a moment of rage and anger called his four-year-old son(Jude) a goat because the boy misbehaved. This happened repeatedly for about six months. Then, one morning a visitor knocked on their door and was welcomed by the young Jude.
“Hello my boy, what’s your name?” asked the
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers you can blame anyone, but never blame yourself. Its never your fault. But its always your fault, because if you wanted to
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Contributed by Scott Bradford on May 13, 2004
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I heard this story told Wednesday night at the Men’s Bible Study and I received permission to tell it here. It involves a TX Dot employee, who I said would remain nameless, but I was told that in TX Dot fashion I was permitted to use his initials "Randy".
Randy was apparently asked to change his
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United Methodist
Contributed by Chris Surber on Apr 30, 2009
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Since my three year old son Sebastian was an infant we have prayed at meal times. If we ever appear as though we are about to eat without praying first, Sebastian will tell, “Uh Oh, daddy, you almost forgot to pray.” Our one year old son, Ephram, is getting in on the pray now too, although when
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Christian Church
Contributed by Larry Jacobs on Jul 15, 2005
Illus: Dr. McGhee told the story of the little homeless girl in London that crept into one of the large churches and sat in the back while the service was taking place. The pastor was preaching on Luke 15:1,2.
At the end of the service (when all had left but the pastor) she went down to the
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Baptist
Main Idea: God the Father sacrificed His only Son so that we could live.
Verse: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16 NKJV).
Illustration: Once there was a train engineer who had one
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Charismatic
Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
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In his book I Surrender, Patrick Morley writes that the church’s integrity problem is in the misconception "that we can add Christ to our lives, but not subtract sin. It is a change in belief without a change in behavior." He goes on to say, "It is revival without
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Jim Kane on Mar 12, 2005
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Why do you follow Jesus? Patrick Morley has some important things to say about our answer to this question. "The American gospel has evolved into a gospel of addition without subtraction. It is a belief that we can add Christ to our lives, but not subtract sin. It is a change in
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Church Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
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In his book I Surrender, Patrick Morley writes that the church’s integrity problem is in the misconception “that we can add Christ to our lives, but not subtract sin. It is a change in belief without a change in behavior.” He goes on to say, “It is revival without
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 30, 2007
In his book I Surrender, Patrick Morley writes that the church’s integrity problem is in the misconception “that we can add Christ to our lives, but not subtract sin. It is a change in belief without a change in behavior.” He goes on to say, “It is revival without
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Baptist
Contributed by Paul Wallace on Dec 6, 2007
Napoleon - p82 boasted he could remember the names of every person he ever met. His technique was simple. If he didn’t hear the name clearly, he said, “So sorry I didn’t get the name clearly,” If it was an unusual name he would ask how is it spelled? During the conversation, he took the trouble
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Wesleyan
Contributed by R. Darrel Davis on Feb 10, 2001
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"Anyone who's ever had a brush with the thing called love knows that this feeling so desired is also tough to pin down," writes Curt Degenhartt. He says,"There are so many kinds. We’ve got lusty love, compassionate love, fraternal love, the kind of love you have for your grandparents, thrilling
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Baptist
Contributed by Tim Zingale on Dec 18, 2000
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A Jewish banker gives this witness of the power of God through Christ to change lives. He says, "A few years ago I was sent to a place in Puerto Rico to make some studies for the bank. It was the worst, the dirties city imaginable Two years later I returned and it was completely changed.
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Lutheran
Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 24, 2009
Steven Jobs was the founder of Apple Computers. There came a point in time when the company was struggling and he approached John Sculley – who was head of one of the divisions of Pepsi Cola – to come on board and help lead them out of difficulty. Sculley kept resisting and Jobs kept persisting.
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Presbyterian/Reformed
YOUR BELIEFS DETERMINE YOUR ATTITUDES
Gary Smalley tells us "I can hardly overstate how life-changing it was to find that my beliefs, not my circumstances, determined my attitudes and actions. When I took my beliefs seriously and began to examine and change them, it did wonders for me by giving me
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