Contributed by Adam Deibert on May 7, 2004
It has been said that there have been more Christian martyrs in recent years than there were during the time of the Caesars. According to a study done by Regent University, in 1999, nearly 164,000 Christians worldwide were martyred for their faith, and in 2000 that number was closer to 165,000.
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Seventh-Day Adventist
Contributed by Charles Newman on Jul 17, 2004
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Some things are more tempting than others wouldn’t you agree? I just love a Snickers candy bar. I have never tasted such goodness in my life. There is something about that combination of chocolate, peanuts, rich caramel and nougat that seems to satisfy the savage sweet tooth. Don’t put me on a diet
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 8, 2004
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A little boy, not more than eleven or twelve years of age, somewhat delicate in health, and rather backward, once went to a large boarding school. The first night that he slept there, when they came to go to bed, he glanced timidly round the room to see what other boys were doing, and then he saw
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Contributed by Steven Chapman on Mar 26, 2001
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Bruce Larson, in There’s A Lot More To Health Than Not Being Sick, writes,
Behavioral sciences in recent years have expounded the simple truth that "behavior that is observed changes." People who are accountable by their own choice to a group of friends, to a therapy group, to a psychiatrist or a
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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Nothing in life creates more deep seated anxieties than the false assumption that life should be
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 8, 2002
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Living together before marriage is nothing more than “playing house.” It’s being shown that living together is not best. Charles Colson sites the National Survey of Families & Households. In that survey they came up with some startling data. It found that almost half of all couples who cohabit
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Christian Church
Contributed by Paul Fritz on Nov 29, 2001
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Have you noticed that the more mature believers have a greater capacity to see hidden blessings in hardships and difficult subjects? Norm Cousins, a teacher at the Univeristy of Calif. Medical School in Los Angeles, noticed an amazing irony in his younger students’ perceptions. It seems that
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jan 4, 2008
"And we have the word of the prophets made more certain, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Michael West on Apr 2, 2008
The more I began to understand His Majesty, the more I realize that I am not all that. I am not a good man and by nature I came that way, but Jesus came to save sinners. I can’t stand and say, “Lord, I sure am glad I haven’t done what that man did.” No, because in deed or thought, I have sinned as
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
Although I am sure that there are more Viking Fans here than Green Bay Packer fans all fans of professional football were amazed by something Brett Favre did a few years ago. Just a day after he learned that his father died he played in a Monday Night Football game. Favre’s athletic performance was
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