Contributed by Gene Gregory on Feb 27, 2008
According to research done by George Barna, 75% of Christians believe the Bible teaches that God helps those who help themselves. It doesn’t. More than ½ of the people describing themselves as Christians believe that Satan is not a living entity, but just symbolic: and that a person can earn his
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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Americans are drowning in debt. Consumers have racked up more than $2.2 trillion in purchases and cash advances on major credit cards in just the last year. And it's become a habit for them to spend more than they have. The overall credit card debt grew by 315% from '89 to '06. To compound the
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Contributed by Anne Benefield on Jun 9, 2009
A young man walked into a photography studio with a picture of his girlfriend. He wanted the picture duplicated. The owner of the store noticed the inscription on the back of the picture which said, “My Dearest Tom, I love you with all my heart. I love you more and more each day. I will love
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Kent Mishleau on Apr 5, 2010
DELIGHT YOURSELVES IN THE LORD
"Delight" is to be happy or at peace with something. I wish I was an artist and could paint a picture of true wonderful delight. I wish I had awesome oratory skills that would set a picture in your minds that you could see a beauty that you would hold forever. I wish
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Seventh-Day Adventist
Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Jun 27, 2010
FAITH MAKES YOU HAPPIER AS YOU AGE, STUDY SHOWS
The Gerontological Society of America released an academic journal in February 1976 that shows as you get older, Christian faith makes you feel happier, more useful and more adjusted over time. In May 2007 the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
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Baptist
Contributed by John Putty on Mar 19, 2011
FRANK BOYD ON REVIVAL
Frank M. Boyd, an early Pentecostal instructor, said, "He expected all the students to be more filled with fire and love and zeal and more filled with the Spirit when they left than when they came. He said that when men had the Word without the Spirit they were often dead
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 3, 2006
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Christmas Under Attack Fox News conducted a survey 11/29 asking: •Do you consider Christmas a religious holiday or cultural holiday? Religious: 57% ... Cultural 14% ... Both: 12% •Do you agree there is a war on Christmas in the U.S.? Agree: 42% ... Disagree: 48% •Does it seem that the public
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Aug 11, 2007
Max Lucado, pastor and author describes the topic title best when he speaks of having “doubt storms”. He said, “Sometimes the storm comes after the evening news. Some nights I wonder why I watch it. Some nights it’s just too much. From the steps of the Supreme Court to the steppes of South Africa,
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Salvation Army
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The Attorney and the Fisherman
A hard-driving corporate attorney saw a fisherman he knew from church one afternoon, legs dangling off the pier as he helped his two young sons catch crabs. “Why aren’t you out there fishing?” he asked.
“Because I’ve caught enough fish for today.”
“Why don’t you catch
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
When You Can’t Get Up
Max Lucado, pastor and author describes the topic title best when he speaks of having “doubt storms”. He said, “Sometimes the storm comes after the evening news. Some nights I wonder why I watch it. Some nights it’s just too much. From the steps of the Supreme Court to the
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