Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Apr 18, 2003
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Let me make sure that we clear up a few misunderstandings about forgiveness. Before we can build, we have to blast. We have to blast away the erroneous thoughts on what forgiveness is not.
· When you forgive a person, this does not mean you are immediately healed.
· When you forgive a person, this
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Contributed by Jim Luthy on Apr 28, 2003
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Dallas Willard, in his excellent book, The Divine Conspiracy, writes about what the church would look like if we were as inclusive as this band of believers that Jesus led:
“If I, as a recovering sinner myself, accept Jesus’ good news, I can go to the mass murderer and say, ‘You can be blessed in
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Contributed by James Chandler on Jun 29, 2003
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The Perfect Church
Mavis Williams
If you should find the perfect church
Without one fault or smear,
For goodness sake!
Don’t join that church;
You’d spoil the atmosphere.
If you should find the perfect church
Where all anxieties cease
Then pass it by, lest joining it
You’d mar the masterpiece.
If
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Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jul 10, 2003
He was from South Carolina and all this Baptist preacher ever wanted in life was to provide leadership to a Bible College. All his life, he worked for the position and eventually attained it. As he fulfilled his life’s dream and vocation, the disease of Alzheimer’s struck his wife. Her health
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Contributed by Brad Beaman on Jul 29, 2003
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One thing church unity does not mean is uniformity. It does not mean we force everyone into the same mold. I saw a cartoon, which pictured a youth talking to a religious leader. The youth had spiked hair, an earring and a chain around his neck and all the trendy clothes. Apparently this youth had
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 6, 2003
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Illustration: If you use an alarm clock to wake you up in the morning, you know what a snooze button is. When the alarm goes off, you can hit the snooze button and get nine more minutes of sleep. There are two problems with the snooze button: (1) If we continue to hit the button, we may end up
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Contributed by William Wyne on Sep 8, 2003
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There is a story told of three little girls who are
enjoying an evening of play. They started playing the
game of counting their money; the object was to see who
had the most and the winner would be crowned queen for
the day. The first little girl counted thirteen
pennies, the second counted
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Contributed by Evie Megginson on Nov 4, 2003
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Reuel Howe illustrates redemptive love in the story of a mother and her eight-year-old daughter. The girl did something which caused her to feel alienated from her mother. Although her mother tried her best to help, the daughter finally ran out of the room in anger and went upstairs. Seeing her
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Barna also revealed that "Less than one out of every ten regular attendee of Christian churches give 10% or more of their income - a tithe - to their church."
a. Another recent poll from Barna reveals a more disturbing trend happening in America with people and their giving to God note what he
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Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on May 30, 2004
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The sign next to the expressionless face said: “The Motionless Man: Make Him Laugh. Win $100.” So several people gave it all they had. For hours they pulled their faces into strange contortions, told jokes, made fun of him, did stunts — but nothing worked. He was totally unmoved and his face
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Methodist
Contributed by Mary Lewis on Jun 11, 2004
I know some of you might have a hard time with it, but I really kind of enjoy living alone. Especially after being a middle-aged dorm student when I was in seminary. But there is one thing that I don¡¦t like. I can¡¦t blame anything on anybody. I mean, I have the dog, but there¡¦s a limit to what I
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Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jun 19, 2004
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Despite rejecting casino gambling 3 times since 1978, Florida is home to a vigorous gambling industry made up of 31 racetracks, dog tracks, and jai alai frontons; about 26 gambling boats, a state sanctioned lottery, and at least 6 casinos located on Native American reservations throughout the
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Contributed by Kenneth Henes on Jun 23, 2004
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When she turned 21, Tammy Harris from Roanoke, Virginia, began searching for her biological mother. After a year, she had not succeeded. What she didn’t know was that her mother, Joyce Schultz, had been trying to locate her for twenty years.
According to a recent Associated Press story, there
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Contributed by Andrew Chan on Jul 27, 2004
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Three mischievous boys went to the zoo one day for an outing, since they had been at school all week. They decided to visit the elephant cage, but soon enough, they were picked up by a cop for causing a commotion. The officer hauled them off to security for questioning. The supervisor in charge
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 7, 2004
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4. For years Gordon MacDonald rode the same bus daily from his home to his church in New York City. One day the bus driver complained to MacDonald: “You’ve got it a lot better than me. You have an interesting job and travel different places. I just drive this bus up and down the same streets
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A few years back I coached my son’s Little League Team. We spent many hours practicing. We practiced and practiced and learned the fundamentals; how to hit, how to bunt, how to throw, how to pitch and catch. We learned all of the secret coaching signs. We honed our skills day after day in the
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