Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Dec 28, 2009
The more personal a gift is the more it is treasured.
Illustration: Bob and Becky Braffhart are missionaries to Mali. She is teacher. He is a builder and projects manager. He has helped construct the Mali woman’s hospital where Allie Cornoyer will be this Christmas. Their first son was
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Illustration of a famous person being filled and empowered with the Holy Spirit from Evangelist John Rice's book called, How Great Soul Winners Were Filled with the Holy Spirit published in 1949.
He wrote this book to show how its the Holy Spirit's power which empowered the great men of faith of
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ERROR VS. PERSON IN ERROR
This love and good will, to be sure, must in no way render us indifferent to truth and goodness. Indeed love itself impels the disciples of Christ to speak the saving truth to all men. But it is necessary to distinguish between error, which always merits repudiation, and
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I had a seminary professor I loved and admired who did not believe in a personal Devil. He often said, “You really need to drop the letter D and just say Evil.” He went on to say, “Larry, sometimes, the way people talk, it almost makes you believe there is a PERSONAL Devil!” I was
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Contributed by Wayne Major on May 14, 2001
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I conducted a personal survey for an evangelism course in seminary, examining the ways people come to faith in Christ. The single most influence in leading people to Christ? By far, it was the parents. Behind parents came pastors, youth pastors, Sunday School teachers, adults of the church. The
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Together, nine physically handicapped persons conquered Mount Rainier. One of the mountain climbers had an artificial leg. Another was an epileptic. Two were deaf, and five were blind. Despite these handicaps, the nine successfully negotiated the 14,000 foot climb and got back down again. Asked how
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Contributed by Jerry Falwell on Apr 15, 2002
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The closer to sharing a person comes, the closer to God he gets.
Sharing has nothing to do with wealth . . .
Sharing has nothing to do with health
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Contributed by Steven Dow on Jul 26, 2002
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“If you could kick the person responsible for most of your troubles in the backside, you wouldn’t be able to sit down for
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Contributed by Spencer Cunnah on Oct 4, 2002
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Th Lord is a personal God and there are some ministries for which He has no deputies because He wants to do them Himself. He is the One who cares for His people.
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I remember coming home the first time from university. My mother came up as I was ready to go to bed and asked :
Son, are
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 15, 2004
…a creationist is simply a person who believes in the existence of a Creator who brought about the existence of the world and its living inhabitants in furtherance of a purpose.
From Phillip E. Johnson, Objections Sustained: Subversive
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