Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2007
Religion Matters To Teens according to a 4-year study by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 80% of teens identify themselves as Protestant, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Mormon, or Jewish. 82% are affiliated with a local congregation, 80% have few doubts about their beliefs. 71% feel
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Contributed by Troy Borst on Jan 29, 2001
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ILLUSTRATION… Bush Blocks U.S. Abortion Aid By SANDRA SOBIERAJ, Associated Press Writer
``The promises of our Declaration of Independence are not just for the strong, the independent or the healthy. They are for everyone, including unborn children,’’ his statement said. ``We share a great goal, to
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 3, 2001
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“… the assertion [that human brings were made in the image of God] confirms the genuineness of each man’s freedom. Experience tells us that we are free, in the sense that we make real choices between alternatives and could have chosen differently, and theology agrees. Self-determining freedom of
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Apr 7, 2001
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As a Pharisee Paul had dedicated his life to the scrupulous observance of his religion. John Wesley would have had much in common with Paul. When he was a young man at Oxford University he founded the "Holy Club" with the intention that he and his friends should live well-ordered lives in God’s
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Contributed by Byron Sherman on Aug 17, 2001
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A little boy was attending his first wedding.
After the service his cousin asked him, "How many women can a man marry?"
"Sixteen(16)", was his prompt reply.
"How do u know that?" asked the cousin.
"Easy," the little boy said. "All you have to do is add it up."
Preacher said, "4 better, 4 worse, 4
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Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Apr 14, 2007
Professor Andy McIntosh wrote, in regard to a literal Genesis: Genesis records in a matter of fact way that the world was created by a definite act of special creation by God. Consequently the truth of the whole Bible is at stake if we are not to believe it on its first few pages. As the little
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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On December 22, 1899, the evangelist D. L. Moody lay dying. His first job had been as a shoe clerk in Boston, gathering eighteen ragged boys off the street to organize a Sunday school class. In two years the class had grown to fifteen hundred. In his lifetime Moody was to take two continents in his
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 28, 2007
In a recent Good News Journal- Christians are too busy for God, says the finding in a new “Obstacles to Growth” study. The “Obstacles to Growth” study gathered information from 20,000 Christians in nearly 140 countries. According to the study, more than 4 in 10 Christians worldwide say they
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Contributed by Mark Clarke on Sep 12, 2007
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Bro. Lawrence lived almost 500 yrs ago and worked as a mere dish washer in a monastery for 30 yrs. He never married; he never sought nor received a promotion. Question: Does that sound like a leader? Maybe not in the eyes of the world but he was a leader in his intimacy w/ the Savior. His
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 10, 2007
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Today, more than 200 million Christians in over 60 countries around the word – our brothers and sisters in the faith – face brutal opposition and persecution because of their faith in Jesus. The number one request they have when asked, is always “please pray for us”. So today we bring their
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Contributed by Charles Wallis on Dec 27, 2007
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Warren Wiersbe wrote “Paul did not say that we had to be worthy to partake of the Supper, but only that we should partake in a worthy manner. At a Communion service in Scotland, the pastor noted that a woman in the congregation did not accept the bread and cup from the elder, but instead sat
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 7, 2008
s we face a new year with unknown challenges but also unknown opportunities, I encourage you to remember Mary and her simple but important faithfulness to the purposes of God. By some she is venerated, held in very high esteem. By others she is simply thought about once a year and then forgotten.
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Church Of God
Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 21, 2008
A Gallup poll conducted some years ago revealed that 60 percent of Americans did not know what "the Holy Trinity" was. Sixty-six percent couldn’t say who delivered the Sermon on the Mount, and 79 percent were unable to name a single Old Testament prophet.
How is your Bible knowledge? Do you
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Contributed by Lorenzo Edwards on Feb 20, 2008
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Because what the enemy does he tries to stop you from progressing. If you are not doing the will of God you cannot progress on what God may have for you to do. If you are not walking in your gift and your talent. I don’t care what kind of job you have it just will not satisfy you, I don’t care what
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 27, 2008
Sarah Michelle Gellar star of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the Scooby Doo movies said this about spirituality. “I consider myself a spiritual person. I believe in an idea of God, although it’s my own personal ideal. I find most religions interesting, and I’ve been to every kind of denomination:
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
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Signal Hill . . .
In that night, I heard the city, and God’s voice spoke to my heart. I heard wives and husbands screaming at each other. I heard dogs barking, cars screeching, sirens blaring and guns shooting. I heard the things that Jesus hears when He listens to the city and I began to weep. In
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