Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 22, 2007
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I want to tell you about a practicing Christian, a public figure who lives out his faith in Jesus Christ. Here is a behind-the-scenes story.
There was a lot of excitement in watching the Indianapolis Colts, led by Head Coach Tony Dungy, win their trip to the Super Bowl this past January.
A TV
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 6, 2001
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In an April Associated Press story from 1996, Levent Yueksel’s and wife Sherri Kane’s 32-seat Dardanelles restaurant in Philadelphia was profiled, not for its food but for its attitude: According to a sign in the window, the restaurant refuses to serve "negative people" (who are also referred to in
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Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 22, 2005
I want you to watch a modern day example of what we’re talking about in a clip from the movie, Simon Birch (Chapter 8). Notice particularly the contrast between how some people relate to little Simon Birch versus others.
If we were looking for an example of how to not win a child to the Lord I
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 19, 2007
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Illustration: Kindness to an Old Man Opened the Door
Doug Nichols, said that “While serving with Operation Mobilization in India in 1967, I spent several months in a TB sanitarium with tuberculosis. After finally being admitted into the sanitarium, I tried to give tracts to the patients, doctors,
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Contributed by Dana Chau on Apr 17, 2003
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John Piper wrote, "What is God looking for in the world? Assistants? No. The gospel is not a help-wanted ad. It is a help-available ad. God is not looking for people to work for
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2007
Who Needs Church? Even though the Bible is clear about the importance of experiencing God through a shared faith journey, only 17% of adults believe the local church is central to one’s faith development. Only 33% of evangelicals, 20% of non-evangelical born again adults, and 25% of adults with a
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Contributed by Ken Henson on Jul 25, 2012
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RESPONDING TO OPPOSITION
Several months ago, a pastor sent some of his associate pastors into a village. They evangelized by knocking on doors and as God brought in healing and deliverance into these families, they would come to Christ.
They once knocked on the door of a policeman, a very
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 31, 2008
"Lack of showing respect and honoring others is a major symptom of poor relational skill; people enjoy someone who recognizes they are special, but people dislike those who treat them contempt
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Contributed by Dave Kinney on Oct 11, 2008
Abraham Lincoln said, “If the policy of the government, upon vital questions affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, ... the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having, to that
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Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Dec 16, 2004
There is an old horror movie, "Night Of The Living Dead," which pretty well illustrates how most people are going through life. Apart from Christ, like the zombies in that movie, people simply
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