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  • The Rev Martin Luther King Lived A Short But High ...

    Contributed by W F on Jul 16, 2007
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    The Rev Martin Luther King lived a short but high impact life. He once said … “…if I can help somebody as I pass along, If I can cheer someone with a word or a song, If I can show somebody he is travelling wrong, Then my living will not be in vain. If I can do my duty as a Christian ought, If I ...read more

  • Dietrich Bonheoffer Who Wrote , "It Is Infinitely ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Nov 23, 2007
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    Dietrich Bonheoffer who wrote , “It is infinitely easier to suffer in obedience to a human command than to accept suffering as free, responsible men. It is infinitely easier to suffer with others than to suffer alone. It is infinitely easier to suffer as public heroes than to suffer apart and in ...read more

  • Sarah Michelle Gellar Star Of Buffy The Vampire ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 27, 2008
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    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: ...read more

  • Have You Ever Found And Old Flashlight You ...

    Contributed by Matthew Sullivan on Mar 30, 2008
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    Have you ever found and old flashlight you haven’t used in some time. And you got to get it and it doesn’t turn on. You think those batteries were new when I put them in. Then you unscrew the top of the flashlight and the batteries have corroded and there is acid everywhere. The problem was you ...read more

  • During My First Ministry, I Encountered A Man Who ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    During my first ministry, I encountered a man who approached me about becoming a Christian. He had not been in church much before… but he was scared of God’s judgment. He’d just seen a TV special on a man named Nostradamus who had predicted the end of the world and this young man was afraid that ...read more

  • Religious Books Were Top Choice Among America's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    Religious books were top choice among America’s most avid readers in '06. An AP-Ipsos poll found that 66% of U.S. adults read a religious book (including the Bible), the most-read category, followed by popular fiction, histories, bio-graphies, and mysteries. One in four did not read any book during ...read more

  • The Audiobook Market Grew 6% Increase In '06, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
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    The Audiobook Market grew 6% increase in '06, with sales now estimated at $923 million, reports the Audio Publishers Association. Best-selling audiobook products were most likely to be unabridged, in CD format, book-based, fiction (69%), targeted at adults and sold through retail channels and to ...read more

  • Commenting On Recent Findings, Lifeway ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008
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    Commenting on recent findings, LifeWay Research's Ed Stetzer said, "We found a real openness to hearing about matters of faith, but the study also clearly documents what I call the Oprah-ization of American Christianity. It's very much a generic 'big guy in the sky' view of God and a 'you believe ...read more

  • Equal Leading

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jun 11, 2008
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    EQUAL LEADING In Bible College, a fellow student asked our instructor why some Christians seem to have such a strong relationship with the Lord and others seem to always struggle. He made the statement that it didn't seem fair to him that some seem to have greater leading because they become so ...read more

  • Chuck Swindoll Once Said, "I Once Accepted A ...

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jun 23, 2008
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    Chuck Swindoll once said, “I once accepted a speaking engagement among Christians involved in Twelve Step programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous. As I talked with the attendees and pondered what to say, I finally decided on the ironic title, "Why I Wish I Was an Alcoholic." “It occurred to me that ...read more

  • C Peter Wagner In His Book "Your Spiritual Gifts ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 15, 2008
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    C Peter Wagner in his book “Your Spiritual Gifts Can Help Your Church Grow.” states on page 23, "Who needs to know about spiritual gifts? You need to know about spiritual gifts if: 1. You are a Christian; 2. You believe that Jesus is your Lord and you want to love Him and follow Him in the best way ...read more

  • I Want To Stay With You  PRO

    Contributed by Ferdinand Funk on Sep 26, 2008
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    I Want to Stay With You That reminds me of what happened one Sunday after a Child Dedication service. As a young family was driving away from church after the dedication of their baby, little Johnny, the older brother, cried all the way home in the back seat of the car. His mother asked him three ...read more

  • Spiritual Perfection

    Contributed by Ferdinand Funk on Sep 29, 2008
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    Spiritual Perfection A man once came up to C. H. Spurgeon, the great English preacher, at a Christian retreat, and said that he had reached a state of spiritual perfection. Without a word Spurgeon picked up a pitcher of ice-cold water and poured it on the man's head. When the man became angry ...read more

  • The Late Great American Jurist, Judge, Author, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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    The late great American jurist, judge, author, and Christian apologist, Simon Greenleaf (1783 - 1853), once said: "There should be a readiness on our part, to investigate with candor to follow the truth wherever it may lead us, and to submit, without reserve or objection, to all the teachings of ...read more

  • Helping The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
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    HELPING THE POOR 67% of Americans (over half of whom attend church at least once a month) agreed or strongly agreed with the statement, "My church already does enough to help the poor in my community." Yet 42% said their church spends more money on itself than on the community, finds a World ...read more

  • We Are The Message, Christ Is The Goal

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
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    WE ARE THE MESSAGE, CHRIST IS THE GOAL James S. Stewart, A Faith to Proclaim: "Christian preaching begins only when faith in the message has reached such a pitch that the man or the community proclaiming it becomes part of the message proclaimed ... To be thus taken command of, so that our ...read more

  • There Was An Interesting Article By David Marr In ...

    Contributed by Mark Armstrong on Jan 7, 2010
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    There was an interesting article by David Marr in the Sydney Morning Herald on 19 December. He concludes that God is not dead in Australia. Rumours of his failing powers are exaggerated. The default setting of this country is faith without belonging to a religious organisation. A recent Nielson ...read more

  • Faith Makes You Happier As You Age, Study Shows

    Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Jun 27, 2010
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    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 ...read more

  • Difficulty Praying

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Aug 10, 2010
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    And I don't think that I'm alone in this struggle to pray. Even a great church leader like Martin Luther has said this about prayer, "At times I, who teach this and prescribe it to others, have learned from my own example that praying comes close to being the most difficult of all works" ...read more

  • The Origin And Cause Of Our Redemption Is The ...

    Contributed by Mark Haines on Mar 21, 2011
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    The origin and cause of our redemption is the [inexpressible] love of God the Father, who willed to redeem us by the blood of His own Son; the grace of the Son, who freely took our curse upon Him, and imparts His blessing and merits to us; and the Holy Spirit, who communicates the love of the ...read more