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Various groups of people expected the Messiah to come, but they did not anticipate His coming humbly and meekly. Yet those were the very attitudes that Jesus, the one whom John the Baptist had announced as the Messiah, was both teaching and practicing. The idea of a meek Messiah leading meek people
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 2, 2001
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A conference at a Presbyterian church in Omaha. People were given helium filled balloons and told to release them at some point in the service when they felt like expressing the joy in their hearts. Since they were Presbyterians, they weren’t free to say "Hallelujah, Praise the Lord." All through
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Robert Tuttle, in his book Can We Talk explains that people the world over have four needs that don’t change transculturally. He calls them the “Universal Spiritual Laws of Cross Culture.”
1. Everyone needs to measure up to some kind of law.
2. We all have an innate need
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Contributed by Brian La Croix on Jun 22, 2003
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In the John Wayne movie, "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon," The John Wayne character is noted for telling people, "never apologize, mister, it's a sign of weakness." I hate to tell you this, but as much as I love John Wayne movies, his character is dead wrong on this one.
When we’re
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In Monty Python’s Search for the Holy Grail one of the running jokes is that when faced with danger the great brave knights shout, “Run Away! Run Away!” As humorous as it is in the movie it’s the wisest of counsel for Christ’s people when we face the danger of sin
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A farmer got saved and on the side of his barn he had a big sign which read "chew mail pouch." He realized it had to go. So he painted it white and then big letters which read "JESUS SAVES!" But in a few months the rain began to wash the cheap paint off and the "chew
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Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 10, 2005
A surgeon at the Baptist Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, talked realistically about economizing. The minimum daily wage there is less than the hourly wage here in our country. He said: “We discovered a long time ago that you could sew up people with nylon fishing line. I found that
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Contributed by Steve Miller on Feb 5, 2006
MISTAKES:
“bulletin bloopers” actual mistakes made in actual bulletins:
--The outreach committee has enlisted 25 visitors to make calls on people who are not afflicted with any church.
--Evening massage - 6 PM
--Thursday night - Potluck supper. Prayer and medication to follow.
--The third verse
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b. The largest church in the world is David Yonngi Cho’s church in South Korea which numbers over 800,000 people. It is know for it’s “Power Evangelism model of prayer and miracles.” He adds, “Healing has always played a major role in Cho’s church. Spiritual warfare through prayer has
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Contributed by Timothy Mills on Sep 18, 2006
Geo. Washington “It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God & the Bible.” ’Stonewall’ Jackson “The Bible is the rock upon which our republic rests.” John Adams “We have no government armed in power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality & religion. … Our
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Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Nov 28, 2006
Jimmy Carter recently spoke about mission in his home town over 14 years he had visited 140 homes.
When he was running for political office in 1966 for governor for Georgia, he met 300,000 people to vote for him the comparison struck him 300,000 for me in 3
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