Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 10, 2010
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JOHN HARPER'S LAST CONVERT
John Harper was born into a Christian family May 29, 1872. He became a Christian 13 years later and had already started preaching by age 17. He received training at the Baptist Pioneer Mission in London, and in 1896 he founded a church, now known as Harper Memorial
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Brethren
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
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COLVER'S MINISTRY
Nathaniel Colver was born on May 10, 1874 and lived in Champlain, New York; his family was one of thirteen families to reside there at the time. He was born into a Christian home and spent the vast majority of his youth learning to read from three books: The Bible, a Psalm book,
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One last story: years, ago, an executive from a soap company and a famous pastor were walking down the street together. They were to attend a meeting where they were going to be honored by their city for their contributions. With a snide sort of smirk, the soap manufacturer off handedly said,
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Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 21, 2001
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Mary Farwell of Green Castle Missouri, told of the time she was listening to her 5 year old son, Matthew, as he worked on his Speak and Spell™ computer. He was concentrating intensely, typing in words for the computer to say back to him.
Matthew punched in the word “God.” To his surprise, the
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My Fair Lady, Eliza is being courted by Freddy, who writes to her daily of his love for her. Eliza’s response to his notes is to cry out in frustration:
Words! Words! I’m so sick of words!...
Don’t talk of stars
Burning above,
If you’re in love,
Show
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
When you pray, always remember it is much better for your heart to be without words than your words to be without
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The Bread of life comes from two tables–the ambo and the altar–the Word and the Sacrament. The word of God, read and proclaimed by the Church in the
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Catholic
Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Apr 9, 2007
It’s not a good picture. Sheep, lost out in the wild, are goners. They aren’t very bright. They have no natural defenses. They can’t even run real fast. On their own they don’t do well at finding adequate food and water. Every time the word lost is used to describe a sheep, it’s a word in the
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Tim Zingale on May 8, 2006
Dietrick Bonhoeffer says in his book "Life Together":
" God has willed that we should seek and find His living Word in the witness of a brother/sister, in the mouth of a man/ woman. Therefore, the Christian needs another Christian who speaks God’s Word to him/her. He/she needs him again and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
A closing quote from Dietrick Bonhoeffer from his book "Life Together" says it best:
" God has willed that we should seek and find His living Word in the witness of a brother, in the mouth of a man. Therefore, the Christian needs another Christian who speaks God’s Word to him/her. He needs him
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“I am” and Yahweh come from the same root word but have different tense references “I am” is 1st person “Yahweh” 3rd Person.
Pronunciation of Yahweh
The covenant name for the God of Israel in the Old Testament is Yahweh. This name was so sacred that by the second century BC the Jews refused to
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
LUCADO ON JOHN 3:16
Max Lucado describes John 3:16 this way in his book "3:16 The Numbers of Hope" pages 8, 9:
"A twenty-six-word parade of hope: beginning with God, ending with life, and urging us to do the same. Brief enough to write on a napkin or memorize in a moment, yet solid enough to
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of mans being alone. It has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it has created
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"SAVE" DEFINED
The word "save" in the Greek is the word sozo which literally means to heal, preserve, save, do well, and be (make) whole. It means deliverance in the present as well
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Church Of God
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