John Shirley, as quoted from his sermon posted on the sermon central website titles "One Nation Under God"
1. We must participate in paying for government – that would be paying our taxes. When Jesus was here on earth, He paid His taxes, and so should we!
2. We need to pray for government.
3. We
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
Quote: Church Pastor and author A. W. Tozer said:
"Grace is the good pleasure of God that inclines him to bestow benefits on the undeserving."
Quote: The late Reformed scholar Louis Berkhof is more to the point when he says:
"Grace is the unmerited
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Brethren
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 30, 2010
Quote Ken Gire in his book 'Intense Moments with the Saviour':
"In so coming Jesus forces the hand of the religious aristocracy.
After this public act, they would have to cast a public vote.
No more meetings behind closed doors. No more plotting in private.
They would have
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Brethren
Quote: “You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving” (From Illustrations Unlimited).
Quote: Love is the key. Joy is love singing. Peace is love resting. Long-suffering is love enduring. Kindness is love’s touch. Goodness is love’s character. Faithfulness is love’s habit.
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
I collected a few quotes from our Nation’s Founders that illustrate how much they expected Christians to influence the nation. (These are just a few of the many quotes I could have used!)
Benjamin Franklin wrote, “Whoever shall introduce into the public affairs the principles of primitive
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Chris Jordan on Jan 17, 2009
QUOTE: “You are called not so much to do great things, as to be a great person--and that person is Jesus Christ. The church of Jesus Christ is the resident presence of Jesus in the world. That’s a foundational principle of incarnational Christianity: It doesn’t aim to get people to God; it brings
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Contributed by Aaron Mishoe on Apr 2, 2009
Money magazine and CBS Market Watch both quote the alarming statistic that "39% of Americans with kids don’t save a dime toward college. 4% have saved less than $1,000, and 25% have saved between $1,000
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Holiness
Contributed by Dan Mahan on Jan 7, 2007
I once read a quote by Martin Luther which I love: ”Faith is a living, busy, active, mighty thing, so that it is impossible for it not to be constantly doing what is good. Likewise, faith does not ask if good works are to be done, but before one can ask, faith has already done them and is
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 8, 2007
Quote from Generation Me by Jean Twenge- We live in a time when high self-esteem is encouraged from childhood, when young people have more freedom and independence than ever, but
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Quote by John D. Rockefeller, SR. “I have tithed every dollar God has entrusted to me. And I want to say, if I had not tithed the first dollar I made I would not have tithed the first
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 12, 2004
I am quoting David Flusser’s book, Jewish Sources in Early Christianity (p.59). Though not an evangelical believer, Flusser writes:
“Since the age of the Hasmoneans, Jews had believed that the saints who died to sanctify the name of God atoned for the sins of Israel. The story of the mother and
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Independent/Bible
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