Contributed by Dan Steadman on Feb 14, 2003
The famed English writer, Charles Kingsley, once wrote, "If you wish to be miserable, you must think about yourself, about what you want, what you like, and what respect people ought to pay you. Then to you nothing will be pure. You will spoil
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 7, 2004
The cradle of the church was the marketplace. From the preaching and public ministry of Jesus to the daily acts of the apostles, the central scene was the marketplace. Perhaps the greatest need for our day is the need to market Jesus Christ. The church must become expert in marketing: Not in
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Martin Kim on Nov 22, 2004
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Christian A. Schwarz and his team from the Institute for Church Development in Germany analyzed responses from 4.2 million people, from more than 1,000 churches in 32 countries.
In the book he writes:
“An interesting corollary result of our research was the discovery that probably no factor
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Adventist
Contributed by Gene Gregory on Dec 20, 2004
“Man is beset by neuroses and psychoses that undermine his peace within. The fears of man are so many and varied that psychologists have charted them all the way from a to z: acrophobia, the fear of heights, to zoophobia, fear of animals. People cannot sleep. Americans are the champion
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Contributed by Robert Rose on Oct 18, 2005
Today as I walked to work, I saw by a penny on the ground. At first I thought to just pass it by, because, pennies are worthless and can’t buy much. Now days the term penny candy does not mean what it meant years ago. As I passed by the
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Holiness
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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My wife was grading a science test at home that she had given to her elementary-school class and was reading some of the results to me. The subject was "The Human Body," and the first question was: "Name one of the major functions of the skin." One child wrote: "To keep
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006
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Christian Music Illegal: The New York Division of Human Rights has accused a skating rink of discrimination for playing Christian music during a skate party for churches. Rink owners insist they’ve done nothing wrong and that authorities are investigating to
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Education occurs both in and outside the classroom. There are certain bumps and bruises that befall us all during life. The manner in which we deal with them will have a lot to say about how we deal with future difficulties and what kind of people we become. Education most certainly
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Contributed by Tony Abram on May 25, 2009
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ON GENTLENESS
1. Although the world tells us to be assertive, the Word tells us to be gentle.
2. Tact is thinking twice before saying nothing.
3. Tact is the ability to think of things far enough in advance not to say them.
4. Tact is the ability to stand on your
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 12, 2009
9/11 AND EVIL
For some years many people have claimed that there is no such thing as evil. However, when 9/11 happened almost no one disputed the claims of President Bush: "America was targeted for attack because we’re the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world. And no
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 11, 2010
PERSPICUITY OF THE WORD
The doctrine of the clarity of Scripture (often called the "perspicuity of Scripture") teaches that "the meanings of the text can be clear to the ordinary reader, that God uses the text of the Bible to communicate His person and will...ordinary people, who approach it in
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Jun 27, 2010
ATTENDING CHURCH MATTERS
The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry in spring 1997 released an article that shows older people who base their Christian faith on TV programmes have a higher rate of depression and lower health than the general population. While those who base their Christian life
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