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Tertullian in the second century reported the comments of pagans in his day:
“Behold, how these Christians love one
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Anglican
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 10, 2007
In the second century theologian and church father, Justin Martyr wrote to the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius c.155 ce, in response to 3 charges:
(Slides) Charges: Sloth, Atheism, Cannibalism
“Everywhere we [Christians], more readily than all men, endeavor to pay to those appointed by you the taxes
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Other
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Harold Camping made multiple false predictions of the return of Christ. He would have been in trouble if he had lived during Old Testament times.
Among the most prolific modern predictors of end times, Harold Camping publicly predicted the end of the world as many as 12
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Alan Perkins on Feb 16, 2002
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There’s an ancient document from the second century called the "Epistle to Diognetus". It’s a letter from a Christian to a prominent pagan named Diognetus, in which the author, who is unknown, is describing and defending this strange new religion of Christianity. It reads, in part:
"The Christians
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Baptist
Second are the strugglers. Everyone else always gets the breaks. Your name is not Kennedy, it is just Smith or Jones, leaving you feeling like you come from the wrong side of the tracks. You struggle to make eye contact. Your clothes don’t announce a winner, and your looks are so plain that you are
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Scott Malone on Mar 1, 2005
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During the time of the Second Great Awakening in America, Charles Finney was the foremost among the great evangelists. Many people know him. However few know the name, Daniel Nash.
Nash was a lackluster pastor in upper New York State who, at the age of 48, dedicated his life to prayer. Long
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Baptist
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Story: In March 2004, I was in the second bookshop in Dymchurch rummaging through the books when I came across a second hand Jerusalem Bible.
As I opened the Bible up, a number of papers fell into my hand.
On one of them was written a story. It was obviously very meaningful to the previous
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Anglican
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a child.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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The second most deadly instrument is a loaded gun. The first is the human tongue. The gun merely kills bodies. The tongue kills
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Contributed by Bart Leger on Feb 2, 2005
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During the Second World War, a church in Strasbourg was destroyed. After the bombing, the members of this particular church went to see what was left and found that the entire roof had fallen in, leaving a heap of rubble and broken glass. Much to their surprise, however, a statue of Christ with
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Independent/Bible
Story: In March 2004, I was in the second bookshop in Dymchurch rummaging through the books when I came across a second hand Jerusalem Bible.
As I opened up the Bible, a number of loose leaf papers fell into my hand.
And on one of them was written a story.
It was obviously very meaningful to
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Anglican
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 16, 2007
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A young second lieutenant at Fort Bragg discovered that he had no change when he was about to buy a soft drink from a vending machine. He flagged down a passing private and asked him, "Do you have change for a dollar?" The private said cheerfully, "I think so; let me take a look."
The
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Apr 20, 2007
The second grade teacher in elementary school was teaching some very simple principles of physics. One the several things she taught about was a magnet. She explained the basic principle of magnetic attraction and demonstrated it using a magnet to pick some small metal objects. On Friday, she
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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In the year 135 Montanus, a second century Christian, proclaimed himself to be a prophet and prophesied that the New Jerusalem would descend from heaven to earth and take root in what is now Turkey.
He was wrong.
In 204 a Roman Christian named Hippolytus records
that a bishop was convinced that
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The second richest man in Rockefeller’s time was Andrew Carnegie (car-NEGG-ee). He spent the first 66 years of his life accumulating wealth, and then spent the last 18 giving as much of it away as he could. He said, “I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and
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Episcopal/Anglican
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