Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jan 31, 2006
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“God has placed in our trust a measure of time, a unique set of talents, and sufficient resources to carry out His will for each of our lives. Our task as faithful stewards is to manage those
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Ray Ellis on Sep 10, 2003
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A long time friend and associate of Billy Graham was Chuck Templeton. He worked with Billy Graham in Youth for Christ in their early days of ministry. Chuck Templeton helped organize Youth for Christ in Canada.
But over time Chuck Templeton became an Agnostic and renounced his faith in Christ.
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Free Methodist
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C. S. Lewis wrote in Mere Christianity:
Every time you make a choice you are turning the central part of you, the part of you that chooses, into something a little different from what it was before. And taking your life as a whole, with all your innumerable choices, all your life long you are
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Feb 27, 2005
In the March, 1994 edition of Time magazine, Edward Barnes wrote an article entitled “A Sniper’s Tale.” It is about a Sarajevo man named Pipo whom Barnes quotes as saying: “Everyone likes peace except me, I like the war.” He was a Bosnian Serb sniper who has shot down 325 individuals for the
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Methodist
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
Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 25, 2005
From an advertisement in Time Magazine in 1997- My life is hectic! I’m running all day, meetings, phone calls, paperwork, and appointments. I push myself to the limit, fall into bed exhausted, and get up early the next morning to do it all again. My output is tremendous; I’m getting a lot done.
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
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Three times a month, Jermaine Washington and Michelle Stevens get together for what they call a “gratitude lunch.” With good reason! Washington donated a kidney to Stevens, whom he described as “just a friend.” They met at work where they used to have lunch together. One day Michelle wept as she
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
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The LA Times recently stated “Pastors are the single most occupationally frustrated group in America.” Eventually 30%-40% of religious leaders drop out of the ministry and about 75% go through a period of stress so great that they consider quitting. Incidents of mental breakdown are so high that
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Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Sep 24, 2006
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Time magazine’s cover story this month was entitled, “Does God Want You to Be Rich?” The header said, “A growing number of Protestant evangelicals raise a joyful Yes!” The article opens with the story of George Adams, a man from Ohio who had lost his factory job. His reaction to the job loss
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Methodist
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