Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Dec 18, 2006
At a Danish Protestant Church, the congreagtion always turned and bowed before a white blank wall. Why? Custom for the local Church goers: After a restoration of interior wall; A pre reformation mural of the Virgin Mary was found. A Catholic
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Baptist
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Apr 26, 2003
Saving faith may thus be defined as a voluntary turning from all hope and grounds based on self merit, and assuming an attitude of expectancy toward God, trusting Him to do a perfect saving work based
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Contributed by Evie Megginson on Feb 6, 2004
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J. Wilbur Chapman once said, "My life is governed by this rule: Anything that dims my vision of Christ or takes away my taste for Bible study, or cramps my prayer life or makes Christian work
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Oct 1, 2007
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“When James Calvert went out as a missionary to the cannibals of the Fiji Islands, the captain of the ship sought to turn him back. “You will lose your life and the lives of those with you if you go among such
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Nov 27, 2007
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C. S. Lewis, said,
“It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Dec 23, 2011
Someone suggested to me recently that if money ever became tight I should consider becoming a joke writer for Christmas crackers. So, I turned to him and asked, "What did the grumpy sheep say when the
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Anglican
Contributed by W F on Sep 21, 2004
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And you’re never too old to start getting fit either physically or spiritually. My grandmother wanted to stay in shape so at the age of 60 she started walking five kilometres a day.
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Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Dec 10, 2001
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In Dante’s Inferno the residents of Hell are being punished for the deadly sins that characterized their runaway lives. The picture drawn for greed is an image of a person in Hell with his head pushed down in the dirt with a caption
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Contributed by Steven Cannon on Jul 27, 2007
Jas 3:3 When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. Jas 3:4 Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds,
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Shawn Miller on Jul 6, 2009
PETER AND THE PRODIGAL
Peter and the prodigal son had one thing in common, that is they both turned from unfortunate circumstances to find salvation from their father! Peter was sinking because he lost faith from fear of this world, and the
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Aug 1, 2008
GIFTEDNESS
Every now and then, I will have a home repair project to do. I don't mind trying to do some of these things. When we lived in South Dakota, there was a time when the toilet got clogged up. Well, the first thing I did was use a plunger, and it cleared it.
But the very next time we had
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Contributed by Jeff Strite on Nov 12, 2001
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There is an ancient Scottish legend - a shepherd boy tending a small flock of sheep on the side of a mountain. One day as he cared for his sheep he saw at his feet a beautiful flower -- one that was more beautiful than any he had ever seen in his life. He knelt down upon his knees and scooped the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 10, 2002
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GOD'S TIME
There is a new pastor in Atlanta named Mason Betha. He recently celebrated his one year anniversary pasturing a church of about 100. But Reverend Mason hasn’t always been a pastor.
He was formerly known as the rapper Ma$e, “the flashiest and most pleasure driven performer on…
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Lowell Ogden tells the story of a little boy who lived out in the country around the turn of the century. He had never seen a traveling circus, and one was coming to his town on Saturday. The lad asked his father for permission to go and his dad said that he could, providing his chores were done
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