Contributed by John Weeks on Dec 9, 2006
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The word Advent comes from the Latin word, “advenire”, conjugated as “adventus” which is a combination word of “ad” meaning, “to” or “toward” and “venire”, “come” which is conjugated as ventus, which means more specifically, “coming”. Combining them gets us literally, “toward the coming.” The
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"The man with average mentality, but with control, a definite goal and a clear conception of how it can be gained and, above all, with the
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Contributed by Larry Thompson on May 22, 2002
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llustration Regarding Lack of Passion for the Great Commission:
A Christian Research Group in a nationwide survey conducted in the first quarter of 2001 asked this question: “Please describe your goals in life.”
The survey found that almost 9 out of 10 adults classified themselves as a
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Dwayne Roberts: "We must understand that the greatest treasure is waiting in front of every believer. We've all seen reality shows. I'd even guess that you have imagined winning a million dollars. You may not have phrased it exactly like this, but the question comes down to, 'What would it be like
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jul 27, 2008
"I can plod," said William Carey, the father of modern missions. "That is my only genius. I can persevere in any
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I am told about this newspaper in England giving a reward for the best definition of what is a friend?
Thousands answered, the winner?
"A
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Malcolm Britton (one of our Readers) has a wonderful definition of sheep. He says: “From the day they are born, assuming they are born alive they are looking for ingenious ways
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 18, 2002
According to the late Dr. Walter Martin, 58 percent of Americans “either definitely believe in [reincarnation] or believe it to be a distinct possibility.”
Dan Story,
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 24, 2010
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LISTENING VS. HEARING
A school music teacher asked her class the difference between listening and hearing. At first there was no response.
Finally a hand went up and a youngster
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Contributed by Ned Bartlebaugh on Oct 21, 2007
The magi carried gifts from afar and came to worship the newborn baby. King Herod said he wanted to worship the baby. Though Herod and the magi uttered the same word, worship, their intentions were different. King Herod did not plan to worship the child. He wanted to be all
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Contributed by Troy Borst on Mar 5, 2009
SOCIOLOGICAL COMMUNITY
I would like to begin this morning with the definition of the word community. A community is "a local grouping within which people carry out a full round of life activities."
A community includes:
(1) a grouping of people
(2) within a geographical area
(3) with a
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 18, 2009
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GENTLE DOGMATISM
We have gotten accustomed to the blurred puffs of gray fog that pass for doctrine in churches and expect nothing better. From some previously unimpeachable sources are now coming vague statements consisting of a milky admixture of Scripture, science, and human sentiment that is
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Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Aug 11, 2009
A GENTLE DOGMATISM
A. W. Tozer said, "We have gotten accustomed to the blurred puffs of gray fog that pass for doctrine in churches and expect nothing better. From some previously unimpeachable sources are now coming vague statements consisting of a milky admixture of Scripture, science, and
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Sep 27, 2011
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WHAT IS FAITH?
Three schoolboys were asked to write their definition of faith. One wrote: "Faith is TAKING hold of God." The second wrote: "Faith is HOLDING onto God." The third
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