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"What makes a good church?
If all the…
…Lazy folks get up
…sleepy folks wake up
…Discouraged folks cheer up
…Gossiping folks shut up
…Dishonest folks fess up
…Estranged folks make up
…Depressed folks look up
…Disgusted folks sweeten up
…Lukewarm folks fire up
…Sanctified folks show
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Gerald Manning on Dec 14, 2015
The man was quite obviously hard pressed by life .. his clothing was a bit tattered, he hadn’t shaved for several days, his face was gaunt, his eyes vacant. He was hungry, no doubt, and all I had in my pocket was a quarter. I knew that it wouldn’t buy much, but perhaps it was a start, and I
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Nazarene
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 5, 2007
Do you think television doesn’t have a strong influence on young people? MTV knows otherwise.
A recent self-promotional ad in an advertising trade publication brags, "Any channel can deliver eyeballs. But how many can include hearts and minds?"
In another ad, MTV calls itself "not a TV
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 8, 2001
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Back in 1989 the missionary: Gene Dulin wrote:
A Romanian Christian told me of a communist government restriction on baptisms. One restraint was that proselytizing - baptizing someone from a non-church family - was forbidden.
Another law required that the names of all who were to be baptized
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Richard Goble on Oct 30, 2007
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As I was growing up with a younger brother and sister, one of our favorite games to play was baseball. We had a plastic bat and ball, and we would team up with some of the neighborhood kids and play ball in the back yard.
On one particular occasion my mom took our bat away from us because we were
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Baptist
Contributed by Steve Malone on Jul 23, 2002
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Have you notice how much people like to talk... Here are some statistics on the average American. If you are the average American you 30 conversations a day and you’ll spend 1/5 of your life talking. In one year your conversations will fill 66 books of 800 pages each. If you’re a man, you
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Mark Hensley on Oct 31, 2002
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Each day across the USA 50,000 people quit their jobs. In a recent survey of workers across the USA, nearly 85% said that they could work harder at their job. More than half claimed they could double their effectiveness "if
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Baptist
Contributed by David Dykes on Mar 31, 2003
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Studies have shown people who don’t regularly attend church are reluctant to come to a worship service alone. But the same studies reveal over 90 percent of Americans say they want to learn more about the
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Baptist
Contributed by Stephen Wright on Mar 14, 2004
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Billy Graham said: “Many people argue, "I do believe in Christ. I believe in the Church, and I believe in the Bible. Isn’t that enough? No! You must RECEIVE Christ. I may go to the airport. I have a reservation. I have a ticket in my pocket. The plane is one the ramp. It is a big, powerful plane. I
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