Derek Tidball – Ministry By The Book: New ...
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Feb 13, 2011
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Derek Tidball – Ministry by the Book: New Testament Patterns for Pastoral Leadership: "Peter presents a view of the church where all are priests but some are called to exercise an overseeing role as elders and shepherds, which they do both with ...read more
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Denomination: Salvation Army
Fitting In
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Feb 13, 2011
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FITTING INI read the prologue to a story called Girl in the Middle. The girl is Kim Satinsky who is in eighth grade. She says, "You would think that being in a clique is fun, but take my word for it...it's not. They make me wear expensive things when I'm not really rich and tell me if something's ...read more
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Denomination: Salvation Army
Joy In The Midst Of Rough Waters
Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Feb 13, 2011
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JOY IN THE MIDST OF ROUGH WATERSI’ve spent a fair bit of time in recent weeks doing funeral pre-planning for my parents. Making decisions about final disposition of the remains of people you have loved all your life is not any fun at all. It can be overwhelmingly sad. After spending hours with ...read more
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Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Know Him Through Our Witness
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Feb 12, 2011
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KNOW HIM THROUGH OUR WITNESSPerhaps one of the greatest challenges for Christianity in our day is for churches to so walk with God that the world comes to know Him through their witness. When a church allows God's presence and activity to be expressed, a watching world will be drawn to ...read more
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Denomination: Baptist
Not All Good Deeds Are Good
Contributed by Tony Salisbury on Feb 12, 2011
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NOT ALL GOOD DEEDS ARE GOODFor Valentine's Day several years ago I bought chocolates for everyone in my family. To help everyone remember which chocolates belonged to whom I bought different ones. One got rich dark Belgian chocolate. Another one received smooth creamy milk chocolate. All went ...read more
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Denomination: Assembly Of God
I Thought We'd Talk More About God
Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Feb 11, 2011
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I THOUGHT WE'D TALK MORE ABOUT GODSome years ago, a woman came to me for counseling. Her husband had died suddenly from a rapidly growing cancer, and she was overcome not only with grief but with fear regarding her future. She did not now know who she was or where she was to go. She was beside ...read more
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Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed
Protected From The Puck
Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Feb 11, 2011
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PROTECTED FROM THE PUCKWhen Daniel was a little boy, his favorite movie was The Mighty Ducks, which was the story of a pee wee hockey team. Their goalie, whose name was Goldberg, was afraid of the puck and anytime it would come at him he would run away. So the coach duct taped him to the goal and ...read more
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Denomination: Methodist
Only Copy The Original
Contributed by Allan Kircher on Feb 11, 2011
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ONLY COPY THE ORIGINALBy studying the book of Acts we'll give ourselves a biblical STANDARD to follow.This is important because the sad truth is many churches don't pattern themselves after God's original design. Instead they organize themselves and operate according to the latest trend. They ...read more
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Denomination: Baptist
There's An App For That
Contributed by Ken Pell on Feb 10, 2011
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THERE'S AN APP FOR THATSo is your sin and guilt getting the better of you? Well, now "There’s an app for that." CBS News reports (February 9, 2011) a new application for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch called the "Confession Booth app. All you do is confess to your iPhone! It sells for $1.99 ...read more
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Denomination: Nazarene
Humility Vs. Humiliation
Contributed by Bobby Stults on Feb 9, 2011
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HUMILITY VS. HUMILIATIONHave you ever thought about the difference between 'humility' and 'humiliation'? There is a significant difference. Humility is the voluntary and willful choice to accept one’s place and position, whereas, humiliation is the forcing of an unwilling participant into their ...read more
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Denomination: Baptist
Four Words
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 7, 2011
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FOUR WORDSThe great English statement and man of God William Wilberforce once wrote that "Christianity can be condensed into four words: admit, [Christ as Lord] submit, [To Christ as Lord] commit, [Our lives to doing His will] and transmit [The Love of God to a dying ...read more
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Take My Hand PRO
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 7, 2011
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TAKE MY HANDThe story is told of a man and his boy who was with him, when a little fellow, in Scotland, and for the first time he possessed what in that country is known as a top-coat. They were walking out one cold day, and the way was slippery. The little fellow's hands were deep down in his ...read more
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Yeager And The Sound Barrier
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 7, 2011
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YEAGER AND THE SOUND BARRIERChuck Yeager was the first man to ever break the sound barrier in an aircraft. Planes like the British Meteor jets that approached the speed of sound (760MPH at sea level, 660 MPH at 40,000 feet) had encountered severe buffeting of the controls. At that time, no one ...read more
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Capture And Control PRO
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 7, 2011
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CAPTURE AND CONTROLCraig Larson talks about being at a lunch party on a warm, Chicago day in early September with a dozen of his fellow workers. The windows were left open, and soon a bee found its way in. After buzzing around for a while, it landed on some food on the table. Then someone took an ...read more
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Holdfast
Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 7, 2011
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HOLDFASTIn the plant world, there are plants who hold fast onto objects like rocks. Their root system is called a holdfast. Many people associate holdfasts with seaweed. If we have ever attempted to pull a piece of seaweed from a rock, we can understand the name of this plant structure; we ...read more
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Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
Mercy Me: Hold Fast
Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 7, 2011
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MERCY ME: HOLD FASTMercy Me is a Christian band (I Can Only Imagine) and recently they sang a song called, "Hold Fast." Bart Millard tells the story of the inspiration for "Hold Fast":"I was standing in the back of the bus going to our next concert. We were in a traffic jam and we passed a ...read more
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Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
A Lot Better Job
Contributed by Christian Cheong on Feb 6, 2011
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A LOT BETTER JOBA little girl crawled up into her great grandmother's lap one day. And looking up into her great grandmother's face she saw all those lines and wrinkles.Then she felt her own smooth skin. She said to her great grandmother, "Did God make you?" Her great grandmother said, ...read more
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Denomination: Independent/Bible
Hardships Further His Kingdom PRO
Contributed by Christian Cheong on Feb 6, 2011
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HARDSHIPS FURTHER HIS KINGDOMBill Hybels' The Power of a Whisper (p.110-111): "Don't ever buy into the idea that everything God prompts His followers to do will be uncomplicated or low-cost. Sometimes God asks His children to carry heavy loads, as He did with the apostle Paul. But even--and ...read more
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Denomination: Independent/Bible
The Dead Letters
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Feb 6, 2011
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THE DEAD LETTERSQuote: Phillip Brooks:The Bible is like a telescope. If a man looks through his telescope he sees worlds beyond; but if he looks at his telescope, he does not see anything but that. The Bible is a thing to be looked through to see that ...read more
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Denomination: Brethren
John Henry Jowett Was Born In Halifax, England In ...
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Feb 6, 2011
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John Henry Jowett was born in Halifax, England in 1864. He became Congregational pastor.He said on one occasion he saw seventy Salvation Army officers receive their commission for foreign service. That is seventy men being assigned to serve God in a foreign country.John Henry Jowett said not ...read more
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Denomination: Brethren
