Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 6, 2013
JOHN THE BAPTIST AND THE MANDAEANS
One religion exists to this day that reveres John as their main prophet:
The Mandaeans were originally native speakers of Mandaic, a Semitic language that evolved from Eastern Middle Aramaic, before switching to colloquial Iraqi Arabic and Modern Persian.
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Like John the Baptist, Charles Spurgeon, a Baptist minister, also preached fire and brimstone sermons. For that, he was greatly criticized in the newspapers. Articles appeared regularly disapproving of his methods, his motives, his mannerisms, and his messages. He was made to look like a villain
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Catholic
Contributed by Larry Turner on Dec 2, 2015
How’s this for a Christmas card this year. On the front a beautiful winter scene. On the inside a nice thought.
“The fire of the Holy Spirit,
That should be your desire.
To follow and obey him,
For the Gospel, be a crier.
So if Jesus comes back this year,
May you not be found a
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Foursquare
Contributed by Dale Harlow on Dec 16, 2007
John the Baptist lived a simple life, even by their standards. In Luke 3 he gives us an important teaching that tends to get eliminated in our society. Luke 3:11
John answered, “The man with two tunics should share with him who has none, and the one who has food should do the same.”
Think about
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 17, 2007
John Havlik, with the Southern Baptist Home Mission Board, declared that two factors were discovered in launching lay evangelism schools One was that the average layperson has a greater desire to be used in evangelism than church leaders realize. The other was that
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A Church of Christ minister walked past a street corner stand that was full of kittens for sale by a little boy in his neighborhood. The sign over the kittens read, "Church of Christ kittens for sale, one week old.....$5.00 each".
The minister smiled and said, "My son, you are
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 9, 2005
A surgeon at the Baptist Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, talked realistically about economizing. The minimum daily wage there is less than the hourly wage here in our country. He said: “We discovered a long time ago that you could sew up people with nylon fishing line. I found that
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 9, 2006
MacChurch Houston’s Brentwood Baptist will include a MacDonald’s franchise in its new community center.
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Contributed by Bob Joyce on Oct 8, 2007
A professor at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary from bygone days was called home to be with the Lord. H. C. Brown. I have some of his books on preaching. His words and works continue to live in the hearts of preachers everywhere. H. C. Brown from the time of 10 years of age was afraid.
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Baptist
Contributed by Mark Hensley on Jan 25, 2001
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The year was 1772, and a Baptist preacher serving a small country church was called to pastor a large, more prestigious church in London, England. As the story goes, John Fawcett delivered his farewell sermon and packed up his family’s earthly possessions, ready to go. It was the tears of his
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Birthdays are mentioned only twice in the Bible. On the first one, Pharaohs birthday, he had his chief baker beheaded. On King
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Contributed by Bruce Howell on Aug 3, 2001
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A Methodist pastor says to a Baptist pastor, “If I immerse somebody just up to his ankles, it that enough?” “No,” answers the Baptist. “How about up to his knees?” “Nope.” “How about up to his shoulders?” “No sir!” “You mean I’ve got to get the water over the top of his head?” “That’s
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Wesleyan
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Tony Campolo, A Baptist minister, was invited to speak at a college in Valley Forge Penn. He drove to the college and before he spoke several men took him in the back room and began to pray for him, that God would use his speech.
While these men were praying, one man, just off the cuff began
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 30, 2002
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Addressing a national seminar of Southern Baptist leaders, George Gallup said, "We find there is very little difference in ethical behavior between churchgoers and those who are not active religiously...The levels of lying, cheating, and stealing are remarkable similar in both groups. Eight out of
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Randy Brantley, of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention Evangelism Dept, said that a "code blue" needs to be issued for reaching today’s teenagers. Pointing out that "code blue is the hospital term for a life-or-death emergency, Brantley notes: "Suicide has increased 120 percent among kids ages 10
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Methodist
Contributed by Glenn Hickey on Jun 8, 2003
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Woodson Armes was pastor of Polytechnic Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas during my seminary years. At a seminary chapel service he told this story from his growing up as a teenager in rural Texas.
“As a teenager growing up I really gave my parents a lot of grief. On one particular occasion I
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Baptist