Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 15, 2009
ACCEPTING OR COMPLAINING
In 2002, Lisa Beamer was interviewed by a writer for Today’s Christian Woman. She was asked "What happened to you on 9-11?" Lisa gave some details of the early part of that day and then says, "As soon as I heard that (it had been her husband’s flight), I cried out 'No!'
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Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Andrew Hamilton on Oct 25, 2002
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ACCEPTING THE MARGINAL
In speaking to church leaders Dallas Willard says
“The leading assumption in the American church today – and the Australian one I’ll add – is that you can be a Christian but not a disciple. That has placed a tremendous burden on a mass of Christians who are not disciples.
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Denomination:
Christian Missionary Alliance
Contributed by Tim Zingale on Jan 18, 2004
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A lady says:
I am a mother of three (ages 14, 12, 3) and have recently completed my college degree. The last class I had to take was Sociology. The teacher was absolutely inspiring with the qualities that I wish every human being had been graced with. Her last project of the term was called
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Denomination:
Lutheran
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 13, 2009
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DIVORCE ACCEPTED
A record 70% of Americans believe divorce is morally acceptable (up 59% from ’00), finds Gallup’s ’08 Values and Beliefs Survey. Marriage Savers’ Mike McManus says, “Since 1970, that’s 42 million divorces, shattering the lives of 40 million children. We have the highest divorce
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The official acceptance of Christianity enacted by Constantine in AD 313, led to nearly a half-century of tolerance under Roman rule until Julian the Apostate, a Roman emperor who reigned from AD 361-363, tried to destroy Christianity by persecuting Christians.
Even he admitted that “the godless
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Denomination:
Episcopal/Anglican
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Sep 15, 2008
- Religious pluralism (accepting different religions) is a definite reality in Canada. One neighborhood school has 65 nationalities.
- Accepting? Definitely! Engage and dialogue? Absolutely!
- Respect other religions and beliefs? We shouldn’t have to ask that question; people should assume we
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Denomination:
Salvation Army
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Dec 30, 2008
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A PARDON MUST BE ACCEPTED
About the year 1830, a man named George Wilson killed a government employee who caught him in the act of robbing the mails. He was tried and sentenced to be hanged. However, President Andrew Jackson sent him a pardon. But Wilson did a strange thing. He refused to accept
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Denomination:
Pentecostal
Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 1, 2002
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Criticism is always difficult to accept, but if we receive it with humility and a desire to improve our character it can be very helpful. Only a fool does not profit when he is rebuked for his mistakes.
Several years ago I read a helpful article on this subject. It stated that when we are
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Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Steve Malone on Oct 6, 2004
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“To accept people is to be for them. It is to recognize that it is a very good thing that these people are alive, and to long for the best for them. It does not, of course mean to approve of everything they do. It means to continue to want what is best for their souls no matter what they do.”
AND –
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Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Dec 18, 2004
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When I was in business it was the accepted practice, for employees to have an annual appraisal. It can be painful, but let’s face it, no-one like to be told that they’re less than perfect! I think believers in Jesus need it more often than once a year, even if it’s only a self-appraisal. In
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Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"Humility is the acceptance of the place appointed by God, whether it be in
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"To live a disciplined life, and to accept the result of that discipline as the will of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"It is an accepted law of ethics that punishment in the Court of Conscience, unlike that in Courts of Law, lessens
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"It is difficult to accept death in this society because it is unfamiliar. In spite of the fact that it
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"Life is the acceptance of responsibilities or their evasion, it is a business of meeting obligations or avoiding them. To every man the choice is continually being offered,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 7, 2006
"The idea of a substitutionary Christ accepted as an outward covering or refuge, instead of the power of "an endless life," is a cheat of the devil, and has been the ruin of thousands of souls. I fear this view of Christ, so persistently preached in the present day, encourages thousands in a false
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Contributed by Greg Bond on Dec 27, 2009
ACCEPTING FORGIVENESS CAN BE DIFFICULT
I’m sure that many of you, just looking at this title, already have emotions running through your mind. Maybe accepting forgiveness from God and acceptance into His fellowship, is something you have struggled with personally, or you know one person, or
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Denomination:
Pentecostal
Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Apr 13, 2010
ACCEPTING THIS PART OF THE PLAN
Years ago, the church I was serving did a cantata, during which one of the choir members gave a brief testimony. He was a beloved man who had been battling cancer. After acknowledging that he had asked all the questions and experienced all the emotions he simply
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Denomination:
Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 28, 2010
REJECTED ON EARTH, ACCEPTED IN HEAVEN
In 1888 Campbell Morgan was one of 150 young men who sought entrance to the Wesleyan ministry. He passed the doctrinal examinations but then faced the trial sermon. In a cavernous auditorium that could seat more than 1,000 people sat three ministers and 75
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Denomination:
Brethren
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