Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Apr 11, 2009
OUTWARD FOCUS
Bishop Leslie Newbigin, labeled as one of the leading influences on the theology of mission (Wilbert R. Shenk) in the 20th century, was once quoted as saying, "The key
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 17, 2008
“The outward person of the messenger does not validate his message; rather, the nature of the message validates the messenger.” (MacDonald, W., & Farstad, A. (1997, c1995). Believer’s Bible
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Other
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AN OUTWARD EXPRESSION OF AN INWARD EXPERIENCE
David Ring was born with cerebral palsy. He had complications at birth and he was technically dead for 18 minutes after delivery. No oxygen reached his brain and a portion was permanently damaged.
His family’s story was catastrophic – his father had
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by John Shaw on Dec 1, 2006
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Then he appeared
THE TRAMP
SAID HE had walked 70 miles
from a dry brook in Israel
SAID His name was ......
something Jewish and unprouncable
Slicker or HE..LIKE..HER .......Whatever
SAID his name meant .. My god is Jehovah
SAID he had shut up the skies
Stopped the rain
Him
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Episcopal/Anglican
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"Peace does not dwell in outward things, but within the soul; we may preserve it in the midst of the bitterest pain, if our will remains firm and submissive. Peace in this life
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
Peace comes not by establishing a calm outward setting so much as by inwardly
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Contributed by Donny Granberry on Jul 11, 2008
A wedding ring is an outward sign that a person is married.
A military uniform is an outward sign that a person is involved in that particular branch of service.
Similarly, water baptism is a symbol designed by God to identify a person as a
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Denomination:
Assembly Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 30, 2001
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It appears … that at least 75 percent of homosexual are currently carrying one or more pathogens, but these men are not necessarily feeling sick or infecting others. It appears that at least 75 percent also have a history of at least one sexually transmitted disease, but these men are not
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Contributed by Melvin Newland on Nov 8, 2001
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An interesting article appeared in the Wall Street Journal. It was an interview of 6 top executives, all of them making 6-figure salaries. That means that they made somewhere between $100,000 & $999,999 a year.
Now you are probably thinking what I thought, "If I made even $100,000 a year, I’d
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Bill Butsko on Oct 22, 2006
List to this article that appeared in the Moody Monthly-
An oyster fisherman on opening the shell of an oyster, discovered within a fish, three and a half inches long, alive and weakly struggling. The oyster, however, was not to be found, and the fisherman was quite convinced that the fish had
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Denomination:
Christian Church
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"Appearances to the mind are of four kinds. Things either are what they appear to be; or they neither are, nor appear to be; or they are, and do not appear to be; or they are not, and yet
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Contributed by Cris Willis on Dec 26, 2007
A Contrast of the Rapture and Glorious Appearing of Christ
The Rapture of the Church The Glorious Appearing or Revelation
1. Christ comes for believers in the air. 1. Christ comes with believers to the earth.
2. All Christians on Earth are translated into new bodies. 2. There is no translation
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Denomination:
Church Of God
Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 26, 2010
ANTHROPOLOGY AND JESUS' APPEARANCE
This past week I attended a series of lectures at Anderson University in which the presenter, Dr Rodney Sadler, Jr from Union Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina showed this picture. (Slide 2) Source:
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Church Of God
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jun 9, 2008
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PASTOR AVOID THE APPEARANCE OF EVIL
Personally and professionally, my wife Kendra knows that there are some things that I need to be very careful of violating as her husband and as a pastor. For example, being alone with member of the opposite sex is something I am very careful about not doing.
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Church Of God
Contributed by Tim Richards on Sep 23, 2004
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The slogan started appearing on billboards in the early 1990’s, "Practice Random Acts of Kindness." According to Gavin Whitsett, author of a small handbook entitled, Guerilla Kindness, the movement is a response to the "random acts of violence" that are so much a part of the daily news. The author
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Baptist
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010
Quote: C. S. Lewis
"Anyone who has ever taught or attempted to lead others knows the tendency in all of us toward exaggerating our depth of character while treating leniently our flaws. The Bible calls this tendency hypocrisy. We consciously or subconsciously put forward a better image of
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Denomination:
Brethren
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a
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Contributed by Carl Benge on Jul 1, 2007
Our behavior should be an outward growth of our love of God. It is the soil in which our spiritual fruits are planted. The Holy Spirit is the fertilizer that
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Denomination:
Methodist