• Thank God For Blessed Subtractions!

  Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jul 10, 2023 (message contributor)

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  Scripture:  Acts 2, Acts 16

  Tags:  Easter, Revival, Church Growth, Pride, Pastors, Arrogance, Bragging, Preachers, Baptists, Methodists, Pentecostals  (view more)  (view less)

  Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Three local pastors were discussing their Easter Sunday results with one another on the Monday after Easter.

The Methodist minister said, "Easter services worked out great for us! We gained four new additions at First Methodist!" Praise God!

The Baptist preacher grinned and said, "Well, we did better than that over at First Baptist! We gained six new additions!" Hallejuah!

The Pentecostal pastor had been silent and then he finally blurted out, "Well, praise God, hallelujah, thank you, Jesus! We did even better than that over at First Pentecostal! We got rid of our 10 biggest troublemakers!

Praise the Lord!"

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