We place a lot of emphasis these days on creating new ideas and new methods to grow our churches and develop our organizations. But whenever God has a job to do and a gap to be filled, he always starts by choosing and calling an...
Read MoreRead MoreAs a young boy living in rural America, Dale Carnegie used to amuse himself by holding a stick across a gateway that the sheep had to pass through. After the first few sheep jumped over the stick, Dale would take it away. Oddly enough, all of...
Read MoreRead MoreDrummond's Bar began construction on an expansion of their building to increase their business. In response, the local Baptist church started a campaign to block the bar from expanding with petitions and prayers. Work progressed right up until the week before the grand reopening when...
Read MoreRead MoreOn June 17, 1999, Edgbaston, Birmingham witnessed one of the most dramatic finishes in Cricket World Cup history. The South African cricket team almost beat the Australians in the deciding semi-final. But they didn’t. Instead, the game ended in a tie. A tragic...
Read MoreRead MoreThe world mourned the tragic destruction of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. It is one of the best known churches in the world and stood as a symbol of art, architecture and culture in the city of Paris. It drew as many as 13 million visitors a year. ...
Read MoreRead MoreCan you imagine how Noah felt. He had endured years of ridicule and derision. He was probably regarded as the village idiot and town clown. There was no sympathy for Noah. This was an immoral, evil society who had no place for God in their lives. Do you ever feel that God...
Read MoreRead MoreFINDING CONTENTMENT Charles Swindol tells the story of a woman in West Palm Beach, Florida, who died alone at the age of 71. The coroner's report was tragic. "Cause of death: malnutrition." The dear old lady wasted away to 50 pounds. Investigators who found her said the...
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Failure is a fact of life. It is not something we like to talk about in fact we would rather forget it. But consider some of the most prominent and most successful people that we may know of had their share of failure. Winston Churchill repeated a grade during elementary school and,...
Read MoreRead MoreCounterfeit Gospel (Graphic) A very well-known preacher was being interviewed on television recently. When the topic of sin came up, the preacher said, “I never talk about sin. I never use the word ‘sin,’ because people already know they are sinners. I am not here to beat people down....
Read MoreRead MoreA new missionary recruit went to Venezuela for the first time. He was struggling with the language and didn't understand a whole lot of what was going on. Intending to visit one of the local churches, he got lost, but eventually got back on track...
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