The day after Thanksgiving is “Black Friday”, the day when companies around the U.S. come out of the “red” and into the “black”. They do this by offering exceptional sales and make up profit in volume. The kicker is this… it’s COLD and people start arriving to wait in line at, like 4am for the… Continue reading Backpack Beverage Outreach – Black Friday and Beyond!
Category: Illustrations and Research
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A Nineteenth-Century Witness to the Oneness of God
The following quotations are excerpted from a book published in 1834 and written by Joshua Leonard, a Presbyterian minister who was a member of the Presbytery in Cortland, New York. While the book was in production, charges of heresy were filed against him because of it, whereupon he resigned and resumed his previous status as… Continue reading A Nineteenth-Century Witness to the Oneness of God
Worship, Music, Instruments & Dance
Elysa Cunningham Opening Worship in our time has been captured by the tourist mind set. Worship is understood as a visit to an attractive site to be made when we have adequate leisure. Form some it’s a weekly trip to church. For others, an occasional visit to special services. Some, with… Continue reading Worship, Music, Instruments & Dance
What People Worry About
An average person’s anxiety is focused on: 40 percent – things that will never happen 30 percent – things about the past that can’t be changed 12 percent – things about criticism by others, mostly untrie 10 percent – about health, which gets worse with stress 8 percent – about real problems that will be… Continue reading What People Worry About
Comair Jet Used Wrong Runway
(CBS/AP) Pilots of the Comair commuter jet that crashed with 50 people aboard near Lexington, Ky., used the wrong runway, CBS News has learned. Forty-nine of the 50 people aboard were killed. The one survivor, a crewmember, was reported in critical condition. U.S. officials who requested anonymity told CBS News Correspondent Bob Orr that the… Continue reading Comair Jet Used Wrong Runway
God’s Treasures are Souls
“Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth and rust doeth corrupt, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust doeth not corrupt.” So many investments of time and finance in things of no eternal value. When the trumpet sounds, Jesus is returning to take souls out of the… Continue reading God’s Treasures are Souls
Salvation is Not a Coincidence
Our salvation is more than a happenstance or coincidence – It was through a sovereign act of God that you were brought into the Kingdom – You are in the Kingdom for such a time as this … Mosses was brought to the Kingdom to deliver Israel out of Egypt. Rahab saved her entire household.… Continue reading Salvation is Not a Coincidence
Responsibility to Reach the Lost
The responsibility to reach the lost has never been more urgent! The destiny of men and of nations is always being decided. Every generation is strategic; but none more strategic to end time Apostolic revival than the present. We are not responsible for the past generation, and we cannot bear full responsibility for the… Continue reading Responsibility to Reach the Lost
When One Sinner Repents
Souls matter most to God … What matters most to His church as we face a new millennium? One preacher told me “We had the best service last Sunday we have ever had in our church.” I asked, “How many repented?” “How many were baptized in water?” How many were filled with the… Continue reading When One Sinner Repents
One Soul
Jesus asked the question, “What does it profit a man if he gain the whole world and loose his own soul?” With one short piercing question the Lord of the harvest reveals the worth of a soul to the church – One soul is worth more than all the world! Stack up on… Continue reading One Soul