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Empty pews
In Martin County there are, as far as I can tell, about 40 churches. Martin County has a population of 12,890. There are around five churches that have more than 100 in attendance each service in Martin County. Most have 50 or less. And many have less than 25. Let’s say the average church attendance
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Guidelines for praying
If the request is wrong, God says, “No.” If the timing is wrong, God says, “Slow.” If you are wrong, God says, “Grow.” But if the request is right, the timing is right and you are right, God says, “Go!” Here is a prayer where everything was RIGHT: In its early days, Dallas Theological Seminary
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Do you hate anyone?
Perhaps you’ve heard of Penn and Teller, the comedy team that has worked in Las Vegas for years. Penn Jillette is an atheist, but he recorded a video journal a few years ago telling the story about a man who waited to speak to him after one of their shows. Penn said the man was
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Do you know how to pray?
I heard a story about a ship that was sinking in the middle of a storm, and the captain called out to the crew, saying, “Does anyone here know how to pray?” One man stepped forward and said, “Yes, sir, I know how to pray.” The captain said, “Wonderful, you pray while the rest of
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Presuppositional creationist
A few years ago Ken Ham debated Bill Nye, “the science guy.” Creation vs. Evolution. I admire Ken Ham, the founder of the Creation Museum in northern Kentucky. We all ought to go there and support this Biblically accurate work. But my question is: Why bother to debate a non-debatable position? What do I mean
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A happy man
Bob and Stan were good buddies and baseball friends. One day at a ballgame, they made a vow to each other that whichever friend died first, that friend would send a message back to earth to let the other friend know if there was baseball in Heaven. Sure enough, one day, Bob died. After a
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Good timing, Lord
Actress Shirley MacLaine, a new-ager, was conducting one of her seminars at the Long Beach Arena teaching people about their own divinity. During the seminar, she had everyone light a candle. They turned off the lights so those candles could be seen shining in the dark. She said, “Just those candles have individual flames. All
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Choose life
There are always those voices who would like to eliminate this matter of decision from Christianity. There is something in human nature that hates to decide “Yes” or “No.” Recently there was a radio announcement that next week was National Procrastinators’ Week. “Actually,” said the announcer, “they were going to hold the celebration this week,
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Rejoice by choice
A young girl became a Christian in an exciting revival at her church and was baptized the closing Sunday morning. That afternoon she ran through the house singing and dancing. Her sour grandfather rebuked her with these words: “You ought to be ashamed of yourself. You just joined the church and you’re singing and dancing
