111) Let Your Light Shine
Many people have given up on faith in Jesus Christ because of what they have seen in the lives of Christians. In these two passages from Narrative of the Life of…
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111) Let Your Light Shine
110) From “Life and Times of Frederick Douglass”
Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) was born into slavery in Maryland. He escaped slavery as a young man, and became the most prominent black abolitionist of his time. He is one of…
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110) From “Life and Times of Frederick Douglass”
109) Which Way?
Many people have chosen the following poem (or a variation of it) for the epitaph on their gravestone. This one was found in a cemetery in Waynesville, North Carolina: Effie…
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109) Which Way?
108) A Welcoming Congregation?
I received this story in an email yesterday. www.snopes.com cannot confirm or deny the truth of it. Snopes has not been able to track down any source for this account,…
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108) A Welcoming Congregation?
107) Looking for the Great Spirit
The Clergy of America: Anecdotes, 1869, pp. 69-71The following narrative was given by a gentleman of the United States, when on a visit to England, and was published in that…
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107) Looking for the Great Spirit
106) When it is a Struggle to ‘Keep the Faith’
Faith in Jesus is not the same as feelings for Jesus. Faith is stronger than feelings. It is stronger than knowledge. Faith often becomes a sheer act of will.…
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106) When it is a Struggle to ‘Keep the Faith’
105) Divine Dealings with Sinners
From The Clergy of America: Anecdotes, 1869, pages 169-170 A sermon illustration from a New England minister in the 1700's. A clergyman sitting in his study, saw some…
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105) Divine Dealings with Sinners
104) Religion and Wealth
John Wesley (1703-1791): "O ye lovers of money, hear the Word of the Lord. Do you suppose that money, though multiplied as the sand of the sea, can…
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104) Religion and Wealth
103) Our Constitution and Religion
Adapted from Our 'Godless Constitution;' The Complicated Truth, by Eric Metaxas, www.Breakpoint.org July 16, 2013 One Fourth of July ad would have you believe that the Founding Fathers…
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103) Our Constitution and Religion
102) A Religion Designed to Last
By John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America (Penguin Books, 1962), 77-79. Sunday morning, in a Vermont town... I looked for a church to attend. Several…
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102) A Religion Designed to Last