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A Nurses’ Health Study analyzed by Harvard University researchers discovered that people who attend religious services a couple of times a week may live longer. The study was a survey of 74,534 healthy women beginning in 1992. Researchers tracked them for 20 years. By 2012, 13,537 of the women had died.…

A new study suggests Americans are likely to exaggerate how often they are in church and how much they exaggerate can depend on the setting in which they’re asked. The research by the Public Religion research Institute found that Americans would inflate reports of their church attendance depending on…

The difference between listening to a radio serrnon and going to church is like the difference between calling your girl on the phone nd spending he evening with her. Braudets Handbook of Stories, Jacob M. Braude, page 67

You don’t make pickles by squirting vinegar at cucumbers. And you done develop Christian character with a hit-or-miss habit of church and Bible school attendance.

When the Lord called James and John, they left their boat to follow Him. Today, some brethren leave the Lord on Sunday to go to their boat. - Tom Holland Life of Christ Class, 1964

Several years ago, the paper carried a story of a young boy who was killed in an automobile accident. What made this so unusual was that this young man had a faithful collie dog who attended the funeral and watched in bewilderment as the casket was lowered into the earth. Everyday for eight years, friends…

Paul Harvey tells of a 73-year-old man who lived alone and who was pinned under his farm tractor for four days and nights in a freezing rain. Concerned friends went to check on him. They were just in time. He apparently survived this ordeal, but will lose a leg below the knee. The report wasn’t concerned…

That some idea may be formed concerning the magnitude of this camp-meeting business, President Anderson remarks: “Dr. Hall says, “The number of wagons which came to the ground, was about 180; the number of persons who attended on Sabbath was about 4,000. As an evidence of the intensity of the excitement…

Could This Happen to You? A pioneer preacher was called to preach the funeral of a man who did not see the necessity of attending worship. As the pall bearers neared the door of the church building, the old preacher stood in the doorway and said, “Gentlemen, I have never taken undue advantage of any…

December 23, 1974, Steve and Guy garrison were at services without their families. Their wives stayed home and cooked Christmas dinner. While talking after services, they invited my family to dinner. We accepted and surprised their wives. I told them I was visiting the sick and afflicted. Jo said she…

A preacher, upon seeing am half-empty building on Wednesday night, said he thought of the three-lettered word, sin. S piritual I nstruction N eglected

Mary Had A Little Pain Mary had a little pain, It was so very queer; It never bothered her except When service time was near. It left her free on Saturday, To shop and buy and cook; On other days a club or show Her whole attention took. When time for church attendance came, Oh, how that pain returned;…

An elderly Christian lady, dreadfully crippled with rheumatism, used to hobble to the services of the church on two sticks. It was a great ordeal and required of her utmost toil and pain. A friend of her’s observed her regularity, and asked, “How do you manage to be at every service?” Her answer was,…

We all know why Madeline Murray O’Hair doesn’t attend Bible class, but what is your reason???

Floating church members make for a sinking church. Giving With a Purpose, Wendell Winkler, page 54

When we raise the wrong questions, we cannot get the right answers. People are always asking me, “Why don’t people come to Wednesday night Bible study?” That isn’t the right question. The right question is this: “Why did they come Sunday morning?” When they come for the right reason on Sunday morning,…

When we play football, we want to make a touchdown. When we play baseball, we want to hit a home run. When we play basketball, we want to be a high point man. But on the lord’s team, we do not even want yo show up for practice!!!

If you had the only key to the church door, how many Sundays would people met in to worship?

There was one incident during the war that brought his vision into sharp focus. One night, seven of the men entrusted to him were assigned to infiltrate enemy lines, observe what they could, and sneak back before sunup, a dangerous task from which not everyone could be expected to return. All night long…

Golf Clubs or Gospel A man came out of his house one Sunday morning, just as his neighbor came out of his house with his golf clubs. The golfer said, “Henry, come play golf with me today.” Henry, with an expression of self-righteous horror on his face, replied, “This is the Lord’s day, and I go to church.…

What’s the Matter with Mrs. Craig? This news item was seen in the Nashville Banner of June 10 , 1956, about a Mrs. Craig of Porter, Oklahoma, 81 years of age, who hasn’t missed Sunday school in 20 years. The editor asked the following questions: Doesn’t Mrs. Craig ever have company on Sunday to keep…

Something non-attenders can’t do: They can’t pray for the success of the church without being a hypocrite. They can’t say that Christ comes first in their lives. They can’t say that they were made stronger by absence. They can’t say that they have glorified God by their neglect and absence. They can’t…

Early one Sunday morning a group of party leaders came by the White House to see him and discuss a bill they thought should be passed by Congress. They were surprised when President Garfield said he had a very important appointment and would talk to them later that afternoon. “But Mr. President,” one…

Nor had John the Baptist offered a free camel to whoever brought most baptismal candidates to the Jordan. Not Peace But A Sword, Vance Havner, page 70

A woman was hired as a servant in a home She was a good cook and prepared excellent meals, but none of the family showed up to eat. Naturally she asked why her meals were untouched. This was the reply she got: “We furnish you the house and the food. We pay you a salary. Now it is up to you to get us…