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Associated Press - January 18, 2011 5:44 PM ET MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Critics say new Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley hit a sour note with his inaugural day remarks about Christianity. Just moments into his new administration, Bentley told a church crowd in Montgomery on Monday that anyone who isn't a Christian…

THREE RULES FOR THE CHRISTIAN LIFE Subject: CHRISTIAN Andrew Sonar (1810-1892), a great man of God, had three rules he lived by. 1. Not to speak to any person before speaking to Jesus Christ 2. Not to do anything with his hands until he had been on his knees 3. Not to read the papers until he had read…

When I say . . . "I am a Christian," I'm not shouting, "I am saved!" I'm whispering, "I was lost." That is why I chose this way. When I say . . . "I am a Christian," I don't speak of this with pride. I I'm confessing that I stumble and need someone to be my guide. When I say . . . "I am a Christian,"…

We don't pray to be better Christians, but that we may be the only kind of Christians God means usto be; Christ-like Christians; that is Christians who will bear willingly the cross for God's glory." a note smuggled from teh underground church in Communist Romania Foxe: Voices of the Martyrs: 33 A.D.…

When I was a kid I always watched Tarzan on Saturday’s. It came on at 10 am in my town. You remember him right, you just dated yourself. The black and white Tarzan. Swinging through the trees, calling out. YODDLE. You remember. Well after it was over, I remember many times putting on my robe belt, there’s…

During slavery days, some Northern visitors in New Orleans were watching a company of slaves wearily shuffling along the dock, returning to their work. Spiritless, apparently indifferent to life itself, they were dragging themselves along. But one, in striking contrast, with head erect and with unbroken…

OVERWHELMINGLY MUSLIM Pakistan Bangladesh Saudi Arabia Turkey Iran Yemen MAINLY MUSLIM WITH SIGNIFICANT CHRISTIAN MINORITIES Indonesia Egypt Sudan OVERWHELMINGLY CHRISTIAN United States Brazil Mexico Russia MAINLY CHRISTIAN WITH SIGNIFICANT MUSLIM MINORITIES Philippines Germany Zaire/Democratic Republic…

Have you ever been asked the question: "Are you a Christian?" Or some say it in other ways, "If you were to die tonight do you know where you would spend eternity?" I hope you can answer those kinds of questions. I hope you won't answer like a man I read about. He answered, "Oh, I've been a Christian…

Dr. William B. McClain is the Professor of Preaching and Worship at Wesley Theological Seminary. Dr. McClain once told about meeting a South Korean tailor in Seoul, Korea. Amazingly, this South Korean tailor introduced himself as "Smitty Lee." Dr. McClain was fascinated to discover a Korean named Smitty.…

Karl Barth was lecturing to a group of students at Princeton. One student asked the German theologian "Sir, don't you think that God has revealed himself in other religions and not only in Christianity?" Barth's answer stunned the crowd. With a modest thunder he answered, "No, God has not revealed himself…

John 13:35 Consider the story Dr. Harry Ironside told about a missionary in China who was translating the New Testament into the Chinese language. He was assisted by an eminent Chinese scholar, a Confucianist who had never before been exposed to Christianity. Week after week and month after month they…

Diamond loses its stiffness crown to new material 16:22 02 February 2007 A material that is stiffer than diamond has been created by mixing particles of the mineral barium titanate and molten tin. Diamond was previously the stiffest material known. The new material was made by a team from Washington…

America’s Next Top Model VH1 – July 2007 Christian girl refused to take a nude photoshoot. When asked why she responded – “I want to be Christlike”. She was kicked off the show.

Evangelism An executive hirer, a "head-hunter" who goes out and hires corporation executives for other firms, once told me, "When I get an executive that I'm trying to hire for someone else, I like to disarm him. I offer him a drink, take my coat off, then my vest, undo my tie, throw up my feet and talk…

\\ The essential act of prayer is not the bending of God's will to ours . . . but the bending of our will to His. The proper outline of a Christian's prayer is not "Please do for me what I want," but "Please do in me, with me, and through me what You want." -- William Temple

A Man Fell into a Pit Once upon a time a man fell into a pit and couldn’t get himself out. A sensitive person came along and said, “I feel for you down there.” A practical person came along and said, “I knew you were going to fall in sooner or later.” A Pharisee said, “Only bad people fall into a pit.”…

Late For Class Years ago on a seminary campus a New Testament professor was lecturing on the parables. This professor was known for his strictness. He often penalized students even if they were tardy! After spending a fair amount of time on the parable of the Good Samaritan, he posted a notice on the…

Friday, December 01, 2006 Supreme Court takes 'Bong Hits 4 Jesus' free speech case WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A high school student's controversial banner with the words "Bong Hits 4 Jesus," which led to his suspension, will be argued before the Supreme Court, in an unusual free speech dispute. The justices…