Bearing the Cross – When Christianity Costs You More than 10% | SurfKY.com

Bearing the Cross – When Christianity Costs You More than 10% | SurfKY.com: "KENTUCKY (8/5/12) – Some people are so poor that all they have is money. I say this because the more I look at the Christian culture of the United States of America, I see that the majority of it is not centered on following Jesus wherever he takes us, but rather on following the almighty dollar. "

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Chick-Fil-A Meets The Real Haters With Love : Freedom Outpost

Chick-Fil-A Meets The Real Haters With Love : Freedom Outpost: "So yesterday there was barely a peep from the “protesters” who barely showed up."

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Prayer is Essential in Evangelism « Baptist Campus Ministries at Drexel

Prayer is Essential in Evangelism « Baptist Campus Ministries at Drexel: "Prayer is essential for evangelism.  There is very little you can do to “make” a person develop their personal relationship with God.  You may be able to on some level encourage it but that is all.  Salvation is completely between that person and God.  You can never fix someone else’s relationship.  It has to be restored by God “wooing” them.  Then they need to respond to God’s love.  You do nothing but maybe have the chance to set the stage for this divine romance by making the introductions."

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Black conservatives: Chick-fil-A controversy is an example of liberal intolerance - Living Faith - Home & Family - Catholic Online

Black conservatives: Chick-fil-A controversy is an example of liberal intolerance - Living Faith - Home & Family - Catholic Online: "The African-American conservative group Project 21 has something to say bout the recent flap over the Chick-fil-A controversy. Their message to liberals and big city mayors who wish to banish the fast-food restaurant chain due to their stand on traditional marriage simply states that they themselves are being intolerant."

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Chick-Fil-A worker bullied by Adam M Smith CFO of Vante | Paul Westcott - WGIR NEW HAMPSHIRE'S NEWSRADIO

Chick-Fil-A worker bullied by Adam M Smith CFO of Vante | Paul Westcott - WGIR NEW HAMPSHIRE'S NEWSRADIO: "Chick-Fil-A Worker Bullied By Adam M Smith CFO Of Vante"

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“If hell is just ‘separation from God,’ it’s no big deal. According to Christians we’re in that state now.” | Ray Comfort's Daily Evidence

“If hell is just ‘separation from God,’ it’s no big deal. According to Christians we’re in that state now.” | Ray Comfort's Daily Evidence: "This perceptive atheist has identified a problem with this popular but unbiblical phrase. Modern preachers often tell a sinner that if he dies without Christ’s forgiveness he will be “separated from God” forever."

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BGEA: Billy Graham: 'My Heart Aches for America'

BGEA: Billy Graham: 'My Heart Aches for America': "Some years ago, my wife, Ruth, was reading the draft of a book I was writing. When she finished a section describing the terrible downward spiral of our nation’s moral standards and the idolatry of worshiping false gods such as technology and sex, she startled me by exclaiming, “If God doesn’t punish America, He’ll have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah.”"

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Chick-fil-A 'Set a World Record' | The Weekly Standard

Chick-fil-A 'Set a World Record' | The Weekly Standard: "Pastor Rick Warren reported last night on Twitter that fast food chain Chick-fil-A "set a world record" yesterday. His claim is based off a phone call he had with Dan Cathy, the CEO of Chick-fil-A who ignited a culture war when he expressed his preference for traditional marriage. "

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Crosswalk.com - The Devotional

Crosswalk.com - The Devotional: "Do you not know that in a race, all the runners run, but only one gets the prize?  Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training."

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A Superhighway for the Gospel?

A Superhighway for the Gospel?: "After the Romans had effectively vanquished much of the world into submission through Pax Romana, they built a sophisticated roadway system. Through these roads, the Romans would export goods and send out messages to the provinces that were under their rule. The early church, blooming at this particular time in history, walked down those Roman roads and took the gospel to the four corners of the earth."

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“As a Christian, I think non-Christians can be good, normal people.” | Ray Comfort's Daily Evidence

“As a Christian, I think non-Christians can be good, normal people.” | Ray Comfort's Daily Evidence: "It deeply concerns me when I hear a professing Christian telling an unbeliever that he is a good person. "

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Attacks on Christianity are Designed to Silence Christians and Keep them Home on Election Day - Godfather Politics

Attacks on Christianity are Designed to Silence Christians and Keep them Home on Election Day - Godfather Politics: "Rush Limbaugh said that the attack on a business like Chick-fil-A is tactical. It’s “a direct assault on Christianity — a direct assault on Christians — with economic punishment thrown in, including threats from government officials that are in direct violation of the Constitution."

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Morning Bell: Obamacare's Anti-Religious Freedom Mandate Starts TODAY

Morning Bell: Obamacare's Anti-Religious Freedom Mandate Starts TODAY: "Yesterday, on the eve of its religious-liberty-crushing mandate taking effect, President Obama’s Health and Human Services Department (HHS) made an outrageous claim:"

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How Should Christians Act in the Workplace?

How Should Christians Act in the Workplace?: "One of the greatest hindrances to the gospel’s effectiveness is Christians who act one way at church and another way elsewhere. The way we live for God should permeate all areas of life. The workplace is no exception."

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Black Pastors Group Launches Anti-Obama Campaign Around Gay Marriage

Black Pastors Group Launches Anti-Obama Campaign Around Gay Marriage: "A group of conservative black pastors are responding to President Barack Obama’s support of same-sex marriage with what they say will be a national campaign aimed at rallying black Americans to rethink their overwhelming support of the President, though the group’s leader is offering few specifics about the effort."

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Why I Am a Christian: 12 Reasons | Beyond Evangelical | The Blog of Frank Viola

Why I Am a Christian: 12 Reasons | Beyond Evangelical | The Blog of Frank Viola: "In 1927, the famed British philosopher Bertrand Russell wrote an essay entitled, “Why I Am Not a Christian.”"

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Acts 28: The life of the believer - Quincy, MA - The Patriot Ledger

Acts 28: The life of the believer - Quincy, MA - The Patriot Ledger: "Today’s chapter is Acts 28. Look at verse 9: “So when this was done, the rest of those on the island who had diseases also came and were healed.”"

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Thomas: 'War' against Christian conservatives | savannahnow.com

Thomas: 'War' against Christian conservatives | savannahnow.com: "Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy is in hot water with the LGBT community because he committed the cardinal sin in an age of political correctness: Thou must not speak ill of anything gays, lesbians, bisexuals or transgenders wish to do."

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Does Prayer Make a Difference?

Does Prayer Make a Difference?: "Prayer is the lifeblood of an intimate relationship with the Father. But believers often have questions about its power and effectiveness. Don’t hesitate to take your queries to the Lord, dig into Scripture for answers, and seek the counsel of a trusted spiritual mentor. Prayer is too important to neglect."

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What everyone needs to know about Abortion

What everyone needs to know about Abortion: "Ray Comfort and his team at Living Water Ministry have put together a powerful and moving documentary film, that draws a correlation between two topics that have been in the news almost continuously for decades"

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Morning Bell: Business Owners Battle Obamacare for Religious Freedom

Morning Bell: Business Owners Battle Obamacare for Religious Freedom: "Two days from now, employers across America will become vulnerable to crushing government penalties for exercising their religious freedom. This isn’t exactly what lawmakers advertised when they pushed Obamacare, but it is part of the Obama Administration’s agenda—forcing nearly all employers to pay for abortion-inducing drugs, contraception, and sterilization services."

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Crosswalk.com - The Devotional

Crosswalk.com - The Devotional: "Has there ever been a time in your life when you felt like you had nothing to offer or that your contributions didn’t matter?"

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Fishing for Souls?

Fishing for Souls?: "Jesus asked His disciples to follow Him and fish for eternal souls at perhaps the loveliest spot on earth, a lake in a land called Galilee."

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Jesus and Gun Control - Pratt, KS - Pratt Tribune

Jesus and Gun Control - Pratt, KS - Pratt Tribune: "Recently the country faced another tragic event where innocent people were the victims of a gun crime. Going to the movies is a time to relax and enjoy a world of fantasy leaving your worries and concerns at the refreshment counter."

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Shortage of people praying for laborers. | Ray Comfort's Daily Evidence

Shortage of people praying for laborers. | Ray Comfort's Daily Evidence: "As a man or woman of God, do you have a “closet” in which you pray, and do you plead with God to raise up laborers as you have been commanded to do (see Luke 10:2)? This is perhaps the most neglected command in Scripture."

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What is the Goal of Evangelism?

What is the Goal of Evangelism?: "Evangelism is a word used to describe the different ways God uses us, along with His Word and Spirit, to transform unbelievers into people whose great delight in life is to know and trust in him. Therefore, under God, our goal in evangelism is to be his instruments in creating new people who delight in God through Jesus Christ and who thus bring us great joy. There is no escape: if we, by God's grace, are successful in evangelism we will be happier."

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Abortion Kills Mom as Well as Unborn Child in Planned Parenthood Clinic - Godfather Politics

Abortion Kills Mom as Well as Unborn Child in Planned Parenthood Clinic - Godfather Politics: "In yet another abortion mishap, the life of the mother was lost in the same procedure she chose to murder her unborn child.  This time the botched procedure occurred in a Chicago area Planned Parenthood clinic."

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Chick Fil-A Appreciation Day

Chick Fil-A Appreciation Day: "I have been incensed at the vitriolic assaults on the Chick Fil-A
company because the CEO, Dan Cathy, made comments recently in which he affirmed his view that the Biblical view of marriage should be upheld. The Cathy family, led by Chick Fil-A founder Truett Cathy, are a wonderful Christian family who are committed to operating the company with Biblical principles and whose story is the true American success story. Starting at age 46 Truett Cathy built Chick Fil-A into a $4 billion a year enterprise with over 1600 stores. At 91, he is still active in the company, but his son Dan runs it day to day as CEO.It's a great American story that is being smeared by vicious hate speech and intolerant bigotry from the left."

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When God Became a Man - A New Beginning with Greg Laurie

When God Became a Man - A New Beginning with Greg Laurie: "It has been rightly said that the history of the world hinges on a stable door in Bethlehem. The birth of Jesus in a little stable in Bethlehem forever changed the history of the world. Jesus was God with skin on, walking among us and showing us what God is like. He was not a man who became God, which is impossible, but God who became a man."

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Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged

Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged: "The most misquoted verse in the Bible is probably Matthew 7:1, "Judge not that ye be not judged." We hear this verse multiple times a day. At Troy State University in Alabama, a professor we met even said that it was one of the Ten Commandments."

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Words of Comfort -- Ray Comfort's Blog: A Study in Job

Words of Comfort -- Ray Comfort's Blog: A Study in Job: "I have talked to many people about how we can be righteous before God, and I have learned that when we are confronted by the Ten Commandments, we either ask what we should do to be made right with God, or we try to justify (excuse) ourselves. We normally do that in three ways: "

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Words of Comfort -- Ray Comfort's Blog: A Study in Job

Words of Comfort -- Ray Comfort's Blog: A Study in Job: "Job’s comforter’s words were mingled with truth. They were there to comfort and encourage their friend. However, their belief that Job was suffering for his sins soon began to show."

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Words of Comfort -- Ray Comfort's Blog: A Study in Job

Words of Comfort -- Ray Comfort's Blog: A Study in Job: "Job then calls God the “Watcher of men,” and asks why he was a “target.” It is because the eye of the Lord is in every place beholding the evil and the good, that each of us is a target for eternal justice."

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Christian Hypocrites

Christian Hypocrites: "How many times have you heard the old excuse from non-believers that the reason that they don't want to come to Christ is that there are so many hypocrites in the church. "

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Harvest Bible Chapel - Minneapolis - Harvest West Minneapolis

Harvest Bible Chapel - Minneapolis - Harvest West Minneapolis: "GALATIANS 4:1-11 Sons and Heirs 4 I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything, 2 but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by his father. 3 In the same way we.."

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Mike Huckabee Calls for Chick-Fil-A Day - ABC News

Mike Huckabee Calls for Chick-Fil-A Day - ABC News: "More than 40, 000 people and counting have accepted Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s Facebook invitation to “Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day” on Wednesday, August 1. The Facebook Page for the event, which was created less than 24 hours ago, has attracted an enormous fan base that will prompt people nationwide to indulge in their local Chick Fil-A in support of conservative beliefs on the issue of marriage."

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True salvation. | Ray Comfort's Daily Evidence

True salvation. | Ray Comfort's Daily Evidence: "The story of Naaman is a wonderful example of true salvation. All humanity has the leprous disease of sin. To be cleansed we have to humble ourselves. Pride keeps so many from coming to Christ because of the seemingly foolish way of salvation."

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Strengthen Your Conscience

Strengthen Your Conscience: "The smoke detectors in your home or office are there to make you aware of a specific, imminent threat to your safety."

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Words of Comfort -- Ray Comfort's Blog: A Study in Job

Words of Comfort -- Ray Comfort's Blog: A Study in Job: "In his pre-scripture ignorance, Job asks questions for which we have answers. He asks, “Have I sinned? What have I done to You, O watcher of men?"

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Words of Comfort -- Ray Comfort's Blog: A Study in Job

Words of Comfort -- Ray Comfort's Blog: A Study in Job: "Outside of such faith, Job’s terrible suffering was comfortless. There was no consolation. Satan had killed his children, taken his health and wealth, and stolen the joy of living."

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Kill the sinful nature. | Ray Comfort's Daily Evidence

Kill the sinful nature. | Ray Comfort's Daily Evidence: "We are to reckon the sinful nature dead to our threefold enemy (the world, the flesh, and the devil) as it hangs with Christ on the cross of Calvary."

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Harvest Bible Chapel - Minneapolis - The Disciple Peter - Act First Think Later

Harvest Bible Chapel - Minneapolis - The Disciple Peter - Act First Think Later:

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Graham: Jesus' final command was for his disciples to be missionaries | The Town Talk | thetowntalk.com

Graham: Jesus' final command was for his disciples to be missionaries | The Town Talk | thetowntalk.com: "Dear Rev. Graham: I'm on a committee planning a missions conference in our church. I'd never admit it openly, but to be honest I'm not sure I believe in sending missionaries to other parts of the world. After all, those people already have their own religion, don't they? -- P. McL."

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Devotionals - In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley - Crosswalk.com

Devotionals - In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley - Crosswalk.com: "As believers, we all want the fruit of the Spirit, but how can we know if we truly have it? Even unbelievers can display these qualities when conditions are positive. This nine-fold fruit of the Spirit is not what we do, but who we are, and it is primarily on display in Christians when circumstances are unfavorable. Two characteristics help us recognize these traits in our lives."

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Separation of Church and State Is Not in the Constitution or Bill of Rights - Waynesville, MO - Waynesville Daily Guide

Separation of Church and State Is Not in the Constitution or Bill of Rights - Waynesville, MO - Waynesville Daily Guide: "On October 7, 1801, the Danbury Baptist Association of Virginia wrote a letter to Thomas Jefferson praising him as President of the United States.  In their letter they expressed their concern that the government may try to regulate religion."

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Words of Comfort -- Ray Comfort's Blog: A Study in Job

Words of Comfort -- Ray Comfort's Blog: A Study in Job: "Again, it is natural for most who think about life, to want to have an explanation. Who wants to read a mystery without finding out who committed the crime? This was the attitude of the disciples in John chapter 9:"

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Words of Comfort -- Ray Comfort's Blog: A Study in Job

Words of Comfort -- Ray Comfort's Blog: A Study in Job: "The lesson is clear. If a Christian suffers, we must always remember that his righteousness in Christ infinitely exceeds that of Job. When we repent and trust in Jesus, God inputs the righteousness of the Savior to our account."

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“When Paul spoke in Athens, why did he begin his preaching with creation as opposed to the Law?” | Ray Comfort's Daily Evidence

“When Paul spoke in Athens, why did he begin his preaching with creation as opposed to the Law?” | Ray Comfort's Daily Evidence: "In Acts 17:16 we are told that Paul was grieved because the whole city of Athens was given over to idolatry. So, in vv. 22–28, he tells his hearers that they had other gods before the God of creation."

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Words of Comfort -- Ray Comfort's Blog: A Study in Job

Words of Comfort -- Ray Comfort's Blog: A Study in Job: "Eliphaz didn't openly say, “Job, you have sinned against God, and He is chastening you,” but he infers it by speaking of the benefits those get who seek and serve God."

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Agnostic=Ignorant | Ray Comfort's Daily Evidence

Agnostic=Ignorant | Ray Comfort's Daily Evidence: "“It is amazing how many intellectuals call themselves ‘agnostics,’ not realizing that this is the Greek word for ‘ignorant.’ To be ignorant is a shame when one has the possibility of acquiring knowledge. The Christian religion gives satisfactory answers to the ultimate problems of life.” Richard Wurmbrand, Reaching Toward the Heights "

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