Pastor Joe Wright of Kansas was asked to lead the Kansas State Senate in prayer.
They were expecting the usual formal prayer to open the session but that is not what happened. The pastor used the moment as a confessional and prophetic opportunity. As he prayed there were some senators who got up and walked out but Paul Harvey got …
The great Houdini was a master magician and a great locksmith. He once bragged that there wasn’t a jail cell in the world he couldn’t escape from, provided he could go into the cell dressed in his street clothes and work in complete privacy.
A small town in England had built a new jail, which they believed was escape-proof, so …
“The Bible is the Word of Life. I beg you will read it and find this out for yourself–read, not little snatches here and there, but long passages that will really be the road to the heart of it.
You will not only find it full of real men and women, but also of things you have wondered about and …
Fifty-six men signed the Declaration of Independence. Their conviction resulted in untold sufferings for themselves and their families. Of the 56 men, five were captured by the British and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons in the Revolutionary Army. Another had two sons captured. Nine of the fifty-six fought and died …
“It is impossible to enslave mentally or socially a Bible reading people. The principles of the Bible are the groundwork of human freedom.”
Horace Greeley
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Based upon the book: Purpose-Driven® Youth Ministry
PEOPLE
This perspective helps you identify the potential audience of students within and outside your youth fellowship. Knowing a student’s level of commitment enables you to design purpose driven programs specially meant to reach then and fulfill the biblical purposes of your ministry.
A COMMUNITY student is committed to not attending church – …
It is the place where the worship is a time to be entertained
Where the tithe is whatever change you have in your pocket
Where the message is something to make you feel good about yourself
Where the hymn of commitment is “I Surrender Some.”
Where Instead of “Standing on the Promises” we are merely sitting on the premises.…
Imagine that I gave you a new car. It’s a nice car, it runs well. You’d be excited wouldn’t you? A nice new car to drive around. But there are a few conditions.
A man was looking for a job and he noticed that there was an opening at the local zoo. He inquired about the job and discovered that the zoo had a very unusual position that they wanted to fill. Apparently their gorilla had died, and until they could get a new one, they needed someone to dress up in a …
