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[310]. A Message From A Poem - Though The Fig Tree Does Not Blossom

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 13, 2026

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[310]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - THOUGH THE FIG TREE DOES NOT BLOSSOM There is a poem called “I Will Still Praise God My Saviour” which is longer than this one. This one may have been the first part and got added to it just later. It is the same but the last stanza is added to the other ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:13, Habakkuk 3:17-19

Tags: Praise, Faithful, Fail, Exalt, Fig Tree, Blossom, Fruitless, Olive, Despondent, Setbacks, Crops, Christian Poems, Exalt The Lord (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

[309]. A Message From A Poem - This World Is In Deception’s Hand

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 13, 2026

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[309]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - THIS WORLD IS IN DECEPTION’S HAND I believed deception is so common that people live with it and do not realise they are deceived. We come to accept circumstances as normal but they are not normal in Christian teaching. They are normal for the deluded ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 2:18-19, 2 Timothy 3:13, 2 Corinthians 11:3-4

Tags: Deception, Christians, Delusion, Hatred, Deceived, Satanic Deception, Delusions, Christian Poems (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Guide - What A White Water Rafting Trip Taught Me About God

Contributed by Todd Catteau on Mar 11, 2026

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A few years ago my wife, two young daughters and I packed up and headed to Red River, New Mexico for a vacation. For a bit of adventure we decided to try something we had never done before — white water rafting. Before climbing into the raft, we were handed a stack of waivers to sign. You know the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 32:8

Tags: God, Trust, Guide, Refuge, Raft (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

[308]. A Message From A Poem - This Sinful World Faces Reality

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 11, 2026

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[308]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - THIS SINFUL WORLD FACES REALITY The opening line sets the theme of this poem – “The differential is greater now than ever it was,” and becomes a contrast of what is righteous and what is wicked. The gap is widening and wickedness is growing. The 6 stanzas - each ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:3, Revelation 21:1-2

Tags: World, Judgment, Reality, Decline, Coming Judgment, Sin In The World, Christian Poems (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

[307]. A Poem Message - This Poor, Sinful World – With God In Control

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 11, 2026

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[307]. A POEM MESSAGE - THIS POOR, SINFUL WORLD – WITH GOD IN CONTROL God is in control. God always has the control and the whole of the universe one day will come together in the new heavens and the new earth and sin is gone forever. The poem begins with what I see as a fact. If there was ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 21:4-5, John 1:3

Tags: World, Sin, Judgment, Control, Meaningless, Coming Judgment, Christian Poetry, Christian Poems, Sinful Word (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Wolfing Down Yourself

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 6, 2026

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***WOLFING DOWN THE PAIN By F. Buechner OF THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS RESENTMENT AND ANGER ARE POSSIBLY THE MOST FUN. TO LICK YOUR WOUNDS, TO SMACK YOUR LIPS OVER GRIEVANCES LONG PAST, TO ROLL OVER YOUR TONGUE THE PROSPECT OF BITTER CONFRONTATION STILL TO COME. TO SAVOR TO THE LAST TOOTHSOME MORSEL THE ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 4:3-7, John 15:11

Tags: Hurt, Unforgiveness

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Resisting A False Culture

Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Mar 6, 2026

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In the late 1980s, the world witnessed the collapse of communist regimes across Eastern Europe. One of the central figures in the Velvet Revolution of Czechoslovakia was Václav Havel. Havel had been a playwright and dissident long before he became president. He spent years imprisoned because ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:42-47, Colossians 4:2-6

Tags: Culture, Scattered, Resisting, Gathered

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

If There Is No God, Who Decides?

Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Mar 6, 2026

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In 1882, the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche wrote a short parable that still echoes through Western culture. He imagines a man running into a crowded marketplace in broad daylight, holding a lantern. He cries out, “Where is God? I will tell you—we have killed Him. You and I. We are His ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:15-17, Judges 2:10-15

Tags: Evil, Culture, Meaning, Good, Values, God Is Dead (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

[306]. A Message From A Poem - Things Are Not What They Seem

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 6, 2026

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[306]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - THINGS ARE NOT WHAT THEY SEEM People can observe something and take that limited observation and construct an edifice from it that turns out to be very wrong. That is the problem with making conclusions from limited information. At the time of Christopher ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 2:8, Colossians 2:23, Colossians 2:18

Tags: Bible, Evolution, Truth, Lies, Delusion, Mars, Venus, Charles Darwin, Appearances, Conclusions, Incorrect, Christian Poems, Defrauded (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

An Appetite For God

Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Mar 5, 2026

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It is the desire for God which is the most fundamental appetite of all, and it is an appetite we can never eliminate. We may seek to disown it, but it will not go away. If we deny that it is there, we shall in fact only divert it to some other object or range of objects. And that will mean that we ...read more

Scripture: John 6:35, John 6:58

Tags: Faith, God, Spiritual Hunger

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Hymns And U2

Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Mar 5, 2026

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For a man who spends so much time in the future, Edge always carried some deep past in his soul, likely an obscure village in Methodist Wales. Edge's father, Garvin, was a mechanical engineer, a churchgoing one. Edge's mother was a schoolteacher, a churchgoing one. Science and faith were ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 14:26, Philippians 4:4-10

Tags: Church, Worship, Praise

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Don't Be Like These Guys!

Contributed by John Bright on Mar 5, 2026

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Jude used three examples from the Old Testament to show that these false teachers are not to be trusted or followed. In Genesis 4:1-16, we find the first murder in the Bible when Cain kills his brother Abel. If these false teachers are leading folks back to their former state – being unsaved – ...read more

Scripture: Jude 1:11, 2 Timothy 4:3, Numbers 16:31-35

Tags: Jude, Salvation, Heresy, False Teachers, Cain, Korah, Balaam (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Methodist

The Plimsoll Line!!!

Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Mar 4, 2026

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For the uninitiated, a Dictionary definition of the term “Plimsoll line” is that it is a line drawn on the lower end of ships, marking the maximum level to which the ship can sink into water after its tare capacity is full. Simply put, it is an indication of the vessel’s maximum loading capacity. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:13, Romans 5:3-4

Tags: Temptations, Capacity

Denomination: *other

[305]. A Message From A Poem - They Won’t Unseat The Creator

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 4, 2026

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[305]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - THEY WON’T UNSEAT THE CREATOR The aim of this poem is to look at the position Creation holds against those who reject a Creator God, and therefore would hold to evolution. It exposes the stupidity of refusing to believe in the face of created evidence. Mankind ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:10-11, Romans 1:20-22

Tags: Creation, Reject, Humanism, Fools, Atheists, The Creator, Proof Of God, Christian Poems, Unseat God (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

[304]. A Message From A Poem - They Have Gone To Be With Jesus

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 4, 2026

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[304]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - THEY HAVE GONE TO BE WITH JESUS Right at the outset I want to say I LOVE THIS POEM. IT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME. I love it because the Lord gave it freely to me and the truth of it now for 27 years has been part of the way I address the loss of a Christian loved one. ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 9:27, 2 Corinthians 5:6-8

Tags: Death, Christian, Jesus, Heaven, Home, Gone, In Christ, Present With The Lord, Absent From The Body, Christian Poems (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Becoming An Olympic Athlete

Contributed by Alan Perkins on Mar 4, 2026

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We have to do something in order grow spiritually. What is it that we have to do? Over the past few weeks, our television screens were filled with images of the Winter Olympics in Italy. For example, you may have watched: • Luge, where they speed down an icy track at 80-90 miles an hour on what ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:24

Tags: Spiritual Growth, Discipline, Spiritual Disciplines

Denomination: Baptist

How Do You Make This Thing Work? War Story

Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Mar 3, 2026

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The story is told ... about an Army sergeant ... who was caught near a beach ... by German artillery ... and managed to protect himself ... by moving to the water's edge. While improving his position with a trench shovel, ... he came upon an ornate crucifix ... the kind that prosperous ...read more

Scripture: Acts 17:22-34, John 14:6

Tags: Faith, Lordship, War, Superficial

Denomination: Anglican

Unfold Your Deck Chair - Funny Story

Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Mar 3, 2026

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In a "Peanuts" strip, ... Charlie Brown and Lucy were discussing ... theology. Lucy said, ... "On the great cruise ship of life, ... some people ... take their deck chairs ... to the bow. And some people ... take their deck chairs ... to the stern. Where do you put your deck ...read more

Scripture: Acts 17:22-34, John 14:6

Tags: Faith, Life, Ship, Chair, Deck Chair (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Anglican

Looking For A Loophole. W C Fields Story

Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Mar 3, 2026

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It is a difficult thing... to look in the mirror of our soul... and see where we really stand ... in our relationship with God. Some hold back ... from a total commitment to Jesus... and in a way, ... are looking for a loophole ... to make them acceptable ... before God. (Pause) W. C. Fields ...read more

Scripture: Acts 17:22-34, John 14:6

Tags: Spirit, Battle, Commitment, Flesh, Loophole (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Anglican

[303]. A Message From A Poem - They Did This To My Saviour Lord - Easter

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 3, 2026

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[303]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - THEY DID THIS TO MY SAVIOUR LORD This is not a complex poem and is written with Easter in view. It recounts some of the events of the Trial and hearing before Pilate. I have put a refrain into this poem, but I am not sure if it is one to be sung. Here and there ...read more

Scripture: John 19:1-3

Tags: Easter, Pilate, Jesus Before Pilate, Jesus Mocked, Jesus On Trial, Christian Poem, The False Trial, Jesus Scourged, The Crown Of Thorns (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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