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One Day While Working In The Oilfield We Were ...  PRO

Contributed by Larry Schoonover on Mar 13, 2003

One day while working in the oilfield we were "breaking out" and removing old, abandoned pipelines. These were old "flow lines" and "gas lines". Natural gas has a tendency to dry out the threads of pipe and this, coupled with their age, make screwing the pipe apart very difficult. It was necessary ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

Denomination: Baptist

I Have A Very Good Friend Who Recently Shared ...  PRO

Contributed by Larry Schoonover on Mar 13, 2003

I have a very good friend who recently shared with me that on one occasion she, out of sincere concern over sin and desire to be what God wanted her to be, she prayed, "God, show me the sin in my life. Show me what I really am." She said that in a couple of weeks she began to pray, "Lord, I’ve ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 139:23-24

Tags: Sin General, Sin Exposed

Denomination: Baptist

Hell Is Described As A Place Of Darkness Or ...  PRO

Contributed by Larry Schoonover on Mar 13, 2003

Hell is described as a place of darkness or blackness. The only way I can imagine the total isolation broght on by such complete darkness is the blackness felt deep inside a cavern. I have toured a number of caverns in the United States. Almost every tour I have been on will at some point bring the ...read more

Tags: Hell

Denomination: Baptist