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  • Only Copy The Original

    Contributed by Allan Kircher on Feb 11, 2011
     | 2,319 views

    ONLY COPY THE ORIGINAL By studying the book of Acts we'll give ourselves a biblical STANDARD to follow. This is important because the sad truth is many churches don't pattern themselves after God's original design. Instead they organize themselves and operate according to the latest trend. They ...read more

  • Humility Vs. Humiliation

    Contributed by Bobby Stults on Feb 9, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,170 views

    HUMILITY VS. HUMILIATION Have you ever thought about the difference between 'humility' and 'humiliation'? There is a significant difference. Humility is the voluntary and willful choice to accept one’s place and position, whereas, humiliation is the forcing of an unwilling participant into their ...read more

  • About Galilee

    Contributed by David Tack on Jan 30, 2011
     | 1,754 views

    ABOUT GALILEE According to Guzik, “The region of Galilee was a fertile, progressive, highly populated region. According to figures from the Jewish historian Josephus, there were some 3 million people populating Galilee, an area smaller than the state of Connecticut.” ...read more

  • Frederick And The Confession

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Jan 18, 2011
     | 3,894 views

    FREDERICK AND THE CONFESSION Truth is we can't please God, that is, not on our terms. Nor does it do any good to try and hide our sin. Like Isaiah, we can only be used by God when we're willing to admit, "I am a person of unclean lips." It reminds me of the story of KING FREDERICK II, an ...read more

  • Bible Riddles

    Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Jan 17, 2011
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     | 4,745 views

    BIBLE RIDDLES Q. What kind of man was Boaz before he married Ruth? A. Ruthless. Q. What do they call pastors in Germany? A. German Shepherds. Q. Who was the greatest financier in the Bible? A. Noah He was floating his stock while everyone else was in liquidation. Q. Who was the greatest ...read more

  • The Durability Test

    Contributed by Antonio Silveira on Jan 8, 2011
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     | 6,529 views

    THE DURABILITY TEST Endurance is a quality that God expects us to manifest. If you go to an IKEA store, you will find somewhere in the chair department a glass box with what is called the durability test. They have a mechanism that simulates someone sitting on the chair, and they say the chair was ...read more

  • Dear God, Your Will, Nothing More, Nothing Less, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jan 6, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,510 views

    "Dear God, Your will, nothing more, nothing less, nothing else. ...read more

  • Govern A Family As You Would Cook A Small Fish ...

    Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Jan 5, 2011
     | 2,184 views

    "Govern a family as you would cook a small fish -- very ...read more

  • Limited Understanding

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 4, 2011
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     | 4,223 views

    LIMITED UNDERSTANDING Suppose I take my 2 year old to the doctor and he gets a shot in the arm and it really hurts. He doesn’t understand that the shot is to help him get better. All he knows is that shot hurt. And daddy just stood there. Doesn’t dad know how bad a shot hurts? Was he unable to ...read more

  • Cruel Grace  PRO

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 4, 2011
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     | 4,888 views

    CRUEL GRACE "Thirty years ago, many people chose churches based on whether the church believed and taught the truth. Today, many choose churches based on whether the church makes them feel comfortable. If a church tells the truth, it will gain some people but lose others. One out of five women ...read more

  • Redefining Sin

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 4, 2011
     | 4,386 views

    REDEFINING SIN "In recent years, and especially since the 1960s, the democratic societies of the West have been enlarging the boundaries of acceptable behaviour, in effect redefining sin. The sexual revolution of my youth dismantled barriers against premarital sex and encouraged open marriages. ...read more

  • Don't Hurt Yourself

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 4, 2011
     | 3,764 views

    James McDonald has a couple of sayings I like: "Choose to sin, choose to suffer." "When God says ...read more

  • What Do You Mean "I Love You"?

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 4, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,932 views

    WHAT DO YOU MEAN "I LOVE YOU"? Dennis Rainey interviewed a man who had been stung by his father’s filthy heart, his failure to love. As a boy his dad decided to leave his mom for another woman. The Dad kissed his son on the forehead, said “I love you,” and walked out the door. What could he ...read more

  • The Lecherous Heart

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 4, 2011
     | 2,126 views

    THE LECHEROUS HEART Malcolm Muggeridge, the famous British philosopher and journalist who converted to Christianity late in life, once told the story of when he was working in India as a young man. One evening, he went down to the river for a swim. As he entered the water, he saw across the ...read more

  • Buried Chickens, Buried Sin

    Contributed by Aaron Kilbourn on Jan 4, 2011
     | 3,988 views

    BURIED CHICKENS, BURIED SIN One of our youth, Andrew Plasier, shared this true story about an uncle of his in South Dakota and what happened a few summers ago. His uncle raised chickens, about 1200 of them, year round. In July the fans to the chickenhouse malfunctioned and stopped fanning the ...read more

  • Recovery Is Connection

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 3, 2011
     | 3,458 views

    RECOVERY IS CONNECTION Henry Cloud in How People Grow writes, "Virtually every emotional and psychological problem, from addictions to depression, has alienation or emotional isolation at its core or close to it. Recovery from these problems involves helping people get more connected to each other ...read more

  • Response To Hurting People  PRO

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 3, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,217 views

    RESPONSE TO HURTING PEOPLE In his book Soul Talk, Larry Crabb writes: "Which is worse? A church program to build community that doesn’t get off the ground or one person sitting every Sunday in the back of the church who remains unknown? A Sunday school class that once drew hundreds but has now ...read more

  • Get Up Stronger

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 3, 2011
     | 1,857 views

    GET UP STRONGER By the beginning of the nineteenth century, about three million African slaves had been transported to the Americas on British ships. People being stolen from their homes, ripped from their families, robbed of their dignity, transported on ships 3 decks deep, squalid conditions, ...read more

  • Miss Gad-About

    Contributed by J.d. Tutell on Jan 3, 2011
     | 2,202 views

    MISS GAD-ABOUT Years ago a man named Phillip Keller went from being a shepherd to a pastor, in his book on the 23rd Psalm he talks about one particular sheep that he had. Phillip took great pride in maintaining his fields, they were far greener than that of his neighbor, much better then the ...read more

  • Tear Down The Castle To Build The Wall

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Dec 28, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,339 views

    TEAR DOWN THE CASTLE TO BUILD THE WALL The story is told that years ago in Ireland a certain castle was one of the architectural gems of the Emerald Isles. It was called Castle Wray. The structure fell into disrepair and finally was uninhabited. As often happens, peasants from nearby began to ...read more