Contributed by Ray Mckendry on Nov 4, 2009
In Isaiah 5 God says of the vineyard of the Lord, i.e. Israel, that after all that God had done for them, they acted unjustly and became corrupted in their ways: Isa 5:4 “What more could have been done to My vineyard that I have not done in it? Why then, when I expected it to bring forth good
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Contributed by Rick Crandall on Nov 2, 2009
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first men to walk on the moon in the Apollo 11 space mission. Michael Collins third member of the group, was in charge of the command module, essential for their return to earth, which circled the moon while Armstrong and Aldrin landed. The moon lander
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Nov 2, 2009
Some people think they are a wonder when they are not. I heard about a bachelor who was on an airplane. He saw a pretty stewardess and decided to get her attention.
She passed by and said, “Sir, you do not have your seat belt fastened.”
He replied, “Well, my dear, Superman doesn’t need a seat
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Nov 2, 2009
Two psychiatrists meet at their 20th college reunion. One is vibrant, while the other looks withered and worried. "So what’s your secret?" the older looking psychiatrist asks. "Listening to other people’s problems every day, all day long, for years on end, has made an old man of
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Nov 2, 2009
"Lord, I’m so discouraged
I don’t know what to do.
I have so many burdens,
And I gave them all to you.
But you didn’t take them, Jesus.
Will you tell me why that’s so?"
"The answer’s simply, Little
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Contributed by Guy Glass on Nov 2, 2009
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THE ONLY ONE PULLING
A guy drives into a ditch, but luckily, a farmer is there to help. He hitches his horse, Buddy, up to the car and yells, "Pull, Nellie, pull!" Buddy doesn’t move.
"Pull, Buster, pull!" Buddy doesn’t budge.
"Pull, Coco, pull!" Nothing.
Then the farmer says, "Pull, Buddy,
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Contributed by Guy Glass on Nov 2, 2009
Fresh out of gift ideas, a man buys his mother-in-law a large plot in an expensive cemetery. On her next birthday, he buys her nothing, so she lets him have it.
"What are you complaining about?" he
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Contributed by Paul Green on Oct 28, 2009
how about the story of a woman called Shirley who had a heart attack and was taken to hospital. And while she was there she had a near-death experience. She saw God and asked, "God, Is this it? Is this my time?" And God said, "No, you’ve got another 30 or 40 years to live yet."
So as soon as she
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Contributed by Paul Green on Oct 28, 2009
LOVE DOESN'T GIVE UP
I came across an article in the paper this week that had the heading "A Mother's Love and Determination." And the subtitle "Refusing to give up, Cynthia Teare helped her son to walk again." I caught my attention because out theme today is "Love is... determined."
It's the
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Contributed by Paul Green on Oct 28, 2009
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An older sister was sitting next to her younger brother in Church one Sunday morning unsuccessfully trying to keep him still and quiet. Finally she said, "I wish you would calm down."
"I can’t," he said, "it’s just
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Contributed by Paul Green on Oct 28, 2009
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JOY IN CHURCH
Then there’s the story about a little boy in church with his mother. He was a good little boy, quiet and well behaved. He didn’t cause any problems. But every once in a while he would stand up in the chair, turn around, look at the people behind him and smile at them. His smile was
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Contributed by Ray Mckendry on Oct 23, 2009
ANTS: Look at ants on an anthill. There they are working, suffering, dying, due for death and destruction. We might feel sorry for them, but we cannot save the ants...We have no way of making them live forever or of stopping their toil and suffering.
What if the only way to save the ants was to
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 19, 2009
JIM ELLIOT AND THE ECUADORIAN INDIANS
Jim Elliot was an American. He became a Christian at a young age and after university he became a missionary in Ecuador, South America. He, with a few other young missionaries wanted to reach a tribe of Indians who lived in a remote region beyond
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Contributed by Jasper Rains on Oct 18, 2009
John mentions three areas of sin here. I want to take a moment and dig a bit further to see what each of these sins really mean. I wan to try and help you see what John is telling us is of the world and will lead to death.
• Lust of the flesh: Putting our desires first. – Sex, pleasures
• Lust of
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Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Oct 15, 2009
SURE OF WHAT WE HOPE FOR
Saving faith has much assurance. Michael Faraday, the great scientist, was taken ill. When it became evident his sickness would soon result in his death, a group of fellow scientists came to see him--not so much to talk about science as to talk about death. One of them
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