John Bevere taught us from the “Bait of Satan”
They (Christians) think churches are like cafeterias; they can pick and choose what they like! They feel the freedom to stay as long as there are no problems. But this does not agree at all with what the Bible teaches. You are not the one who chooses
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Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Jul 10, 2006
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El Roi, The God Who Sees
Only used once in the Bible, Genesis 16:13, on the lips of Hagar. Sarah had given Hagar to Abraham to have children. This was according to custom in those days, but not according to God. After Hagar bore Ishmael, Sarah treated her so harshly, Hagar
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Charismatic
Contributed by John Shearhart on Sep 10, 2006
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“Taken individually, the events and circumstances God allows may not, in and of themselves, appear to be of any value or good to the Christian. But Paul does not say that each event is good or even that each incident will produce that which is good. He informs us that all of the events, working
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Dr. Warren W. Wiersbe is a former pastor of Moody Church in Chicago who
For years was the General Director and Bible Teacher for the “Back to the Bible” radio
broadcast. In A TIME TO BE RENEWED he summarizes a life of thanksgiving and praise so well in reminding us: “Some people are
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 6, 2002
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THE VALLEY OF HELL
It may or may not surprise you to know that the person in the bible who spoke the most often (and in the most graphic terms) about hell, was not one of the fiery Old-Testament prophets, or John the author of Revelation, but Jesus himself. 12 times in the gospels Jesus talks in
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Contributed by John Foster on Jun 10, 2007
If you are a marathon runner you are encouraged to eat pasta the night before the race because pasta has lots of energy in and the speed of release of energy from Pasta is slow so that you get it during the race just when you need it. It’s actually a bit more complicated than that though.
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Methodist
We should also note that single mothers are quite often in that position by no choice of their own, due to death, divorce or desertion. Some single mothers do a wonderful job of raising children to know and to serve the Lord. For example, “John M. Webb was born to Dr. Alfred Pellar Webb and Ida
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Baptist
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 30, 2010
WAG YOUR TAIL!
When missionaries in the northern part of Alaska, where the Eskimos live, they were trying to get the Bible translated, and they had some difficulty.
When you go to translate the Bible in any culture, there’s a difficulty in translating some words, because cultures and languages
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Brethren
Some of the other great lessons of the book of Jonah are:
• "God’s judgments, even when declared in prophecy, can be averted by genuine repentance." This is a "crucial theological truth relating human repentance to escaping from anticipated judgment" (New Layman’s Bible Commentary).
o "Jeremiah
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 22, 2008
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Guten-Something...
A book collector ran into an unbookish acquaintance who soon revealed that old books didn't mean anything to him. In fact, he observed he had just thrown away a big old Bible which had been packed away in the attic of his ancestral home for generations. He was describing it
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Daryl Bahn on Aug 28, 2001
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On one of his old history books, someone once wrote, “In case of famine, eat this book; it’s full of baloney! In case of flood, stand on this book; it’s dry!” The world sees the Bible in much the same
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Lutheran
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
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One-liners about Baldness
“Don’t regard it as losing hair. Think of it as gaining face.”
“The good man always comes out on top.”
“At least it’s neat.”
“God only made so many
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Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Aug 11, 2009
COLLEGE STUDENTS CAN'T DEFEND THEIR FAITH
It has been indicated that 80 percent of college-bound students who profess to be Christians leave for school and return home no longer believing as they did. Why? It was found that students were incapable of
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Mar 8, 2008
“Love for our neighbor consists of three things: to desire the greater good of everyone; to do what good we can when we can; to bear, excuse and hide other’s faults”. (Barton, B. B. (1993). John.
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Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Nov 20, 2004
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Do you remember your high school reunion? Many who attend the 5 and 10 year class reunions just want to impress each other with how successful they have become. By the 20th many have given up on impressing their friends and are just happy to survive. As you near the age of 40 you can begin to
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Assembly Of God
THE EASIEST AND YET HARDEST THING TO DO
Many were following Jesus, but they do not really want to trust Him as their Saviour. It seems so easy and yet so hard. D. L. Moody shared this experience.
One day he went to his little nephew house, who was then about 3 or 4 years old. He threw a
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Independent/Bible
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