Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 7, 2002
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If the world were a village of 1000 people, next year’s population would be 1018. Twenty-eight people would be born, but 10 would die: three from lack of food, one from cancer, two in birth, one from war or crime, and three from natural causes.
Two-hundred people from this village would receive
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 11, 2002
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DEFINE MIRACLE
A miracle is a divine intervention into, or interruption of, the regular course of the world that produces a purposeful but unusual event that would not have occurred otherwise(Geisler).
Scholar, William Lane Craig gives us an even more simple definition:
A miracle is an event
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Contributed by Kent Kessler on Aug 30, 2007
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Three weeks after her wedding day, Joanna called her minister in hysterics. She was crying, “Pastor, John and I had our first fight together! It was awful. What am I going to do?"
The pastor, leaning back in his chair and shaking his head said, "Calm down, Joanna, this isn’t nearly as bad as you
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Feb 23, 2008
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A Christian who will not relinquish a hateful, resentful attitude toward someone who has wronged him is a person who knows neither the true glory of his redeemed humanity nor the true glory of God’s gracious divinity An unforgiving Christian is a living contradiction of His new nature in Christ. It
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Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 31, 2008
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SOMEONE ELSE IS PUNISHED
There was once a movie called The Last Emperor. A young child was anointed as the last emperor of China and lived a life of luxury with 1,000 servants at his command.
He was once asked by his brother, "What happens when you do wrong?"
"When I do wrong, someone else is
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 9, 2008
"So far we have seen that God is a real being who is perfect, necessary and unlimited, but nothing has been said about the fundamental nature of that being. Invoking the language of substances, we note that things that exist independent of mind are made of one of two types of substance (or of
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 23, 2009
GEHENNA
Ben-Hinnon is also known as Gehenna, a word Jesus used for hell. At the time of Jesus, it was a garbage dump, where a fire constantly burned, consuming the relentless supply of garbage from a large city like Jerusalem. Gehenna is a place on earth which communicates the nature of hell.
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Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 28, 2009
WHAT MAKES A CHRISTIAN
"The true Christian desires less and less of the things and comforts and pursuits and goals of this world, and desires more and more the things that are eternal, that are pleasing to God, that are divine in nature. What do you witness in the people around you who claim to be
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Contributed by Hal Seed on Nov 9, 2012
THE BIBLE MAKES YOU SMARTER
In a New York Times article dated January 11, 2010, the Times reported that the Jewish people make up .02% of the world’s population. Yet…
• 54% of the world’s chess champions are Jewish.
• 51% of all non-fiction Pulitzer Prize winners are Jewish.
• 27% of Academy
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 4, 2026
[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
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Contributed by Tim Harrison on Apr 9, 2002
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THE REFINER'S FIRE
The story is told of a group of women that met for Bible study. While studying in the book of Malachi, chapter three, they came across verse three which says: "He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver." This verse puzzled the women and they wondered how this statement
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Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jan 5, 2010
DO YOU REALLY WANT TO TURN IT OFF?
Too often when Julie and I watch a movie, I am forced to turn it off or over because of the coarse nature of the movie, particularly relating to the sex scenes. It is taken for granted that sex is a necessary part of most movies. I disagree! I don’t need to watch
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