Contributed by Timothy Darling on Jan 26, 2009
DON'T FEAR YOUR CAPTURE
We may not see it clearly, but we are ultimately safe. Following Jesus may not always seem like the wisest thing to do, but the trap is the best place to be.
Think of yourself as a precious, endangered species. There are few of you left, but you are ill, and the
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Mennonite
Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 21, 2009
One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally he decided the animal was old and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn’t worth it to try and retrieve the donkey.
So, he invited all his
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Baptist
Contributed by Tim Hohm on Oct 17, 2003
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According to the experts, over a million more Americans slipped into
poverty last year. The numbers nationwide grew from 11.7% to 12.3%.
These figures represent real human beings. All of us need to be extra
sensitive
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Roger Nelmes on Jan 10, 2007
2nd law of thermodynamics requires that a “closed system” eventually moderates so that no more energy is being produced. Unless something is added from the outside, the system decays and dies. Without added fuel, the hot water in the
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Apr 26, 2007
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Satan has three lines of attack. First, he tries to keep men from becoming Christians. Then, if stopped here, he tries to keep them from being active and useful as Christians. And finally, as a last resort, he
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Baptist
Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 2, 2007
B. Bill Bright said: If America insists on being the major exporter of pornography, the major importer of drugs, and promotes immoral degeneracy, she will pay a price. God cannot tolerate us further. As someone once said,
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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One day a mom asked her little girl what the picture she drew after Church was supposed to be. It looked like a bunch of brown scribbles and some kind of big green thing sticking up. The little
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Bruce Emmert on Mar 5, 2001
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One of my favorite movies is the Christmas classic, A Christmas Story, the saga of a little boy named Ralphie Parker growing up in Gary, Indiana of the 1950’s. Ralphie has been drinking Ovaltine for months, saving up box tops so that he could send in a get a Little Orphan Annie Secret Decoder Ring.
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United Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
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Our forefathers were not so much thankful for something as they were thankful in something. In bounty or in want they were thankful. In feast or in famine they were thankful. In joy or in misery they were thankful. There is a big difference between being thankful for things and being thankful in
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Contributed by Aaron Burgess on Oct 7, 2002
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Billy Graham, the great evangelist, tells of driving through a small southern town and being stopped by a policeman and being charged with speeding. Graham admitted his quilt, but was told by the officer that he would have to appear in court. The judge asked, "Guilty, or not guilty?" When Graham
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Nov 4, 2006
I never enter this time of remembrance without my mind being flooded with another “fallen soldier”. I cannot forget the heart-wrenching pain of His mother as she watched helplessly as her only Son was beaten to within a hairs-breath of being beaten to death. He waged a war of unsurpassed sacrifice.
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Ronnie Knight on Nov 10, 2006
See the words spoken “Follow me and I will MAKE YOU...” Spurgeon explains it this way in his introduction to his sermon on this text, “When Christ calls us by His grace we ought not only remember what we are, but we ought also to think of what He can make us. It is, ‘Follow Me, and I will make
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Baptist
Contributed by Vic Folkert on Dec 1, 2006
In Spain in the 11th century, the following hymn, Adon Olam [Lord of the World], was sung in Jewish synagogues:
Lord of the world-he reigned alone
While yet the universe was naught,
When by his will all things were wrought,
Then first his sovereign Name was known.
And, when the all shall cease to
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Marianne Unger on May 22, 2009
PSALM 1 AND GAMBLING
If you go to the casino to find fulfillment and play craps, you’ll find when the dice are rolled, there are a possibility of 64 combinations for which you desire the outcome to be a 7 or 11 or snake eyes, depending on how you’ve placed your bets.
The roulette wheel gives
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