Contributed by Bob Gillchrest on Dec 29, 2008
Surprise is a metaphor for God's response to all Earth's heartache. God sprung a surprise on the whole world that first Christmas morning. The Jews wanted a big, burly, handsome, Messiah ready to gather an army and defeat
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Oct 19, 2009
I am what I have.
Who has the best job? Who has the best education from the best school? The bumper stickers that say, “My child is an honor student at such and such school.” Degrees and awards. Who has the handsomest boyfriend? Who has the latest and best gadgets and toys?
When I first saw this I
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Church Of God
Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Apr 14, 2007
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“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth,” so read the American astronauts – Andres, Lovell and Borman as they gazed in Awe at the earth from their orbit around the moon on Christmas Eve 1968. These three men experienced a deep
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Contributed by James Botts on Aug 29, 2002
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After spending 3-1/2 hours enduring long lines, rude clerks and insane regulations at the Department of Motor Vehicles, Glenn Vaughan stopped at a toy store to pick up a gift for his son. “I brought my selection - a baseball bat - to the cash register,” he said. "Cash or charge?" the clerk asked.
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 4, 2007
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Quote: J.C. Ryle in Foundations of Faith said:
Who can estimate the value of God’s gift, when He gave to the world His only begotten Son! It is something unspeakable and incomprehensible. It passes man’s understanding. Two things there are which man has no arithmetic to reckon, and no line to
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If there is anything good in us, it is not our own, it is a gift of God. But if it is a gift then it is entirely a debt one owes to love. And if it is a debt owed to love, then I must serve others with it, not myself. Thus my learning is not my own, it belongs to the unlearned and is the debt I
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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There was a perfect man who met a perfect woman. After a perfect courtship, they had a perfect wedding. Their life together was, of course, perfect.
One snowy, stormy Christmas Eve this perfect couple was driving along a winding road when they noticed someone at the roadside in distress. Being the
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Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Aug 11, 2009
BEGINNING AND ENDING
A Connecticut Baptist named A. Roger Williams (a modern pastor, not the one who founded Rhode Island) once preached, "It is true that if religion begins with the individual--it begins, but if it ends with the individual--it ends." [A. Roger Williams, "The Kingdom of God," in
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Contributed by Mark Nichols on Mar 12, 2008
Men In Black.
Begin video with Will Smith’s character at the training center for Men In Black. He arrives late. He says, “Excuse me, but why are we here?” A marine promptly stands up and says, “We are here because you’re looking for the best of the best sir!” Will Smith laughs and says, “This
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Chris Gowen on Dec 29, 2009
DEVOUT VS. RIGHTEOUS
A person might be devout, but not necessarily righteous. During the Christmas season of 2009 a Nigerian terrorist attempted to blow up a plane in Detroit, Michigan. His attempts failed. He was devoted to his
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