Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Aug 22, 2007
Mothers are the first to teach the children. Those kids will mimic you; that’s how they learn.
A wife invited some people to dinner.
At the table, she turned to their six-year-old daughter and said,
"Would you like to say the blessing?"
"I wouldn’t know what to say," the girl replied.
"Just
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Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 21, 2008
A Gallup poll conducted some years ago revealed that 60 percent of Americans did not know what "the Holy Trinity" was. Sixty-six percent couldn’t say who delivered the Sermon on the Mount, and 79 percent were unable to name a single Old Testament prophet.
How is your Bible knowledge? Do you
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Contributed by Barry Edmondson on Aug 10, 2008
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A WALK BY FAITH
I have a friend in Alaska. Some years ago he was a rising executive in a large, influential business. Then God spoke to him to quit his job and go to full-time Bible college. He did so, with no guarantees and no looking back.
After he finished Bible college, to the amazement of
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Contributed by Scott Berry on Aug 14, 2009
MARRIAGE AND DISCIPLESHIP: LOVE IN ACTION
If a groom said ‘I wanna scrap that ‘forsake all others bit’, I’ll have a few affairs but it’ll be ok – I’ll come home to you most nights’ - its not acceptable.
Marriage is not about emotion or what you get from the other – its a commitment, a decision to
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Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Jun 10, 2024
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A bit of an aside, I can remember when I have pulled a few all night jobs out of necessity back in my power distribution days when a fault would require repairing, nothing like a 24 plus hour day to exhaust you. Lack of sleep is never a good thing, but in Jacob’s case it led to a change in the man
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Apr 18, 2026
[338]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - WHAT OF ISRAEL THE NATION?
Israel will always be a thorn in the side of haters and detractors and those who dismiss the great, unfulfilled promises for Israel found in scripture. In fact the Old Testament prophetic books are so full of prophecy such as the coming
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Contributed by Evie Megginson on Mar 27, 2001
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He made free use of Christian vocabulary. He talked about the blessing of the Almighty and the Christian confessions which would become the pillars of the new government. He assumed the earnestness of a man weighed down by historic responsibility. He handed out pious stories to the press,
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Contributed by Wayne Burnett on Apr 17, 2001
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THE HEART OF A CHILD
Whatever you write on the heart of a child,
no water can wash away.
The sands may be shifted when billows are wild
and the efforts of time may decay.
Some stories may perish, some songs be forgot,
but this engraved record, time changes it not.
Whatever you write in the heart of
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Contributed by David Whitten on Nov 29, 2001
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Two strangely connected events that occurred in 1865 greatly impact American lives even today.
1) General William Booth founded the Salvation Army and now millions are fed, clothed and given shelter in the name of Jesus. As Booth proclaims "A heart to God and a hand to man".
2) The other event
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2002
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I believe in miracle, but not too much miracle, for too much miracle would weaken us, make us dependent on miracle instead of our obedience to natural law. Just enough miracle to let us know he is there, but not too much, lest we depend on it when we should depend on our own initiative and on his
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2002
The ultimate violation of the Fifth Commandment is soberly brought to light by nationally known cases of children murdering their parents. One example is the much publicized Eric and Lyle Menendez trials of 1993. The brothers admitted to killing with premeditation both their parents with a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 24, 2002
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J. Paul Getty was one of the richest men who ever lived. You wouldn’t expect him to be envious of anyone. But Getty once said he was envious of those who knew how to make marriage work and be happy in marriage. Getty knew whereof he spoke, because his record was five marriages and five divorces.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 24, 2002
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The application of misplaced desires eventually becomes a cycle of addiction where stimulating encounters, relief, and the mad search for new experiences become ingrained in the recesses of the mind. The insatiable appetite to acquire, to own, to indulge, to take pleasure, to consume, is
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Contributed by David Swanger on Mar 15, 2003
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A young lady came to visit her preacher and explained that her boy friend was pressuring her to have sex. She explained that both were Chrsitians and she was getting to the point that she did not know what to do. Her preacher offered the following advise: "The next time that you feel pressured,
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Contributed by Jeff Simms on Oct 27, 2003
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Henry Blackaby tells a story in his book called “The Man God Uses”
about his son Tom. Tom was called to lead a youth Bible study in a small
town. Over time, God added more responsibility as a student council member
and then as student council president. Soon, he was called to a two year
mission
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