Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 1, 2001
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Martin Luther wrote, “I study my Bible like I gather apples. First, I shake the whole tree that the ripest may fall. Then I shake each limb, and when I have shaken each limb, I shake each branch and every twig. Then I look under every leaf. I search the Bible as a whole like shaking the whole tree.
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Contributed by Clark Tanner on Aug 26, 2010
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GOD'S ELECT
There is no indication anywhere in Scripture that when a man or woman first believes in Jesus for salvation, God says something like, "Oh, look! We hooked another one! Get out the book and write his name down!"
God is not taken by surprise, God is not waiting for people to
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jun 27, 2025
[117]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – HE BECAME SIN FOR US
This poem resulted from some discussion in one of the Christian forums on Isaiah 52 and 53. I was thinking into the sufferings of the Lamb upon the cross trying to capture the stark reality of that sacrificial death. Of course God blotted out
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"The problem with life is, by the time you can read women like a book, your
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Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Aug 11, 2009
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EYES AND TOES
There is a terrific story I once heard in a taped message from a marvelous Baptist pastor named Ron Dunn. Dunn's parable suggested that once upon a time there was a body where the eyes convinced all of the other parts of the body that the gift of SIGHT was the only important gift.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
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James the Less
Is supposed by some to have been the brother of our Lord, by a former wife of Joseph. This is very doubtful, and accords too much with the Catholic superstition, that Mary never had any other children except our Savior. He was elected to the oversight of the churches of Jerusalem;
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Contributed by Steve Malone on Nov 5, 2004
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Max Lucado says, “The Bible has been banned, burned, scoffed, and ridiculed. Scholars have mocked it as foolish. Kings have branded it as illegal. A thousand times over, the grave has been dug and the dirge has begun, but somehow the Bible never stays in the grave. Not only has it survived, it has
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Christian/Church Of Christ
On September 7, 1864, the “Loyal Colored People of Baltimore” presented a Bible to President Abraham Lincoln for his kind and humane outreach to their people. Lincoln gratefully responded with these words: “In regard to this Great Book, I have but to say, it is the best gift God has given to man.
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Methodist
Contributed by Todd Leupold on Nov 3, 2008
Timothy J. Keller, Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC, remarks:
"...when Jesus weeps, we see that he doesn't believe that the ministry of truth (telling people how they should believe and turn to God) or the ministry of fixing things is enough, does he? He also is a proponent of the
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Contributed by Rick Labate on Feb 19, 2003
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Money will buy:
· A bed, but not sleep.
· Books, but not brains.
· Food, but not appetite.
· A house, but not a home.
· Medicine, but not health.
· Amusement, but not
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