Contributed by Melvin Newland on Nov 14, 2001
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In "Acts 29," Dr. Terry Teykl relates that one day the mayor of a small city was driving through the city square when he noticed 2 city workers doing something rather unusual. Along one side of the main street, they were working steadily. One of the men was digging a hole in the ground, & the
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Contributed by Gary Huckaby on Jun 30, 2003
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Often when we sin, and get caught in the act by the Lord, and He ask us what we are doing, we reply, "Nothing!" "I wasn’t doing anything."
It is kinda like the time that I caught my oldest daughter (she was about 3 or 4 years old) eating jelly out of the Jelly jar. "Nikki, are you eating out of
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Contributed by Steven Cannon on Jan 15, 2007
Acts 20:13 We went on ahead to the ship and sailed for Assos, where we were going to take Paul aboard. He had made this arrangement because he was going there on foot.
Acts 20:14 When he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene.
Acts 20:15 The next day we set sail from there
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Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jun 30, 2011
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DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE: OUR IRREVOCABLE ACTS
Robert Louis Stevenson, in "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," set forth the irrevocable nature of every act we perform. Mr. Jekyll discovered a drug that would transform him into a man devoid of any conscience and therefore able to enjoy any vice or sin.
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This question illuminates one of those painful intersections between theology and church history: the canonization of Scripture.
Throughout church history, many books have been scrutinized by theologians, and before those theologians, other theologians, and before such, were the members of the
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Contributed by Mary Lewis on May 7, 2009
In a book called “Rethinking the Church,” James Emery White tells this story. He was speaking at a conference where he mentioned using contemporary music to help those who haven’t grown up in the church to receive the truth of the gospel.
Afterward, an elderly woman came up to speak to him. With
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Contributed by Paul Searight on Aug 24, 2010
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GRACE AND THE BOOK
Dorothy Sayers wrote, "If men will not understand the meaning of judgment, they will never come to understand the meaning of grace."
IF you don’t realize what you could have faced at the judgment - what your sins really deserved - you’ll never appreciate the
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Mar 20, 2011
THE LION AND THE BOOK
Two explorers were on a jungle safari when suddenly a ferocious lion jumped in front of them.
"Keep calm," the first explorer whispered. "Remember what we read in that book on wild animals? If you stand perfectly still and look the lion in the eye, he will turn and
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Contributed by Perry Greene on Apr 17, 2012
THE VILLAGE OF THE BOOK
It was early in 1945. As United States forces pushed deep into Okinawa they came across a village unlike any they had ever seen. Here at Shimabuku they were met and welcomed by two old men who invited the troops in as "fellow Christians."
Correspondent Clarence W. Hall
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