Contributed by John Gullick on May 18, 2004
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A philosopher of last century, Bertrand Russell was an outspoken atheist. He even wrote a book called Why I Am Not A Christian. When Russell was 81 years old, he was interviewed on a British Broadcasting Corporation radio talk show. The interviewer asked him what he had to hang onto when death
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Contributed by Tom Blasco on Apr 18, 2006
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Michael Green, in his book "Man Alive" says,
“Jesus made the most shattering claims in the course of His teaching. There is no parallel to them in any of the world’s religions. And it simply will not do to neglect them, as is commonly done by agnostic writers. Yet, if you account them as part of
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It is said that if you want to know what is important to a person, take a look at his or her checkbook (or spending habits, if you don’t have a check book). Money marks the importance of a particular thing to us. The New Testament reflects this, particularly in the teaching of Paul. He intimates
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Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 17, 2006
(Charles R. Swindoll, The Finishing Touch, in a book he had read:)
“A time to be careful is when one reaches his goals. The easiest period in a crisis situation is actually the battle itself. The most difficult period is the period of indecision, whether to fight or run away. And the most
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Contributed by Bruce Willis on Jan 5, 2007
Charles A. Lindbergh said, “We actually live today in our dreams of yesterday and living in these dreams, we dream again. A healthy church lives out of a healthy dream. But not all church dreams are created equal. Some congregational dreams are founded on hope and concern for others. Some begin
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Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 21, 2007
Certainly no one in recent history has been more of an example of “Christ transforming Culture” than Martin Luther King, Jr. In his book Strength to Love, he wrote: “The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state. It must
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Ill. Growing up my father always read the Bible after EVERY meal. Each week he would open the Bible to the place marked where he left off until he came to about halfway through Exodus. Then he would say ¡§A bunch of laws and how to build things¡¨ and then he would pick it up
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Contributed by C. Philip Green on Feb 13, 2009
We must do everything in the Law if we want to avoid being cursed. It’s like dangling from a helicopter on a chain with 613 links in it. That’s the number of rules in the Mosaic Law. Tell me, how many links in that chain need to break before you fall to your death? Only
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Contributed by Sean Harder on Jul 8, 2009
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BIBLE INFLUENCE?
Emperor Menelik II was an African ruler who defeated the Italian army at Adwa in 1896 and established the nation of Ethiopia. He believed that the Bible had the power to cure illness, and he would eat a few pages of it anytime he got sick. He suffered a stroke in 1913, after which
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Mar 10, 2010
TEENS ADMIRE...?
Have you thought lately about who teenagers admire? World Almanac and Book of Facts surveyed eight graders a few years ago and discovered that the top thirty names were movie stars and athletes. Not one admired adult was a religious leader, statesman, author, painter, doctor,
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 9, 2012
WHAT DOES "SET APART" MEAN?
Jim Book: "My fear today is that many churches are dying because the average person in their pews have no idea what it means to be 'set apart' from the defilements of this world. The church is many areas is so worldly minded, it is difficult to see any real separation
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 13, 2012
Abraham Kuyper: "Among the divine works of art produced by the Holy Spirit, the Sacred Scripture stands first. It may seem incredible that the printed pages of a book should excel His spiritual work in human hearts, yet we assign to the Sacred Scripture the most conspicuous place without
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jan 24, 2026
[276]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – THE KING’S HIGHWAY
This poem is a picture. It places all Christians on the highway to heaven, one I have called, “The King’s Highway.” We are familiar with Pilgrim’s Progress which was the journey Pilgrim took on his way to the Celestial City. In a pale
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 28, 2002
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I stand in awe of God because of what he has done through his creation. Only a rookie who knows nothing about science would say science takes away from faith. If you really study science it will bring you closer to God.
James Tour, professor at Rice University’s Dept. of Chemistry
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Contributed by Andrew Hamilton on Sep 29, 2002
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Douglas Coupland, who coined the term ’Generation X’, concludes in his book Life After God, "my secret is that I need God - that I am sick and can no longer make it alone. I need God to help me give, because I no longer seem to be capable of giving; to help me be kind, as I no
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
Lord Jesus, thou who art the way, the truth, and the life; hear us as we pray for the truth that shall make all free. Teach us that liberty is not only to be loved but also to be lived. Liberty is too precious a thing to be buried in books. It costs too much to be hoarded. Help us see that our
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2003
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It’s like the little boy who came to his mother and said, “Mommy, I’m eight feet tall.”
She said, “You are?”
“Yes,” he insisted, “I am eight feet tall.”
His mother asked what he measured himself with, and he pulled out a six inch
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