Contributed by Gerald Albers on Nov 9, 2007
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if someone secretly deposited one million dollars into your checking account? But, did you know the million dollars would do you no good until you knew it was there? In the book of Ephesians there are many treasures, but they will do you no good until you discover that
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 26, 2008
The planting story : A little 8 year old boy was learning in school how plants grow, he was intrigued how a tiny seed can germinates in the ground and later burst through the ground, that week he attended a funeral where the pastor talked about the final resurrection of our bodies. Several days
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Baptist
Contributed by Glenn Durham on Feb 20, 2008
One of the most profound problems is: "How can justice and mercy be reconciled?" The law demands punishment; to set it aside invites anarchy. And God is holy — as Leviticus loudly proclaims. Ignoring our failures and setting aside justice would mar God’s beauty, like placing a Sharpie in the hand
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Dan Steadman on Mar 22, 2008
Here’s a clean, crisp, twenty dollar bill that’s worth $20. If I wrinkle it up, and scrunch it all into a ball, how much is it worth? $20. What about if I step on it, and grind it into the dirt—even tear it? Yes, it’s still worth $20. If that’s true for a piece of paper with numbers and pictures on
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
In 1961 the Soviet Union shocked the world by sending the first man into space. One month later America followed with a 15-minute space flight by Alan Sheppard. Everyone was excited, but that was only the beginning. On September 12, 1961, President John F. Kennedy made a bold, almost unbelievable
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
Some years ago, a painting was shown in a London art gallery. As you viewed it from a distance, it seemed to be a monk with head bowed and hands clasped in prayer.
But, upon close inspection, you would see a monk that is squeezing an orange over a small glass as he looks down upon it.
Could that
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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During the reign of Oliver Cromwell, there was a shortage of currency in the British Empire. Representatives carefully searched the nation in hopes of finding silver to meet the emergency. After one month, the committee returned with its report. "We have searched the Empire in vain seeking to find
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Contributed by Lay Man on Jun 18, 2008
Leonard Ravenhill said he could read Hebrews eleven everyday and weep over it. “Of whom the world was not worthy!” they wandered around, sojourning as a different race of men. “Not accepting deliverance!” Oh the stubbornness of their testimony and belief in Christ, they were not willing to accept
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Aug 19, 2008
Ranai Carlton said:
During Sunday school I was trying to teach the children that we all need God’s forgiveness. After the Bible story I asked on of the girls, "Lisa, when is a time you might need God’s forgiveness?" Her blank stare prompted a response from my son. "It’s okay, Lisa. You don’t have
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Timothy Darling on Oct 23, 2008
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Stay on the Path
On vacation I hiked a pass overlooking the Loyalsock Creek in the mountains of Pennsylvania. It was a difficult incline that I estimate in many places to have been sixty degrees. There was a stern warning at the head of the trail that you should not stray from the path. As I
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Mennonite
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When did you last hear anyone praying for revival, praying that God might open the windows of heaven and pour out his Spirit? When did you last pray for that yourself? I suggest seriously that we are neglecting this almost entirely. We are guilty of forgetting the authority of the Holy Spirit. . .
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on May 11, 2010
GOD, OUR LANDLORD, PAYS US RENT
Israel could have felt much like John Donne, who wrote, "We are God’s tenants here, and yet here He, our landlord, pays us rents – not yearly, nor quarterly, but hourly and quarterly; every minute He renews His mercy."
Remember how Jeremiah put it (Lam. 3:22-23)?
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Charles Wallis on Sep 17, 2010
70 Die and 200 Are Feared Dead as 2 Boats Capsize on Congo Rivers. Congo river boats are often overloaded. When the fire started and people began jumping overboard, nearby fishermen ignored pleas for help. “Fishermen attacked the boat and started beating passengers with paddles” as they tried to
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Pentecostal
NO FUTURE WITHOUT FORGIVENESS
Archbishop Desmond Tutu cited the crucifixion as his inspiration. Tutu, daily living in the shadow of apartheid, said that the newly empowered South African blacks readily forgave their white persecutors, because they followed "the Jewish rabbi who, when he was
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