Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 22, 2010
CRUSHED FOR OUR INIQUITIES
Think about the Lord's instructions for worship in the Old Testament tabernacle. Some of the ingredients of the holy anointing oil had to be crushed before they were used, because until they were crushed their fragrance could not be released.
The crushing of the incense
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 22, 2008
Someone once said: “Here’s the beautiful thing: you don’t need to fully understand the Trinity to worship the Trinity, pray to the Trinity, and enter into the life of the Trinity.
They tell me that deep within the core of the sun, the temperature is 27 million degrees. The pressure is 340 billion
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 23, 2008
“In a market-driven age we are accustomed to think of every church having a special niche, of every visitor as a prospective customer, and every aspect of worship designed to satisfy the consumers. Paul was reminding the Galatians that the gospel was not a product to be peddled on the marketplace
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Contributed by John Harvey on May 31, 2006
“Everyone eventually surrenders to something or someone. If not to God, you will surrender to the opinions or expectations of others, to money, to resentment, to fear, or to your own pride, lusts, or ego. You were designed to worship God—and if you fail to worship him, you will create other things
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Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Sep 20, 2007
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How often have you heard, “Limited time offer” or “This offer won’t last long”? The idea is that if you don’t act soon you will miss out on this chance of a lifetime. The only problem is that sooner or later they are making the same offer all over again, or by chance you might even hear that now
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 2, 2007
Neo-Paganism today (over a million in US/Canada). One example, Hellenic Neo-Paganism. This is from a UK Neo-pagan website:
What Gods Do You Worship?
Most of us worship at least the Twelve Olympians, in either Their Greek or Roman forms, as well as other divinities (e.g. Gaia, Persephone, Pan,
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Mar 2, 2009
IDOLATRY IS ABOUT "GETTING"
William Barclay makes this important observation about ancient idolatry: "The essence of idolatry is the desire to get. A man sets up an idol and worships it because he desires to get something out of god. To put it bluntly, he believes that by his sacrifices and his
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There is a popular children’s show on the Disney Channel called Out of the Box. The theme song is one of those songs that, once you’ve heard it, sticks in your mind all day. It ends with the words, “Out of the box, it’s really up to you what comes out of the box.”
In the business world the new
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Oct 14, 2009
OBJECT LESSON: PLANTED IN GOD'S LOVE
Items needed:
Table
Seeds (enough for all listeners)
Large pot with potting soil
Set up the table with the seeds and pot arranged on it where listeners can get to them during the invitation, perhaps in the front of your worship area. Then introduce the
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Norman Rockwell painted another famous picture which revealed the value of being able to go and worship God freely in America. The two Big Wars during Norman’s lifetime helped him to be reminded of how blessed we were to worship God freely.
i. He painted this picture along with three others after
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Contributed by Don Hawks on Jun 2, 2002
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Most United Methodists are aware that one of our practices is the use of unfermented juice of the grape for Holy Communion. While some other Protestant bodies share this practice, the possibility of the practice goes back to the late 19th century and a Methodist dentist named Thomas Bramwell
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Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Apr 28, 2002
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For me, my belief in God was reaffirmed recently by something I would not have expected. While I was in England I visited St. Paul’s Cathedral. Worshiping in that great cathedral your eyes are drawn to the great dome. It is actually three domes, one on top of the other, with the highest and
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Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000
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I remembered a story Pastor Dan Rhodes told me. Dan is the pastor of two rural churches in Colorado and stays busy. Like most pastors, he has plenty to do, but by being the pastor of two churches, he has twice the committee meetings, and twice the worship services.
As Dan tells the story, his
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