Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Apr 1, 2025
[071]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – EXCERPTS FROM CERTAIN PSALMS PART 2 – PSALMS 81, 37
{{Psalm 7:17 “I will give thanks to the LORD according to His righteousness, AND WILL SING PRAISE to the name of the LORD Most High.”}}
We have here PART 2 of the postings in illustrations that feature a series
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Charles Allen has a satirical comment on bearing one another's burdens:
"I was hungry, and you formed a humanities club and discussed my hunger.
I was imprisoned, and you crept off quietly to your chapel in the cellar and prayed for my release.
I was naked, and in your mind you
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Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Sep 26, 2025
The Pastor
A Most Unusual Man
(Dedicated to all who have answered the call to preach)
The phone rings: another urgent call,
but he’s ready, the task to meet;
kisses his wife a quick goodbye
and hurries down the street.
A neighbor watches as he goes,
thoughts running through his head:
He's
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Contributed by Tony Miano on May 21, 2001
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“Ken Walker writes in Christian Reader that in the 1995 college football season 6-foot-2-inch, 280-pound Clay Shiver, who played center for the Florida State Seminoles, was regarded as one of the best in the nation. In fact, one magazine wanted to name him to their preseason All-American football
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Contributed by Edward Frey on Jul 18, 2001
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There’s another beautiful picture of baptism given here: “For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.” Did you catch it? Baptism clothes us with Christ. We’re wrapped up in Jesus and all of his goodness in baptism. We’re clothed with his work and his
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006
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Abilene Christian University researchers, Dr. David Lewis and Dr. Carley Dodd have recently concluded a cross-generational study (six different tests) to measure fathers’ positive and negative influences upon teens’ spirituality. The found that "every time" dad’s role "as teacher came out be the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2011
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PRAYER AND PRESIDENT LINCOLN
A clergyman from New York, during a call on President Lincoln at the White House, said: "I have not come to ask any favors of you, Mr. President; I have only come to say that the loyal people of the North are sustaining you and will continue to do so. We are giving you
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There is a scene in the Civil War motion picture, "Gods and Generals", that is telling. The movie follows the rise and fall of Civil War hero General Thomas Jackson, and does not try to hide his Christianity. Throughout the picture, Jackson's dependence on God is shown, but never
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Contributed by Brian Mavis on Oct 27, 2000
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You share Christ by imitating Christ. A story is told – by Fredrick Beuchner I believe – called “The Happy Hypocrite." It is a story about a man who was born with an awful facial deformity. He grew up alone and lonely. When reaching adulthood, he decided to move from his town to begin a new life.
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A great evangelist, Dr. Chapman, has often told an amazing story about himself. He had been in business and became minister of a great church in Philadelphia. One Monday he was more than usually dispirited. (Mondays are hard on pastors!).
The Sunday had been a poor one, and he felt, as ministers
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I believe that God called me to preach in the summer of my freshman year in high school. He gave me a dream about one of my best friends who was somewhere in eternity screaming in pain: He was crying out to me, "You never told me. You never told me! Larry, you talked to me about baseball.
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Susannah Spurgeon (née Thompson; January 15, 1832 – October 22, 1903) was a British author and the devoted wife of Charles Spurgeon. Let’s delve into her remarkable life:
Marriage and Family:
Susannah Thompson married Charles Spurgeon on January 8, 1856. They were blessed with twin sons,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 15, 2003
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HELPLESS ON MY OWN
Philip Keller was a sheep rancher. In his book, "A Shepherd Looks at the Twenty-third Psalm," he says that sheep they require more attention than any other livestock. They just can’t take care of themselves.
Unless their shepherd makes them move on, sheep will actually ruin
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Contributed by Mark Roper on Apr 8, 2008
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Brother George Honeycutt tells a real life adventure story about a friend of his who refused to surrender to preach the word of God.
During WWII his friend was aboard a destroyer in the North Atlantic, when torpedoes were spotted rapidly approaching his ship. His Friend prayed “Lord I’ll preach
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Sep 21, 2025
[208]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – OUR GOD IS OUR STRENGTH
{{Psalm 81:6-10 “I relieved his SHOULDER of the burden. His hands were freed from the basket.
Psa. 81:7 YOU CALLED IN TROUBLE, AND I RESCUED YOU. I answered you in THE HIDING PLACE of thunder. I proved you at the waters of Meribah.
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jul 30, 2025
[148]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – EGYPT, ISRAEL AND THE REED SEA VICTORY
This poem resulted from a special touch of the Lord from His word to me in 1997 when passing through an uncertain time, and facing a strong injustice I could not resolve. There are times when we must wait for God’s hand
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