Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Apr 27, 2009
                
                
                
                    CLEAR CONSCIENCE--BUT STILL WRONG
My dad had paid for a membership at Rainbow Falls – a fishing lake about 1 hour into the mountains from our home.  About our 2nd visit there, the fish just weren’t biting.  That happens at stocked lakes.  You could see them – right there in front of you, but they
                    
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                    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jan 3, 2010
                
                
                
                    HELL, LITERALLY
Now the word for "hell" is interesting. According to William Barclay, it literally referred to the Valley of Hinnom, to the South West of Jerusalem. William Barclay says "It was notorious as the place where Ahaz had introduced into Israel the fire worship of the heathen god Molech,
                    
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                    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jun 10, 2004
                
                
                
                    "Why do we hide things of value?   To keep them safe.  In some cases, because of their sentimental value, or their deep personal meaning for us, we might keep them hidden because we consider only a select few people in our lives worthy of sharing the knowledge of them.   Like some item that may
                    
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                    Hugh Lattimer once preached before King Henry VIII. Henry was greatly displeased by the boldness in the sermon and ordered Lattimer to preach again on the following Sunday and apologize for the offence he had given. The next Sunday, after reading his text, he thus began his sermon: 
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Hugh Lattimer once preached before King Henry VIII. Henry was greatly displeased by the boldness in the sermon and ordered Lattimer to preach again on the following Sunday and apologize for the offence he had given. The next Sunday, after reading his text, he thus began his sermon: "Hugh Lattimer,
                    
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                    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 21, 2007
                
                
                
                    As we faithfully serve the Lord through the power of His Spirit, the devil’s hosts will begin to attack us with all their might.  As a result, we may be called upon to suffer for Christ’s sake.  The veteran missionary Russell Ebersole was once greatly encouraged by the beloved Bible teacher William
                    
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                    Contributed by David Elvery on Nov 14, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    One of the finest steamers afloat on Lake Champlain in Vermont, USA was the steamer "Champlain.’’  Cheer after cheer went up when she slid from her moorings on the dry-dock into the waters of the lake.  Her machinery was perfect, her crew well trained, and the passengers on her for her maiden
                    
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                    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 24, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    The word translated as “vision” in the KJV and “revelation” in the NIV and HCS means, a God-inspired sight.  It’s not talking about a vision for the future, nor a picture of things coming later.  It refers to godly insight.  Godly insight about what?  According to the second part of the verse, it
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Dietz on Sep 28, 2008
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Authority vs. Power
Jesus did not just send them forward into their world with empty hands. He provides them with all the tools that will be needed to bring in this harvest of souls. According to Matthew's account, Jesus "...gave them power" [10:1]. The New International Version employs a more
                    
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                    Contributed by Jeff Van Wyk on Mar 2, 2013
                
                
                
                    WAITING FOR KINGDOM BENEFITS
My wife and I live in a suburban neighborhood and moved in eleven years ago. I did not spend much time in my garden because there were no trees against the fence and my neighbors could look right into the property.
I went to the nursery and bought some trees. They
                    
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                    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 3, 2021
                
                
                
                    One definition of the word irony is, “a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result.”
•	It is ironic, for example, that the most shop-lifted book is the Bible.
•	Every year ABC cuts down A Charlie Brown Christmas—a movie about
                    
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                    A Catholic priest, a Jewish rabbi, and a Baptist preacher decide to have a contest to see who’s best at his job of converting others to their faith. So, they each go into the woods, find a bear, and attempt to convert it. Later they get together and tell about their experience. The priest begins.
                    
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                    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jun 12, 2005
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    	The story goes that Mark Twain loved to go fishing, but he hated to catch fish.  The problem was he went fishing to relax, and catching fish ruined his relaxation, since he had to take the fish off the hook and do something with it.  When he wanted to relax by doing nothing, people thought he was
                    
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                    God Almighty is with us in human flesh, and we are liberated from the power of sin and death.  We are “more than conquerors through Him who loves us.”  The hymn writer John W. Peterson expresses it so well:
No one understands like Jesus.
He’s a friend beyond compare;
Meet Him at the throne of
                    
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