Contributed by Ross Cochrane on May 6, 2010
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We have been waiting for the movie called "HOW TO TAME YOUR DRAGON" to come out in the cinemas. It is a kids movie about Vikings and dragons. The amount of advertising saying that it was coming was phenomenal. Talk about good marketing! Their target audience is children. Jesus has His own marketing
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Contributed by David King on Aug 23, 2001
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A burglar broke into a house and began to steal all of the valuable. At that moment he heard a voice that said Jesus is watching you. He was so scared he froze for a second. He regained his composure and started stealing again, when the voice came louder Jesus is watching you. He just about
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Contributed by Lyn King on Jun 15, 2002
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WHAT KIDS NEED
Today’s kids desperately need Dads who:
. . . play catch, enjoy tea parties or wrestle because the heart of a child is there and they set out to capture it.
. . . laugh till their belly hurts and tears fall from their eyes while secretly creating deep friendships and memories that
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Contributed by Michael King on Jul 20, 2003
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Sometime when you’re in an airport, observe the difference between passengers who
hold confirmed tickets and those who are on standby. The ones with confirmed
tickets read newspapers, chat with their friends or sleep. The ones on standby hang
around the ticket counter, pace and smoke, smoke and
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Contributed by Michael King on Jul 20, 2003
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STORY OF SHEEP
In the Highlands of Scotland, sheep would often wander off into the rocks and get
into places that they couldn’t get out of. The grass on these mountains is very sweet
and the sheep like it, and they will jump down ten or twelve feet, and then they can’t
jump back again, and the
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Contributed by Michael King on Jul 20, 2003
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In his retirement, Thomas Jefferson founded the University of Virginia. Because
Jefferson trusted that students would take their studies seriously, the code of
discipline was lax. Unfortunately, his trust proved misplaced when the misbehavior
of students led to a riot in which professors who tried
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Contributed by John King on Nov 9, 2006
Mark Morford (columnist at San Francisco Chronicle):” There remains this enormous and wicked socio-cultural myth. It is this:
Hard work is all there is.
a) Work hard and the world respects you.
b)Work hard and you can have anything you want.
c)Work really extra super hard and do nothing else
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Contributed by John King on Nov 9, 2006
Personal Priority Inventory (from sermon: The Foolish Rich Person, Sermon Central)
1. There is a time in my life when I made a decision to give up the things of this
world to follow Christ. ___yes ___no
2. If confronted with that choice today I would follow Christ even if I had to give up all
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Contributed by David King on Apr 23, 2008
Some years ago I was on a flight from one city to another in the company of my senior Pastor. It was an evengelistic trip and also my first flight ever. I was hungry before we boarded the flight but I had no time to get anything to bite for two reasons--one, I did not have any money on me and
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Main Idea: Sin is a big problem and that is why we need a great Savior.
Verse: “We all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath…” (Ephesians 2:3 NKJV).
Illustration: How often do you sin in your
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Contributed by Mark Krieger on Dec 13, 2005
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Satan tells you lies.
“It is a lovely place, my house,” said the Queen. “I am sure you would like it. There are whole rooms full of Turkish Delight, and what’s more, I have no children of my own. I want a nice boy whom I could bring up as a Prince and who would be King of Narnia when I am gone.
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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 Perry Greene on Nov 6, 2012
THE 10 TESTS OF ABRAHAM
Ten Tests of Abraham according to Maimonides:
1. God tells him to leave his homeland to be a stranger in the land of Canaan. (12.1)
2. Immediately after his arrival in the Promised Land, he encounters a famine. (12.10)
3. The Egyptians capture his beloved wife, Sarah, and
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Contributed by Richard Weinert on Dec 10, 2002
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A QUIET HOUR<p>
Amid the Christmas rush and noise<P>
Of Christmas trees and childrens toys<P>
Of gift and bow and mistletoe <P>
And presents laid out in a row<P>
We need to take a quiet hour<P>
To contemplate all Heaven’s power<P>
Which sent to earth our Heavenly King<P>
When angels in the realm
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 11, 2025
[053]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – DANIEL IN THE LION’S DEN
There used to be a chorus when I was young that went this way –
Dare to be a Daniel;
Dare to stand alone;
Dare to have a purpose firm,
And dare to make it known.
The poem here this time is a very simple one just retelling the story of
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