Contributed by Bob Joyce on Aug 30, 2007
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I heard about a little girl. One night her mother said, "Did you say your prayers?" She said, "Yes, I did, but I didn’t say those same old things to God we always say every night. I told Him the story of the
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We can’t be a servant if we think we’re in charge. There’s an old blues song by B.B. King called, “Paying the Cost to Be the Boss.” Jesus is calling us to something different when we carry the cross and follow him. We’re “paying the cost to not be the boss.” Being a
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Episcopal/Anglican
Contributed by Tony Abram on Oct 7, 2008
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Our churches today need to be a spiritual house. Many times our churches have become a social house where as one old preacher said:
We traded our upper room into the board room,
the fire of the Holy Spirit for a warm heater,
our prayer meetings for chicken dinners,
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Oct 28, 2008
The End?
Death, through our eyes, is 'the end.' It is that image of watching an old movie which concludes when the words "THE END" comes up on the screen. We conclude that the movie is over, and we move on either in laughter or tears.
Jesus presents a different picture. He doesn't call it
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Brad Beaman on Jul 21, 2003
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When the blacksmith strikes his hammer repeatedly on the anvil it is said that the same anvil will wear out many hammers. Those who strike Christians are creating boldness in the body of Christ. When Christians are persecuted there is more
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Contributed by James Chandler on Apr 5, 2007
We are here to display the glorious light of Christ in our lives.
We are to be like a city on a hill.
I always loved driving to Cincinnati and seeing the wonderful lighted cross up on the hill. The lighted cross was on the campus of the
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Sep 15, 2010
Patrick Henry, in May of 1765, stated, "It cannot be emphasized too clearly and too often that his nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religion, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason, peoples
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Presbyterian/Reformed
ON REVENGE
Jesus ben Sira, writing this Wisdom of Sirach not long before the time of Christ, puts it starkly. Because of the covenant God made with humans, we may not take revenge on our neighbor. It
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Catholic
Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 3, 2012
Pilate made a choice. Rather than ask for God's grace, he asked for a bowl. Rather than invite Jesus to stay, he sent him away. Rather than hear Christ's voice, he heard the
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Baptist
Contributed by C Jordan on Jul 17, 2007
“After more than 700 hours of studying this subject, I have come to the conclusion that the resurrection of Jesus Christ is either one of the most wicked, vicious, heartless hoaxes ever foisted on the minds of human
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 7, 2008
The sound of silence can be troubling and unnerving. But the sound of silence is also necessary for our faith and confidence in Christ to grow and help us truly live for the Lord despite our circumstances. Let
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Church Of God
Contributed by Lynell Friesen on May 24, 2001
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Dr. Barnhouse used this illustration to portray this simple truth to his congregation and I would like to share it with you.
A young man, suffering from amnesia, lived a new life amid his old surroundings; he could remember nothing that had happened before he fell off a haywagon. As he fell,
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Presbyterian/Reformed
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