Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Dec 26, 2025
[244]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – BEING A PART OF THE BODY
I would call this an unusual but interesting poem. The message is an important one though because so much is involved – harmony, nurture, compassion, serving one another, building up the Body of Christ.
The poem came to me with the first
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 20, 2026
[317]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - TRANSITION IN TIME AND ETERNITY
This poem’s title means the lifespan we have from childhood, through the years until old age, then after that lies eternity. There is a physical life and a spiritual life. The physical life we know but hardly anyone knows the
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on May 12, 2026
[348]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - WITHOUT CHRIST THE LIFE IS WASTED
This poem covers the two states of mankind. One of those is lost and one is found. One is salvation and one is destruction.
This is an examination of life and the two destinies. Both are considered. We live in a sinful world
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Contributed by Eloy Gonzalez on Oct 26, 2002
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I was reminded of just how much God does to preserve his TRUTH this week. A wee little voice on the telephone answering machine said, “I think you’ll want to read the Newspaper today. There’s a front-page story that you don’t want to miss. Here it is – on the front page of the San Antonio
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Author Zig Ziglar writes:
The longest 24 hours of my life were those after my daughter’s death. When making the funeral arrangements with her husband and his parents, I had to listen to a salesman who was an incessant talker and who told us 30 times he wasn’t a salesman. Twice while we were making
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jul 17, 2025
[135]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – I WILL STILL PRAISE GOD MY SAVIOUR
Some people find it hard to be joyous a lot of the time and get despondent over various setbacks and trying circumstances in life. In fact I do not know a Christian who at some time has not been through this. Honesty will admit
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Sep 24, 2025
[211]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – PANORAMIC VIEW FROM THE PINNACLE (PART 2)
NOTE: When I went to post this it could not be sent because it said the whole thing was too long. Therefore I had to split it into two Parts.. This is Part 2, the final part.
This is a longer poem. Some might find it
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Sep 26, 2025
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[213]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – PARABLE OF THE FENCE SITTER
Uncommitted, disinterested, neutral, indecisive, impartial, indifferent, apathetic – just some English words that describe a person who does not take sides and has no real opinion about anything.
When it comes to matters in the world
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 27, 2026
[325]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - VANITAS VANITATUM – PART 3 of 3
This poem begins with the story of a man who is committed to so many things but in the end he became worn out and finally could not find fulfillment in what he was doing. He began to despair and could not see the purpose of life.
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jun 6, 2026
[363]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – DON’T FOLLOW AND BE AWARE
This is a corrupt world and I think that is the general consensus among people, though the non-believers see some things differently. Jesus said something once that is hard to put into practice. {{Matthew 10:16-17 “Behold, I send you out
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
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Last year on December 3rd (2000) a homeless man by the name of William Wallace Brown, Jr. was buried in the graveyard of the prestigious St. John’s Episcopal Church, across from the White House. This would not be unusual except that St. John’s is called the "church of presidents." Since 1808, the
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jul 27, 2007
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The story is told of a man who requested in his will to be buried in a very unusual way. When he died, he wanted everyone to look upon him as successful, so he asked that after his death his body be placed propped behind the wheel of a brand new pink Cadillac, and to have a smile on his face and an
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Contributed by Karl Kruse on Jul 31, 2004
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A year ago at this time, I was preparing to head to Tanzania for a short-term mission trip. A few weeks before that I was back in Minnesota on a family vacation when my dad told me and my brother that he had prostate cancer, and was setting all of his affairs in order. He started giving away some
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Contributed by Hal Seed on Dec 4, 2007
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When the wise men come to Jesus, they bring three gifts: Gold, which is the gift for royalty, a gift for a king. Incense, which was for divinity, a gift you give a God. And myrrh, which is a funeral gift, a gift used for burial. Their gifts show amazing insight.
At first hearing, you might think
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Peter Johnson related this story in the April 14, 1988, issue of USA TODAY.
“Have you ever noticed that sometimes we get angry and remain bitter with people and actually forget why we’re so upset? Take, for example, the notorious Hatfield-McCoy feud.
“It hit newspaper front pages in the 1880’s,
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My daughter brought a caterpillar from school one day. We promptly found a shoe box and put some leaves and grass into the box. My daughter gently placed the little insect into its new home. We punched holes in clear wrap and placed it over the top of the box, so that we could watch our little
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There is a story about a monastery in Europe perched high on a cliff several hundred feet in the air. The only way to reach the monastery was to be suspended in a basket which was pulled to the top by several monks who pulled and tugged with all their strength. Obviously the ride up the steep
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Gladys Aylward, missionary to China more than 50 years ago, was forced to flee when the Japanese invaded Yangcheng. But she couldn’t leave her work behind. With only one assistant, she led a hundred-plus orphans over the mountains toward Free China.
During Glaydy’s harrowing journey out of
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Hudson Taylor, missionary to inland China, wrote this while under intense pressure and difficulty:
"It does not matter how great the pressure is. What really matters is where the pressure lies - whether it comes between you and God, or whether it presses you nearer His heart."
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