Contributed by Joseph Smith on Oct 24, 2000
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Ridgecrest is a large Baptist-run assembly ground, nestled in the mountains of western North Carolina. All summer long, every year, thousands of Christians come to Ridgecrest for training, inspiration, Bible study, and challenge.
A few years ago, during a conference, people began to notice a man
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Sep 10, 2025
[195]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – NOT IN DEGREES OR PEDIGREES BUT ON YOUR KNEES
One thing that used to frustrate me in teaching was to see really good teachers who did not get recognition because they did not have a string of degrees. The Education Department thinks the more qualifications, the
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Contributed by Stephen Belokur on Feb 12, 2019
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Try to imagine this. It is the year 1944 and Germany is at war with England.
Now suppose you have dual citizenship in both Germany and England and you are living in Germany. How will you be treated?
Conversely, suppose you have dual citizenship in both Germany and England and you are living in
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jun 8, 2025
[106]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – GOLGOTHA – WITH JESUS IN THE MIDST Easter Poem
This poem is an Easter poem constructed around the events played out at Golgotha. I called it Golgotha (the place of the skull) and not Calvary in the title because of this reason –
The word Calvary occurs in the
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Oct 18, 2025
[230]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - REDEMPTION THROUGH DEATH – NO OTHER WAY
The concentration in this poem is “No other way.” Why did heaven’s best, God the Son, have to die? You know I can not answer that. The omniscient God knew from eternity past what was going to happen. I can’t give an answer
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Nov 1, 2025
[237 B]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - SCENES FROM THE GOSPELS - PART 2
They are here to enjoy! Scenes from the Gospels are very special to me. I love them. They have taken a lot of effort, and many, many months revision to get them as correct as possible with the difficult word limitations.
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jan 20, 2026
[269]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – THE HEM OF HIS GARMENT
This is a short poem resulting from thinking about just what a small touch did. I can imagine this woman being hesitant and withdrawing in shyness, hoping she’d be cured but nor causing trouble. However the Lord knew all things. God knows
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Apr 29, 2026
[342]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - WHO IS THE NATURAL MAN?
The “natural man” is a term used by Paul in his letters. What does it mean? It refers to the state we were/are in from birth. It is man according to nature with no change in his spiritual condition.
The natural man is one who is a sinner
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 28, 2000
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think it was C H Spurgeon who had a lady come to him saying that she felt called to the ministry. Spurgeon asked about her home and family and when he heard she had 13 children he exclaimed, "Well, praise God, not only
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Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 1, 2001
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Some time ago, a teenager, Arthur Hinkley, lifted a 3,000-pound tractor with his bare hands. He wasn’t a weight lifter, but his friend, Lloyd Bachelder, 18, was pinned under a tractor on a farm near Rome, Maine. Hearing Lloyd scream, Arthur somehow lifted the tractor enough for Lloyd to wriggle
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Contributed by Brent Zastrow on Mar 16, 2001
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It is said that Cyrus, the founder of the Persian Empire, once had captured a prince
and his family. When they came before him, the monarch asked the prisoner, "What will
you give me if I release you?" "The half of my wealth," was his reply. "And if I release
your children?" "Everything I possess."
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Contributed by Brian Mavis on Apr 25, 2001
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INFINITELY IMPORTANT
"Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be
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Contributed by Ted Sutherland on May 29, 2001
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In Yorkshire, England, during the early 1800s, two sons were born to a family named Taylor. The older one set out to make a name for himself by entering Parliament and gaining public prestige. But the younger son chose to give his life to Christ. He later recalled, “Well do I remember, as in
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 25, 2001
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Jerome, the Church historian, relates of the Apostle John that, when he became old he used to go among the churches and assemblies, everywhere repeating the words, “Little children, love one another.” His disciples, wearied by the constant repetition, asked him why he always said this. “Because,”
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Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jul 10, 2001
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MATTHEW HENRY SAID, “When Christ died He left a will in which He gave His soul to His Father, His body to Joseph of Arimathea, His clothes to the soldiers, and His mother to John. But to His disciples, who had left all to
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 29, 2001
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Story of Encouragement:
Several months ago when I was seated on the bus at the terminal and going home from work, a woman showed a kindness that up to now I cannot forget.
The bus was still not full. I sat on the third row, by the window, on the driver’s side. It was nearly six p.m. but the
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Contributed by David Yarbrough on Oct 15, 2001
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I have never met a soul who has set out to satisfy the Lord and has not been satisfied himself. --
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