The highest honour a nation can bestow upon one of her sons is to name him “The Father of his country.” This is a title given to heroes as far back in history as the Roman Empire. “When a Roman citizen had done some brave, beautiful deed of infinite value and of noble self-denial, while soldiers
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Methodist
Contributed by Michael West on Oct 2, 2008
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Like a horse has to be saddle broke to submit to the rider, you have to be broken before God, admitting that you are powerless to bring down your Jericho. Being good doesn’t make it happen, it’s God’s battle, but being submitted will. The fact is, we need an army to do it and God has one. A
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Quote: “Martin Luther, speaking on the Sabbath, said, ‘The spiritual rest which God especially intends in this commandment is that we not only cease from our labor and trade but much more-that we let God alone work in us and that in all our
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THE LESSON OF "GEE" AND "HAW"
Amos 3: 3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
In 1974 it was my first year teaching school in Lee County, Virginia. To better know my students, I made home visits.
I had 44 students all day long. Wow, no wonder I thought about quitting?
I had a student named
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 18, 2007
Tell somebody, Christianity is about a relationship, not rules.
1. Religion is about rules.
Let’s face it, religion is hard work.
* A good Muslim has to pray 5 times a day. He or she will also fast for a whole month every year.
* An orthodox Jew has to use separate sinks for
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 13, 2002
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Hypocritically, professing belief, performing rote rituals, calling oneself a member of a religion without attempting to follow holy prescriptions, participating in church … with a “social” country-club fervor – these can all be an evasion of holy duty, yet another form of idolatry, as practicing
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2002
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Herbert Schlossberg, in his book Idols for Destruction, astutely observed: “Western society, in turning away from the Christian faith, has turned to other things. This process is commonly called secularization, but that conveys only the negative aspect. The word connotes the ‘turning away from
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Contributed by Tim White on Apr 2, 2012
SALVATION: THE THREE ENVELOPES
When a pastor was trying at assure a teen of her salvation during times she didn't feel it, the pastor asked her if she had ever trusted and called upon Jesus.
She said, "Yes, I did that."
The pastor asked, "Did God do His part and save you?"
She said, "Oh yes,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 18, 2002
[Neil] Postman explains that every scholar from Erasmus in the sixteenth century to Elizabeth Einsenstein in the twentieth confirms that reading produces habits of mind that encourage the process of rationality. By developing the ability to reason effectively through reading, one can uncover lies,
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Contributed by Saumiman Saud on Feb 21, 2025
FEAR DOES NOT MEAN COWARDICE
My Father in Heaven, I feel sinful, sometimes I get angry because I'm accused of being a coward. Honestly, I sometimes feel afraid to fight back, but deep in my heart, I want peace and friendship, not conflict and hostility. Forgive me, forgive me, O Lord. In the
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Donald Grey Barnhouse: "Abraham came to the ultimate conclusion that he was going to see a miracle because God cannot lie. He had said that this son would be the one through whom He would fulfill all of His promises. Therefore the son must live or God would be found false. And yet God commands that
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