Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 8, 2009
From Wm. Barclay’s commentary: One of the great stories of the Christian Church is that of Telemachus. He was a hermit of the desert, but the call of God told him he must go to Rome. Rome was nominally Christian, but still the gladiatorial games went on. Men fought with other and crowds roared with
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 7, 2009
ROSEMARY'S RAG DOLL
There is a natural, logical kind of loving that loves lovely things and lovely people. That's logical. But there is another kind of loving that doesn't look for value in what it loves, but that CREATES value in what it loves.
Like Rosemary's rag doll. When Rosemary, my
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Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 8, 2010
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BECAUSE ONE TEEN TOOK ACTION
There was a youth group where the teenagers were challenged to try to reach someone in their school for Christ. Everyone blew it off. Except for one guy. He felt compelled to take action. So he did. He knew who he wanted to see come to Christ. It wasn’t exactly someone
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Contributed by Jeremy Lane on May 15, 2010
Hannibal the great was a Carthaginian military commander around the year 200 B.C. He is thought of as one of the great military leaders of all time, alongside Alexander the Great, Napoleon, and others. There is a story that says as a boy Hannibal begged his father to take him to a war overseas.
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 7, 2010
One of the great paradoxes of the Christian faith is that God wants us to talk to Him about everything that is going on in our lives, even though He already knows everything. So why pray?
If you’ve ever wrestled with that question, perhaps the thoughts of the 19th-century preacher, R. A. Torrey,
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Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jul 31, 2010
GENESIS 19: THE GAME
Genesis 19 reads like a VIDEO GAME. It opens with a powerful weapon in the arsenal - Abraham's prayer (Genesis 18:23-32) which provides firecover throughout the story. The two angels that come into town are the heroes on a RESCUE MISSION from HIGH COMMAND called "JUST CAUSE".
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Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Sep 17, 2010
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On the news recently a former federal police chief Mick Keelty went into the witness box to PLEAD FOR MERCY for the "drug mule" SCOTT RUSH who is condemned to death before a firing squad in Bali. Scott Rush is only 24 years old. He is one of four Australians who were arrested in Bali in 2005, with
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Contributed by Eugene Morell on Oct 11, 2011
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THE OBEDIENT MULE
There is a story about a farmer who wanted to sell his mule so The put the add in the local paper. One day a man from another community came to the farm. The two farmers got to talking and eventually they got around to talking about the mule.
The farmer who wanted to buy the
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Contributed by Brad Henry on Nov 2, 2011
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BURN THE SHIPS
In the 1500’s there was a commander named Cortes who was trying to conquer the Yucatan Peninsula for its gold. To prevent retreat Cortes ordered his ships to be sent to sea and scuttled so they could not retreat. How where they to get home? They weren’t--they would either win or
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FIRST THINGS FIRST
When Coach Bobby Bowden played baseball in college, he never hit a home run. His senior year at Howard College, he was the only player not to hit a home run. One day, he hit a line drive against Auburn. As he approached third, the coach was waving him on. As he made his turn,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Have you seen those new GPS guidance systems that you can get for your car? Some are built in (for several thousand dollars) and some are portable. You can plug them into your lighter or cell phone connection in your car. Then you can touch the screen and tell it where you would like to go and it
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Illustration: Joshua Bell, plays the noted “Gibson ex Huberman” Stradivarius violin worth $3.5 million. He commands $1,000 a minute performances all over the world.
But the Washington Post wondered what might happen if Bell were asked to dress down and play as a street musician near one of the
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Contributed by Don Hawks on Jul 10, 2007
There’s a story about a rich man who loved horses. So he bought about a dozen beautiful, powerful horses. He hired a man to coach and train the horses. The guy happened to be inept and wasn’t very passionate about training horses. After a couple of weeks the horses were getting dull and lazy and
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Methodist
Contributed by Gordon Douglas on Mar 4, 2008
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GOD IS MY CO-PILOT -
A few years ago someone coined the phrase,
God is my co-pilot.
There were bumper stickers available… other types of signs.
Having flown a lot I never did fully understand that phrase.
Do you know what the co-pilot does?
He takes over when everything is going well…
Or he
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Charismatic
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 17, 2008
Listen to the description of a spirit-filled life by the ’Sunday Times’ journalist Matthew Parris – a man, who is by his own confession, not a Christian.
“The New Testament offers a picture of God, who does not sound at all vague. He has sent His Son to earth. He has distinct plans for each of us
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Church Of God
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