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But, perhaps, the greatest piece is Fyodor Dostoevski’s book The Brothers Karamazov. The book is possibly the finest literature ever written by human hand. In it is found a chapter entitled “The Grand Inquisitor.” Ivan Karamazov is telling his brother a story that he has just written. The
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Methodist
Main Idea: The only thing that can wash away sin is the blood of Jesus.
Verse: “But we are all like an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags” (Isaiah 64:6 NKJV).
Illustration: A smelly man came to visit me. He needed a bath so bad. He wanted to hug me and talk to me. I
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Charismatic
Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 15, 2019
LOADED GUN
Let's start out with a story; there's a young man standing with his eyes glazing over with shock. His eyes slowly shift in utter disbelief from the still smoking gun in his hand to his best friend laying in the floor with an ever-growing red spot on his chest. His eyes fill with
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Pentecostal
Contributed by David Yarbrough on Apr 24, 2001
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We often fail to consider the gradual, cumulative effect of sin in our lives. In Saint Louis in 1984, an unemployed cleaning woman noticed a few bees buzzing around the attic of her home. Since there were only a few, she made no effort to deal with them. Over the summer the bees continued to fly in
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Contributed by Rob Clifton on May 23, 2001
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There used to be a show on cable television called, "Tales from the Darkside." The title sounds a little more sinister than the series really was, because I’m not one to watch scary movies and such. It was more like the old show, "The Twilight Zone." In one episode, there was an old man who
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jun 16, 2001
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C S Lewis, in his book "The Screwtape Letters", imagined that he could overhear what a chief tempter in Hell was saying: "It will be an ill day for us," the tempter says, "if what most humans mean by ’Religion’ ever vanished from the Earth. It can still send us the truly delicious sins. The fine
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Contributed by Dana Chau on Sep 2, 2001
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Someone told of a church that believed in sinless perfection once you trusted Jesus Christ into your life and were baptized. A visitor to that church heard this teaching and asked to be baptized. He was tired of dealing with his habitual sin without any success. Unfortunately, it was in the
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Contributed by Timothy Moore on Mar 21, 2002
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In the late 70’s Public school teachers polled.
1. Talking
2. Chewing Gum
3. Making Noise
4. Running In The Halls
5. Getting Out Of Place In Line
6. Wearing Improper Clothing
7. Not Putting Paper In The Waste Basket
Early nineties
1. Drug Abuse
2. Alcohol Abuse
3. Pregnancy
4. Suicide
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Baptist
Contributed by Chad Wright on Apr 25, 2002
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Throughout history, women have been treated by men as lesser humans. Athenian women were of inferior status, often guarded by dogs, treated as fickle, contentious, and uncultured in comedy. In Jesus’ day, there was a prayer said by Jewish men thanking God in this manner, “Thank you for not making
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Lutheran
Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 9, 2002
William Rathje likes garbage. This Harvard-educated researcher is convinced we can learn a lot from the trash dumps of the world. Archaeologists have always examined trash to study a society. Rathje does the same; he just eliminates the wait. The Garbage Project, as he calls his organization,
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Pentecostal
Contributed by James Botts on Aug 29, 2002
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In Edgar Allan Poe’s story, “The Tell-Tale Heart” the main character committed murder. Unable to escape the haunting guilt of his deed, he begins to hear the heartbeat of the victim he has buried in his basement. A cold sweat covers him as he hears the beat-beat-beat of a heart, that goes on
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Baptist
Contributed by James Botts on Aug 29, 2002
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The Bible says that we can miss God’s mark of perfection with our thoughts, words, or deeds. In commission (what we’ve done wrong) and omission (what we ought to have done right). Imagine if you’ve only sinned 10, no 5, no just 3x per day in though, word and deed (commission and/or omission).
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Contributed by Rick Stacy on Sep 23, 2002
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Last summer my wife and I visited NYC for our wedding anniversary. We stayed in Times Square which turned out to be both busy and safe. One of the most noticeable things to me in Times Square and in the whole of New York was that there were no dented Taxi Cabs. Not one. Not a scratch. Not even
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Oct 3, 2002
Lewis Smedes, a seminary professor and author of the book "Shame and Grace," tells in the opening chapter of that book of two different events, close in time that opened him to the reality of shame in his life.
The first event was a conversation with a close friend who, in response to Smedes’
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Church Of God
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