Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Oct 28, 2011
HE KEEPS KNOCKING ON THE DOOR
Despite their self-sufficiency, and despite their self-deception and despite their lukewarmness, Jesus is patiently knocking on the door of the Laodicean church anyway--knocking on a door of people who made Him sick! Isn’t that amazing?
I remember a lady in our
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THE PINK BUNNY SUIT
"Before I was afflicted I went astray; but now I keep thy word."
There's a memorable scene in A Christmas Story, in which Ralphie, who longs for a BB gun for Christmas, opens a parcel from his dotty maiden aunt. The aunt makes clothing for Christmas presents, and is under
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Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 11, 2018
Note: this story happened to me - Jim Butcher of Madison WV.
One of my favorite baptism stories comes from a friend of mine who owns a house on Heizer Creek. He had a nice spot on his property to do baptisms and told the nearby country churches they were welcome to use it anytime, which a few of
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Contributed by David Dunn on Oct 6, 2025
A little old saint who came to church every Sabbath and sat right down front.
The preacher was predictable. The sermons were steady, maybe a bit too steady.
But every week, that dear lady found something to say “Amen!” about.
Every time she did, it startled the whole congregation — because nobody
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 20, 2002
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In his book Celebration of the Disciplines,
Richard Foster says, "Why allow Halloween to be a pagan holiday in commemoration of the powers of darkness? Fill the house or church with light; sing and celebrate the victory
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Imagination lit every lamp in this country, produced every article we use, built every church, made every discovery, performed every act of kindness and progress, created more and better things
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Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 21, 2008
TONY COMPOLO: Ran for Congress because wanted to have the power to make changes. I lots thank goodness but then came to realize that the power of the church is in our powerlessness: Where making the
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In the middle ages–another time of global warming, by the way–the Church imposed penalties upon those who warred in the forbidden times. There were periods of respite from combat, when warring
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Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Sep 24, 2006
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Time magazine’s cover story this month was entitled, “Does God Want You to Be Rich?” The header said, “A growing number of Protestant evangelicals raise a joyful Yes!” The article opens with the story of George Adams, a man from Ohio who had lost his factory job. His reaction to the job loss
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Methodist
Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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Caterpillar Ugly, Butterfly Beautiful
It is a well-known fact that a caterpillar changes into a butterfly. The butterfly can truthfully say as he looks at the caterpillar, "Such was I, but now I am changed."
Every Christian has once been a sinner, living for self and the momentary pleasures
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