Contributed by Keith Broyles on Nov 24, 2008
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BLESSINGS FROM HURRICANE IKE
Tuesday I went out, by myself at first, but later in the day Cindy went with me, to check on many of you. No, I didn’t make it everywhere, but I did make it out I think to most of the communities where we have members. As I visited with folks, and even more folks
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Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Dec 4, 2012
“The Cave Dwellers” by Max Lucado. “Long ago, or maybe not so long ago, there was a tribe of people in a dark, cold cave. The cave dwellers would huddle together and cry against the chill. Loud and long they wailed. It was all they did. It was all they knew to do. The sounds in the cave were
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Contributed by Jack Kale on Sep 30, 2017
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Holding Up the Bridge
By now you have probably noticed the construction of the new bridge spanning the gap between Pensacola and Gulf Breeze. Each week new additions to the construction have caught my eye as I’ve driven those three miles over the bay. Tug boats, barges, cranes, heavy equipment,
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Text: [1Ki 13:1, KJV:] 1 And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. 2 And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born
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Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Aug 8, 2024
Warm Hands and Hot Pants
A Lesson Learned the Hot Way
As a kid, I was always up for new adventures—especially if they involved tagging along with my dad to the country store on a brisk fall morning.
The place smelled like fresh coffee, worn leather, and sweet pipe tobacco, and old-timers
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 1, 2025
[151]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – JEREMIAH’S DESCRIPTION – PROPHETS OF WIND
The catalyst for this poem was one verse in Jeremiah. It is Jeremiah 5:13.
The prophet always had awful opposition from false prophets, and the people preferred the false ones. Josiah’s sons did of course. Jeremiah did
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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False prophets and false Christ’s will make the scene in the last days. There was Prophet Jim Jones of the terrible Guyana tragedy on November 18, 1978 when he lied to his followers and convinced them (or commanded them) to drink Kool-aid laced with poison. 913 people were found dead, including Jim
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Contributed by Andy Grossman on Oct 4, 2012
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A NAME ON THE BILL OF RIGHTS
The Black Brigade or Black Regiment were the preachers, because they wore black robes. Black preachers, white preachers — they all wore black robes. And the British specifically blamed the preachers for the American Revolution. That's where the title "Black Regiment"
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Story from Insanity of God Tavian, pages 183-185:
Up four flights of creaking stairs, in a tiny apartment, we met a white-haired, stooped-over, shell of a man. It was clear that, earlier in his life, he had cast a longer shadow. He invited us into his apartment. The aged furnishings made the room
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jun 1, 2024
[008] MESSAGE FROM A POEM - A TALE OF THE FISH’S TAILS
“Take the line of least resistance; go with the flow; jellyfish that drift; leave me out of it; I see both sides; don’t involve me; I don’t want to know!” The world is full of compromise and it gets worse. We can expect no less from this
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on May 3, 2025
[096]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – FROM EARTH TO HEAVEN
This poem is one of rhyming couplets and the theme is “now on earth, but looking towards being in heaven with the Lord.”
Do you love the world? Well my answer is yes and no. I absolutely love the world, that is, the creation in the world.
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 21, 2025
[171]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – LIVING IN A COUNTRY TOWN
This poem is a little idealistic but it was written with the aim of a possible country gospel song. It is not my personal experience, though I have lived in isolated areas including in the semi-desert outback for many years. I can well
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jan 13, 2026
[262]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – THE ELECTION WILL SPELL EVEN MORE WICKEDNESS
In democratic societies people elect their national rulers, but what do you do when these rulers are all corrupt? How can you vote for them?
I know some Christians have a battle with this. Some just refuse to vote.
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