Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 15, 2003
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HELPLESS ON MY OWN
Philip Keller was a sheep rancher. In his book, "A Shepherd Looks at the Twenty-third Psalm," he says that sheep they require more attention than any other livestock. They just can’t take care of themselves.
Unless their shepherd makes them move on, sheep will actually ruin
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Contributed by David Haun on Dec 27, 2003
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Few [called by Christ] would have been considered wise in the world’s eyes. Few were powerful or influential decision makers. Few were wealthy. Among the earliest disciples, five were fishermen, one was a tax collector, and the careers of the rest are unknown. None (with the possible exception of
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Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Jun 17, 2024
Here is a wee question, is struggling with God a bad thing? Where is a person's character developed? Did the saints of God become saints before or without struggling with God, without responding to those things in the scriptures or the words of Jesus that offended them, before they repented of
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Matthew Redder on Sep 25, 2018
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The impossibly difficult instructions found in the sermon on the mount have often troubled me.
When I think about loving enemies, turning the other cheek, giving to the poor, storing up treasures in heaven, etc... I often feel like there's NO WAY I can be successful in the correctives Jesus
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 16, 2002
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The flesh is a built-in law of failure, making it impossible for the natural man to please or serve God. It is a compulsive inner force inherited from man’s fall, which expresses itself in general and specific rebellion against God and His righteousness. The flesh can never be reformed or improved.
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jul 28, 2005
When I hired a car on holiday I was given a diesel engine vehicle and was told by the car hire representative, "Be careful to fill up with diesel, not petrol, because if you put the wrong fuel in, it will foul up the engine and will have to cleaned out at considerable cost to you!" It’s the same
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Baptist
Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jan 18, 2008
When I hired a car on holiday I was given a diesel engine vehicle and was told by the car hire representative, ‘Be careful to fill up with diesel, not petrol, because if you put the wrong fuel in, it will foul up the engine and will have to cleaned out at considerable cost to you!’ It’s the same
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Baptist
Contributed by Thomas Morgan on Jan 21, 2004
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Several years ago I was in a Bible study in which we were studying the Sermon on the Mount. It was a most interesting study because of the diversity of people we had in the study. You remember that passage, “Blessed are the peace makers…”
The discussion centered on the situation in the world
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Methodist
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Why study the Bible?
There was a recent study by the Center for Bible Engagement (2009) where they polled 40000 people from the general population in the US. From eight to eighty. They just wanted to see how we were engaging with scripture. They discovered something that became the profound
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Sep 16, 2011
YOU NEED SOMEONE, SOMEONE NEEDS YOU
A rooster minus a hen equals no baby chicks.
Kellogg’s minus a farmer equals no corn flakes.
If the nail factory closes what good is the hammer factory?
Beethoven’s genius wouldn't have amounted to much if the piano tuner hadn't showed up.
A cracker maker will
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Brethren
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It is the Japanese who have created the best swords in the world. To create these fine weapons, ancient Japanese sword makers had to create a sword that was hard enough to retain a sharp edge, but at the same time soft enough not to be brittle. Sword makers who made swords by making the steel hard
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"The carpenter or plumber or painter, the butcher or baker or candlestick maker who would naturally prosper is he who does
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Contributed by Bruce Howell on Sep 19, 2007
Illus.: The Soap Manufacturer
A soap manufacturer, who was not a Christian was walking down the street one day with a friend who was a minister. The soap maker said, “That so-called gospel you preach has not done much good in the world. I see lots of wickedness in our world.” Just then, they
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Andrew Chan on Apr 23, 2002
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According to Stuart Briscoe: “The Industrial Revolution of the mid-19th century made it possible for many women to stay home while their husbands became the sole
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Evangelical Free
THE CROSS BEARERS
The Lord brought two of his disciples to a road. He gave each one a cross of the same weight and asked them to carry it up to the end of the road, where he would wait for them. After this, the Lord disappeared.
The first disciple carried the cross with ease, while the second
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Independent/Bible
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Shake it together! If we placed the parts of a wrist watch in a bag and began to shake it; how long do you think it would be, before it came together, and function properly? Both the world and the watch had a creator, designer, and maker.
The world did not begin as a result of a big bang. God
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