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A Jewish man had a son who did not take his faith seriously. The father warned him that if his attitude did not change, he would send the boy to the Holy Land to become a good Jew. The son continued to refuse and true to his word, the father sent the son off to the Holy Land. Six months later the
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Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Oct 17, 2003
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Chuck Swindoll in "The Grace Awakening" wrote this:
If our greatest need had been information,
God would have sent us an educator.
If our greatest need had been technology,
God would have sent us a scientist.
If our greatest need had been money,
God would have sent us an economist.
If our greatest
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Contributed by Clark Tanner on Dec 19, 2003
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J. B. Phillips, in his book, “Your God Is Too Small”, responds to an old children’s poem that says,
“Christian children all must be
Mild, obedient, good as He.”
He writes:
“This word ‘mild’ is apparently deliberately used to describe a man who did not hesitate to challenge and expose the
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Contributed by Scott Chambers on Jan 24, 2003
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Islam is one of the fastest growing religions in the world today. Dr. Harry Rimmer tells about a discussion he had with a Muslim teacher; comparing Christianity to Islam. He said, “We believe that God has spoken to us in a book, the Bible.” The Muslim replied, “We believe God has spoken to us
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Contributed by Richard Jones on Nov 1, 2000
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It’s like the Lutheran pastor who always started each service with "The Lord be with you." The people would respond, "and also with you.”
But, one Sunday the PA system wasn’t working so the first thing he said was "There’s
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jul 23, 2025
[140]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – IN DESPAIR BUT NOT ALONE
There is some personal sorrow in this poem and some of the poem’s content comes from experience, not a pleasant one.
When writing this – a task that was difficult because of the way I used the rhyme scheme – I appealed to the Psalms and my
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Contributed by Michael Elmore on Nov 29, 2001
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Missionary Don Richardson who served for many years among the primitive tribes in Papua New Guinea wrote a book entitled “The Peace Child.” He writes how in translating the Scriptures into the native tribesmen language, he could find no words to express how Jesus Christ came to give His life that
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THE RING
I told you earlier that my favorite Christmas present was given to me be a lady named Joan Ellis in 1982. Joan is now my mother in law. The gift that she gave me is a wedding ring. It was the set that her husband had given her on their engagement. Her husband Don died in 1978, and she
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 13, 2005
What is the first thought that comes to your mind at the name of Jesus? How would you describe his character or emotional makeup? What is your image of Jesus as a man? Isn’t He sort of meek and mild? One man said “I mean the pictures I have of him show a gentle guy with children all around.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 16, 2003
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JUST THE RIGHT WORD
“Defining Jesus,” said Max Lucado, “would be a challenge to the best of writers, but John handles the task with casual analogy. The Messiah, in a word, was ‘the Word.’ Be He a fiery verb or a tender adjective, He was, quite simply, a word.”
And I might add that He was “just
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Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Nov 4, 2004
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Thus, if we would attempt to good purpose the healing of men’s souls, we must go forth in the name and power of Jesus Christ, calling on helpless sinners to arise and walk in the way of holiness, by faith in Him. How sweet the thought to our souls, that in respect to all the crippled faculties of
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