Contributed by Michael West on Apr 2, 2008
Jesus was interested in people, doing good, healing, serving, taking the anointing of God for the right purpose—not occasionally doing something good
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Garris Hudson on Aug 5, 2023
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Missionary Jim Walton was translating the NT for the Muinane people of La Sabana in the jungles of Colombia. But he was having trouble with the word "peace".
During this time, Fernando, the village chief, was promised a 20-minute plane ride to a location that would have taken him 3 days
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by David Tack on Dec 2, 2011
WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH JESUS THIS CHRISTMAS?
Many years ago in the countryside of Bethlehem the townsfolk prepared for just another day, though this day was quite extraordinary. The shepherds were out tending to their sheep and the Jewish nation was feeling the restraints of Roman oppression.
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Baptist
Contributed by Tony Abram on Jan 10, 2007
Most prayers of the people of the world do not seem to receive an answer to their prayers. I believe God has a plan for the way we pray and what we pray about. For example, if we want revival we need to
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 16, 2002
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TILL DEATH DO US PART
In his address to the 1997 graduation class at East Stroudsburg University, U.S. Senator Rick Santorum told a story seemingly unrelated to the usual commencement speeches about success and happiness. This is the story:
A Baptist preacher in South Carolina wanted nothing
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In the book All God’s Chillun, the author tells us that when his little two and one-half year old daughter was chastised for some little wrong, she used to say, It
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United Methodist
Contributed by Larry Thornton on Nov 23, 2006
“God has no hands but ours??” God does not ask about our ability or our inability, but our availability.
It is not my ability, but my response
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Pentecostal
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The law indeed was given through Moses;
grace and truth came through Jesus Christ … (Verse 17)
If you compare the two, you’ll find that when the Law came down, 3,000 people died. That’s in Exodus 32:28.
When the Holy Spirit came down, 3,000 people were saved. That’s in Acts 2:41.
That’s the
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Episcopal/Anglican
Contributed by Phillip Weaver on Apr 9, 2006
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Do you remember the feelings of disappointment Dorothy and her friends had when the Great and Magnificent Wizard of Oz was exposed behind the curtain? Do you remember that scene? The Wizard spoke with much sound and fury, but seemed to have little substance once the curtain was pulled back. Did
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Baptist
Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Apr 30, 2002
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Do you remember the commercial that was running just before, and during the 2002 Olympics? The one that had snapshots of different people playing or watching hockey throughout the country? Everybody yells out “He shoots, he scores!” The tag line at the end is, “If we all shout it loud enough,
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Contributed by Lynn Malone on Jun 13, 2005
What purpose do these denominations play? Charles Spurgeon, great Baptist preacher of 19th century London uses an illustration. Spurgeon said:
“When I read [Genesis 6:14, about rooms in Noah’s ark] I thought it would serve for a point in the parable… Those who lived in one room did not stand or
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Methodist
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