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A missionary in Paraguay wrote, “While …serving in Paraguay, a Maka Indian named Rafael came to sit on my porch. I was eating and went out to see what he wanted. He responded, "Ham, henek met." Again I asked what I could do for him, but the answer was the same. I understood what he was saying but
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Contributed by Robert Leroe on Sep 22, 2002
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Eugene Peterson writes, “If we don’t want God, or don’t want Him very near, we can hardly be expected to be very
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Congregational
Contributed by John Quigley on Mar 1, 2005
In an interview with George Marsden, Professor of History, Notre Dame University, regarding the fundamentalist - modernist controversy of the late 1800’s - early 1900’s the question was asked: "What do you appreciate most about fundamentalists?" Marsden replied thusly:
"Fundamentalists are
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Larry Lea, who used to serve as a pastor in Rockwall, Texas, has a course on the Lord’s Prayer. When he teaches people how to pray this petition -- “Your kingdom come” -- he asks them to draw an imaginary circle around themselves and not to emerge from that circle until all their priorities are in
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Contributed by David Dewitt on Apr 2, 2013
TO BE GOD'S INSTRUMENT
Ah to be your instrument O God, like Paul to the Gentiles, like Philipp to the eunuch, like Jesus to the world, to be your instrument. To be like a scalpel in the gentle hands of a surgeon, healing and mending. To be like the plow in the weathered hands of the farmer, sowing
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Church Of God
Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jan 17, 2009
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Dr. Walter Martin states with such clarity:
"Into this whirlpool of stagnant human philosophy and perverted revelation came the Son of God who, through His teachings and example, revealed that there was such a thing as divine humanity, and through His miraculous powers, vicarious death and bodily
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Dec 9, 2006
I passed a church yesterday in Owen Sound that has a signed posted near its parking lot. It says, “CHURCH PARKING ONLY. VIOLATERS WILL BE TICKETED AND
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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The Gift of Us
Marjorie Tallcott was married and had one child during the Great Depression. The family managed to scrape their way through, but as Christmas approached one year Marjorie and her husband were disappointed that they would not be able to buy any presents. A week before Christmas they
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Contributed by Steve Ely on Oct 1, 2008
Encourage Someone Today
Dante Bartiel Rossetti, the famous 19th-century poet and artist, was once approached by an elderly man. The old fellow had some sketches and drawings that he wanted Rossetti to look at and tell him if they were any good, or if they, at least, showed potential
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Ron Crow on Mar 7, 2003
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A student once purchased a new mechanical pencil. After some time he found himself in the middle of an important test, and his pencil ran out of lead! There was a great deal of frustration and anguish as he wasted precious minutes going around to other students trying to borrow another pencil.
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Baptist
Contributed by Kelly Benton on Feb 9, 2006
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Has anyone in here actually seen the Titanic up close where it now lies at the bottom of the ocean?
We have all seen photos; we all have read or have even heard stories of the Titanic.
So I am sure we all agree that the Titanic is Real. In a sense, don’t we all have some sort of faith, that
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 31, 2007
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Lin Smalec writes, "I read recently about a children’s Sunday School class that heard the Christmas story and sang the beloved Christmas carol, “Silent Night”. They were then asked to draw what they thought the nativity scene might have looked like. One little fellow did a good likeness of Joseph,
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Jan 17, 2008
A salesman is driving down a country road when he sees a young kid in front of a barn. On the barn are 5 targets with arrows in the bulls-eye of each target. Screeching to a stop he runs out to the kid amazed that this kid could shoot so well. "Son," he says, "how did you hit all those bulls eyes?"
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Baptist
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