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  • Who Can Estimate The Value

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 4, 2007
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    Quote: J.C. Ryle in Foundations of Faith said: Who can estimate the value of God’s gift, when He gave to the world His only begotten Son! It is something unspeakable and incomprehensible. It passes man’s understanding. Two things there are which man has no arithmetic to reckon, and no line to ...read more

  • In The Late L800s There Were Just Two Deacons In ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 3, 2007
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    “In the late l800s there were just two deacons in a small Baptist church in Mayfield County, Kentucky. One Sunday, one of the deacons put up a small wooden peg in the back wall so the minister could hang up his hat. When the other deacon discovered the peg, he was outraged that he had not been ...read more

  • If We Set Ourselves Up As The Judge Of Who Is And ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Oct 11, 2007
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    If we set ourselves up as the Judge of who is and is not righteous, we’ll get it wrong as often as we’ll get it right. Through the years I’ve had numerous occasions when folks warned me to watch out for other people in a church. The amazing thing is that --- in almost every case --- the people I ...read more

  • Worship Is Giving God The Best That He Has ...

    Contributed by Ned Bartlebaugh on Oct 21, 2007
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    “Worship is giving God the best that He has given you. Be careful what you do with the best you have. Whenever you get a blessing from God, give it back to Him as a love gift. Take time to meditate before God and offer the blessing back to Him in a deliberate act of worship. If you hoard a thing ...read more

  • Moody Crusade: Two Men Came Up Afterwards With ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Oct 22, 2007
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    Moody Crusade: Two men came up afterwards with arms around each others shoulders and laughing, ‘Mr. Moody, you won’t believe this. We have worked with one another for 13 years and we didn’t know that we were both Christians until we both showed up at your crusade’. Moody replied, ‘That is some of ...read more

  • In The Second Century Theologian And Church ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 10, 2007
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    In the second century theologian and church father, Justin Martyr wrote to the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius c.155 ce, in response to 3 charges: (Slides) Charges: Sloth, Atheism, Cannibalism “Everywhere we [Christians], more readily than all men, endeavor to pay to those appointed by you the taxes ...read more

  • C. S. Lewis Explains The Conflict In The Four ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jan 19, 2008
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    C. S. Lewis explains the conflict in The Four Loves. Anyone who has ever taught or attempted to lead others knows the tendency in all of us toward exaggerating our depth of character while treating leniently our flaws. The Bible calls this tendency hypocrisy. We consciously or subconsciously put ...read more

  • When We Reach For The Sponge That We Use To Wipe ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 5, 2008
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    When we reach for the sponge that we use to wipe off the counter, the first thing we do is get the sponge wet, because the sponge is crispy and crusty and hard and brittle, and we can’t use the sponge for anything until we get it wet. People come with crusty and hard hearts. Take that hard heart ...read more

  • The Law Of Familiarity Reads: "All Things Of ...

    Contributed by Matthew Sullivan on Feb 19, 2008
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    The Law of Familiarity reads: “All things of value will, with the passage of enough time, be taken for granted.” It is very difficult to keep intensity for a long period of time. This is true in driving a car. When we first drive, we are so cautious. We keep our hands at 10 & 2. But it’s ...read more

  • Two Men Were Once Discussing Why It Is That You ...

    Contributed by John Cuddeford on Feb 22, 2008
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    Two men were once discussing why it is that you cannot see the stars by day. The stars are still there. One man maintained that they could be seen if one went far enough down in a well. The other denied the proposition but permitted himself to be lowered into the well. After he had been lowered a ...read more

  • After The Service Was Over, A Young Man Was ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Mar 9, 2008
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    After the service was over, a young man was sitting off to the side of a group. This young man had been in some trouble and was going the wrong direction, but was trying to turn around. The pastor went up to him and asked him about his commitment to God. The young man responded, "I have always ...read more

  • A New York Times Examination Of Lottery ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
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    A New York Times examination of lottery documents, as well as interviews with lottery administrators and analysts, finds that lotteries accounted for less than 1% to 5% of the total revenue for K-12 education last year in the 23 states that use lottery money for schools. Most of the money raised by ...read more

  • A Young Lady Was Calling To Get An Appointment ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jul 8, 2008
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    A young lady was calling to get an appointment for a massage. She called information to get the number for "Angels Touch Massage." She called the number and asked for prices. The person on the other end said "I would be glad to give you a massage, but I don’t think you would want a massage from ...read more

  • Good ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
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    GOOD FIGHTS A good fight with your spouse may be good for your health, according to preliminary results of a University of Michigan 17-year study. The study looked at how suppressed anger and the resulting buildup of resentment in a marriage affect overall mortality rates. Couples in which both ...read more

  • In Atlanta An 84-Year-Old Widow Became Quite ...

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Aug 25, 2008
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    In Atlanta an 84-year-old widow became quite bored with watching TV and reading the paper. She decided that she wanted to minister to others. She took out a small add in the paper which read, “Pianist will play hymns over the phone to shut-ins”. Within 3 days of issuing the add, she had received ...read more

  • Make It So

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 8, 2008
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    Make It So As a child, I remember when the original Star Trek program was introduced. Although we had a black and white television, the word was that those with color TV's could see that Mr. Spock was greenish. Marylu and I watched Star Trek, the Next Generation, but none of the other spin offs ...read more

  • Elf

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Dec 1, 2008
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    ELF In the Christmas movie Elf the title character discovers he was a human baby raised by elves. He travels back to New York City to find his bio-dad, in the process learns, and teaches others about caring. Will Ferrell describes his journey by saying, "I passed through the seven levels of the ...read more

  • I Came Across This True Account From Reader's ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 5, 2009
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    I came across this true account from Reader’s Digest: My cell phone quit as I tried to let my wife know that I was caught in freeway gridlock and would be late for our anniversary dinner. I wrote a message on my laptop asking other motorists to call her, printed it on a portable inkjet and taped ...read more

  • The Famous Architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
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    The famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, designed some unusual buildings. On a university campus in Florida stands a library designed by Wright with an extremely low ceiling, so low that if you are six feet tall and not careful, you keep bumping your head. A man who was having this trouble asked ...read more

  • Read The Instructions

    Contributed by Steve Smith on Jan 25, 2009
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    READ THE INSTRUCTIONS Debbie's laptop broke several months ago, causing some frustration. We couldn't afford right now to put it in the shop, so we decided to attempt repair. We found a hard drive for really a great price, so we purchased and installed it into the drive bay. Suppose I failed to ...read more