Contributed by Scott Epperson on Nov 4, 2006
Illustration of Light and Darkness
Somebody has got to tell the world about Jesus and the worlds eternal fate.
Imagine walking into a cave and seeing all of the pit wholes and drop-offs and seeing the danger and possibilities of death and then some one turning off all the lights and imagine the
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Contributed by Mark Beaird on Nov 6, 2000
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In a sermon, Juan Carlos Ortiz spoke of a conversation with a circus trapeze artist. The performer admitted the net underneath was there to keep them from breaking their necks, but added, "The net also keeps us from falling. Imagine there is no net. We would be so nervous that we would be more
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In forty years of involvement in his church, Wilt Durant had led one person to Christ. You know what they say, if only one person comes to Christ its worth all the effort, right?
When he retired in 1992, he moved to Rogers, AR and joined Immanuel Baptist Church. One Sunday, his pastor preached on
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 27, 2004
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Healthcare has gotten out of hand. Many of us get our medications via the internet from foreign countries to save money. Most popular: Canada, New Zealand and Australia…medicine from…down under…
Healthcare insurance is so high that many people gravitate toward certain jobs mostly for the
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Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Jan 20, 2003
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"A religion true to its nature must also be concerned about man’s social conditions. Religion deals with both earth and heaven, both time and eternity. Religion operates not only on the vertical plane but also on the horizontal.
It seeks not only to integrate men with God but to integrate men with
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Contributed by Rodney Killam on Apr 18, 2003
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Max Lucado (as found in his ‘God’s Inspirational Promise Book’, but written for his book, ‘In the Eye of the Storm’), told this fictional story of an angel trying to find another way for salvation:
“He looked around the hill and foresaw a scene. Three figures hung on three crosses. Arms spread.
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Holiness
Contributed by Aaron Hand on Dec 22, 2007
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[A Christmas Poem]
The King of Kings, the Lord of Lords
Came to earth for you and me.
The salvation I could not afford
He paid for on Calvary.
What could I ever give Him
That would thank Him for His Son?
I’ll confess, and turn from my sin
And live in the victory won!
I often lose sight
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Baptist
Contributed by Clark Tanner on Mar 23, 2009
“Who will bring a charge against God’s elect?”
Here is where we have to back up just a step and remember who Paul is talking about and who he is talking to. When he says that God will, with Christ, freely give us all things, the 'us' consists of all those who are referred to in verse 28 and in
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Contributed by Mark Armstrong on Jun 2, 2009
A FEW WORDS
Imagine going into a bank, innocently filling out a withdrawal slip, and within minutes being arrested by the police. When Ron Schatz filled out a withdrawal slip in an American bank, he had no idea that handcuffs would soon be placed upon him. It took a while to straighten out the
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 31, 2010
HOLDING CONFIRMED TICKETS
Sometime when you're in an airport, observe the difference between passengers who hold confirmed tickets and those who are on standby. The ones with confirmed tickets read newspapers, chat with their friends or sleep. The ones on standby hang around the ticket
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Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 20, 2011
WE ARE NOT JUST ANTS
Broadway play: Spider Man
Green Goblin has Spider Man in his grip as they fight atop the Chrysler Building in NYC. It is hundreds of feet to the ground. The Goblin says to Spider Man, "Look down there Spider Man. What do you see? Look at all those people. They look like
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Methodist
Contributed by Francis Balla on Sep 24, 2012
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GET ACQUAINTED WITH HEAVEN
"The man who is about to sail for Australia or New Zealand as a settler, is naturally anxious to know something about his future home, its climate, its employments, its inhabitants, its ways, its customs. All these are subjects of deep interest to him. You are leaving
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Contributed by Jeff Van Wyk on Feb 24, 2013
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WHAT WILL YOUR LEGACY BE?
I visited the home of Elvis in Graceland, Tennessee. After so many years after his death, I was amazed at the crowds of people that take the tour and listen to his life’s story. The sad thing is, the story will never change, because he has lived his life and what he has
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Contributed by Selvan John on Apr 2, 2008
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Truth – have you found it…
Truth is contemplated, says Plato
Truth is reasoned, says Aristotle
Truth is variable, says the Contextualists
Truth is real, says the Realist
Truth could be real, says the Skeptic
Truth is inevitable, says the Investigator
Truth is subconscious, says Freud
Truth is
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Dec 31, 2008
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A PARDON MUST BE ACCEPTED
About the year 1830, a man named George Wilson killed a government employee who caught him in the act of robbing the mails. He was tried and sentenced to be hanged. However, President Andrew Jackson sent him a pardon. But Wilson did a strange thing. He refused to accept
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Contributed by Doug Lyon on Dec 11, 2006
Charles Fuller was a radio Bible teacher years ago. He once announced that he would be speaking the following Sunday on the topic of “Heaven.” During that week, he received a letter from an elderly gentleman who was very ill—on his deathbed. The man wrote: “Next Sunday you are to talk about
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