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WHEN WE TRULY ARE THE CHURCH
Chuck Colson tells this story: "My mind goes back to a Christmas 20 years ago in Romania, when the country was still in the grip of communist tyranny.
The story begins with Laszlo Tokes, pastor of a fast-growing reformed church in the city of Timisoara. His
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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EVEN IF IT’S DARK
He was a strong man facing an enemy beyond his strength. He young wife had become gravely ill, then suddenly passed away, leaving the big man alone with a wide-eyed, flaxen-haired girl, not quite five years old.
The service in the village chapel was simple, and heavy with
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Contributed by Art Good on Jul 26, 2007
Phil Yancey writes about it in his book, What’s So Amazing About Grace? It’s a picture of what our church is, can be, will be, should be.
One of the pictures Jesus often uses of grace is of a wedding banquet. So this is what Yancey writes:
Accompanied by her fiance, a woman went to the Hyatt
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 20, 2008
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Christmas can still arrive when you least expect it, sometimes in the most unexpected manner. Dr. James Dobson relates a story of an elderly woman named Stella Thornhope who was struggling with her first Christmas alone. Her husband had died just a few months prior through a slow developing cancer.
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 20, 2008
Christmas can still arrive when you least expect it, sometimes in the most unexpected manner. Dr. James Dobson relates a story of an elderly woman named Stella Thornhope who was struggling with her first Christmas alone. Her husband had died just a few months prior through a slow developing cancer.
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Sep 4, 2025
[184]. POEM MESSAGE – MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL, WHO’S THE WORST OF US ALL?
This is an unusual poem I think, the name taken from the saying, “Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of us all?”
Here we have a reflective poem and a challenging one in our personal lives. There is often so
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Sep 12, 2025
[196]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – NOT WORTHY TO BE COMPARED
This poem has its basis in a few scriptures. This is one of them – {{Romans 8:18 “for I consider that the sufferings of this present time ARE NOT WORTHY TO BE COMPARED with the glory that is to be revealed to us.”}}
Those who are like me
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