Contributed by Rick Stacy on Nov 13, 2005
Some people are “EGR’s” (Extra Grace Required). They just demand more grace from us. This is patience.
Let me tell you about a man named Jack. He was a believer in the Lake Superior Christian Church where I ministered in Marquette. Jack had “Turrets’ Syndrome” and often couldn’t control his
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Contributed by Brian La Croix on Jun 10, 2009
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John Newton, the writer of Amazing Grace, said –
"What will it profit a man if he gains his cause, and silences his adversary, if at the same time he loses that humble, tender frame of spirit in which the Lord
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 9, 2008
Martin Luther said: "Grace releases sin, and peace makes the conscience quiet. The two fiends that torment us are sin and conscience. But Christ has vanquished these two monsters, and trodden them under foot, both in this world, and in the world to come."
(Source: Barton,
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It is like finding a friend playing Marco Polo. Explain invited to friend’s house, blindfolded in the pool. You would never find the person unless they responded. Only imagine you were in the pool looking but the other person was not even in the pool, or even on the planet. Without God’s help, we
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Baptist
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Apr 16, 2001
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Now I can’t find this in the Bible, but perhaps you’ve heard the story that before Eve was created, God was talking with Adam. He said, “You really need a helper, don’t you?” And Adam answered, “Yeah, I really do.”
So God said, “What if I make a woman? She’ll be perfect for you. She’ll be
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Contributed by Bruce Landry on Jan 15, 2007
We find ourselves in an interesting time in our churches history again.
We are losing for a season Sherrie, Becky and the kids, this after just losing David, Juliann and Wyatt, boy it would be easy to lose heart.
Yet God keeps giving me great expectation for this upcoming year, something that
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"It is my joy in life to find At every turning of the road The strong arms of a comrade kind To help me onward with my load. And since I have no gold to give And love alone can make amends, My
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Contributed by Dale Krueger on Feb 7, 2009
Simon finds him and in effect says, “Master, let’s get this show on the road, for everybody wants a piece of the action.” But Jesus knew that they were after him for the wrong reasons, for the glory of the miraculous, not for the message of the Kingdom of God. He responds, as Phillips
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2002
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No Matter What
Two long-time golfing buddies got to the course and decided they would play the ball where it lies, no matter what!
On the 14th hole, one of them sliced his drive and it ended up on the cart path. As he reached down to pick up his ball to get relief, his friend said, "Wait a
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Contributed by Jonathan Busch on Dec 22, 2002
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It has been said that Christians use Christ as a crutch. If that be the case than so be it, I have to use a crutch.
But crutches are used to for use purposes…
1) To ease the pain
2) To bring allow healing
My challenge to those who make the claim that Christians are weak and use the church as a
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Pentecostal
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The slum district of Manila is already overcrowded, but a gold rush has made it worse. It all started when 15-year-old Alfredo Gallo, who was combing the riverbed that runs through the Philippine capital, found a chunk of gold. His father immediately sold the nugget for about $500 and bought a
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