THE SUBSTANCE OF FAITH
Example: Give some play-doh to 2 people and ask them to create something out of that "substance"
In the millennia-old Aristotelian tradition, as well as early modern traditions that follow it, substances or ousia are treated as having attributes and modes or things.
This
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Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on May 1, 2012
ON YOUR KNEES
A young stranger to the Alps was making his first climb, accompanied by two stalwart guides. It was a steep, hazardous ascent. But he felt secure with one guide ahead and one following.
For hours they climbed. And now, breathless, they reached for those rocks protruding through the
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 11, 2025
The Workaholic’s 23rd Psalm by Ed Vasicek
The Lord is my foreman, I shall not rest.
He makes me mow down the green pastures.
He leads me to generators beside rapid waters.
He wears out my soul.
He shoves me to conferences for my schedule's sake.
Even though I walk through the valley of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 8, 2004
Professor and speaker Tony Campolo writes these challenging words:
In December of 1987, I had the wonderful opportunity of speaking at the great Urbana missionary conference sponsored by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. In the course of my address to the more than eighteen thousand collegians
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Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jul 15, 2007
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I was shamed this week as I read about the first time a Hindu chaplain, Rajan Zed, attempted to offer a prayer in the Senate. He was booed and shouted down by three Christians who bellowed out Scriptures to the man and anyone else who could hear. They screamed: “No Lord but Jesus Christ,” and
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Contributed by David Moore on Mar 20, 2008
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It’s hard to believe that body snatching is still going on. Of course during the 17th and early 18th centuries, body snatching was rife. A growing number of anatomists, keen to improve their medical knowledge, needed corpses on which to conduct dissections, bodies were difficult to come by, as it
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Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Dec 14, 2022
THE WAY IN A MANGER
To the tune of “Away in a Manger.”
The Way in a manger,
Was God’s only Son,
He came down to save us
From sin, we had done.
The world was made ready,
This child to receive.
God’s Gift sent from heaven
to all who believe.
The Angels around Him
looked down at His bed,
The little
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TOO SOON TO QUIT
Mark 11:22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
I heard a story of a weak, sickly man. The weak man decided to withdraw from society and die. The man owned a cabin far from any other people. There was a boulder by the edge of the porch, a huge boulder. He
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Assembly Of God
Opening Illustration: Song and clip from "Jesus take the wheel." This little clip we just heard reveals how prayer is only a breath away. It’s really more natural to pray than not to pray.
Thesis: We need to understand the importance of prayer and the impact of prayer in our lives. The song you
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Contributed by Bob Gillchrest on Dec 8, 2008
Did you read about the Pope's passing forgiveness on John Lennon’s famous statement when the Beatles were climbing the ladder of popularity and success in the 60s? He forgave John for claiming that one day the Beatles would be more popular and famous than Jesus Christ. Well, the Pope may have
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