Contributed by Thomas Cash on Jul 25, 2011
I'M THE GREATEST!
"I’m the greatest batter in the world!" Such was the cry of a self-confident little boy swinging his bat in the back yard. Once, twice, and three times he could not connect with the ball. Dejectedly, he set his bat down. But then his eyes
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Contributed by David Simpson on Jan 30, 2018
Dr. John Geddie, a Presbyterian missionary, went to Aneityum, an island in the South Pacific in 1848 and worked there for God for 24 years. On a tablet erected to his memory in the church where he preached, these words are inscribed:
When he landed, in 1848, there were no Christians. When he
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Edgar A. Guest was born in Birmingham, England, became a United States citizen in 1902, and eventually received the title “Poet Laureate of Michigan.” His poem “Sermons We See,” drives home the urgency of being a good, Christlike role model for others to follow:
I’d rather see a sermon
than hear
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Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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Caterpillar Ugly, Butterfly Beautiful
It is a well-known fact that a caterpillar changes into a butterfly. The butterfly can truthfully say as he looks at the caterpillar, "Such was I, but now I am changed."
Every Christian has once been a sinner, living for self and the momentary pleasures
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Contributed by Danny Rogers on Nov 29, 2006
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There have been times when we have gone to a high school football/basketball game and the kids asked for some money to buy candy. I gave them $5 and they returned with some candy. I ask for a piece and their answer is “no.” Here is what they don’t realize. First – I could take the candy away and
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 31, 2002
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The Bible defines worldliness by centering morality where we intuitively know it should be. Worldliness is the lust of the flesh (a passion for sensual satisfaction), the lust of the eyes (an inordinate desire for the finer things of life), and the pride of life (self-satisfaction in who we are,
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jan 13, 2003
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The Bible defines worldliness by centering morality where we intuitively know it should be. Worldliness is the lust of the flesh (a passion for sensual satisfaction), the lust of the eyes (an inordinate desire for the finer things of life), and the pride of life (self-satisfaction in who we are,
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Contributed by Hugh Laing on Feb 17, 2010
This world lays in the clutches of sin today...we are fat, bloated, and have forgotten how to weep for the sinfulness that lays all around us and I lay the blame at the feet of God's chosen messengers...the ministers.
We tell them what they want to hear...that God will forgive them if they
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Contributed by Scott Weber on Mar 23, 2001
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Rush Limbaugh has this phrase as part of his self introduction. "Talent on loan from God." It might sound arrogant, but it really isn’t. It’s humble. I’ve heard him explain it too. He knows that whatever he is able to do is a gift from
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As you know, this Wednesday is the 4th of July. The 231st Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence that was signed on July 4th, 1776. The second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence contains some of the most moving words ever written. It says…“We hold these truths to
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Contributed by Mark Armstrong on Apr 26, 2009
Dick Lucas says, "It is through great endurance that the servant of God commends himself. By it he learns to hold his position under attack, and quietly to persist in the paths of righteousness and truth. Through patience, the Christian learns forbearance and self-restraint,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 13, 2004
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But the joy for most of us has proven fleeting because we find that we need to be forgiven again and again and again. Christ died for us, but we remain (so we believe) deeply marred. It actually ends up producing a great deal of guilt. “After all that Christ has done for you … and now you’re
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