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  • God Will Lift Up Your Head

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jun 12, 2011
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    GOD WILL LIFT UP YOUR HEAD During the Thirty Years' War in the 17th century, German pastor Paul Gerhardt and his family were forced to flee from their home. One night as they stayed in a small village inn, homeless and afraid, his wife broke down and cried openly in despair. To comfort her, ...read more

  • On Fasting  PRO

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Apr 20, 2013
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     | 8,871 views

    ON FASTING The Didache, is a first or second century document that relates to us outside the New Testament the teaching of the early church. This document "prescribed two fast days a week: Wednesday and Friday." For early Christians; this was seen as a regular part of daily discipleship. John ...read more

  • Doctrinal Differences

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on May 27, 2017
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    I began my Christian journey, like most I suppose, with a narrow doctrinal point of view. But, I was curious and did not stay within denominational boundaries. The graduate school of theology that I chose had professors who were from a wide variety of Protestant backgrounds. Professors there tried ...read more

  • I'm Sort Of Surprised About The Timetable For ...

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 22, 2009
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    I’m sort of surprised about the timetable for Philip’s journey. God commands him to get up and depart about noon. It reminds me of Robbie O’ Connell, an Irish musician who lives in the U.S., when he went back to Ireland to chase down some authentic folk songs that hadn’t yet been recorded. Since ...read more

  • The Gift Nobody Wants

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2008
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    The Gift Nobody Wants In 1999 Dr Paul Brand and Philip Yancey co-wrote a book called "Pain: the Gift Nobody Wants." Dr Brand was born in India to missionary parents, and has spent most of his life caring for people with leprosy. One of Dr Brand's greatest discoveries was that people with leprosy ...read more

  • Aurelius Augustine Spent Most Of His Life ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lynn Floyd on May 4, 2001
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    Aurelius Augustine spent most of his life battling the bondage to sexual appetite and philosophical pride. When he was 31 the power of God through His word, broke the bondage to sexual lust and living with a concubine. Augustine said ...read more

  • A Sunday School Teacher Was Discussing The 10 ...  PRO

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Jan 18, 2005
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    A Sunday School teacher was discussing the 10 commandments with her 5 & 6 year olds. After explaining the commandment to “honor your father and mother,” she asked, “Is there a commandment that teaches us how to treat our brothers and ...read more

  • Leonard Ravenhill -- God Seeks For A Man To ...

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Feb 15, 2007
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    Leonard Ravenhill -- God seeks for a man to “stand in the gap.” We want to be clothed upon with power; God wants to strip us. We want power; He wants to expose our weakness. We want large bonuses for small ...read more

  • The Greek Word For 'sincere' Means To Test By ...

    Contributed by Ronald Thorington on Jan 1, 2008
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    The Greek word for ’sincere’ means to test by sunlight. When you wash windows you can think you have cleaned the window well but when the sun shines on them you can see alot of streeks and smears. When the light of the Holy ...read more

  • D. Lloyd Jones Sums Up Paul's Position In These ...  PRO

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Sep 23, 2008
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    D. Lloyd Jones sums up Paul's position in these words, "In vv. 6-29, he explains why anybody is saved: it is the sovereign election of God. Verses 30-33 show us why anybody is lost, and the explanation to that ...read more

  • Sometimes My Daughter Olivia Wakes Up In The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on May 15, 2002
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    Sometimes my daughter Olivia wakes up in the middle of the night and needs to use the bathroom. It’s my job to get up and take her there, so I get out of bed to find her at outside her room. She takes my hand as we go to the bathroom, which is about 6 feet from her door. Does she need my hand ...read more

  • Source: ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Jan 22, 2007
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    [SOURCE: http://www.ocap.ca/songs/leanonme.html]. The Prince of Peace reminds us in John 16:33, “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” Until He returns or calls us home, we are going to ...read more

  • It Is Recorded That During The Coronation Of ...

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Aug 7, 2004
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    It is recorded that during the coronation of Edward VI, after various ceremonial swords had been brought to him, the king said to his nobles: "There is one sword yet lacking, the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. Without that sword we are nothing and we can do nothing!" To what the ...read more

  • Adoption Is The Process By Which A Person Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Dec 28, 2004
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     | 3,692 views

    Adoption is the process by which a person who does not belong to a given family is formally brought into it and made a full, legal family member with the rights and responsibilities of that position. The practice of adoption was not common among the Jews, but was more widespread in the Greek and ...read more

  • Many Do Not Recognize The Fact As They Ought, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006
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    "Many do not recognize the fact as they ought, that Satan has got men fast asleep in sin and that it is his great device to keep them so. He does not care what we do if he can do that. We may sing songs about the sweet by and by, preach sermons and say prayers until doomsday, and he will never ...read more

  • Larger Than The Universe

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 1, 2009
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    LARGER THAN THE UNIVERSE Paul is telling us here that the love of Christ is too large to be confined by any measurements. It is larger than the universe. The invention of the Hubble telescope has revised our thinking about outer space. Astronomers are amazed to find out that the number of ...read more

  • The Rhino Calf Was Taking A Drinking At The ...

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Jan 3, 2010
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    The rhino calf was taking a drink at the water hole. The tiger leaped at it. Soon the calf would have been ripped to shreds. But the mother rhinoceros charges out of the tall grass and drives the tiger away with her horn. "He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant ...read more

  • Brothers And Grace

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 23, 2010
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    BROTHERS AND GRACE There was a boy who did not have much athletic ability. Every time he and his friends would play some game, he was always the last to be chosen. One day two new fellows came to play with them and were allowed to be team captains because they were older. The first team captain ...read more

  • What's Vision?

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Apr 23, 2010
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    WHAT'S VISION? When God gives us a vision, something inside us begins to change. It consumes our thoughts, every move we make we dwell on the burden. • Vision points you in a direction. • Vision gives you an opportunity to become more than you already are. • Vision means that you are not ...read more

  • Creche And The Second Coming

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Aug 13, 2017
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    Marques Silva writes, “In college I was surprised when a close friend explained her family crèche. It wasn’t the style or the model that caused me to pause. It was the addition of a figurine that I had neither seen nor considered before. This particular set included not only the baby Jesus but an ...read more