Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 13, 2009
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"FIX IT!"
The Catholic archbishop and novelist, Andrew Greeley, brilliantly describes God’s redemptive work and holy clean-up as "God’s big crayon making crooked lines straight," but this only addresses the result, not the process. It reminds me of when, as a young boy, my mother and I would color
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 6, 2010
Back in 1830 George Wilson was convicted of robbing the U.S. Mail and was sentenced to be hanged. President Andrew Jackson issued a pardon for Wilson, but he refused to accept it. The matter went to Chief Justice Marshall, who concluded that Wilson would have to be executed.
"A pardon is a slip
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 11, 2010
How may we be forgiven? Some people may think they can outrun the judgment. A Spaniard committed a murder at a castle many years ago. He jumped upon a horse and rode wildly into the night. He rode for hours to escape. Finally, exhausted, he lay down to sleep for a couple of hours. When he awoke it
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Contributed by John Fallahee on Jun 23, 2010
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HEAVEN TO EARTH, EAST TO WEST
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; 12 as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
Two distances are described here: heavens above the earth and East
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 8, 2010
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THE ORIGIN OF THE ENVELOPE
Back in 1820 the average person in England wrote only three letters a year--and with good reason. Letters in those days were mailed without a cover and could be read by anyone.
But William Mulready had an idea to ensure privacy—the envelope. It was an idea he stole
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 15, 2010
A reporter was interviewing an old man on his 100th birthday. "What are you most proud of?" he asked him.
"Well, " said the man, "I don't have an enemy in the world."
"What a beautiful thought! How inspirational!" said the
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MAKE THE FIRST MOVE
Many years ago I was preaching in a little mountain church in a close community. There was a division between two men in the church over a cow. Their families had been at odds, and they had brought the argument into the church. One of the men bought a cow and the other man
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HE PARDONS WITH PARDONS
Parker, "You cannot conceive God's notion of pardon...When God forgives, He does not merely barely pardon...He pardons with pardons! When he casts our sins away it is not into a shallow pool, it is into the depths of
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Dec 31, 2011
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THE GRIZZLY AND THE SKUNK
Dale Carnegie once noted that there was only animal that the grizzly bear would allow to eat with him. That animal is the skunk.
Grizzly bears in Yellowstone Park often come to eat at the place where garbage is dumped. This huge bear can fight and beat almost any animal
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Contributed by Kelly Benton on Jan 29, 2013
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CARRYING WHAT I DON'T NEED
I think back to my Army days. All those foot marches and all the pain associated with them. As a young private I packed pretty much everything I could before we went out. I wanted to make sure I had all the comforts to help make life easier. I made sure to have extra
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Contributed by Charles Jones on Apr 11, 2013
GOD "SUBDUES" OUR SINS
The word "subdue" is such a powerful word. In the Hebrew, it is the word "kabash" (kaw-bash) meaning to "tread down, disregard, conquer, bring into subjection". The Hebrew word for "cast" is "shalak" (shaw-lak) which means "to hurl, to throw away".
What an amazing
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Contributed by David Rumley on Apr 16, 2009
Warren Wiersbe said, "Do not say, Why were the former days better than these? You do not move ahead by constantly looking in a rear view mirror. The past is a rudder to guide you, not an anchor
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 21, 2009
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MAKING IT WORSE
One Sunday morning during announcements, the preacher said, "I need to make a correction to an announcement from last week’s bulletin. It read: The church will host an evening of fine dining, super entertainment, and gracious hostility. It should have read: The church will host
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Contributed by Troy Borst on Jun 24, 2009
LIMITS DEFINED
As I began to think and pray on the passage that we will uncover and talk about today, I started to think about "limits." The most obvious limit I could think of was "speed limit." A speed limit, of course, is the maximum speed allowed on a road for a vehicle. Believe it or not, the
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Contributed by Paul Green on Sep 18, 2009
Spurgeon - Throughout the book of Hosea there has been thunder: sometimes a low rumbling, as of a distant tempest, sometimes peal on peal, as of a storm immediately overhead. And now the tempest has gathered all its force. Here it culminates. You expect the bolt of heaven to destroy. But instead
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