Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 25, 2009
The next plague in Exodus 9 is a severe electrical thunderstorm with hail. I remember as a kid looking out over the field near our house and seeing a brown cloud of what looked like dust billowing it’s way towards me. The sky took on a brown tinge that seemed to paint the whole atmosphere and
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Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Sep 14, 2005
I had the privilege to speak on the phone with Jim Difford whom is working with the Louisiana Baptist Convention. In the midst of disaster they and many other churches are getting to minister to Christ by meeting the needs of the hungry, providing shelter, clothing and helping the physically
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Contributed by Ken Mckinley on Mar 10, 2010
WHO'S EDUCATING OUR KIDS?
Now here's the thing. Often times we will tell ourselves, "Well it's the church's job to give my children a religious education, and it's the schools job to educate my children in other matters. And the Church will balance out the secular.
But let me show you something
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Contributed by Sean Harder on Aug 5, 2011
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GIVE GOD THE BIG STUFF, TOO
I am mechanically inept and every once in a while I try to do some mechanical thing. Sometimes it's as simple as trying to put up a light fixture. Inevitably it fights back and doesn't go easily. I start getting frustrated and forcing the issue, usually making it worse.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
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Preparing Kids For Life: A new Barna study finds 50% or more of all adults contend that children are “not being prepared well enough” or are “poorly prepared” for the emotional, physical, spiritual, intellectual or moral dimensions of life. Intellectual preparation ranked highest with a mere 18% of
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Contributed by Charles Wallis on Dec 27, 2007
Matthew Henry wrote, “The ordinances of Christ, if they do not make us better, will be very apt to make us worse; if they do not do our souls good, they do us harm; if they do not melt and mend, they will harden.
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 20, 2009
DEMAND VS. CHOICE
A demand masked as a request is worse than a demand. Like giving kids a choice when there is no choice. "Would you like to go to Gramas?" implies of the option of choosing either way, and it is
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 20, 2006
In the Nascar racing circles a DNF is about the worse thing that can follow your name. It means you Did not finish the race. Forty three cars begin the race but only those that finish have a chance of
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Scott Malone on Mar 1, 2005
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“The new pluralism demands that you must not say that anyone else’s belief is inferior or, worse yet, flatly mistaken. To say someone is wrong is to be intolerant, to be close-minded and provincial, to be extreme and is impossible to reason with.”
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Contributed by Don Jones on Feb 26, 2008
Some have described the practice of mercy or being Christ-like as a pond. There are outlets at both ends. God’s grace, forgiveness, mercy, and blessings flow in one end and we in turn are to allow those blessings to flow out to
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Baptist
Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 3, 2005
(Video Clip - “In Good Company” - Chap. 8 - 0:41:30 - 0:42:10 - Length:0:40)
Does that bring up any memories about your Father? You may see a clip like that and remember an intrusive, blunt, inconsiderate man. Or maybe worse: abusive or neglectful. The fact is, for many people the word
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Christian Church
Contributed by Todd Catteau on Oct 31, 2005
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When Christians fail to trust God, demanding assurance when God, in fact, has already spoken, they lose out on the opportunity to be used by him to the fullest extent…We lose out on his good gifts. And worse, we may find ourselves expending all kinds of
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Hugh Laing on Feb 15, 2010
Christ body...the church has became fat, lazy, forgot how to pray, wealthy in possessions, and so worldly and wrapped up in our own things we just forgot how to deny SELF...and the worse part is it happened to us individually as well as (coeporaTELY)to our
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I know what the tears in heaven will be
when a mom looks for children and there’s one she can’t see
after searching each mansion and her child she can’t find to know that one’s missing and lost for all time
there will be such great heartache like none ever known
to look at the circle and find one
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Assembly Of God