Contributed by Bart Leger on Mar 15, 2001
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“Beloved Christian reader, in matters of grace, you need a daily supply. You have no store of strength. Day by day must you seek help from above. It is a very sweet assurance that a daily portion is provided for you in the word, through the ministry, by meditation, in prayer, and waiting upon God
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Quest Study Bible states, "Judges is filled with sensational stories, as exciting as any of today’s headlines. For sheer melodrama-gruesome murders, sexual exploits, superhuman feats of strength, a bizarre mutilation-no tabloid can offer you more. But beneath the sensational stories are eternal
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Contributed by Glenn Durham on Feb 20, 2008
One of the most profound problems is: "How can justice and mercy be reconciled?" The law demands punishment; to set it aside invites anarchy. And God is holy — as Leviticus loudly proclaims. Ignoring our failures and setting aside justice would mar God’s beauty, like placing a Sharpie in the hand
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on May 11, 2010
GOD, OUR LANDLORD, PAYS US RENT
Israel could have felt much like John Donne, who wrote, "We are God’s tenants here, and yet here He, our landlord, pays us rents – not yearly, nor quarterly, but hourly and quarterly; every minute He renews His mercy."
Remember how Jeremiah put it (Lam. 3:22-23)?
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Contributed by John Putty on Mar 19, 2011
Charles Finney, Abel Clary. Second Great Awakening.
It had been said about Rev. Charles Finney that his sermons were chain lightning, flashing conviction into the hearts of the stoutest skeptics. Simple as a child in his utterances, he sometimes startled his hearers by his unique prayers." He
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Assembly Of God
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THE RING
I told you earlier that my favorite Christmas present was given to me be a lady named Joan Ellis in 1982. Joan is now my mother in law. The gift that she gave me is a wedding ring. It was the set that her husband had given her on their engagement. Her husband Don died in 1978, and she
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Contributed by Bruce Willis on Dec 29, 2006
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In 1829 a man named George Wilson was arrested for robbery and murder in a US mail heist. He was tried, convicted and sentenced to death by hanging. Some friends intervened on his behalf and were able to obtain his pardon from President Andrew Jackson. But when told of this, Wilson refused it
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Baptist
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"A legend tells of a liberated slave who went to see President Lincoln and assured him that he would not accept his freedom as a gift, that he proposed to pay for it. He threw a silver dollar on the President’s desk. The kindly Mr. Lincoln tried to show the man that he could not pay for his
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United Methodist
The devils greatest hold on the church and the body of believers in these times are the lies and fear he perpetuates concerning the gifts of the spirit, reject this and
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008
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Consumer Reports says more than 1 in 4 recipients of gift cards in ’06 failed to redeem them a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything He has given us and He has given us everything.
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