Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Sep 21, 2008
Church history is replete of individuals who saw the importance of fearing God and not other individuals. Following in the footsteps of Paul, John Chrysostom had a period of isolation in the mountains near Antioch in A.D. 373. Although his time of isolation was cut short by illness, he learned that
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Baptism seems like such a small thing. Water and a few words. Yet it’s a big thing. It unites us to Christ and makes His story our story. It’s a big deal. That’s why families travel from long distances to see a baby being baptized. That’s why pastors hurry to the hospital to baptize a baby who may
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A Catholic priest, a Jewish rabbi, and a Baptist preacher decide to have a contest to see who’s best at his job of converting others to their faith. So, they each go into the woods, find a bear, and attempt to convert it. Later they get together and tell about their experience. The priest begins.
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Feb 26, 2025
[037] A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – CALVARY – GOLGOTHA’S SKULL
What does Calvary mean to you? To most people it means nothing except a casual thought at Easter perhaps.
May we ask what does Calvary mean to a Christian? Here the answers are many and most of them would be simplistic which is fine.
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Contributed by Troy Borst on Sep 9, 2004
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ILLUSTRATION... Prayer is the link by AB Simpson
Prayer is the link that connects us with God. It is the bridge that spans every gulf and bears us over every
abyss of danger or of need. How significant is this picture of the New Testament church: Peter in prison, the Jews triumphant, Herod
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Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Nov 18, 2002
Nicky Gumble Why and How should I read the Bible:
“Sometimes God speaks to us in a very specific way. God spoke to me very clearly about my father after he died on January 21, 1981. I had become a Christian seven years earlier and my parents’ initial reaction was one of complete horror. Gradually,
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Contributed by Gene Gregory on Oct 21, 2006
Sadly, we see this even in the church today. How accurately God describes us when we says that we have the venom of asps under our lips, just waiting for someone to offend us, just waiting for someone slight us, just
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 9, 2001
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THE ANTONYM OF JOY
Discouragement is dissatisfaction with the past, distaste for the present, and distrust of the future. It is ingratitude for the blessings of yesterday, indifference to the opportunities of today, and insecurity regarding strength for tomorrow. It is unawareness of the presence
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 5, 2003
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A PRESIDENTIAL PRAYER
"Almighty God...make full and complete our dedication to the service of the people in this throng, and their fellow citizens everywhere. Give us, we pray, the power to discern clearly right from wrong, and allow all our words and actions to be governed thereby, and by the
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 18, 2000
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The mystery as to those who are saved. The preacher said that conversion was like going through a doorway which had written over it "whosoever will may come" (see Rev 22:17), but as he passed through it and looked back on the other side of the doorway he saw the
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PHARISEES WANT A SIGN
The word peroushim, transliterated "Pharisees," means "separated ones." Their attitude is that external observance of the hundreds of prescriptions of the Law is the essential human response to the covenant of God. They seek a sign–-and remember that Jesus has just given
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Contributed by Joel Vicente on Oct 16, 2007
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JUST BELIEVE by Joel Vicente
THOUGH TIME MAY BE TOUGH
AND THE ROAD REAL ROUGH
JUST BELIEVE
THOUGH YOU’VE CRIED MANY TEARS
AND WAITED MANY YEARS
JUST BELIEVE
IF GOD SAID HE WILL
THEN JUST BE STILL
AND BELIEVE
FOR GOD WILL TRULY DO
WHAT HE PROMISED YOU
IF YOU JUST BELIEVE
JUST BELIEVE IN HIS
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Contributed by John Davis on Nov 25, 2008
You can’t have a triumph without a trial, You can’t have a Testimony without a test and you can’t have a great Victory until you’ve gone through a great Battle! It’s like the Andre Crouch song "Through it All" one line in the song says "If I never had a problem I wouldn’t know that God could solve
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Imagine you are on an airplane that cannot lower its landing gear, you know, let the wheels down. It can’t do anything on its own to land safely. It’s destined to crash and burn with all of its occupants because it no longer has the ability to make it safely on to the runway. It’s just a matter of
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Sep 8, 2025
[191]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – MY SAVIOUR CALLED ME UNTO HIM
This is a generic poem, that it, it is a testimony of one coming to salvation, but it is not exactly mine for I was saved when 10 or 11.
If you like, it is a synthesis of the elements contained in salvation. Certain aspects must be
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