Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Sep 2, 2025
[181]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – MAN’S DEPARTURE IS AWAY FROM GOD
We live in a world in decline and it was prophesied that way – {{2 Timothy 3:1-5 “Realise this, that IN THE LAST DAYS DIFFICULT TIMES WILL COME, for men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers,
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HARDSHIPS FURTHER HIS KINGDOM
Bill Hybels' The Power of a Whisper (p.110-111):
"Don't ever buy into the idea that everything God prompts His followers to do will be uncomplicated or low-cost. Sometimes God asks His children to carry heavy loads, as He did with the apostle Paul. But even--and
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Contributed by Brad Henry on Sep 20, 2011
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BEHIND THE SCENES
No wonder we are frustrated with the plans we see. We see injustice, but we don’t see behind the scenes. At Disney World there is a whole city underneath the Magic Kingdom. People are changing clothes, making outfits, and doing all the work to make everything above ground go
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Contributed by Carl Allen on Sep 24, 2008
Come Back to the Plumb Line
Every carpenter will tell you when they start to build a structure, one of the first things they are going to do is hang a plumb off of the first vertical post the install after it has been trued with a balance. So as they continue on in the building project, they can
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Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jan 29, 2004
When I was in seminary, I lived in a small one bedroom apartment. I was single at the time and didn’t have much. I was turning off the lights to go to bed one night. As I tried to make my way to the bed with the lights off, I misjudged the width of the door frame and slammed my toes up against
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Contributed by Chris Surber on Nov 14, 2009
On my recent pilgrimage to Israel one of the many profound experiences occurred on the airplane prior to even leaving JFK International in New York.
After I was seated on the huge double Decker airplane which took us directly to Tel Aviv, I noticed a large Orthodox Jewish family making their way
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A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed.
As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation.
They talked about so many things and various subjects.
When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said: "I don’t believe that God
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Anglican
Contributed by J.d. Tutell on Jan 3, 2011
MISS GAD-ABOUT
Years ago a man named Phillip Keller went from being a shepherd to a pastor, in his book on the 23rd Psalm he talks about one particular sheep that he had. Phillip took great pride in maintaining his fields, they were far greener than that of his neighbor, much better then the
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How can anyone look at our world and believe this all happened by chance? With just a glance at the animal kingdom and I see overwhelming evidence of design. Take the polar bear for instance. A polar bear that is tranquilized trapped, and released 300 miles away can usually find its way home.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006
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Cultural Creatives is the new label for a individuals who reject traditionalism and modernism in favor of their 1960’s values. Proponents are typically upper middle class and consider themselves leading edge thinkers. The read a great deal, but don’t see their values reflected in what they read.
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Contributed by Stan Rodda on Apr 3, 2006
In 1981, a Minnesota radio station reported a story about a stolen car in California. Police were staging an intense search for the vehicle and the driver, even to the point of placing announcements on local radio stations to contact the thief. On the front seat of the stolen car sat a box of
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Nov 10, 2006
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I read the story of a man riding down the road on a horse and cart when he saw a stranger struggling under a heavy load. He stopped and offered him a ride that was gladly accepted. But as they rode along together, he noticed the stranger still kept carrying the huge sack on his back. So he said,
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Contributed by Curt Cizek on Apr 10, 2004
Ft. Riley, Kansas is a difficult location to navigate. It has few distinguishing features to use in order to navigate. For those of you who can’t appreciate the difficult in doing this, it is a little like trying to find an address in a major metropolitan area that you are unfamiliar with without
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Lutheran
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jun 11, 2009
Joni Eareckson Tada
"One hot July afternoon in 1967, I dove into a shallow lake and my life changed forever. I suffered a spinal cord fracture that left me paralyzed from the neck down, without use of my hands and legs. Lying in my hospital bed, I tried desperately to make sense of the horrible
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Contributed by Travis Moore on Feb 12, 2001
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SHAKE IT OFF AND STEP UP
A parable is told of a farmer who owned an old mule. The mule fell into the farmer’s well. The farmer heard the mule "braying", or whatever mules do when they fall into wells. After carefully assessing the situation, the farmer sympathized with the mule, but decided that
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