Contributed by Davidson Goh on Aug 7, 2007
If this statement is true – we are people with great potential to do evil.
Take a moment to examine ourselves – did we ever do this in our lives:
- Did you ever want to cheat?
- Did you tell a lie to cover up something you did which was not right?
- Did you ever
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Contributed by Paul Carlson on Jan 25, 2010
ILLUSTRATION
The example of EVIL in the 20th century.
1. 6,000,000 Jews murdered in gas chambers.
2. 7,000,000 gypsies/others
3. Russia slaughtered 20,000,000 Ukrainians
4. 1.5 million Armenians killed
5. tens of thousands
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Baptist
THE AUTHORITY OF THE BODY
When Preacher John Wesley was a student at Oxford Unversity, he was shocked by the amount of drinking done by the students. (Wonder what he would think about college students today?)
After writing to his mother, Susanna Wesley, for her counsel, he received the following
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Apr 3, 2010
Do you believe in the God of surprises?
Now, let’s be clear, just in case anyone’s not sure. Although The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is one of my favourite books, and one of my favourite films, I know that it’s only make-believe; but just like the parables that Jesus told – the stories he
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Anglican
Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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Biblical Change
"Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God - this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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WHAT LOVE DOES
1. Love is Patient – v4
It takes a long time before fuming & breaking into flames. Love doesn’t retaliate. Love’s patience is the ability to be inconvenienced by a person over & over again without getting angry.
-Romans 12:17 Refuses to pay back evil for evil, but if slapped on the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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DESPISED BECAUSE OF HIS BEHAVIOR
(Vv. 8-11)
Joseph was despised not for doing evil but for doing good. Joseph typifies the Lord in many ways. Sidlow Baxter observes that he was the beloved son, that he was the rejected servant, and also the exalted Savior. The way that he was despised for doing
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Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Sep 15, 2009
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BATTLEFIELD AWAY FROM HOME
He cherished every letter that came from her. His deployment had started six long months ago. No end date was in sight. These were the days before emails and webcams. Those handwritten letters from his sweetheart was his only lifeline out of those trenches to back home.
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Lutheran
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I admire Queen Vashti. In the midst of an unsavory
"scene she was brave enough to say no to that which was
blatantly wrong, and in resisting this insulting act of
indignity, she took a stand against the greatest power in her
universe. Good for her!
Submission does not mean that a wife is a
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Contributed by Dan Waite on Nov 25, 2005
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“The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” C. S. Lewis noted that the effect of the rule of the White Witch, which represents evil, is to cause it to be “always winter but never Christmas.”
Winter eventually wears on even those who love it. It becomes burdensome and is occasionally
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Free Methodist
Like Lucy, Edmund finds his way into Narnia through the wardrobe. But he doesn’t meet the nice faun, Mr. Tumnus. Instead, he comes face to face with the most feared being in that world: Jadis, the White Witch.
What Edmund doesn’t realize is that he is, in fact, a being that she fears. She wants to
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Troy Borst on Apr 26, 2006
ILLUSTRATION... Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins [may need Buzz L toy to explain]
I was watching a cartoon with my kids the other day and a great example of unity piped into my home through the TV. The cartoon was Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (one of Nate and Ian’s favorite
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
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National Religious Broadcasters recently passed a resolution pledging the association’s family to consider that biblical truth is no longer part of the nation’s foundation and that “evil in high places” wants to establish a foundation based on humanism and situational ethics. It calls NRB members
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