Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Oct 14, 2008
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In the first half of the 17th century, Germany was in the midst of wars and famine and pestilence. In the city of Eilenburg lived a pastor by the name of Martin Rinkart.
During one especially oppressive period, Rinkart conducted up to 50 funerals a day as a plague swept through the town and as the
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Contributed by Todd Catteau on Dec 21, 2008
Jesus: Someone Who's Been There
When you travel, you sometimes ask someone else who has been there. Many from here have traveled to Boston/New England and have come to me to ask where to go, what to see. Why do they ask me? Because that's where I'm from. We trust people who have been places
When
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Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Feb 18, 2009
Alistair MacLean quotes a story from Tauler, the German mystic. One day Tauler met a beggar. “God give you a good day, my friend.” He said. The beggar answered. “I thank God I never had a bad one.” Then Tauler said, “God give you a happy life, my friend.” “I thank God,” said the beggar, “I am never
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Contributed by Pat Cook on May 16, 2005
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I’d like to share a poem I found. It’s called “The Perfect Church,” written anonymously. It says:
“I think that I shall never see A church that’s all it ought to be; A church that has no empty pews, Whose preacher never has the blues; A church whose deacons always “deke”, And none is proud but
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Contributed by Peter Amerman on May 25, 2005
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One other comment I would like to make about Miriam’s leadership. I believe that we as a church need to affirm and draw out the gifts of leadership in more of the women in our church. God commended the leadership of Moses and Aaron together with the leadership of Miriam. In contrast with other
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Murren helps us to see a clear picture of a healthy and a healing church by reminding us what the Bible says we as the Body of Christ should be doing:
The Believers are devoted to one another and give preference to one another (Romans 12:10).
They love one another (Romans 13:8).
They refrain from
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Contributed by John White on Aug 15, 2005
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InstrumentsOf Grace In His Service
The grace of God can turn problems to patience, vexation to victory and tragedy to triumph. The same pressure that can cause a destructive explosion can be harnessed to drive the wheels of progress. Pressure usually produces and the production can be good or
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Illustration: Video clip from The Messenger – Joan of Arc from Videos That Teach 2
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The Movie
France is embroiled in the The Hundred Years War with England, and young Jeanne d’Aragon (milla Jovovich) hears the voice of God telling her to lead the French army into battle and defend their
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Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 23, 2005
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The blind songwriter, Ken Medema, wrote the cry of our hearts when he wrote these words:
"If this is not a place where tears are understood,
Then where shall I go to cry?
And if this is not a place where my spirit can take wings,
Then where shall I go to fly?
I don’t need another place for tryin’
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Contributed by William Huegel on Jan 27, 2006
A new movie
There is a new Christian movie out called “The End of the Spear”. It is the story of five young missionaries who were killed trying to reach the Auca Indians in the jungles of South America with the Gospel. All five of these courageous and faith-filled young men were speared to
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Consider the lives of two men. One of them Max Jukes, lived in New York. He did not believe in Christ or give Christian training to his children. He refused to take his children to church even when they asked to attend. He had 1,026 descendants- 300 of whom were sent to prison for an avergaae term
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Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Oct 2, 2006
I’ve been reading this week about the true story of Juan Tomaylla (‘Tried by Fire’, ISBN in the UK 1-85424-638-0 or ISBN in USA 0-8254-6236-3). Juan was a humble Christian taxi driver in Peru and on 10 July 1993 he was falsely imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. For the first two days he was
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