Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 15, 2010
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PROPHECY IN THE BIBLE
Hundreds of Bible prophecies have been fulfilled, specifically and meticulously, often long after the prophetic writer had passed away.
For example, Daniel the prophet predicted in about 538 BC (Daniel 9:24-27) that Christ would come as Israel's promised Savior and Prince 483
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AFRAID
I was all alone. I lived with four other guys in a huge, old house just off the campus of Baylor University, but I was the only one home. I must have been twenty-one or twenty-two – a grown man, practically a college graduate – but I was afraid. There was usually a surplus of noise in the
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Presbyterian/Reformed
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Back in 1780, ...... the Connecticut House of Representatives ... was in session.
The sky above ...become extremely dark.
An eerie dark.
Many of those in the House ... who were believers glancing out the windows, ... feared ...the end ...was at hand.
Many wanted to adjourn the session,
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Anglican
Contributed by Garris Hudson on Apr 13, 2024
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While pastoring a Southern Baptist church in Texas, one day I heard that one of our church members was in the hospital after being bitten by a brown recluse spider. It was a pretty serious situation. The doctor had told the young mom that they may have to amputate her hand if the swelling did not
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Contributed by Bob Soulliere on Feb 24, 2007
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A wealthy man and his son loved to collect rare works of art. They had everything in their collection, from Picasso to Raphael. They would often sit together and admire the great works of art.
When the Vietnam conflict broke out, the son went to war. He was very courageous and died in battle
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jan 28, 2026
[280]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – THE LORD IN OUR AFFLICTION
This was one of my first poems.
This poem came from a period that was very difficult for me when a nasty, concerted attack was made against me. That is when the Lord led me into writing poems with His help. Right back then I would not
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Contributed by Mary Lewis on Jul 2, 2002
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Henri Nouwen, who was a Roman Catholic priest and a man of deep devotion to Christ said this:
I often think: "A life is like a day; it goes by so fast. If I am so careless with my days, how can I be careful with my life?"
I know that somehow I have not
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Baptist
Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 27, 2002
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Francois Fenelon was the court preacher for King Louis XIV of France in the 17th century. One Sunday when the king and his attendants arrived at the chapel for the regular service, no one else was there but the preacher. King Louis demanded, "What does this mean?" Fenelon replied, "I had published
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Mennonite
Contributed by Millie Pisano on Apr 26, 2004
1. An average day is actually 23hrs. 56 mins 4.09 seconds. Leap year makes up for this shortfall
2. One year contains: 31,557,600 seconds
3. An average person spends 55 mins a day getting showered; dressed; groomed. That is a total 335hrs. 25 mins.
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Tom Blasco on Apr 18, 2006
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Michael Green, in his book "Man Alive" says,
“Jesus made the most shattering claims in the course of His teaching. There is no parallel to them in any of the world’s religions. And it simply will not do to neglect them, as is commonly done by agnostic writers. Yet, if you account them as part of
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Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jan 18, 2007
If every religion of the world was simply a set of philosophical reasonings with no basis in relationship to a living God then their statements that all religions are equal in value and validity would make sense. Different groups and cultures of people would only have to agree to disagree on the
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Orthodox
Contributed by Virgil Gibson on Oct 17, 2007
We are living in a generation where stolen identity is very common. This is where someone else uses your name, social security number and etc to make purchases and charges these to your account. This can happen from loosing your wallet or purse, or someone coming in contact with documents with
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Apostolic
Contributed by Jay Winters on Jun 28, 2008
Up to 10 percent of the world’s population that does not attend church on a regular basis describes itself as “spiritual, but not religious.” The term actually seems to come out of Alcoholics Anonymous in the 1970’s as AA was trying to explain that although a belief in a higher power was required,
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Lutheran
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ILLUSTRATION POINT:
(Hand each audience member a puzzle piece.) His specific plan involves you – look at your puzzle piece which was handed to you when you came in this morning! Here this word from the Lord, "You are an important piece to the vision and to the mission of Christian Hills." God’s
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 23, 2009
HABITUAL OFFENDERS
In the world of criminal prosecution, sometimes an individual has a track record of crime; if so, they may try to prosecute him/her as a "habitual offender." As a result, the individual will spend more time in jail because the courts have decided that crime is a way of life for
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Contributed by Dave Kinney on Mar 29, 2009
Dennis the Menace was caught causing trouble around the house and his mother had all she could take from him and said to him, "Dennis the way you’re behaving, how do you expect to get into heaven?"
To that Dennis said, "Well, I’ll just keep slamming the door
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Baptist
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 8, 2009
SEEING BUT NOT EATING
The Jewish Rabbi known as Rav held a similar viewpoint. Brad Young summarizes his view, "One will be judged not only for sins committed against Torah but also for pleasures in life that were neglected because of a false religious abstinence. The sense of joy in living comes
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