Contributed by Lonnie Erwin on Oct 12, 2007
A sharp knife for the vine branches. --
I. THE TEXT SUGGESTS SELF-EXAMINATION. It mentions --
1. Two characters who are in some respects exceedingly alike; they are both branches, and are in the vine: and yet for all this, the end of the one shall be to be cast away, while the end of the other
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Baptist
Contributed by Mark Armstrong on Apr 26, 2009
Dick Lucas says, "It is through great endurance that the servant of God commends himself. By it he learns to hold his position under attack, and quietly to persist in the paths of righteousness and truth. Through patience, the Christian learns forbearance and self-restraint,
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Garris Hudson on Aug 21, 2023
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Don’t fall into the trap of thinking that God is asleep when
it comes to nations, or that He is out of touch when it comes
to carnal banquets, or that He sits in Heaven wringing His
hands when it comes to godless rulers (and foolish
presidents!) who make unfair, rash, or stupid decisions.
Mark it
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 19, 2013
OPTIMISM IS HEALTHY
"Middle-aged adults who are more optimistic about their future tend to have higher antioxidant levels than their less optimistic peers, according to new research out of Harvard. Investigators studying nearly one thousand people over ten years found that increases in optimism
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Independent/Bible
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
Contributed by Ryan Yandris on Mar 8, 2003
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GOD WORKS IN THREE’S (foundations of grace) death, burial, resurrection; (the kingdom of God) righteousness, peace, Holy Ghost ;( the greatness of God) was, is, is to come ;( three manifestations of God) Father, Son, Holy Ghost ;( in him we) live, move, have our being ;( now abideth these)
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Pentecostal
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THE STORY OF THE UGLY BABY, BIG CHICKEN.
One day the farmer was out near the hen house. The farmer noticed this big, ugly chicken
outside the lot. The farmer picked up the big ugly chicken and threw him back into the chicken lot.
The farmer often noticed how peculiar this big, ugly chicken acted.
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Assembly Of God
George Barna did a survey and wrote a book about the status of today’s church, and it was shocking. He found that the divorce rate for non-Christians was 23%, and the divorce rate for Born Again Christians was 27%. That’s right, the Christians had a higher divorce rate than the non-Christian.
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
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The LA Times recently stated “Pastors are the single most occupationally frustrated group in America.” Eventually 30%-40% of religious leaders drop out of the ministry and about 75% go through a period of stress so great that they consider quitting. Incidents of mental breakdown are so high that
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