Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jan 5, 2013
TIMANTHES AND THE DO-OVER
Over 2,000 years ago a young Greek artist named Timanthes (Tim-an-thes) painted this picture - The Sacrifice of Iphigenia. Before he painted this masterpiece when the artist Timanthes (Tim-an-thes) was a young man, he studied under a well-known and highly respected tutor.
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Brethren
Main Idea: God is perfect and He cannot tolerate any sin in His presence.
Verse: “As for God, His way is perfect” (Psalms 18:30 NKJV).
Illustration: Once there was a famous conductor who was asked to direct a world class orchestra. He chose a famous piece of music and the orchestra gathered
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Charismatic
Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 4, 2021
Most evangelistic appeals today pitch the gospel as the way to have an abundant life. “Jesus came to offer you abundant life. Trust in Him and He will give you peace, joy, and a truly happy life.” While all of those claims are true if properly defined, what the salesman hasn’t told the potential
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 12, 2024
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Marty, a little boy, was in church one Sunday with his mother Doris, when he started feeling sick. 'Mummy,' he inquired, 'can we leave now?'
'No,' his mother replied, 'the service isn't over yet.'
'Well, I think I'm about to throw up.' Marty
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Contributed by Tom Doubt on Jun 30, 2003
In the movie "Hope Floats", the young character Denise follows her father to his car. The family has suffered a divorce, and the father tells Denise that she can live with him anytime she wants. However, this day Denise is told that he does not want her in his life at this time.
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Contributed by James Mccullen on May 6, 2005
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Finding his newly-appointed pastor standing at his study window in the church weeping as he looked over the inner city’s tragic conditions, a layman sought to console him: "Don’t worry. After you’ve been here a while, you’ll
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Contributed by David Butcher on Dec 8, 2006
I read a story in a paper this week of Mark Baylis who through quite amazing circumstances was reunited with his birth mother. Adopted at birth and brought up by wonderful parents, yet there was still the longing to know what had happened, was he really loved. The came the moment of reunion,
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on May 15, 2007
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One of the ways to buy back a slave in the ancient world was to offer an equivalent slave or even a superior slave to buy back. That is exactly the way God choose to buy us back he gave his one and only Son in exchange for us.
NIV Life application Bible. Mark 10:45. For even
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Baptist
Contributed by Hal Seed on Jul 27, 2007
“The Turkish landowner… is vividly remembered as corrupt, ruthless, and indifferent to any suffering he or his steward might cause his renters. [But] this scene is quite different from the one in the parable. At the very beginning, someone cares enough about the welfare of the master to report the
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Contributed by Curt Cizek on Sep 18, 2007
One of my seminary professors gave a great lecture one day when I was in my first year at the seminary. I was in awe of his knowledge. I went up to him after class and told him just how much I enjoyed the lecture and his vast Biblical
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Lutheran