“But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness . . 2 Peter 1:5-6
The Greek word for godliness is sometimes translated as piety. Both words have
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jan 31, 2026
[283]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – THE LORD, OUR HOPE, OUR JOY, OUR END
This is another of my earliest poems. This poem is a personal testimony to a time when I was walking in the valley of the shadow.
STANZA 1 – All dark nights break forth into sunshine and my dark night looks forward to the Lord
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Contributed by Rich Young on Jan 18, 2001
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One day Linus and Charlie Brown are walking along and chatting with one another. Linus says, "I don’t like to face problems head on. I think the best way to solve problems is to avoid them. In fact, this is a distinct philosophy of
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Rick Stacy on Mar 10, 2002
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A man who was raised in a cult (A cult is a group that changes either the person of Jesus or the redemptive act of the cross) over a period of years gradually rejected the rules and works of religion. One day he cried out to a friend, "You’ve
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2002
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FROM MY MOTHER
From my mother I learned the value of prayer, how to have dreams and believe I could make them come true.
Ronald Reagan, 40th president of the United States.
SOURCE: Celebrating Mothers, A book of
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Contributed by Larry Jacobs on Jul 1, 2005
The football season is upon us. With cable channels - you can find football on 7 nights a week. One man put it best when one of his friends ask him, " What are you going to do now that Football is over"? He
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
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A little over a month before he died, the famous atheist Jean-Paul Sartre declared that he so strongly resisted feelings of despair that he would say to himself, “I know I shall die in hope.” Then in profound sadness, he
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Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jul 13, 2006
A new belief system
Richard Dawkins was recently asked “What do you believe is true even though you cannot prove it?” “I believe but I cannot prove, that all life, all intelligence, all creativity and all ‘design’ anywhere in the universe
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 26, 2006
Joe Namath
Few of us look in the mirror and come to the conclusion of Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Namath. During his heyday as a player, Namath wrote a book titled I Can’’t Wait Until Tomorrow...’’Cause I Get
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 26, 2006
Joe Namath
Few of us look in the mirror and come to the conclusion of Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Namath. During his heyday as a player, Namath wrote a book titled I Can’’t Wait Until Tomorrow...’’Cause I Get
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Tony Abram on Sep 27, 2006
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The great preacher F. B. Meyer once asked D. L. Moody, "What is the secret of your success?" Moody replied, "For many years I have never given an address without the consciousness that the Lord may come before I have finished." This may
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Contributed by Bill Butsko on Nov 18, 2006
“Out of Bounds”
The old shepherd who offered prayer in a Welsh revival meeting put it exactly right when he expressed grief for his backsliding in these words: “Lord, I got among the thorns and briars, and was scratched and torn and bleeding; but, Lord, it is only
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a father told his son when he reached his l2th birthday that from now on he would only shake hands with him. Some years later the son, now grown, said to his father, "Dad, can I hug you?"
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Clyde Grimes on Dec 28, 2002
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The great preacher F.B. Meyer once asked D.L. Moody, “What is the secret of your success?” Moody replied, “For many years I have never given an address without the consciousness that the Lord may come before I have finished.” This may
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Christian Missionary Alliance
Contributed by Andrew Hamilton on Apr 17, 2007
Have you ever eaten an unpeeled, unripe BANANA? I understand you might be hungry and I get it when you say that you are hungry, but eating an unripe banana with the skin on is disgusting ... there is no satisfaction there! God wants us to develop patience
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