Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 29, 2006
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Chris Seiple writes in an article entitled ‘The Politics of Christmas,’ ‘Westerners, 2,000 years removed from the first Christmas, are tempted to assume that there could hardly be anything more innocent, non-threatening, and "non-political" than a baby in a manger. Yet the birth of a baby that
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006
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"The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us; just as the roof of a sunhouse does not attract the sun because it is bright,
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Contributed by Gene Gregory on Mar 15, 2006
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In 1915, Colonel T. E. Lawrence was traveling across the desert with some Arabs. Things were desperate. The food was almost gone, and the water was down to its last few drops. Their hoods over their heads to shelter them from the wind which was like a flame, and which was full of the stinging
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Contributed by Pete Pawelek on Mar 19, 2006
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Farley wrote this in his book Outrageous Mercy “The Cross is our teacher. The cross is a window through which we learn everything we need to know about God, humanity, wisdom, worship, the purpose of suffering, the purpose of life, and a host of other issues. If you knew nothing else but the
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 4, 2006
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In rural Arizona, a man went to see the Hopi Indians perform ceremonial dances. It was a long lonely drive to the reservation across secluded desert terrain and some rough roads. Late afternoon, after the dances, the man returned to his car only to discover he had a flat tire. To make matters
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She was a Hindu; but all the same, an active member of the Students’ Christian Movement. Then the shocking news came that she was diagnosed with cancer. She was admitted in a hospital. When we went to see her, I expected her to be very bitter. At such a young age to get such a sickness!
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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In his book Written In Blood, Robert Coleman tells the story of a little boy whose sister needed a blood transfusion. The doctor explained that she had the same disease the boy had recovered from two years earlier. Her only chance for recovery was a transfusion from someone who had previously
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on Apr 15, 2006
There are times when all of us have to make decisions, where a “no-decision” is a decision. Handy Harrison knew that. He wanted to ask Sally to marry him but never popped the question. His opponent retired President, Monroe Cole, knew what Handy has missed. So, while getting a golf lesson from
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Contributed by Darryl Bell on Apr 17, 2006
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Martin Luther King, Jr., said, “Everybody can be great … because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to
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Contributed by Darryl Bell on Apr 17, 2006
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David Garland notes that the violence of renegades like Barabbas continued in the decades that followed until it finally erupted into a full-scale war with Rome. Rome invaded Palestine and destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple and most of the people who lived there. The leaders had been afraid of
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