Contributed by John Tung on Feb 12, 2009
TAKE UP YOUR CROSS
Christiana Tsai was a Christian woman who developed an eye disease that made it impossible for her to see light directly and was virtually blind. She had to wear very dark glasses.
Yet, she did not withdraw into her own room and say how tough she has it. No, she used her
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Contributed by John Rollyson on Mar 27, 2009
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The Great philosopher Plato:
"Two things cannot be held together without a third; they must have some bond of union. And the fairest bond is that which most completely fuses and is fused into the things which
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Contributed by John Akosile on Jun 1, 2009
Paul says: "Our sufficiency is of God, who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life." The true ministry is God-touched, God-enabled, and God-made. The Spirit of God is on the preacher in anointing
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Contributed by John Akosile on Jun 1, 2009
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PREACHING THAT KILLS
The preaching that kills is non-spiritual preaching. The ability of the preaching is not from God. Lower sources than God have given to it energy and stimulant. The Spirit is not evident in the preacher nor his preaching. Many kinds of forces may be projected and stimulated by
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Contributed by John Petty on Nov 2, 2009
A SNAKE IS A SNAKE
There was a tragedy in Florida not too long ago.
I am unsure if the baby Burmese python came with a warning. If not, it should have. The Oxford, Florida family that brought the serpent home as a pet would live to regret allowing such a creature in the house.
Earlier this year
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Contributed by John Dobbs on Jan 9, 2010
In an effort to attract the unchurched, some churches have considered translating their unfamiliar terminology into familiar football phrases:
*Blocking: Talking endlessly to the preacher at the church door and keeping everyone else from exiting.
*Extra Point: What you receive when you tell the
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Contributed by John Petty on Jan 12, 2010
The Lord has more need of our weakness than of our strength: our strength is often His rival; our weakness, His servant, drawing on His resources, and showing forth His glory. Man’s extremity is God’s opportunity; man’s security is Satan’s opportunity. God’s way is not to take His children out
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Contributed by John Cuddeford on Nov 1, 2007
Michael Griffiths once wrote a book with the intriguing title “Cinderella With Amnesia. ” The cover shows a picture of Cinderella sitting in rags by the fireplace. She is gazing at a glass slipper in her hand, and her face reveals utter bewilderment. She obviously has no idea what it is. Nor
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Contributed by John Cuddeford on Nov 1, 2007
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In the book of Revelation, Jesus himself speaks to them. He commends them for many things. But then he adds this sobering rebuke. “Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love. ” (Rev. 2:4) WHO is your FIRST LOVE? Over the years, have the pursuits, the distractions, the
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Contributed by John Cuddeford on Nov 1, 2007
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There was once a school for poor and underprivileged boys. In it there was a rule that, if certain things took place, the offender was to receive so many blows from a cane. One day a very poor boy broke this rule. He was called and stripped to receive his punishment. He had had little to eat, and
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Contributed by John Cuddeford on Nov 1, 2007
Captain Mitsuo Fuchida was the commander of the squadron that bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. After the war he became a hero in Japan. Yet he felt his life was empty. Then he heard the amazing story of one of the American pilots, Jacob DeShazer, who had been captured and put in prison in
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Contributed by John Harvey on Nov 13, 2007
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“In experience, thanksgiving and praise weave themselves in and out of one another and become part of
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Contributed by John Quigley on Dec 8, 2007
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As President Washington proclaimed the 26th of November 1789 to be a day of thanksgiving. The last paragraph reads as follows: "And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech Him to pardon our national and
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Contributed by John Quigley on Dec 8, 2007
General and President, George Washington, went with his troops into battle. Spent the winter in Valley Forge with the troops not at home with his wife in their well heated home place. As a general he said: "We have therefore to resolve to conquer or die: Our won Country’s Honor, all call upon us
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