Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Mar 8, 2008
“Left to ourselves, we seek our own. Movie stars marry movie stars. Doctors seek out doctors. Middle-classers seek out middle-classers. Bikers seek bikers. But when Christ comes, that changes. In the church of Jesus Christ, we discover that the people we love and with whom we fellowship are
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Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 7, 2008
It is true God is Love.
But God is also jealous
I found 18 different occurrences where God is called Jealous, or the scripture refers to His Jealousy.
Exodus 34:14 even says His name is Jealous;
For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
God is
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The world cannot understand the spiritual realm without the willingness to open their hearts to the Spirit’s leadings and promptings.
i. No Spirit - no wisdom (1 Cor. 2:10)
ii. No Spirit - no insight (John 14:26)
iii. No Spirit - no freedom (2 Cor. 3:17)
iv. No Spirit - no church
v. No Spirit -
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 9, 2008
"So far we have seen that God is a real being who is perfect, necessary and unlimited, but nothing has been said about the fundamental nature of that being. Invoking the language of substances, we note that things that exist independent of mind are made of one of two types of substance (or of
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Contributed by Daniel Haas on Aug 22, 2008
Matthew 14:13-21
Mark 6:30-44
Luke 9:10-17
John 6:1-15
"By the breaking of the bread, he makes it into a seedbed of food--for if the bread had been left intact and not pulled apart and broken into pieces, they would have been unable to feed the great crowds of men, women, and children...Mysteries
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 24, 2010
He GAVE the Blood!
Ed Freeman, quoting Herb Cain, told in the San Francisco Chronicle about a poster for a blood bank. The poster read, “Be a volunteer Blood Donor.” Someone had wisely printed on the poster these words: “That’s the best kind.”
If someone is taking your blood, and you are not a
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"MONSTROUS" PREACHING
In the 18th Century, Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntington invited the Duchess of Buckingham to come and hear George Whitfield preach.
After listening to Whitfield, the Duchess wrote to the Countess of Huntington about the Gospel that Whitefield and his fellow "Methodists"
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Contributed by Perry Greene on Apr 9, 2013
DISCIPLES IN CLAY
Peter Marshall, in a sermon entitled, "Disciples in Clay," pictured the apostles before an examining board which was appointed to choose Jesus' close associates. Peter stood there smelling of fish -- uncouth, uncultured, impetuous, uncultured, and impulsive. Andrew, James, and
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Contributed by Andrew Chan on Apr 26, 2002
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Longer richer life: “Married folks also live longer and make more money” was the claim made by a CT Today article. Also, “according to a German medical magazine, which reported the results of an insurance company survey, a husband who kisses his wife each day before they separate for work will
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Contributed by Tony Klinedinst on Aug 14, 2002
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While visiting in West Berlin I stopped at Kennedy Platz, the site of President John F. Kennedy’s famous speech. The tour guide was recalling the climax of that impassioned address -- the part when the President paused and then cried, "Ich bin ein
Berliner!" The crowd that day in 1963 was swept up
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2002
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A GOOD CUP OF COFFEE
This little grandmother was surprised by her 7 year old grandson one morning. He had made her coffee. She drank what was the worst cup of coffee in her life. When she got to the bottom there were three of those little green army men in the cup. She said, "Honey, what are the
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jul 17, 2003
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NO DIFFERENCE TO ME
John G. Paton, a nineteenth-century missionary to the South Seas met opposition to leaving his home in Scotland and going to preach to the cannibalistic people of the New Hebrides Islands.
A well-meaning church member moaned to him, “The cannibals, the cannibals! You’ll be
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Contributed by Greg Buchner on Sep 26, 2004
We know that we’re supposed to show our faith…to trust in God…but we also know that it requires risk to do so. And to risk is dangerous. But to take a step of faith is to risk, and to risk for the sake of Christ, is being Christian. John Wesley once said,
“Christian faith is then not only an
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
Culture War Invades Corporate America: The culture war over homosexuality has moved into the workplace. Millions of employees are being commanded to not just tolerate homosexual behavior, but to respect and even promote it reports the 1/4 issue of Christianity Today. At least 300 of the Fortune
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