Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jul 27, 2010
THE SABBATH SERVES US
A story is told of a wagon train of Christians traveling from St. Louis to Oregon. They observed the Sabbath day by stopping to rest and not traveling. But as winter approached some in the group began to panic that they would not reach Oregon before the snow fell. So they
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DELIVERING DEATH NOTICES
When I lived in Albuquerque I was trained by the Albuquerque Police Department to deliver death notifications to people in town. The Police Department used local preachers wearing suits with Police Chaplain badges instead of sending uniformed officers because it was
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Contributed by Tim Chinn on Apr 4, 2011
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SUBMISSION?
A poll was taken a few years ago asking, both men and women this question, “Should wives submit to their husbands?”
(In 1998, the Southern Baptists also sparked controversy with their statement that wives should "submit graciously" to the "servant leadership" of their husbands. At that
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Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Apr 13, 2011
OUR AMAZING FIVE SENSES
Our five senses give us some astonishing capabilities. We can see a candle’s flame 30 miles away on a dark, clear night, and smell a single drop of perfume diffused in a three-room apartment. We can taste .04 ounce of table salt in 530 quarts of water. Our sense of touch
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Contributed by Jeff Strite on Aug 1, 2011
THE JESUS EMBASSY
Almost every nation in the world has an embassy that is owned by the United States of America. No matter what nation that embassy is in, the ground on which it rests is U.S. soil. That land does not belong to that foreign country.
Now, if you - as a U.S. citizen - are in Europe
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Contributed by Tim White on Sep 7, 2011
CHAOS THEORY
In the 1960s, Dr. Edward Lorenz, in trying to develop a systematic method for developing long range weather predictions, began focusing on chaos theory. Chaos theory basically is a study of how things that seem chaotic and random are actually more predictable from seemingly unrelated
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 1, 2012
UH, THAT'S "MARANATHA"
An elderly Christian lady attended a Christian conference gathering, similar to Keswick/Spring Harvest etc. For her it was really the first time she had mixed with Christians from other denominations. This really blessed her and opened her eyes to the richness of Christian
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Is there anybody here who has ever told somebody a secret? What’s the first thing you say, when you are about to tell somebody a secret? Right-Don’t tell anybody. But if the secret is some really good news, and you’re the person who is being told the secret, your face lights up, your eyes get
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Contributed by Spencer Miller on Jun 16, 2013
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I remember listening to a sermon illustration given by the powerful proclaimer, Rev. Dr. A. W. Mays of Austin, Texas.
He told us of an incident that took place in his hometown of Austin concerning a streetlight. In Austin there was a high crime area, and the residents of the community petitioned
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Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 11, 2018
What if you had a boss that demanded that you check in with him every ten minutes no matter what?
What if he required that even if you were in the middle of other important work in your office?
What if he demanded that whether you were at the office or at home?
What if he required that even if
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Contributed by Douglas Duvall on Dec 3, 2006
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Trouble in the Church
ACTS 15:1-12
I. Decision 15:1-4
A. Men 15:1
B. Method 15:2
C. Messages 15:3-4
II. Demand 15:5-6
A. Demands 15:5
B. Deliberations 15:6
III. Declaration 15:7-12
A. Choice 15:7
B. Comparison 15:8-9
C. Conversion 15:10-12
Introduction
Peter had
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