Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Aug 23, 2009
THREE-FOLD REWARD
Glenys and I were only married five years and in our second church. Money was tight and our needs were overwhelming. For a variety of reasons we were down to making an important decision – give our tithe or use it to buy groceries. Our faith was simple but strong. We decided our
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Salvation Army
Contributed by John Shearhart on Jan 21, 2007
John Phillips writes, “Counterfeit love is [a] worthless coin in the kingdom of God.” (Phillips 1969, 196)
Phillips, John. Exploring Romans: An
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Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 23, 2005
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The late Ethel Waters, a famous gospel singer, is only one of many who was conceived and born as a result of rape. What a blessing her life
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not a straw whether they be clergymen or laymen, such alone will shake
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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There is an epitaph on a tombstone that reads: “What I SPENT, I LOST. What I SAVED, I LEFT. What I GAVE, I HAVE.” As we INVEST in the Kingdom
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Contributed by Asun Delong on Feb 22, 2010
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Ye must be born again. The necessity is implied in the word kingdom. A citizen of Philippines cannot become a citizen of the United States without complying with our naturalization laws. The kingdom of God has its own
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006
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"Prayer is reaching out after the unseen; fasting is letting go of all that is seen and temporal. Fasting helps express, deepen, confirm the resolution that we are ready to sacrifice anything, even
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BUT BEFORE THAT...
In 1992, when our own Govenor, Kirk Fordice stated unreservedly “America is a Christian nation” the response bordered on hysteria.
But before that -- Congress, declared 1983 to be the “Year of the Bible” — stating that the Bible, the Word of God, has made a unique contribution
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Todd Leupold on Aug 4, 2008
GOD’S GARDEN
Things that compete with peace are like the weeds competing with your flowers to dominate the space, nutrients, sunlight, water and character of your garden or lawn.
Weeds so easily spread, multiply and thrive because they are at their best when they are most shallow. You see, most
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Baptist
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 30, 2010
WHAT IS A MARTYR?
A Christian Martyr is one who: Chooses to suffer death rather than to deny Christ, or His work...Sacrifices something very important to further the Kingdom of God...Endures great suffering for Christian
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Brethren
God knows our needs and we can simply TRUST Him to take care of all our needs, day by day.
I thought of an example that happened a couple of weeks ago after a Bible Study Group that met at our house. George and Jeni, one of our young couples, were ready to go and Jeni realized she didn¡¦t
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Timothy Mills on Sep 18, 2006
Demosthenes was the Greek orator who trained himself to speak publicly and clearly by filling his mouth with beach pebbles, then spoke so as to be heard above the ocean waves. Just so we have learned to self-speak so that we hear only our voices over the
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