Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Aug 10, 2009
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MY MIND WAS ON THE EELS
Today in class we are going to be studying a book called Old Yella, a 1956 novel by Fred Gipson. OK my English teacher may have got my attention for that long, as long as it took to introduce the book. In fact I had to Google who wrote the book and when it was written,
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jun 30, 2011
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DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE: OUR IRREVOCABLE ACTS
Robert Louis Stevenson, in "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," set forth the irrevocable nature of every act we perform. Mr. Jekyll discovered a drug that would transform him into a man devoid of any conscience and therefore able to enjoy any vice or sin.
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Main Idea: Because of our sin, we owe a great debt that is impossible to pay, but Jesus paid the debt.
Verse: “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23 NKJV).
Illustration: One time I was buying a sandwich at a store and I did not
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Charismatic
Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 12, 2025
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[055]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – DEATH FOR THE CHRISTIAN
We deal with a subject today we often like to forget about. When we are young we give it little thought but when we are old, it tends to preoccupy our minds a lot more.
This poem is not so much about the subject of death itself, as it is
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Contributed by Donny Granberry on Jun 23, 2007
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*Story of Michael Dell*
In 1983 a young man named Michael Dell graduated from High School. He had a passion for computers and would take them apart and rebuild them. He discovered that he could build them for one forth of the price even adding more memory, bigger monitors, and faster modems, he
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Assembly Of God
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I KNOW BECAUSE I SEE
The fingerprints of God are everywhere in nature! Faith - at least in part - is the spiritual seeing or perceiving of the fingerprints on the things he has made. We see the order, the beauty, the greatness, the complexity of what he has made - and these are the evidence that
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012
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VISITED BY ANGELS
Dr. Ralph Harlow tells the story getting away with his wife Marion for a few days to visit family and of walking with his wife through the woods of Ballarvale, MA as Spring was breaking forth. The path that he and Marion were on was spongy as they walked along a beautiful creek.
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Methodist
Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on May 31, 2026
How Long Is Eternity?
People have tried to describe eternity, but no preacher, no teacher, no human tongue can ever fully tell how long forever really is. At best, we can only stand at the edge of it, look into it, and feel our hearts break. Imagine a crow flying from the earth to the moon—a
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Baptist
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 8, 2009
TRAPEZE FAITH
Church growth writer Dr. Win Arn told of an experience he had:
"’Jump . . . go ahead . . . jump!’ The words flew upward from boys and girls some sixty feet below. High above, I clutched the bar of a trapeze swinging back and forth in great arcs. At the apex of each swing, an
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Troy Borst on Jan 23, 2003
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SPIRITUAL ANARCHY
In his [Barna’s] new volume he flatly states that moral anarchy has arrived and rules our culture today. The argument hinges on a substantial amount of attitudinal and behavioral evidence: record bankruptcy levels, frivolous lawsuits, the rapid growth of the pornography industry,
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 18, 2004
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JUST HANG ON TIGHT
A. J. Gordon, one of the founders of Gordon Conwell Divinity School, told of being out walking and looking across a field at a house. There beside the house was what looked like a man pumping furiously at on of those hand pumps. As Gordon watched, the man continued to pump at a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 8, 2007
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Since we are about to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, let’s see what the day is truly about.
Webster’s *New World Dictionary* says:
"Saint Patrick’s Day - March 17, observed by the Irish in honor of Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland"
But Eavey’s *History of Christian Education*
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on May 12, 2008
Thus when Paul talks about Christ washing the church there is a definite connotation baptism through the pouring out of water and then another connection through the spirit of God that is poured out. Therefore men we are to be the source for the women in our lives. We are to be the source of life.
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Church Of God
Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jun 2, 2008
In all of human history there never has been anyone like Jesus Christ! More than 2000 years ago, there was man born contrary to the laws of life. This man lived in poverty and was reared in obscurity. Only once did He cross the boundaries in which He lived. As an infant he startled a king, and in
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Baptist
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