Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 22, 2009
NOT "WHY?" BUT "WHAT?"
I remember a particular counseling session years ago where three of us were trying to encourage a change of personality and a change of behavior in a spouse.
Dr. Jay Adams, in his book on direct, biblical counseling, said the purpose is not to find out why a person sinned,
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Contributed by Pat Cook on May 16, 2005
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The Bible is full of real and imperfect people. Noah was a drunk; Abraham was too old and a liar; Sarah laughed at God’s promises; Isaac was a daydreamer; Jacob was a liar; Leah was ugly. Joseph was abused; Moses had a stuttering problem and a short fuse; Miriam was a gossip; Gideon was afraid;
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 19, 2006
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If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?
Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to?
If the number 2 pencil is the most popular, why is it still number 2?
If a person told you he was a pathological liar, would you
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Independent/Bible
If we could journey through the halls of hell and could talk to its inhabitants, we would find all kinds of people there: thieves, adulterers, liars, murderers, good people, moral people, respectable people¡ people who always obeyed the law. What are they doing there? Well, if we would ask them,
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Church Fights
I’m told that there is a church in Texas that debated over the issue of telling a lie. Some felt that there were some occasions in which a little white lie was acceptable. The others felt that there was never an occasion in which a lie of any kind was acceptable. The discussion got so
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Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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Spiritual Health Checks
(True Devotions)
Rick Warren wrote, "The key for churches in the 21st Century will be church health, not growth." When a congregation is healthy, it will grow spiritually and enjoy the benefits of a live, vibrant relationship with Jesus Christ. A healthy Christian
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Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Apr 27, 2009
SEARING OUR CONSCIENCE
My dad had a ‘76 Honda Accord. One day, the "service engine" light came on. He said, "Here, I’ll show you how we fix that," and he pushed the key into a slot right below it that reset it. The light went off, but I'm not sure that was the point of it being there in the
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Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Aug 12, 2010
He lay in a bed seat, slightly twisted and looking at me with one eye half open. I was finishing a small Bible study devotional with a group of aged people on a passage from the book of Job in the Bible, telling them that God loves them and still has a purpose for their lives, to look UPWARD NOT
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
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LYING
Penn State researcher Dr. Nancy Darling reports 98% of teens reported lying to their parents in a recent study. They lied about what they spent their allowances on, whether they’d started dating, what clothes they put on away from the house, what movie they went to, and whom they went with.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Illustration- Two Brothers
You may have heard about the two brothers who were wicked, ungodly, lewd men. The were perverts, adulterers, drunkards, thieves, brawlers, blasphemous- you name it
One of the brothers died, and the other brother came to a preacher sand said, “I will give you a thousand
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Contributed by Fran Van Hoven on Jun 29, 2007
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ILLUS: God can use you
The next time you feel like GOD can’t use you, just remember...
Noah got drunk,
Abraham was too old,
Isaac was a daydreamer,
Jacob was a liar,
Joseph was abused,
Moses had a stuttering problem,
Gideon was afraid,
Rahab was a prostitute,
Jeremiah and Timothy were too
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 8, 2003
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Abraham Lincoln, America’s most beloved president, was anything but beloved while he was in office. The South hated him. The anti-war activists hated him. Democrats hated him, calling him a widow-maker. The media ridiculed his eyes, looks, and body, calling him a freak of nature. Harpers magazine
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Contributed by Pat Cook on Oct 2, 2005
Courage shows up in different ways. The movie, “You’ve Got Mail”, is a romantic comedy centered around a big bookstore shutting down a little book store. There’s a conversation that happens over lunch between an older lady named Berdie, who works at the smaller store, and Kathleen, the younger
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Baptist
Contributed by Ronnie Knight on May 9, 2008
WHO WROTE THE BIBLE?
There are only five beings who could have written the Bible. These beings are good men, bad men, devils, angels, or God.
It stands to reason that bad men and devils would not have written the Bible because through out its pages they are condemned for their sinfulness to
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Nov 23, 2008
How Many Promises in the Bible?
Dr. Everek R. Storms of Ontario spent a vast amount of time studying the promises of Scripture. Writing in Contact Magazine, he said:
“The Holy Scriptures contain a grand total of 8,810 promises. How do I know? I counted them. Dr. Storms goes on to classify the
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