Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 27, 2010
GETTING IN/OUT OF THE BOAT
In our life journey with God, there are moments when we are to get out of the boat because our faith and trust in the Lord needs to grow. But, there are also moments when we need to get back in the boat because we need to rest and be
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Church Of God
Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jun 8, 2010
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CALL ME A CHRISTIAN
A deacon, who was full of himself, was teaching a boy Sunday School class. He was working hard to stress the importance of living a Christian life. With an air of arrogance he asked, "Why do people call me a Christian?"
After an
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Baptist
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 18, 2010
SHAKESPEARE'S MISTAKE
In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Act II, Scene II, Caesar asks Brutus, "What is't o'clock?" Brutus replies, "Caesar, 'its strucken eight."
The great Bard had forgotten that mechanical clocks were not invented until 14
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Brethren
Contributed by Thomas Cash on Mar 4, 2011
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THE NEW BIRTH DAY
The day we come to Christ is our “New Birth” Day!
Spurgeon: "It was the beginning of life to me when I saw Jesus dying in my place."
The day of our salvation eclipses our birthdays, our graduations, our
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Holiness inspired by the word of God thus belongs in a way to the prophetic tradition, wherein the word of God sets the prophet’s very life at its service. In this sense, holiness in the Church constitutes an interpretation of Scripture which cannot be overlooked. The Holy Spirit who inspired the
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Catholic
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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.- A woman testified to the transformation in her life that had resulted through her experience in conversion. She declared, "I’m so glad I got religion. I have an uncle I used to hate so much I vowed I’d
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Toyohiko Kagawa, the Japanese Christian who spent his life working with and for the poor, was speaking at Princeton. When he finished his talk, one student said to another, "He didn’t say much, did he?" A woman sitting nearby leaned
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Contributed by Daniel Owens on Jan 8, 2008
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I heard a story about a 98 year old man who had been a Christian for years and years.
He was 98 years old and someone asked him,
"Is it easier to live the Christian life NOW, than when you were younger?"
And this old Christian gentleman
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 9, 2008
Martin Luther said: "Grace releases sin, and peace makes the conscience quiet. The two fiends that torment us are sin and conscience. But Christ has vanquished these two monsters, and trodden them under foot, both in this world, and in the world to come."
(Source: Barton,
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Aug 19, 2008
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Theologian Helmut Thielicke said, "A salty pagan, full of the juices of life, is a hundred times dearer to God, and also far more attractive to men, than a scribe who knows his Bible...in whom none of this results in repentance, action, and above
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 10, 2008
"The term martyr (Greek μάρτυς martys "witness") is most commonly used today to describe an individual who sacrifices his life (or personal freedom) in order to further a cause or belief for many. Long ago, it initially signified a witness
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Contributed by Charles Wallis on Nov 25, 2008
Recently a young man committed suicide live on the internet while others watched. Some thought he was faking it but some people actually encouraged him to take his life. No one tried to stop him until it was too late. In the same way, we are watching
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Bo Dunford on Jan 25, 2006
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An anonymous story which I have read several times is a supreme example of sacrifice!
* It has challenged me and blessed my life and I’d like to pass it on to you to close this message.
B) In a very large city there was a little newspaper boy, whose name was Johnny!
* Early one chilly spring
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Baptist
Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 23, 2001
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During the American Civil War fought between the years 1861 - 1865, over
600,000 soldiers from the South died, but a heartfelt prayer that survived
was the Prayer of the Unknown Confederate Soldier, a soldier¡¦s unrequited but
unsurpassed prayer:
I asked God for strength, that I might achieve,
I
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Tim Shockley on Apr 16, 2001
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One of the loneliest times we can have comes when we face a time of need without having a loving friend to talk to about it. Everyone needs at least one trusted friend in whom to confide. Elisha A. Hoffman, author and composer of more than 2,000 gospel songs, was pastor of a church in Lebanon
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