Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Feb 15, 2026
[290]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – THE ROMAN HARLOT OF REVELATION 17
This poem has its setting in Revelation chapter 17. Some of the expressions are taken from that chapter which I draw upon.
Some find revelation 17 a mystery but there is no mystery to it when it is all placed in context. This is
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Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Jan 15, 2007
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There are others who know about this miracle birth
The humblest of people catch a glimpse of their worth
For it isn’t to the palace that the Christ child comes
But to shepherds and street people, hookers and bums
And the message is clear if you’ve got [you have] ears to hear
That forgiveness is
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Near the end of his life, the great emperor Napoleon was talking to a historian. The historian said, “What was the happiest day of your life? Was it the day of your victory at Lodi? Was it the day you entered Vienna? Was it the day you marched through Berlin in triumph? Or was it the day you were
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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On December 22, 1899, the evangelist D. L. Moody lay dying. His first job had been as a shoe clerk in Boston, gathering eighteen ragged boys off the street to organize a Sunday school class. In two years the class had grown to fifteen hundred. In his lifetime Moody was to take two continents in his
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Contributed by William Hooper on Jul 12, 2007
Success is an idol when success becomes an obsession. You may get to the top of the ladder of success, only to discover you’re on the wrong ladder. Success is an idol that can consume you. Many business people are driven. They become workaholics. Doctors in Japan have found a significant
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Contributed by Les Sinks on Aug 4, 2007
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A young woman went to her pastor and said, "Pastor, I have a besetting sin, and I want your help. I come to church on Sunday and can’t help thinking I’m the prettiest girl in the congregation. I know I ought not think that, but I can’t help it. I want you to help me with it." The pastor
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Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 21, 2008
A Gallup poll conducted some years ago revealed that 60 percent of Americans did not know what "the Holy Trinity" was. Sixty-six percent couldn’t say who delivered the Sermon on the Mount, and 79 percent were unable to name a single Old Testament prophet.
How is your Bible knowledge? Do you
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Contributed by James Owens on Feb 6, 2008
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a) AGENT ORANGE IN THE VIETNAM WAR
It would affect your eyes and cause blindness to occur.
Breathing would become increasing difficult and choking would occur.
It would affect the nervous system – unable to control bodily functions.
b) SATAN’S ATTACK ON GOD’S PEOPLE IN THESE LAST
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Church Of God
Have you ever been to an amusement park here they have those wooden cut-outs? You put your head through and take your picture and you look like a muscle man or some type of animal. When you get the picture back sometimes you laugh because the head doesn’t match the body. When our
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Glenn Durham on Sep 17, 2008
The most recent PCA magazine, ByFaith, reported on Lynn Wheeler’s response to being made a quadriplegic in a car wreck. Rather than pout or withdraw, “Lynn continues to attend church every Sunday, though it requires getting up at 5 am to begin the preparations to leave the house. [And] She has
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 16, 2009
Jim Lopardo tells this story: I was a percussion major when I was in college, and during a rehearsal of the student orchestra, my section kept making mistakes.
"When you’re too dumb to play anything," the professor conducting us sneered, "they give you a couple of sticks, put you in the back and
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
MAKE THEM THIRSTY
The young salesman was disappointed about losing a big sale, and as he talked with his sales manager he lamented, "I guess it just proves you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink." The manager replied,
"Son, take my advice: your job is not to make him drink.
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Feb 19, 2011
BETTER INFLUENCE
A Peanuts cartoon showed Peppermint Patty talking to Charlie Brown in which she said, "Guess what, Chuck? The first day of school, and I got sent to the principal’s office. It was your fault, Chuck."
Charlie Brown responds, "My fault? How could it be my fault? Why do you say
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Oct 7, 2012
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TOP TEN PREACHERS
A man wrote to a pastor of a large Church saying, "I am visiting your city and I would like to preach in your Church."
The pastor wrote back saying, "Thank you for the offer but we are already sorted for in this area."
The man wrote again saying, "I feel I ought to preach
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CLEAN HOUSE
Imagine, if you receive a message from God the Father & He told you that He is going to send Jesus down to visit you at your house on a specific date. What would be the first thing that you do? You would want to clean your house from top to bottom. Everything will be properly dusted;
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Contributed by Brendon Wasdell on Dec 11, 2021
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Pro 11:9 KJV An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
In a virtual world communication fails because data fails to download.
When the accuser of the saints aims fiery darts, (From those arround you, false accusations,
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