The New Covenant in the blood of Christ, which we re-present at this hour, is the fulfillment of the Old. We forget this important reality at our peril, because it leads us to either pass by our indebtedness to our older brothers, the Jews, or, like certain preachers, think
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 19, 2008
Are You Prepared To Meet God?
What Christ Has Done
A preacher was called to the bedside of a man who was seriously ill. After a few words of greeting, the minister asked, "My friend, are you prepared to meet God if you don't recover from this sickness?"
"I think so," was the reply. "I've always
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An elderly preacher was rebuked by one of his deacons one Sunday morning before the service. "Pastor," said the man, "something must be wrong with your preaching and your work. There's been only one person added to the church in a whole year, and he's just a boy." The
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Contributed by Ray Navarro on Dec 7, 2001
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It was a dark and stormy night.
You could hear the thunder in the distance. Bats flapped their wings in the darkness of the night.
There the castle stood. The wolves were howling; the trees were swaying in the wind as it whistled.
And inside the castle, a faint light shown…from a
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b. Brian J. Waldrop relates this slice of life: "Flipping through the channels of my TV the other morning, I stopped to watch a painter skillfully painting a desert landscape. As the man proceeded to color the canvas in deep browns, reds, and yellows, the picture really started to look good. I felt
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Contributed by Johnny Carver on Apr 12, 2002
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Helen Keller was born blind and deaf. She was brought to a minister to explain the plan of salvation to her. In the simplest of terms the minister told the girl about Jesus. As she heard the Gospel, her face lit up and she spelled out in the hand of the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
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One day a man met Spurgeon on the street, took off his hat and bowed, and said, “The Rev. Mr. Spurgeon—a great humbug!”
Spurgeon took off his hat and replied, “Thank you for the compliment. I am glad to hear that I am a great
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Contributed by Wes Richard on Sep 16, 2004
The temptation of pride affects all kinds of people. I read of a preacher, Reverend Obadiah Franklin, pastor at Zion United Brethren Church, who prepared a sermon on "humility," and then filed it away. According to the story, he wanted to save it for a special
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Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 13, 2010
DR MARTIN LLOYD JONES WROTE - THE TROUBLE WITH PEOPLE, WHO ARE NOT SEEKING FOR A SAVIOR, AND FOR SALVATION, IS THAT THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF SIN. IT IS A PECULIAR FUNCTION OF THE LAW TO BRING SUCH AN UNDERSTANDING TO A MANS MIND AND CONSCIENCE. THAT IS WHY GREAT EVANGELICAL PREACHERS
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Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 18, 2000
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The mystery as to those who are saved. The preacher said that conversion was like going through a doorway which had written over it "whosoever will may come" (see Rev 22:17), but as he passed through it and looked back on the other side of the doorway he saw the
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Contributed by David Owens on May 17, 2010
The story is told of a 10-year-old boy who decided to study Judo despite the fact that he had lost his left arm in a devastating car accident.
1. The boy began lessons with an old Japanese Judo master.
2. The boy was doing well, but he couldn't understand why, after three months of training the
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 15, 2002
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D. Dave Thomas, Founder of Wendy’s Hamburgers, “I got my MBA long before my GED. I even have a photograph of me in my MBA graduation outfit; a snazzy kneelength work apron. I guarantee you that I’m the only founder among America’s big companies whose picture in the corporate annual report shows
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Contributed by Jason Cole on Feb 13, 2006
A 97-pound Labrador retriever named Marley is claimed to be the world’s worst dog. He crashed through screen doors with alarming regularity. He went berserk during thunderstorms, destroying everything in his path. He stole food off the dinner table, slobbered incessantly, drank from the toilet
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WITH OUR ARMS ABOUT THEIR KNEES
“Have you no wish for others to be saved? Then you are not saved yourself. Be sure of that…. The saving of souls, if a man has once gained love to perishing sinners and his blessed Master, wil be an all-absorbing passion to him. It will so carry him away, that he
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 31, 2009
Dave Thomas, Wendy’s Hamburgers, “I got my MBA long before my GED. I even have a photograph of me in my MBA graduation outfit; a knee length work apron. I guarantee you that I’m the only founder among America’s big companies whose picture in the corporate annual report shows him wielding a mop
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 28, 2010
TUNE IN
A traditional radio has a variable capacitor we know as a tuning dial. Its purpose is to help us tune into the right frequency and blot out competing stations.
Nothing distinguishes the solid disciple of Jesus Christ like his willingness to tune into and follow his Lord, blotting out
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