Contributed by Jerry Flury on Apr 30, 2006
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J.O. Sanders in Enjoying Intimacy with God (Moody, p. 91) states “A walk in the Spirit will of necessity be a walk in accordance with the Word the Spirit has inspired. The parallel between Ephesians 5:18-21 and Colossians 3:15-17 is significant. The same results are said to flow from being filled
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 21, 2006
Virtually all evolutionists would now agree that the various people groups did not have separate origins. Meaning the different people groups did not all each evolve from a different group of animals. Of course, they believe groups like the Aborigines and Chinese have had many tens of thousands
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Nov 3, 2006
A little boy was helping his father clear a lot. He was trying very hard but failing to lift a big stone. “Are you using all your strength?” asked the father. “Yes, sir,” answered the boy. “No,” said the father, “you are not. You have not asked me to help you.”
None us us all our strength, live
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 12, 2007
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I did some checking this past week on the history and origins of Christmas and from the on-line encyclopedia, Encarta, I read, “… most scholars believe that Christmas originated in the 4th century as a Christian substitute for pagan celebrations of the winter solstice… Although the Gospels describe
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Church Of God
Contributed by Alan Perkins on Mar 28, 2001
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"Self-righteous service requires external rewards. It needs to know that people see and appreciate the effort. It seeks human applause -- with proper religious modesty of course. Self-righteous service is highly concerned about results. It eagerly waits to see if the person served will reciprocate
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
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A PRESIDENT PRAYS
Personal prayer, it seems to me, is one of the simplest necessities of life, as basic to the individual as sunshine, food and water--and at times, of course, more so. By prayer I mean an effort to get in touch with the Infinite. We know that our prayers are imperfect. Of course
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Contributed by Lynn Floyd on Apr 6, 2002
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I am amazed at how some will go to extreme lengths to find that meaning. Some feel that they find significance in having the perfect body. According to the American Society of Plastic surgeons almost $7,500,000,000 were spent on physician/surgeon fees in the year 2000 on plastic surgery’s. This
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 30, 2002
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Luther’s ten qualifications for the minister:
1) He should be able to teach plainly and in order.
2) He should have a good head.
3) Good power of language.
4) A good voice.
5) A good memory.
6) He should know when to stop.
7) He should be sure of what he means to say.
8) And be ready to
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 11, 2002
Being criticized is not a problem if you develop a positive way of dealing with it. Winston Churchill had the following words of Abe Lincoln framed on the wall of his office: "I do the very best I can, I mean to keep going. If the end brings me out all right, then what is said against me won’t
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"An unlettered maid was great in the kitchen and an immaculate housekeeper, but her main strength was that she never ruffled by anything. She was always calm and in control. When asked about her secret, she quoted a verse in the Bible: "It came to pass." When told that this was not the complete
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 12, 2001
Being criticized is not a problem if you develop a positive way of dealing with it. Winston Churchill had the following words of Abe Lincoln framed on the wall of his office: "I do the very best I can, I mean to keep going. If the end brings me out all right, then what is said against me won’t
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
The story is told that, at the end of World War I, Herbert Hoover, who would later become the President of the United States, led the Allied relief efforts in Europe. The efforts of these valiant soldiers kept hundreds upon hundreds from starvation, and a new
word entered the Finnish
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Baptist
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Tenney also states the following:
The most distinctive name by which God was known in Israel is Yahweh (Jehovah), which comes from the same root as “I AM”…(238)
“I Am’s” significant meaning here in Exodus is that Moses credentials for being the one to lead Egypt out of bondage are found in him
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Contributed by Adam Deibert on May 7, 2004
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A couple was driving home on their 25th wedding anniversary after a celebration at a fine restaurant. The wife was sitting over against the door on the passenger side. Her husband was behind the wheel. And she began to lament: “Oh, honey, remember when we were so close? I mean, I remember when we
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Seventh-Day Adventist
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Ortberg states it this way, “God doesn’t just love you because he has to, he loves you because he wants to. God delights in you. Of course, that doesn’t mean God delights in everything you do. Your own mother doesn’t do that, if she’s at all healthy. But the fact that you
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Contributed by David Ward on Dec 16, 2004
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Michael Card (musician and author): “All we could ever imagine, could ever hope for, He is. ... He is the Prince of Peace whose first coming has already transformed society but whose second coming will forever establish justice and righteousness. All this, and infinitely more, alive in an
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Contributed by Mark Clarke on Sep 12, 2007
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Bro. Lawrence lived almost 500 yrs ago and worked as a mere dish washer in a monastery for 30 yrs. He never married; he never sought nor received a promotion. Question: Does that sound like a leader? Maybe not in the eyes of the world but he was a leader in his intimacy w/ the Savior. His
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jul 27, 2008
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“Time is often represented by a straight line drawn on a page. We call this a time line. To get a grasp of what the eternality of God means, when you have drawn your time line you must picture God as the whole page on which the line is drawn”. (Green, M. P. (1989). Illustrations for Biblical
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