Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 22, 2010
Early African converts to Christianity were earnest and regular in private devotions. Each one reportedly had a separate spot in the thicket where he would pour out his heart to God.
Over time the paths to these places became well worn. As a result, if one of these believers began to neglect
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"Scripture tells us that everything that exists does not exist by chance but is willed by God and part of his plan, at whose center is the invitation to partake, in Christ, in the divine life. Creation is born of the Logos and indelibly bears the mark of the creative Reason which orders and directs
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 12, 2013
THE ONLY OPINION THAT COUNTS
During a famous battle between baseball's Babes, Babe Pinelli was the plate umpire and Babe Ruth the batter. Pinelli called the legendary slugger out on strikes. Ruth would have none of it. "There's 40,000 people here who know that last one was a ball, tomato head."
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 15, 2020
William Barclay gives an extra "amplified" translation of Matthew 5:5: "Blessed are the Meek".
"Oh, the bliss of the man who is always angry at the RIGHT TIME and never angry at the wrong time, who has every instinct, every impulse, and every passion under control because
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 11, 2025
[161]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – JESUS, REMEMBER ME WHEN YOU COME IN YOUR KINGDOM
This poem is about the repentant thief on the cross who turned to the Lord for salvation. One criminal did and one did not. Here is the gospel account – {{Luke 23:40-43 but the other answered, and rebuking him
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Apr 24, 2026
[340]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - WHEN I ARRIVE IN HEAVEN
This is a poem of speculation. What is heaven really like?
Please do not think of heaven as some sort of materialistic place. Some Christians think more of mansions and golden streets and riches than they do of the Lord Jesus.
The title
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Contributed by David Simmons on Jan 18, 2001
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In the movie, A Few Good Men, a sergeant and a private stand on trial for killing a fellow marine. Their lawyer, played by Tom Cruise, attempts to demonstrate that the murder was actually the result of an order that the two marines had received from a higher-up. The order to help train the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 30, 2001
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"I recently read a moving story that David Jeremiah wrote about the founder of World Vision, the international Christian relief agency. Bob Pierce had advanced leukemia, but he went to visit a colleague in Indonesia before he died. As they were walking through a small village, they came upon a
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Mar 8, 2002
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[Isn’t it Strange?, unknown author, submitted by Jerry Pearcy]
Isn’t it strange how a 20 dollar bill seems like such a large amount when you donate it to church, but such a small amount when you go shopping?
Isn’t it strange how endless an hour seems when we are serving God, but how short it is
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2002
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IF ONLY I COULD SLEEP AGAIN
David Jeremiah, the founder of World Vision, the international Christian relief agency tells a story about Bob Pierce. Pierce had advanced leukemia, but he went to visit a colleague in Indonesia before he died. As they were walking through a small village, they
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Contributed by Kent Lenard on Jun 29, 2002
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As a schoolboy, one of Red Skelton’s teachers explained the words and meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance to his class. Skelton later wrote down, and eventually recorded, his recollection of this lecture. It’s followed by an observation of his own.
I - - Me; an individual; a committee of
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Contributed by Ray Ellis on Jan 27, 2004
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Maxie Dunnam, President of Asbury Theological Seminary in his book, “This is Christianity” tells a remarkable story about Dr. Maxwell Maltz, a plastic surgeon. A man had been injured in a fire while attempting to save his parents from a burning house. He couldn’t get to them. They perished. His
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Free Methodist