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I once saw the concrete block shell of a church someone had started building years earlier. The project had been halted. There was no roof on the building and trees and shrubs had grown inside the shell. One of the pine trees growing inside the uncompleted church was at least 15 feet tall. I’ll
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Quest Study Bible states, "Judges is filled with sensational stories, as exciting as any of today’s headlines. For sheer melodrama-gruesome murders, sexual exploits, superhuman feats of strength, a bizarre mutilation-no tabloid can offer you more. But beneath the sensational stories are eternal
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In my home town there was a company that purchased some land and began to build what
was to become a large grocery store. The foundation was laid, the frame of the building
was erected, then, for some unknown reason, all work stopped. For years the unfinished
building stood as a sort of
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Contributed by John Gerald on Sep 11, 2004
My youngest brother, afflicted with Down’s Syndrome, could catch and tie up a half ton bull that others were afraid to get near. The bull did not offer to harm him. Mom was busy about her regular duties, but happened to look out toward the lot, and saw the bull standing at a fence post most of the
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Contributed by J.d. Tutell on Mar 31, 2005
Lee Strobel shares the following story in the "Case for Easter." In 1963 the body of 14 year old Addie Mae Collins, one of four African-American girls tragically murdered in an infamous church bombing by white racists, was buried in Birmingham, Alabama. For years family members kept returning to
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Contributed by Simon Taylor on May 29, 2009
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
Born 12 May 1820, died 13 August 1910. On 7 February 1837 – not long before her 17th birthday – something happened that would change her life: "God spoke to me," she wrote, "and called me to His service." Nobody really cares what knowledge Florence Nightingale had about the
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Contributed by Richard Tow on Nov 17, 2003
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Am I True to Myself? by Edgar Guest
I have to live with myself, and so
I want to be fit for myself to know
I want to be able, as days go by,
Always to look myself straight in the eye;
I don’t want to stand, with the setting sun,
And hate myself for things I have done.
I don’t want to keep on a
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Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 15, 2002
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At one time at the City Temple in London, there was in the congregation a restaurateur named Emil Mettler, who was a close friend and missions agent of Albert Schweitzer in Britain. Mettler would never allow a Christian worker to pay for a meal in his restaurant but once he did happen to open his
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 6, 2007
At one time at the City Temple in London, there was in the congregation a restaurateur named Emil Mettler, who was a close friend of Albert Schweitzer and a kind of agent for Schweitzer in Britain.
Mettler would never allow a Christian worker to pay for a meal in his restaurant, but once he did
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Todd Leupold on Feb 3, 2009
THE MYSTERY
A mystery, by definition (and certainly in Biblical usage) is something which is not easily understood, but that will eventually be revealed to those who search and wait.
Think about it. How interesting do you think it would be if Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote his Sherlock Holmes
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Contributed by Tylor Cates on Jan 24, 2004
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A Fly Doing The Impossible
Prop: Toy fly
I was driving down the road at about 75 mph on the interstate the other day and something happened that happens a lot unfortunately. There was a fly in my car. You know how annoying that can get with the fly just buzzing back and forth in the car. I was
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Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jun 2, 2007
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Years ago this worker would stroll into the department I was working in, make several observations about how we were doing our jobs and then proceed to tell us what we needed to do to be better at our jobs. Later she would visit and be taken back that none of her “suggestions” were implemented.
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Opening Illustration from Step Mom:
Scene were the dad explains to the children what happened to his and their mothers love for one another. He misrepresents what Love really is. But this scene shows that the world does not know what true love is.
Luke explains to his children why he and
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Contributed by Samson Musyoki on Sep 25, 2007
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I feel nudged up into sharing this experience. Usually, life brings with it its mysteries where at times you enjoy the Lord’s abundant provision while on other occasions you enjoy lack! In this particular day, we had no electricity in the house and there was no kerosene to light up the kerosene
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Contributed by Paul Clemente on Nov 10, 2022
Genesis 7
Was Noah righteous because he never sinned? - See Hebrews 11:7
What were God’s instructions to Noah?
Go into the ark, you and your whole family
Take in the ark animals (what were they?)
“Clean” animals
“unclean” animals
Birds
How many days did God give Noah to bring in the animals? –
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Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Feb 10, 2006
In the film ‘The Buddy Holly Story’, Gary Busey starred as Buddy Holly. The year is 1956. Buddy Holly and his band ‘The Crickets’ have sold thousands of records with their first hit ‘That’ll be the day’. Somehow they manage to get themselves a live concert at a very popular venue. The crowd have
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill.
In the room of over 200 people, he asked the question, “Who would like this $20 bill? Hands started going up. He said, “I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do this.” He proceeded to crumple the $20 dollar
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