Contributed by Eric Peloquin on Dec 15, 2007
Dean Farrar was a privileged personal friend of Queen Victoria, though he seldom referred to the distinction. But on the first anniversary of the accession of Edward VII to the throne of England, during the service in Canterbury Cathedral, he told how the Queen, after hearing one of her chaplains
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 25, 2008
Augustine credits his mother for leading him to Jesus Christ. He was a notorious sinner and this is what he says of his mother after becoming a Christian in his book Confessions. “You (God) drewest my soul out of that profound darkness, my mother, thy faithful one, weeping to Thee for me, more
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Contributed by J. B. Hall on Mar 30, 2008
H. Those who highlight and verbalize the defects of others to you in order to cause division between you and them, are in fact the enemies of God.
I. Proverbs 6:16 & 19 say, “These six things doth the Lord hate; yea, seven are an abomination to him:” “A false witness that speaketh lies, and he
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
The way of sanctification is the way of spiritual refreshment from the presence of the Lord. Picture your house when you go away for an extended vacation. You shut up the house and close all the blinds. While you’re gone the air becomes stale and musty. When you return the first thing you do is
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Contributed by Ajai Prakash on May 9, 2008
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The story is told by Dr. John R. Rice that once he was preaching in a conference with the late Gypsy Smith. After the service he walked out of the building to catch a cab back to his motel. Once in the cab, he began to witness to the driver, whereupon the driver with tears in his eyes, told him
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Contributed by Dale Perry on Jan 19, 2009
One night while our church’s Children’s Choir was getting ready to present their Christmas musical, my 3 year old grandson, Dylan, stopped their snack time. He told the choir directer they could not eat yet because they had not prayed. He then proceeded to tell the whole group to stop eating so
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Indonesia
Indonesia is a country that is almost 90% Muslim. When I was up in SUNDERLAND in February 1998, when I heard Suzette Hattingh speak. She told us how she held a crusade in Yapura on the island of Irian Jaya
and the miracles that she saw. The Indonesian army offered the use of 110 trucks
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Contributed by C Jordan on Nov 22, 2009
“The Pharisees have taken His Sabbath and loaded it up with more than 1,500 nitpicky rules and regulations. They took a good gift from God and made it into an unbearable burden for the people to live under… Let’s keep the Sabbath as a good gift. Let’s not make up our own Pharisaical laws and
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 1, 2012
UH, THAT'S "MARANATHA"
An elderly Christian lady attended a Christian conference gathering, similar to Keswick/Spring Harvest etc. For her it was really the first time she had mixed with Christians from other denominations. This really blessed her and opened her eyes to the richness of Christian
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Contributed by Larry Hinkle on Jun 12, 2020
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An elderly Widow woke in the middle of the night, alerted by a noise> She tiptoed down steps to discover she had a Burglar in her home. She shouted at the intruder, “Stop in the name of the Lord, repent for the forgiveness of your sins. Acts 2:38!” the burglar immediately froze, raised both arms
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1. Verse 1: Partiality contradicts faith in Jesus Christ as the Lord of glory.
2. Verses 2-4: Partiality reveals a judging heart and behind it evil thinking.
3. Verse 5: Partiality to the rich contradicts God's heart, because he has chosen many of the poor for himself.
4. Verse 6a:
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Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on May 27, 2024
Quiet mounds of earth,
Erected crosses;
So many souls,
So many losses.
This special day
Has been set aside
To honor those
Who, for us, have died.
May we hold dear
Every gain and loss,
And ne’er forget
What’s beneath the cross.
Thank you, dear Lord,
For the brave who gave—
Who now occupy
A
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Contributed by Charles Wood on May 14, 2009
The image from our first reading, of God writing his law on our hearts, is very consoling and meant to encourage us.
The image of writing could call to mind one complication. That is, if we are honest with ourselves we all could probably admit that we may not always be the best medium for God to
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Catholic
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Max Lucado (Angels were Silent)
Describes how in a similar way we cry out for something to cut through the clutter of life, turning to faith and religion to give us simplicity, instead finding things just as complicated:
Enter, religion. We Christians have a solution for the confusion don’t we?
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