Contributed by John Shearhart on Nov 2, 2006
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Tony Campolo said, “Any theology that does not live with a sense of the immediate return of Christ is a theology that takes the edge off the urgency of faith. But any theology that does not cause us to live as though the world will be here for thousands of years is a theology that leads us into
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Contributed by Kent Tucker on Jan 15, 2007
To pick an avocado off a tree, you attach a coffee can to a long pole and raise it up under the avocado and then you jiggle the fruit. If it is ripe it will come off the tree easily. If it is not yet ripe, don’t be rough with it because you don’t want to bruise
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Feb 16, 2007
The odds of just eight Old Testament prophecies of Jesus coming true is one in 100 million billion. That’s millions more than the total number of people who have ever lived. If you had this many silver dollars, it would cover the state of
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 30, 2007
In his book I Surrender, Patrick Morley writes that the church’s integrity problem is in the misconception “that we can add Christ to our lives, but not subtract sin. It is a change in belief without a change in behavior.” He goes on to say, “It is revival without
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Apr 7, 2008
The power of Easter is not just a one shot deal… it is an everyday deal as we allow the Lord to open our eyes and minds and thus our hearts and souls to the love and grace of God through Christ.
Eat well today! Eat well everyday! Feed your soul
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 9, 2008
Martin Luther said: "Grace releases sin, and peace makes the conscience quiet. The two fiends that torment us are sin and conscience. But Christ has vanquished these two monsters, and trodden them under foot, both in this world, and in the world to come."
(Source: Barton,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"In the hustle and bustle, amidst the trappings and the wrappings, it's good to pause and reflect on the reason for the Christmas season. As we rush to buy our gifts, let's remember what happened on that first Christmas morn. The trappings were a stable in Bethlehem, and the wrappings were
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Contributed by C Jordan on Aug 15, 2009
John Piper:
"Luke celebrates this solution. The widows were cared for, and the ministry of the Word of God was not forsaken. Both were utterly crucial. Either could have undermined the church and ended its amazing growth. The solution was the diversity of gifts and calling. The solution was a
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Contributed by Bill Burress on Oct 23, 2009
: We stand during the National Anthem and place our hand over our heart when we recite the pledge of allegiance to the flag. We do this to show honor and respect and we don’t desecrate the flag of our nation, yet when we call
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Contributed by Thomas Cash on Mar 4, 2011
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THE NEW BIRTH DAY
The day we come to Christ is our “New Birth” Day!
Spurgeon: "It was the beginning of life to me when I saw Jesus dying in my place."
The day of our salvation eclipses our birthdays, our graduations, our
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Contributed by David Tack on Mar 16, 2012
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"In the training of art students, the master does not merely tell them what is wrong in a design; he puts the right design beside the wrong and lets them judge for themselves, and that is exactly what Jesus Christ did in the Sermon on the Mount.”
(Chambers, Oswald. The
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Nov 10, 2005
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One of my favorite stories (and I am not sure that I have shared it before, and if I have, please bear with me) comes from Keith Miller in his men’s devotional book, A Habitation of Dragons. It is the story of a well-to-do attorney who experiences a true change of life and heart when he gives
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Contributed by Ken Pell on Jul 27, 2008
Fred Douglas Shepard was born on September 11, 1855 in Ellenburg, New York in Clinton County. His father died while he was very young and his mother spent most of her adult life as an invalid. It was probably through this that Fred became associated with illness and caring for the sick. Fred lived
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Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Jul 28, 2008
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MOTHER'S FACE
Calvin Miller reminds us of the fable of the little girl whose mother's face was hideously scarred from an early injury. As the little girl grew, made friends, and gained her own identity, she became more and more ashamed of her mother's horrid appearance. As she walked down the
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Contributed by John Sloat on Apr 3, 2001
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What it means to live under grace is illustrated by the life of John Newton. Newton was born in London, half a century before the American Revolution, to a mother of superb spiritual qualities and a nondescript father. His mother died when he was six. Five years later he went to sea with his father
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