Contributed by Perry Greene on Jul 2, 2012
FEAR OF THE RESURRECTION
In a cemetery in Hanover, Germany, is a grave on which were placed huge slabs of granite and marble cemented together and fastened with heavy steel clasps. It belongs to a woman who did not believe in the resurrection of the dead. Yet strangely, she directed in her will
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Contributed by Paul Dietz on Aug 5, 2008
Brethren Elder Peter Nead [1796-1877] was definitely a man of distinction. Living in a time when few Brethren were authoring books, Brother Nead chose to do so. In penning his theological point of views there was evidence in the words and phrases that his writing abilities were a little amateurish;
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on May 3, 2025
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[097]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – GATES OF HESITATION
This poem tells a story. Jesus told His listeners something – {{Matthew 7:13-14 “Enter by the narrow gate for THE GATE IS WIDE and the way is broad that leads to destruction and many are those who enter by it, for THE GATE IS SMALL and the way
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Contributed by Bruce Ritter on Feb 2, 2008
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Pastor and author Stuart Briscoe writes: I was in Edinburgh about a year ago speaking at Charlotte Chapel, and a delightful young lady gave her testimony. She had come back from Kabul, Afghanistan, where she was a missionary nurse. She said how she was really enjoying the work she was doing there,
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Assembly Of God
Last night at youth we watched Pay it Forward.
Anyone watched Pay it Forward?
I won’t tell you the entire story
but the concept of the story is centred around a young boy who begins High School and his teacher gives him a project.
The project is that he is to do something to change the world.
The
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Lutheran
Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2004
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Tony Campolo, who for years was a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and now teaches at Eastern College, says that every year, usually in May, students come into his office, look at him across the desk, and say, “Doc, I’m not coming back next semester.”
Campolo then whips off his
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Contributed by Tyler Edwards on Sep 22, 2009
A few years ago I had the opportunity to travel to Italy on a Mission trip to work with some local missionaries and help them get their church developed. It was a great trip we got to go to Rome which I was really excited about. On our way back we had an 18 hour layover in Munich. So rather than
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Contributed by Peter Loughman on Dec 24, 2008
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LIGHTING CANDLES ON CHRISTMAS EVE
Every time on Christmas Eve that I light my candle, I catch myself staring into the flame – I can’t seem to help it. There, I hold one small ordinary candle with a small flickering light. In of itself, my little flame doesn’t cast much light, but I don’t know,
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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FINDING REAL POWER
Someone has wisely said what it takes to find freedom in the power of the Holy Spirit.
"It costs much to obtain the power of the Spirit. It costs self-surrender and humiliation and the yielding up of the most precious things to God. It costs the perseverance of long waiting
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United Methodist
Contributed by Joel Vicente on Jun 7, 2003
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DO IT ANYWAY
While we have opportunity, let us do good to all men, and especially to those who are of the household of faith (Galatians 6:10).
People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered.
………Love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jul 29, 2006
Often we think, or at least live like, if no one on earth knows then God won’t... but can we sin in obscurity? Mitch is married to Barbara and Ed, one of his best friends, is questioning Mitch on this very concept by asking if Mitch would stay faithful if he knew Barbara would never find
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 19, 2006
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In the autobiography of George Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury. Soon after he became a Christian he was called up to do his National Service in the Royal Air Force. He writes that the first test of his Christian discipleship was to follow the advice of his vicar which he found quite
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