Contributed by Richard Tow on Mar 27, 2023
If we want our appetite for righteousness to grow, we must avoid appetite killers. This is true in the natural. Every parent knows that kids who eat too much candy will not have an appetite for the healthy food at dinner time. The same is true with our spiritual appetite. If we snack on the things
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"The warning is triggered by the total solar eclipse of Aug. 21, nicknamed America's Eclipse. For the first time in almost 100 years, a total solar eclipse will be seen from coast to coast in our nation. People are preparing to mark this significant event with viewing parties at exclusive
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 22, 2010
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CARD-CARRYING AUTHORITY
A Department of Water Resources representative stops at a Texas ranch and talks with an old rancher. He tells the rancher, "I need to inspect your ranch for your water allocation."
The old rancher says, "Okay, but don't go in that field over there."
The Water
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John MacArthur states this about our text and the Bible:
"Now let me make it as clear as I can to you. The Old Testament is not a collection of the wisdom of ancient men. The Old Testament is not a collection of the best of religious thinking. The Old Testament is not a collection of the good
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Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Oct 17, 2010
A journalist was assigned to the Jerusalem bureau of his newspaper. He gets an apartment overlooking the Wailing Wall. After several weeks he realizes that whenever he looks at the wall he sees an old Jewish man praying vigorously.
The journalist wondered whether there was a
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THE BIGGEST INFLUENCE
The CBS news program 48 Hours recently did an investigation into the children of some famous people and how they were influenced by what they saw from their parents while growing up.
Laila Ali grew up in a boxing family and revered her father, the world-famous boxing
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Contributed by Jeff Strite on Sep 11, 2011
DECLARATION OF DEPENDENCE
The Declaration itself laid the groundwork for our freedom as a Nation:
And that declaration was to be based upon the nation’s faith in God.
It was quite literally a declaration of “Dependence upon God.”
In the first two sentences of the Declaration of Independence -
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Contributed by Jung Lee on Jan 16, 2024
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In a scientific study, fleas capable of jumping several feet high were placed in a jar with a lid. Initially, they jumped high and hit the lid. Over time, they adjusted and started jumping just high enough to avoid hitting the lid. Eventually, the lid was removed, but the fleas continued to jump
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Contributed by Jung Lee on Jan 19, 2024
I recently watched a video by Pastor David Wilkinson discussing the innate human understanding of good and evil, heaven and hell. Based on this, I believe that our inherent moral sense inevitably drives humanity to create various religions. Hinduism, with its openness to diverse divine forms, and
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Contributed by Ronnie Knight on May 9, 2008
I want to begin with the most famous logical argument ever posited for the existence of God taken from St. Thomas Aquinas Suma Theologiae. So, we begin with “The Five Ways of St. Thomas Aquinas”.
First, we have the argument from motion. This argument speaks to the issue of creation. Most
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A small boy was talking with his mother and said, "How old do I have to be to stay up late on a school night?"
His mother replied, "About eighteen."
"Oh good!" the boy said. "I'm old enough now!"
"How do you figure that? Mom said. "Last time I checked, you were only eleven."
"Well," the boy
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Contributed by Kenneth Henes on Jun 23, 2004
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On the shore of beautiful Lake Como, nestled in the Italian Alps, is a lovely old villa, perhaps two or three hundred years old. For years the grounds have been immaculately kept by a trusted old gardener. One day some tourists were complimenting him on his work. “The owner must come here
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