Contributed by Bill Butsko on Mar 13, 2009
“The Evidence of His Claim”
There is a story told of a cottage in a little country village, in which lived a family of four: father, mother, and two small children.
One evening something happened, what, no one knows – and the little cottage caught on fire. In a few seconds the thatched roof and
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Contributed by Warren Lamb on Jul 1, 2007
John Hannah, Research Professor of Theological Studies and Distinguished Professor of Historical Theology at Dallas Theological Seminary said, “No one who is ever in hell will be able to say to God, ‘You put me here,’
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Dec 17, 2007
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Margaret was in her forties and suffered from bouts of depression and despair resulting mainly from an extremely poor self-image. She just couldn’t see herself as a person of worth. Over the years of her adult life, this image steadily grew worse. Finally reaching out in desperation, she sought the
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Church Of God
Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 11, 2002
[Stephen Hawking] “…has calculated that if the rate of the universe’s expansion one second after the Big Bang had been smaller by even one part in a hundred thousand million million, the universe would have collapsed into a fireball.”
• British physicist P.C.W. Davies has concluded the odds
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Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Feb 13, 2003
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[Koinonia—Part 2 (February 14), from Celebrate! Daily Devotions for the Spirit-Filled Life, Edited by Jack Hayford, Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville, 1992]
Besides a mutual sharing of resources implied in the word koinonia, there is also an implication of “public-ness.” If we are to walk in the
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Contributed by Greg Buchner on Jul 15, 2004
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The Ponca Indian tribe has an interesting tradition. When a loved one dies, the family and friends meet to share with one another. They share not in the form of words, but in the form of giving. Now you may think this not too interesting until you hear who does the sharing.
You see, thousands of
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Methodist
Contributed by Brian La Croix on Jul 30, 2004
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Not only does He clear the debt, not only does He give us a fresh start with Him, but He makes us one of His children.
Can you imagine what would happen if you were going financially bankrupt, and you went to one of your creditors and said, “Here’s what I want you to do: I want you to clear my
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Warren Curry on Sep 21, 2004
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Have you ever been to a church where you didn’t feel welcome? You went in and looked around the foyer area and no one greets you. You proceed through the doors into the sanctuary and find yourself a seat in the back row and begin to prepare yourself for the worship time. People come filing in
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Aug 24, 2005
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I saw it again this last summer - the small cathedral in Bethlehem that marks the birthplace of the Savior. Behind a high altar in the church is a cave, a little cavern lit by silver lamps. There are two entries for pilgrims. One is through the main church, allowing you to admire the grandeur of
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Scott Bounds on Dec 20, 2009
I once heard a story of a man who was walking along a beach. The sun was shining and it was a beautiful day. Off in the distance he could see a person going back and forth between the surf’s edge and the beach. Back and forth this person went. As the man approached he could see that there were
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Main Idea: Jesus took our place of punishment.
Verse: “God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8).
Illustration: One time there were two brothers. One brother murdered a man and came home with blood all over his clothes. The
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Charismatic
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illustration: A Revival meeting was being held in a certain church but unfortunately like so many Revivals nothing seemed to be happening. The attendance was good, the singing was good, and the preaching was good, but God just didn’t seem to be moving. One night, one of the Deacons stood up and
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Baptist
When a dream dies the world is not the same you realize in an instant that everything has changed tomorrow will be different the plans will all be new for the dream that you were chasing no longer lives inside of you
to know the race is over and you’ve been left behind is like a snowflake in the
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Assembly Of God
THE GREAT OMISSION
Dallas Willard is a professor at the University of Southern California's School of Philosophy. He is also a Christian lay person. And he writes books. Lots of books. One of his books is entitled The Great Omission. And what he does in that book is this: he shows how the church
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Presbyterian/Reformed