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Jim Jones – He started out as a pastor and became deceived and it lead to the death of 100’s.
This was a Christian destructive, doomsday cult founded and led by James Warren Jones (1931-1978). Jim Jones held degrees from Indiana University and Butler University. He was not a Fundamentalist pastor
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Feb 9, 2025
[025] A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - BALANCE OF GOD’S ATTRIBUTES
One area where it takes deeper study to understand, is the attributes of God. The attributes are what is the completeness in God and they are many. It is what God is. We speak about love and mercy and compassion, but we also have
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 3, 2025
[043] A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – CHRIST UPHOLDS THE BATTLING ONE
(Longer Introduction)
Do you face battles? Do trials and opposition buffet you and make the way ahead very hard? This poem partly addresses that.
Well there is good news for you. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. Your Saviour goes with you all
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AN ATHEIST DEFENDS EVANGELISM IN AFRICA
I would like to conclude by reading you an article – that Andrew sent to me - from the Sunday Times dated 27th December 2008 written by Matthew Parris:
December 27, 2008
(full article)
As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God
Missionaries, not aid
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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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In his book “The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership”, John Maxwell tells the story of one of the most incredible restorations in American business history. It happened at the Chrysler Corporation in the early 1980’s. Chrysler was in a mess, despite a long history of success. At one point in
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 25, 2001
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A Power Higher Than I
After trying everything else, Shelly was present for her first Alcoholics
Anonymous meeting. Skeptical and listening half- heartedly at first, the
words of Martha caught her attention. Martha told the group, "I just knew
that I could handle alcohol and my other problems on my
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Contributed by Howard Parnell on Sep 20, 2002
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A POSSIBLE METHOD OF EVANGELISM
A Christian man owned a barber shop. One night, at a revival meeting, the barber felt greatly burdened to do more with his testimony for Christ. The next evening, the barber began attending a "soul winners class" at his church. He attended faithfully every night
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 7, 2003
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During Cyrus McCormick’s boyhood, farmers faced the unwieldy task of harvesting increasingly larger crops of grain. McCormick inherited his father’s dream to perfect a mechanical reaping machine. When he did (assisted by a slave named Jo Anderson), Cyrus McCormick made history. In 1847 McCormick
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Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Apr 23, 2003
The Academy Award winning film, A Beautiful Mind tells the life story of John Forbes Nash. Nash was a brilliant mathematician attending Prinston University; on his way toward receiving world acclaim, he became involved in a mysterious conspiracy against the US. Nash worked to break Russian codes
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Karl Eckhoff on Nov 13, 2003
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If some of you are like me, you’ve been waiting with a bit of anticipation for the final segment of J.R.R. Tolkiens, The Lord of the Rings, to be released to movie theatres some time in the near future. If you’ve been following the story on the screen or reading it from the pages of a book, you’ve
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Lutheran
Contributed by Karl Eckhoff on Feb 12, 2004
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There once was a brier growing in a ditch when a gardener came along with his spade and dug it up. He dug around it and gently lifted it out of the ground, bringing the brier to ask itself, “What is he doing? Doesn’t he know I’m a worthless brier?” But the gardener took it and placed it in his
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Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on May 23, 2004
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I recently read an article by Jill Carattini where she told this story: “A nurse named Melanie was on her way to work when something in the trash bin caught her eye. She was immediately taken with the possibilities in the discarded treasure. It was a cello, slightly cracked in several places, but
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on Aug 2, 2004
Erma Bombeck writes in one of her books, "When did I become the mother and the mother become the child? Does it begin one night when you are asleep and your mother is restless? And you go in her room and tuck the blanket around her bare arms? Does it appear one afternoon when, in a moment of
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Contributed by Greg Buchner on Aug 9, 2004
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“Are We Really Who We Say We Are?”
It was a typical night on the streets of Lansing. As the bars began to open and the nightlife found its pulse again, the little storefront building, which held The Lansing Street Ministry – The Harvest House, was just beginning its evening ministry.
The
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