Indiana Jones movie The Last Crusade:
It’s the story of Indiana Jones and his father’s quest for the Holy Grail, the legendary chalice that Jesus used in his Last Supper with his disciples.
In one of the final scenes, the ancient temple they’ve found the chalice in is collapsing and people are
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 28, 2005
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Henry Blackaby -On Tsumani
Blackaby says natural disasters can point to God’s judgment
By Ken Walker
Baptist Press
LEXINGTON, Ky. - The author of the bestselling "Experiencing God" study thinks divine retribution was at work in the tsunami that struck southern Asia in late December.
Henry
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Wesleyan
Contributed by John Stevenson on May 6, 2005
The disciples realize there is One in their presence that transcends human understanding and it frightens them. If you have come into the presence of the Lord and you have not been just a little frightened, then you have not come into the presence of the Lord.
C.S. Lewis captures the essence of
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Evangelical Free
Contributed by Melvin Newland on May 25, 2005
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ILL. There is an old story of a young boy who saw the 3 wise men coming to worship the baby Jesus. He watched in wide-eyed wonder as they presented their gifts of gold, frankincense & myrrh.
Oh, how much he wanted to worship the baby, too. But he had nothing to give, no gift worthy of the
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 20, 2005
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Raymond P. Murray- Wanted
The great want of this age is men: Men who are not for sale; Men who will condemn wrong in friend or foe- in themselves as well as others; Men whose consciences are as steady as the needle to the pole; Men who will stand for the right though the heavens totter and the
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Contributed by Pat Cook on Jul 6, 2005
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I want to share in closing a poem, based in Job 13:15, written by a lady named Mary Kimbrough:
“Though He slay me, I will trust Him,”
Said the sainted Job of old;
“Though He try me in the furnace,
I shall then come forth as gold.
“Though the ‘worms of deep affliction’
Cause this body to
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Contributed by Larry Jacobs on Jul 22, 2005
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TAKE THIS EXAMPLE: There is the account of Charles Schwab, the wealthy industrialist. In one incident he went to court and won a nuisance suit at age 70. After the trial he was given permission by the judge to speak to the audience, he made the following statement: "I’d like to say here in a
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Contributed by Joel Santos on Nov 20, 2005
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Christian writer and commentator Warren Wiersbe, tells about a town where a horse bolted and ran away with a wagon carrying a little boy. Seeing the child in danger, a young man risked his life to catch the horse and stop the wagon. The child who was saved grew up to become a lawless man, and one
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Contributed by Bud Rose on Nov 26, 2005
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Gordon MacDonald,in an article called, “When Religion
Becomes Serious Business said, “Yesterday morning I was on the phone with our daughter who lives with her husband in North Carolina. We were having a great conversation. I was using a wireless phone, and suddenly the phone went dead, and her
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
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A Christian who passes through the dark tunnel of depression tends to focus on his sinful weaknesses and failures. God can use this time in a positive way, however, to enlarge his appreciation for His all-encompassing and all-sufficient grace.
In 1964, Alan Redpath, former pastor of Moody Church
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Contributed by Stephen Wright on Jan 8, 2006
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A professor of psychology had no children of his own, but whenever he saw a neighbour scolding a child for some wrongdoing, he would say, "you should love your boy, not punish him."
One hot summer afternoon the professor was doing some repair work on a concrete driveway leading to his garage. Tired
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
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A Better Life? In 1956 the typical American had to work 16 weeks for each 100 square feet of home purchased; now it takes 14 weeks, and the houses are much nicer. Most families of that period had 1 car and strived to own 2; today 1/3 of U.S. families own 3 or more cars. The workforce has never been
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 29, 2006
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In his book, "Half Time," Bob Buford tells the story of meeting a renowned management consultant at a critical point in his life to determine what course the rest of his life would take. The man, named Mike, asked Buford one simple question, ‘What’s in the box?’
The point of this question was to
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Church Of God
Contributed by Paul Wallace on Mar 8, 2006
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Imagine for a moment if I told all of you, “Hey, lets start a new religion. It’s all a sham, but if we all keep the secret, maybe it will sweep the world and we’ll become important.” Therefore, we make up some story and it starts to take off. You might think, “Maybe this will work. I’ll play
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