Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 10, 2007
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The people in Corinth had some interesting ideas about being single as well. Written from Ephesus during the Apostle Paul’s third missionary journey from 53-57 AD, 1 Corinthians 7 commences the second part or division of this Epistle, or, “the discussion of those points which had been submitted to
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Contributed by Don Jones on Dec 12, 2007
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There was another man who earnestly tried to make the scriptures come to life. No, I am not talking about a nativity scene with live animals like my friends church. He chose a passage that many in this room know from the book of Isaiah. It says in 11:6,
The wolf will live with the lamb, the
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Baptist
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Mar 2, 2008
What can you do when God seems invisible and you can’t find him it seems or feel him? Ruth Graham can tell us how. Broken marriage & family. Wrote of trusting God in “In every pew sits a broken heart”: “I came to a point where I saw the need to let go even of my questions. I would not have all the
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Ajai Prakash on May 9, 2008
In 1981, a Minnesota radio station reported a story about a stolen car in California. Police were staging an intense search for the vehicle and the driver, even to the point of placing announcements on local radio stations to contact the thief. On the front seat of the stolen car sat a box of
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jul 13, 2008
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Last October, the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan Buddhist monk, visited Canada. He started his tour in Ottawa to a crowd of 5,000 people and Parliament gave him an honorary Canadian citizenship. Wherever he has travelled, thousands have congregated to hear his words. What people want is a key to
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Sep 11, 2008
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Robert Cook, President of King’s College once related a true story from the early years of his ministry. Evidently at that time, he had been receiving some rather pointed criticism. In fact, it had become of such great concern to him that he sought the counsel of a friend, the beloved Bible
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Jim Heckman on Sep 17, 2008
Top Ten Reasons Hurricane Season Is Like Christmas
10: Decorating the house (with plywood).
9: Dragging out boxes that haven’t been used since last season.
8: Last minute shopping in crowded stores.
7: Regular TV shows pre-empted for ’Specials’.
6: Family coming to stay with you.
5: Family and
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Brethren
Contributed by Jim Heckman on Sep 17, 2008
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Top Ten Reasons Hurricane Season Is Like Christmas
10: Decorating the house (with plywood).
9: Dragging out boxes that haven't been used since last season.
8: Last minute shopping in crowded stores.
7: Regular TV shows pre-empted for 'Specials'.
6: Family coming to stay with you.
5: Family and
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Brethren
Contributed by Anne Benefield on Mar 5, 2009
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NO ONE STOPPED TO HELP
This past week in DC, a frightening thing happened. In a bad neighborhood where drunkenness and drugs are wide spread. Three men got into an argument, probably about a bottle of beer. One man was punched. They called it a "sucker punch." The man fell backwards and hit
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Clark Tanner on Mar 23, 2010
EVANGELISTIC CASTING
We're not told that every fish in the sea swam to the net. We're not told that a certain number of fish were caught in the net. We're told that Jesus first indicated His awareness that they had caught nothing, then gave a command that they cast their net on the right side of
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Orthodox
Contributed by Davon Huss on May 7, 2012
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Alvin Slaughter: I’m convinced more now than ever That we don’t serve a god of the mundane But God of the supernatural You see, when we worship him in faith He will always meet us at the point of our needs Dry, fleshly worship is not enough Get ready, get ready to be completely drenched and
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Jeff Strite on Sep 9, 2012
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I'D LIMP TOO
We did NOT inherit Adam's sin. But we did inherit something from Adam. His sin altered our DNA (if you will). His sin bent us toward limping in our righteousness.
The story's told of a doctor who was teaching a group of medical students. She points to an x-ray and says, "As you can
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on May 9, 2025
[102]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – GOD SENDS NO ONE TO HELL
The Introduction for this poem is longer than average.
So as not to be misunderstood, the title of the poem does not mean God has no control over hell. He certainly does but just so that you don’t miss the message of the poem, I need to
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2001
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According to a Greek legend, in ancient Athens a man noticed the great storyteller Aesop playing childish games with some little boys. He laughed and jeered at Aesop, asking him why he wasted his time in such frivolous activity.
Aesop responded by picking up a bow, loosening its string, and
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Contributed by Bruce Howell on Apr 12, 2001
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Illus.: The Forgotten Letter Drop
Several years ago the city of Pittsburgh constructed a large, new post office at the cost of several million dollars. On the day of it’s opening, the Governor made a speech, the bands played and the people cheered. It was quite a celebration.
But when the
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Keith Broyles on Jul 17, 2001
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In the time I have spent studying history, I have learned that Alexander Graham Bell was no different. When Bell developed improvements in the telegraph, creating the harmonic telegraph, many said that his work was a waste of time, effort, and money. It can’t be done. When he improved the
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Methodist
Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Sep 7, 2001
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[God’s Power in Creation, Citation: Christianity Today (4-23-99), reprinted in "To Illustrate Plus," Leadership Journal (21.1), p. 69]
Patrick O’Boyle recalls the late-1940s Hyde Park "Speakers’ Corner" appearances of Frank Sheed, the Catholic author and publisher:
Sheed could be devastating with
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