Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jan 7, 2010
"Why is the F*** word and and the Sh** word used so freely today? Jesus doesn’t directly include this in what He says about oaths in Matthew 5 but it is there by way of application and other passages enlarge on this area of sin, so I am taking a detour. The spirit of what Jesus is saying in Matthew
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 25, 2009
The word “baptize” comes from the Greek word baptizo. It is just a common, ordinary, household word in the Greek language, which has been in use through the centuries. In Greek literature there are some typical examples of the use of the ordinary Greek word baptizo.
Aristotle, who lived 384-322
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Contributed by Spencer Miller on Jun 9, 2013
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The great English preacher Charles Spurgeon once said, "The gospel is preached in the ears of all men; it only comes with power to some. The power that is in the gospel does not lie in the eloquence of the preacher otherwise men would be converters of souls. Nor does it lie in the preacher’s
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Peter's sermon to such a large crowd of Jews reminds us of stories of how God's Spirit used George Whitefield in the 1700's as an instrument to bring about the First Great Awakening in America.
John MacArthur says that "Whitfield preached in Bristol to 20,000 people regularly,
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Contributed by Paul Dietz on Sep 28, 2008
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Authority vs. Power
Jesus did not just send them forward into their world with empty hands. He provides them with all the tools that will be needed to bring in this harvest of souls. According to Matthew's account, Jesus "...gave them power" [10:1]. The New International Version employs a more
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 31, 2001
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NEW ORLEANS (BP)--An explosive new study says some gay people can turn straight if they really want to. Robert L. Spitzer, a psychiatry professor at Columbia University who led the study, said he couldn’t estimate what percentage of highly motivated gay people can change their sexual orientation
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible, to destroy the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak; and that it is doing God's
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Power in the hand of lack of knowledge, inexperience and ego is
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Power depends on good connections. The train with the locomotive, machinery with the engine; the electrical mechanism with the powerhouse. And in the
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