Contributed by Amanda Wilson on Aug 26, 2007
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I was once talking to a man from South Africa whose father was a Baptist minster during the apartheid years. Their family lived in a mining town and the labourers at the mine were from 3 different African tribes, each with their own independent language. At one time there was a lot of unrest
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Chris Willis on Oct 17, 2007
How do you say thank-you for miscarriage? I don’t exactly know, but what I do know is that miscarriage has helped me to . . .
- It’s helped me love and appreciate my wife more.
- It’s helped me hug my nieces tighter.
- It’s helped me sing louder praise to God.
- It’s helped me long for heaven
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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There is a tradition among the guards who serve at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Whenever they salute a commissioned officer they say in a loud voice. “Line six, sir!” That is a reference to line six of the Sentinel’s Creed. In 99 words this creed captures what it means to be a guard at the
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Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Jan 26, 2009
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WHAT WOULD YOU THINK?
What would you think if I said, "We’ve decided that sometimes, instead of having praise and worship music, we’re going to listen to Marilyn Manson? And sometimes instead of celebrating the Lord’s Supper with bread and juice, we’ll celebrate it with Jack Daniel’s. And why not
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Feb 4, 2010
We look for God in tangible ways – new job, any job, or our answers for healing prayer. We strain to see a favourable solution to a tough situation we’re asking God to deal with. When things begin to work out the way we expected we give him credit and praise him for what he’s doing. But when the
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Thomas Cash on Apr 15, 2011
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ELEMENTS OF A SEDER
Jesus was Jewish. He celebrated the Passover every year that He was on this earth. He is also clearly pictured in all the symbols of Passover and in the message of Passover itself.
Wine: used various times during the meal (Cup of blessing, Cup of Plagues, Cup of Redemption,
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Christian/Church Of Christ
INFIDELS READ THE BIBLE
When Benjamin Franklin was the US Ambassador to France, in Paris he would often converse with members of the 'Infidels' Club', a group of philosophers who spurned the Bible.
These intellectuals spent much of their time searching for and discussing masterpieces of
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Anglican
Psalm 51 (AD)
The only sacrifice you ever desired was done
On that rugged Cross by Your own holy Son.
In Your sight, I have sinned only against Thee.
The painful burden of that sin is ever with me.
If You took my life, it would be just and well.
You have every right to send my soul to Hell.
I
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Baptist
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A dear lady in the church I serve shared with me a poem she cut out of a magazine over 60 years ago. It has the spirit of what Dr. Graham’s mother felt about being a mother:
A Mother’s Prayer
Sing me no eulogy of praise,
Give me no hallowed stool;
Just let me be my children’s friend,
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United Methodist
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I Know
I know He is the beginning, so why do I worry about the end.
I know He is the creator, so why do I wonder who will destroy.
I know He has forgiven me, so why can't I forgive myself.
I know He is a healer, so why do I speak of sickness.
I know He can do all things, so why do I say I
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2003
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THE BEST ESCAPE
Escapism is usually thought of as a bad thing, because it is a running away from reality. But we need to see there is much reality that we need to escape from. The stress and tension all around us is real, but we have no obligation to be in a state of constant reaction to it.
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Contributed by Ron Crow on Mar 7, 2003
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Merlin Carothers, author of the book Prison to Praise, had firsthand experience of what it is like to be declared righteous. During World War II, he joined the army. Anxious to get into some action, Carothers went AWOL but was caught and sentenced to five years in prison. Instead of sentencing him
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