Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 11, 2025
[161]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – JESUS, REMEMBER ME WHEN YOU COME IN YOUR KINGDOM
This poem is about the repentant thief on the cross who turned to the Lord for salvation. One criminal did and one did not. Here is the gospel account – {{Luke 23:40-43 but the other answered, and rebuking him
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Apr 24, 2026
[340]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - WHEN I ARRIVE IN HEAVEN
This is a poem of speculation. What is heaven really like?
Please do not think of heaven as some sort of materialistic place. Some Christians think more of mansions and golden streets and riches than they do of the Lord Jesus.
The title
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Contributed by Chad Ballard on Apr 9, 2002
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This week, I read a beautiful legend about a king who decided to set aside a special day to honor his greatest subject. When the big day arrived, there was a large gathering in the palace courtyard. Four finalists were brought forward, and from these four, the king would select the winner.
The
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
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A small country church in Wisconsin has a special tradition that they have used at the close of their communion services for a number of years. It is adapted from an ancient Jewish closing of the Passover meal. Since it is the hope of every devout Jew to celebrate the Passover at least once in
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Contributed by W F on Jul 3, 2006
What bricks and mortar are to a building, a marriage is to a community in which it lives and loves. There can be no doubt that a community will crumble and collapse if marriage is allowed to crumble and collapse. And history is strewn with example after example of this.
The Roman empire is just
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Contributed by Robert Leroe on Sep 18, 2006
Richard Selzer, MD, tells of standing before a hospital bed where a young woman is recovering from surgery. Her mouth is twisted. A facial nerve connected to her mouth muscles had been severed, and her deformity would be permanent. To remove a tumor in her cheek, the nerve had to be cut. Her
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Contributed by Bob Joyce on Sep 14, 2007
Suppose Western Union brought me a telegram that read,
“The President of the U.S. desires your presence tomorrow.”
Then, suppose I took that telegram, tore it up, spit on it, and tossed it in the trash. Do you think Western Union would be offended? Of course not! My insult would not be against
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Dec 31, 2008
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A PARDON MUST BE ACCEPTED
About the year 1830, a man named George Wilson killed a government employee who caught him in the act of robbing the mails. He was tried and sentenced to be hanged. However, President Andrew Jackson sent him a pardon. But Wilson did a strange thing. He refused to accept
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Article from paper on the pastor and his wife who collect nativity scenes from all over the world.
1. The message of the nativity according to the article is this: “An Enduring symbol. Christ’s birth has been a powerful story through-out the ages. The Nativity is a three dimensional depiction of
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I and several other preaching students were permitted to visit Brother G. E. Steward, a masterful preacher of the gospel, who was holding a gospel meeting in Houston, TX, in the summer of 1972. We were permitted to bring lessons at that meeting.
He was following Brother Keeble’s manner of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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DEAR ABBY LETTERS – How To Dress In Church
Dear Abby: May I respond to your reply regarding attire in church? As a priest and pastor, I’m appalled at how some people come dressed for Sunday worship. You said that “Dress codes have been greatly relaxed in recent decades,” which I find to be
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