Contributed by Ed Wood on Feb 18, 2003
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Earl Allen’s book, Sign of the Star, relates the Suffering Servant to the Christmas story. Allen wrote: “Near the cradle of Bethlehem stands the cross, God’s Christmas tree—you can’t make anything else out of it. The blood of Jesus Christ has been the red ribbon strung from that first coat of skins
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Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Aug 31, 2009
Since Isaiah (and later, the New Testament writers) spoke of God’s "tested" keystone (cornerstone?) or foundation stone in terms of depending upon God rather than what anyone else says or promises, it might be good to look at the importance of "foundations" and Jesus Christ as our "tested"
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Ten Commandments, Children
It’s like one little Sunday School boy who knew nothing of forgiveness…
A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with her five and six-year-olds After explaining the commandment to "honor" your Father and Mother, she asked,
"Is there a commandment
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Egg Cartons
A PREACHER found a shoe box in his closet. When he Opened it he found some strange contents. Inside was an egg carton with 5 eggs inside. Next to the eggs was a stack of bills that totaled over 10,000 dollars.
As soon as his wife walked thru the door he stopped her to ask if she knew
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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A.W. Tozer’s Definition of a Christian
A Real Christian:
• He feels supreme love for One whom he has never seen,
• Talks familiarly every day to Someone he cannot see,
• Expects to go to heaven on the virtue of Another,
• Empties himself in order to be full,
• Admits he is wrong so he can be
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Make that same commitment to Jesus Christ this moment, and that assurance will be yours too. You will be prepared to meet your God. Remember and live by the immortal words of P. H. Harding in his awesome poem “Only One Life”:
Two little lines I heard one day, Traveling along life’s busy way;
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 20, 2008
“As the [prayer shawl] was placed over the head, it formed its own tent. WINGS of the garment were formed when the arms were held out. For this reason, the corners of the prayer shawl are often called "wings." During the first century there were several traditions associated with the tzitzit
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jul 21, 2008
First of all, in the first century and probably two hundred years or so before, there were many groups who claimed that the Messiah had come. They all had a charismatic leader that usually called people to a revolution to overthrow the Romans. But this is what happened every single time. Rome came
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Church Of God
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Why did the Magi come?
They were looking for “Messiah the Prince” of Daniel’s
prophecy
An examination of Daniel’s prophecy shows why
they expected Jesus at this time
Daniel 9:24-26 - “Seventy weeks are determined
upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the
transgression, and to make
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Contributed by Mike Richardson on May 16, 2001
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A preacher saw a man who looked homeless sitting on a park bench and seemed to be in deep distress so he passed by him, handed him a $20 bill and whispered to him, “Never Despair”. The next day the preacher saw the man coming toward him hurriedly and gave him $60. The preacher asked what that was
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Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 11, 2018
It was a dramatic performance in Game 7 of the World Series about a month ago: Madison Bumgarner coming in as a relief pitcher and proceeding to sow up the win for the San Francisco Giants. An impressive performance.
Let’s go back to the spring – before the first pitch was thrown on the 2014
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