Contributed by Peter Loughman on Dec 29, 2008
RANDOM UNIVERSE
I had a professor at Princeton Theological Seminary who had an ongoing feud with a professor at another institution. My professor would argue that the universe is well thought out and therefore life is not random and so life has great meaning. His nemesis would argue the opposite,
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jan 26, 2009
People often think that works they do that they think are righteous are going to outweigh any faults they do?
Imagine a motorist driving down a city street and deliberately driving through a red light. He is pulled over by a policeman who asks to see his driver’s license. Immediately the driver
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2009
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WESLEY AND CRITICISM
John Wesley was a great English preacher of the 1700’s. He was considered a rather spiffy dresser. One Sunday morning he wore a bow tie that had long ribbons that hung downward. After the sermon was over a lady walked up to him and said, "Brother Wesley, are you open to some
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
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MERCY IN NIGHT COURT
One night in 1935, Fiorello H. La Guardia, mayor of New York, showed up at a night court in the poorest ward of the city. He dismissed the judge for the evening and took over the bench. One case involved an elderly woman who was caught stealing bread to feed her grandchildren.
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Contributed by Richard Francis on Jan 31, 2009
A W Tozer encouraged people wanting and having a "personal revival" to be seeking God with ALL of their Heart to consider these two points:
1. Get thoroughly dissatisfied with yourself. Complacency is the deadly enemy of spiritual progress. The contented soul is the stagnant soul. When speaking
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 6, 2009
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EXCUSES, EXCUSES...
This is the time of year when we attempt to fulfill our New Year's excuses...oops, I mean resolutions. And speaking of resolutions...oops, I mean excuses, I found several good ones this week as I prepared for this morning. I make no excuse for any of them.
This is one from a
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1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Paul said run to win as if winning is everything. It is, but not in the sense that you find in the sports arena. Running to win only makes sense if you’re chasing the right prize.
My daughter, Jen, has a fur-ball with whiskers named Fred. Fred will chase anything that
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Feb 15, 2009
In the early church Jerome, that hardy and stern disciplinarian, removed himself far from the lurid temptations of the city only to find that he had not escaped them at all. As he confessed:
“O how often I imagined that I was in the midst of the pleasures of Rome when I was stationed in the
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Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 17, 2009
By the way, I got a prayer handkerchief in the mail about two-three weeks ago. It was a fundraising approach by an interdenominational group and it cited Acts 19 as its affirmation. They missed the point! Even as the people snuggling together under Peter’s shadow missed the point. The power—the
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Contributed by Scott Sutton on Aug 17, 2022
In the days of the circuit riders, a minister was out riding one afternoon and came upon a man out working in his field.
“Fine day isn’t it?” the minister called out.
“It's fine for you”, the man replied, “All you have to do is ride around on that horse thinking about God all day long, while
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We have all had times on the mount, when we have seen things from God’s standpoint and have wanted to stay there; but God will never allow us to stay there. The test of our spiritual life is the power to descend; if we have power to rise only, something is wrong. It is a great thing to be on the
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