Contributed by Mike  Mcguire on May 28, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Putting on Christ means putting on a new life. Roman young men symbolized moving from Adolescence to maturity by taking of the toga of
                    
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                    CHRIST AND THE SPIRIT
Luke's Gospel places an huge emphasis on the Holy Spirit.  As the the third century Bible teacher St. Origen puts it:
     "Christ is born; the Spirit is his forerunner. 
      Christ is baptised; the Spirit bears him witness. 
      Christ is tempted; the Spirit leads him
                    
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                    Contributed by Brian Mavis on Oct 27, 2000
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    You share Christ by imitating Christ. A story is told – by Fredrick Beuchner I believe – called “The Happy Hypocrite." It is a story about a man who was born with an awful facial deformity. He grew up alone and lonely. When reaching adulthood, he decided to move from his town to begin a new life.
                    
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                    Contributed by Andrew Hill on Feb 10, 2008
                
                
                
                    When you put your faith in Jesus Christ His righteousness or perfection becomes yours. Let me give you an example of how this works in every day life. The super bowl was just played last Sunday. The Patriots played the Giants. Many of the fans went to the game wearing shirts and hats that had the
                    
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                    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Nov 21, 2005
                
                
                
                    A Christian of years ago put it this way, “Many experience displeasure when they see others in possession of spiritual goods.  They feel sensibly hurt because others surpass them on this road, and
                    
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                    My kids love to put their hand in mine as we wander through the park, go to the car, or as we walk through the mall. From time to time I will squeeze their hand twice. When I do, instantly a big smile encompasses their faces. Why? Because two squeezes mean, “I love you.”
The Father reached down
                    
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                    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Apr 1, 2012
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    BAPTISM: CLOTHED IN CHRIST
Just this last week we baptized a 9-year-old boy into Christ. His name is J.J. J.J. knew all the answers to the questions I posed to him, but his father was concerned that his young son viewed baptism as a "magic act" that would make all kinds of marvelous changes
                    
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                    PUTTING THE BRAKES ON
"Violence puts the brakes on authentic development and impedes the evolution of peoples towards greater socio-economic and spiritual well-being. This applies especially to terrorism motivated by fundamentalism, which generates grief, destruction and death, obstructs dialogue
                    
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                    Contributed by Rickey Bennett on Aug 16, 2009
                
                
                
                    John Piper put it this way:
God intends for the afflictions of Christ to be presented to the world through the afflictions of his people. God really means for the body of Christ, the church, to experience some of the suffering he experienced so that when
                    
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                    **Christ is **
Alive
He is our God
We should worship him
He should be our icon
He should be the one we weep for not man
We should buy his book
Listen to his music
Come from far and wide to worship him
We need to praise God not man
The way of life not death
With us in spirit and truth
 
Christ love
                    
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                    Contributed by Matthew Redder on Sep 21, 2018
                
                
                
                    The story of Augustine's conversion is an inspiring and amazing one. In my opinion it is a miraculous account of God grabbing the attention of Augustine and speaking directly into his heart through the power of a perfectly timed scripture. 
This could be a great illustration about the power of the
                    
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                    Contributed by Keith Foskey on Apr 4, 2005
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    “Putting together a bicycle” 
When my brother was three he got his first bicycle for Christmas. Being much older I stayed awake with his father to put it together on Christmas Eve. My mother held the instructions. He and I began putting together pieces that seemed to fit and after about an hour we
                    
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                    PUT SOMETHING IN FIRST
After we came here in US, I discovered that everybody around me were using something named "credit card" to buy things… We said, oh good, let’s go to a bank and asked them for tis wonder card… ziiip and pay for your gas, or for your church suit. 
I went with one coworker, I
                    
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                    PUTTING THE DOG IN DOGMA
The pit bull, as you may know, is bred to be a fighter.  But what you may not know is what they were originally bred to fight with.  The pit bull is a actually a mutt that made good -- having terrier and mastiff breeds in its line.  From the mastiff side of the tree, they
                    
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