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  • Who Can Estimate The Value

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 4, 2007
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    Quote: J.C. Ryle in Foundations of Faith said: Who can estimate the value of God’s gift, when He gave to the world His only begotten Son! It is something unspeakable and incomprehensible. It passes man’s understanding. Two things there are which man has no arithmetic to reckon, and no line to ...read more

  • Spiritual Leadership

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Sep 9, 2007
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    Spiritual Leadership Samuel Logan Brengle said: Spiritual leadership is not won by promotion, but by prayers and tears. It is attained by much heart-searching and humbling before God; by self-surrender, a courageous sacrifice of every idol, a bold, uncompromising, and uncomplaining embracing of ...read more

  • A View Of God's Glory

    Contributed by Chris Jordan on Apr 5, 2008
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    QUOTE: Charles Spurgeon, A View of God’s Glory. “Now, what attribute is God about to show to Moses? His petition is, “Show me thy glory.” Will God show him his justice? His holiness? His wrath? His power? No. Hear the still small voice – “I will make all my goodness pass before you.” Ah! ...read more

  • Carl S. Dudley Wrote: "In A Big World, The Small ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 12, 2008
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    Carl S. Dudley wrote: “In a big world, the small church has remained intimate. In a fast world, the small church has been steady. In an expensive world, the small church has remained plain. In a complex world, the small church has remained simple. In a rational world, the small church has kept ...read more

  • Hate

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 7, 2009
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    HATE One of the worst cases of hatred I have ever come across is found in a will written in 1935 by a Mr. Donohoe. It says, "Unto my two daughters, Frances Marie and Denise Victoria, by reason of their unfilial attitude toward a doting father...I leave the sum of $1.00 to each and a father's ...read more

  • Jim Jones: Whatever You Need

    Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Aug 27, 2009
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    JIM JONES: WHATEVER YOU NEED Jim Jones, leader of the Peoples Temple, who led about 900 people to commit suicide, was quoted by a former follower as saying, "What you need to believe in is what you can see...If you see me as your friend, I’ll be your friend. As you see me as your father, I’ll be ...read more

  • Supernatural Realities Ignored By Current ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2009
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    Supernatural Realities Ignored by Current Culture Francis MacNutt quotes theologian Walter Wink in his book “Deliverance from Evil Spirits" and writes: "...if you want to bring all talk to a halt in shocked embarrassment, every eye riveted on you, try mentioning angels, or demons or the devil. You ...read more

  • Time Magazine, In Its January 11, 2010 Issue, ...

    Contributed by Engleburg Toney on Jan 18, 2010
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    Time magazine, in its January 11, 2010 issue, had an article in it about what a Chicago megachurch was doing to integrate its congregation. It even cited a quote from Dr. King. In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. famously declared that "11 o’clock Sunday morning is the most segregated hour of the week ...read more

  • Vultures And Hummingbirds

    Contributed by Arsenio B. Segismundo on Jul 29, 2010
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    VULTURES AND HUMMINGBIRDS Both the hummingbird and the vulture fly over our nation’s deserts. All vultures see is rotting meat, because that is what they look for. They thrive on that diet. But hummingbirds ignore the smelly flesh of dead animals. Instead, they look for the colorful blossoms of ...read more

  • The Pilot

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
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    Quote: Peter Marshall: • "You are leaving port under sealed orders and in a troubled period. • You cannot know whither you are going or what you are to do. • You cannot know whither you are going or what you are to do. • But why not take the Pilot on boar; • Who knows the nature of your sealed ...read more

  • Hardship And Discipline

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
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    HARDSHIP AND DISCIPLINE No professional football team that plays its home games in a domed stadium with artificial turf has ever won the Super Bowl. While a climate-controlled stadium protects players (and fans) from the misery of sleet, snow, mud, heat, and wind, players who brave the ...read more

  • Holiness And Happiness  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Mar 14, 2011
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    HOLINESS AND HAPPINESS Quote taken from an article "9 Points for Preaching on the Problem of Evil" by Norman L. Geisler, a distinguished professor of apologetics at Veritas Evangelical Seminary in Murrieta, California: "The stark truth is that God is more interested in our holiness than in our ...read more

  • Funeral Illustration

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 4, 2021
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    I love that scene in The Pilgrim's Progress where Christian and Hopeful come to the final river of death. They are fearful that the water will be over their heads. But Hopeful goes first and calls back to Christian, “Be of good cheer, my brother; I feel the bottom, and it is good.” For every ...read more

  • Church Without The Holy Spirit

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 19, 2022
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    David Platt in his book, Radical, has a chapter entitled, "Beginning at the End of Ourselves -- The Importance of Relying on God's Power (Subsection entitled - “Dependent on Ourselves or Desperate for His Spirit?”). This is where I am most convicted as a pastor that I am part of a system ...read more

  • Babel And Pentecost In Contrast

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 19, 2022
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    "Pentecost was a reversal of the judgment at the Tower of Babel when God confused man’s language (Gen. 11:1-9). God’s judgment at Babel scattered the people, but God’s blessings at Pentecost united the believers in the Spirit. At Babel, the people were unable to understand each other, but at ...read more

  • A Baptist Congregation Installed A New Full ...

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on Oct 8, 2008
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    A Baptist congregation installed a new full immersion baptistery in the sanctuary as part of an extensive remodeling project. But the county building inspector wouldn’t okay its’ installation. “I can’t,” he said, “unless it has a separate septic tank.” The trusties couldn’t understand why a ...read more

  • Victim Of His Own Invention

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
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    VICTIM OF HIS OWN INVENTION Sir Robert Watson Watt, the inventor of the radar was arrested himself for speeding. He had been caught in a radar trap. Shortly after this irony, he wrote this poem: Pity Sir Robert Watson Watt Strange target of his radar plot, And this, with others I could mention, A ...read more

  • Tweeners

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 23, 2023
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     | 700 views

    "Too many Christians are “’tweeners”: they live between Egypt and Canaan, saved but never satisfied; they live between Good Friday and Easter, believing in the Cross but not entering into the power and glory of the Resurrection. It is clear, then, that the believer cannot deliberately be ...read more

  • Is The Solar Eclipse A Sign Of The Last Days?

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Apr 6, 2024
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     | 271 views

    “The Bible says a number of times that there’s going to be lots of signs in the heavens before Jesus Christ returns to Earth. What about the Solar Eclipse that is coming on April 8? We see this as possibly one of those." “However, my number one encouragement to people would be to just ...read more

  • Spiritual Consumerism

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2011
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    SPIRITUAL CONSUMERISM In February 27 2009 article from the website “Slate” titled, “Why American churchgoers like to shop around” also caught my attention. That article cited statistics from a Barna Group survey that revealed that one in seven adults changes churches each year, and another one in ...read more

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