Contributed by Sam Mccormick on Aug 12, 2017
                
                
                
                    Several years ago, I began to reflect on the happenings at Gethsemane.  It started when I saw some movie in which an actor did an okay job of portraying Jesus, except that he failed abysmally in his attempt to show what I think Jesus' agony at Gethsemane must have been really like.  I realized that
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    In his book I Surrender, Patrick Morley writes that the church’s integrity problem is in the misconception "that we can add Christ to our lives, but not subtract sin. It is a change in belief without a change in behavior." He goes on to say, "It is revival without
                    
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                    Contributed by Jim Kane on Mar 12, 2005
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Why do you follow Jesus? Patrick Morley has some important things to say about our answer to this question. "The American gospel has evolved into a gospel of addition without subtraction. It is a belief that we can add Christ to our lives, but not subtract sin. It is a change in
                    
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                    Bevere states, “If you are offended and in unforgiveness and refuse to repent of this sin, you have not come to the knowledge of the truth. You are deceived, and you confuse others with your hypocritical lifestyle. No matter what the revelation, your fruit tells a different story. You’ll
                    
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                    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jun 10, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    C.S. Lewis wrote, “In the long run the answer to all those who object to the doctrine of hell is itself a question: ‘What are you asking God to do? To wipe out past sins and, at all costs, to give them a fresh start, smoothing every
                    
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                    Dr. W. A. Criswell, was the pastor of First Baptist Church of Dallas, TX, for many years.  One day he was talking to his son and said that if he ever had a moral lapse and sinned, that He hoped that no-one in thc church would find out, because according to Dr.
                    
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                    Contributed by Donnie  Martin on Aug 17, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Revival is the visitation of God which brings to life Christians who have been sleeping and restores a deep sense of God’s near presence and holiness.   Thence springs a vivid sense of sin and a profound exercise of heart in repentance, praise, and love, with an evangelistic
                    
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                    Contributed by Donnie  Martin on Jul 30, 2007
                
                
                
                    In his book I Surrender, Patrick Morley writes that the church’s integrity problem is in the misconception “that we can add Christ to our lives, but not subtract sin. It is a change in belief without a change in behavior.” He goes on to say, “It is revival without
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Aug 1, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    In the Old Testament the High Priest went into the Holy of Holy’s with a rope attached to his leg and bells on his robe so that if he had sin on him and God struck him dead they could drag him out.  If you knew this morning that you
                    
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                    Walking in the fear of the Lord means keeping a continually tender conscience; abhorring all sin; having respect to every Divine precept; dreading to offend him from whom the soul has derived its being and its blessings. Without this salutary fear of God there
                    
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                    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 13, 2010
                
                
                
                    DR MARTIN LLOYD JONES WROTE -  THE TROUBLE WITH PEOPLE, WHO ARE NOT SEEKING FOR A SAVIOR, AND FOR SALVATION, IS THAT THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF SIN. IT IS A PECULIAR FUNCTION OF THE LAW TO BRING SUCH AN UNDERSTANDING TO A MANS MIND AND CONSCIENCE. THAT IS WHY GREAT EVANGELICAL PREACHERS
                    
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                    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 19, 2010
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    MARY, JOSEPH, AND KIDDUSHIN
David Stern comments, "The Hebrew/Aramaic word for betrothal is "kiddushin," which signifies "sanctification, separation," i.e., the setting aside and separating of a particular woman for a particular man. According to the Mishna, adultery during the betrothal period
                    
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                    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Oct 3, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    There was a young man named David who killed six innocent people in New York.  He was finally caught and sent to prison for life.
One day a fellow inmate began to tell David that God loved him, and was ready to forgive him for all his sins, even the murders he had committed.
It took a while, but
                    
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                    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Mar 31, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    SHOUTING THE GOOD NEWS?  
It’s amazing how many people try to share the good news with a sense of rage and hatred.
Example: ranting and raving about a particular social ill, polarizing people, and focusing more on judgment and God’s wrath than on the hope that Christ offers.
People rant about
                    
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