GOLLUM AND SIN
Tolkien’s character - Gollum. What a great name. Just from the sound of it, you can tell that it is attached to a ne'er-do-well. Gollum is the slimiest character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy. If you are a true-blue fan of the books, you know that originally this
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Contributed by Clark Tanner on Mar 24, 2008
One of the things I enjoy most about the movies made from Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” is the camaraderie among the various groups of friends and traveling partners as the character, Frodo, made his way to the mountain where he was to destroy the powerful, evil ring that was a threat to all
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Orthodox
Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jul 9, 2005
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When you fold your hands, the thumb is nearest you. So begin by praying for those closest to you – your loved ones (Philippians 1 : 3 – 5).
The index finger is the pointer. Pray for those who teach – Bible teachers and preachers, and those who teach children (1 Thessalonians 5 : 25).
The next
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Baptist
Contributed by Brian La Croix on Jan 4, 2008
You are probably aware that Corrie ten Boom, along with her sister and father, were sent to Ravensbruck, a Nazi concentration camp, for hiding Jews.
Her sister and father died there, but Corrie was released, due to a “clerical error.” And the Kingdom of God is better off for it.
Corrie ten Boom
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2003
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A man wanted to know the will of God for his life, so took out his Bible, let the pages fall open, closed his eyes and put his finger down on a spot. Looking down at the verse under his finger he found that it said, “Judas went out and hanged himself.”
Slightly frustrated he followed the
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Contributed by Alan Stokes on Mar 2, 2001
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Carmine DeSena in The Air Down Here (Chronicle Books, 1995, p. 7) states, “There’s a lesson my grandmother use to recite: ‘The world is like a hand and all the people its fingers. If you hate and destroy one
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Holiness
Contributed by Craig Simonian on Jun 8, 2001
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Last time, I mentioned the movie City Slickers… where Billy Crystal asked Curley what the meaning of life was. He pointed his finger up. “Your finger is the meaning of life?” “No, one thing. One thing is the meaning of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
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A true story is told from the time of Oliver Cromwell in England. A young soldier had been tried in military court and sentenced to death. He was to be shot at the "ringing of the curfew bell." His fiancee climbed up into the bell tower. several hours before curfew time and tied herself to bell’s
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Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Apr 28, 2018
Trouble is inevitable. It has spawned the counseling ministry. Therapist, psychologist, psychiatrist, support groups dedicate their lives to helping people deal with grief, addictions, abuse, and stress.
There are many solutions offered. You can pop a pill or uncork a bottle or take a
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Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Dec 14, 2022
Christmas Must Be Near
When soft snowflakes fill childish dreams,
And Missy hangs the mistletoe.
Then gift shoppers show up in streams,
And Mike the mailman is bending low.
When the generosities astound,
Then through the air, we hear the sound
Of joy-bells ring…
“Ting-a-ling, ting-a-ling!”
Then
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"If you think there are no new frontiers, watch a boy ring the front
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Soon will come eternal Spring, And eternal songs to sing; Loud our hallelujahs ring,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
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Love then is the giving of self, and as long as we have a body and are working out our salvation, it will always be synonymous with sacrifice, in the Christian sense of the word. Love sacrifices naturally just as the eye sees and the ear hears. That is why we speak of "arrows" and "darts" of
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In his book, Metamorpha, Kyle Strobel tells about a friend of his whose name is Cassie. Cassie was a first-year seminary student whose view of God had never been challenged. Suddenly, she found herself in a setting in which it seemed to her that her image of God was being dismantled. It was as
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Presbyterian/Reformed
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