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I Desire Mercy Not Sacrifice
Experiencing the mercy of God in our lives
Ready & Faithful
Looking to Jesus for help now and hope in the future
Why Suffering?
Help your church understand God's plan in pain
RAY BRADBURY’S MESSAGE Avid readers often will credit this or that writer for luring them into a lifelong love of a genre. For those who love science fiction, it offers grand, cosmic landscapes on which to project the boundless possibilities of life. Yet for one writer, Ray Bradbury (August 22, ...read more
Scripture: Romans 5:12
Tags: Sin Fall Of Man
A THIEF AND A PRIEST The story is told about a Catholic priest who was walking down an alley behind his church when a thief jumped out from behind some garbage cans and pressed the muzzle of his gun into the priest's ribs. The thief said, "Give me your wallet!" Without hesitation, the priest ...read more
Scripture: Romans 14:1-23
Tags: Christian Values
JESUS IS UNCHANGING "But nothing about our Lord Jesus Christ has changed down to this very hour. His love has not changed. It hasn’t cooled off, and it needs no increase because He has already loved us with infinite love and there is no way that infinitude can be increased." Ref: Tozer, A.W. I ...read more
Scripture: Romans 8:35-39
Tags: Jesus Christ
Denomination: Baptist
KAMAU: A MISSIONARY TO KENYA I have a friend named Francis Kamau. Francis felt led to plant a church in the city of Nairobi, Kenya. Francis decided to plant his church in a part of the city packed with bars and brothels. I preached for Francis a few years ago. And as we were leaving his church, ...read more
Scripture: Romans 12:2
Tags: Bible Influence
A STORY FOR PEACE-LOVERS (Narrated by Dorothy S. Mclaren) One morning a little girl, dressed in spotless white, with a lovely bouquet of flowers in her hands, passed by a boy who was playing in the dusty street. The sight of this pretty girl stirred the spirit of mischief in the boy’s heart and ...read more
Scripture: Romans 12:18
Tags: Peace
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
THE DEADLY DISEASE OF SIN The Bible is very blunt about sin – it doesn’t matter how YOU grade your sin, if you don’t accept that you’ve sinned… you can’t fix the problem. It’s like a man having a deadly disease. He experiencing distressing physical problems but doesn’t KNOW he’s going to die ... ...read more
Scripture: Romans 6:23
Tags: Dead To Sin
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
Martin Luther said "There is no justification without sanctification, no forgiveness without renewal of life, no real faith from ...read more
Scripture: Romans 6:1-2
Tags: Forgiveness In Jesus
THE "GROUP-THINK" IMPULSE Stand up for the truth. Romans 12:2 says, "...Do not be conformed to this world..." [NKJV] People today show a stong tendency to adjust their opinions to match those of the group. This goes a long way towards explaining why only a fraction of the educated population ...read more
Tags: Homosexuality, Peer Pressure, Truth Absolute
Denomination: Pentecostal
The German philosopher Immanuel Kant said this, "Two things fill the mind with ever increasing wonder and awe--the starry ...read more
Scripture: Romans 2:14-15
Tags: Conscience, Moral Law
NO SLACKERS A large company, feeling it was time for a shakeup, hired a new CEO. This new boss was determined to rid the company of all slackers. On a tour of the facilities, the CEO noticed a guy leaning on a wall. The room was full of workers and he wanted to let them know that he meant ...read more
Scripture: Romans 16:6-12
Tags: Work Ethic, Labor Day, Pride Before A Fall
ROCKEFELLER'S GIVING The very first person to reach the status of billionaire was a man who knew how to set goals and follow through. At the age of 23, Rockefeller had become a millionaire, by the age of 50 a billionaire. Every decision, attitude, and relationship was tailored to create his ...read more
Scripture: Romans 12:8
Tags: Giving, Missions Giving, Giving General, Principles Of Giving
From R. Paul Stevens: Christian priesthood is not a matter of being religious and Mr. Goody two shoes but of serving God and God’s purposes in the nitty gritty everydayness of life in the world, not a matter of sacred times and sacred places but ordinary times and ordinary places, not a matter ...read more
Scripture: Romans 15:15-16
Tags: Everyday Life, Priestly
Bono, lead singer of U2, said this: "Look, whatever thoughts you have about God, who God is or if God exists--most will agree that God has a special place ...read more
Scripture: Romans 15:26
Tags: Poverty, Poor, Helping Poor
The best acronym I have ever seen is H-O-P-E: Hold ...read more
Scripture: Romans 8:28-31
Tags: Faith, Heaven, Hope
SERMON BLOOPER!!! One of our youth pastors was leaving to go to another church on the same day my wife and I returned from a mission trip to France to encourage our missionaries there. As we closed the service, I brought my wife on the stage on live tv and illustrated how French churches "greet ...read more
Scripture: Romans 16:16
Tags: Humor, Preacher Bloopers, Holy Kiss
ANDREW MURRAY: "God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life that ...read more
Scripture: Romans 12:1-2
Tags: Surrender, Consecration, Commitment To Christ, Lordship Of Jesus
BUMPER STICKER CONSCIENCE This is a true story. I have a pastor friend in Alabama named Bill who was driving to speak at a church in another county and he was running late. He was driving about 20 miles over the speed limit, when suddenly he remembered he had a Christian bumper sticker on his car. ...read more
Scripture: Romans 13:1-7
Tags: Conscience, Obey Authorities
Biblical Scholar, Dr. Richard Halverson, once said, “When the Greeks got the Gospel, they turned it into a philosophy; when the Romans got the Gospel, they turned it into a government. When the Europeans got the Gospel, they turned it into a culture........ and when ...read more
Scripture: Romans 1:15-16
Tags: Church, America, Gospel
DOES YOUR GOD BLEED? A little boy went up to a missionary Sunday School leader in another country. The boy said, "I like what you say about the God of the Bible but I can’t see him. But if I go to the temple I can see my God." The missionary said to the little boy, "Son, may I ask you a ...read more
Scripture: Romans 5:8
Tags: Salvation, Cross, Blood Of Jesus
Paul Washer is a powerful preacher and evangelist. He once had a seminary student send him a message. He was afraid that he was too bad to enter the ministry. He sent him a message that simply said, "I think I am too wicked to be in the ministry." And Paul Washer wrote him back and said, "You are ...read more
Scripture: Romans 3:19-26
Tags: Assurance, Confidence, Reliance On God
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