Contributed by Perry Greene on Nov 6, 2012
THE 10 TESTS OF ABRAHAM
Ten Tests of Abraham according to Maimonides:
1. God tells him to leave his homeland to be a stranger in the land of Canaan. (12.1)
2. Immediately after his arrival in the Promised Land, he encounters a famine. (12.10)
3. The Egyptians capture his beloved wife, Sarah, and
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Contributed by Jeffrey Rowe on Dec 29, 2012
Death steals from us in this life by suddenly separating us from the people and things we’ve come to care about. It robs us.
A little while back, our church office building was broken into by thieves who took some of our equipment. Personally I’ve had my car broken into a couple of times. I’m
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Holiness
Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 3, 2015
Survivor Eva Hart remembers the night, April 15, 1912, on which the Titanic plunged 12,000 feet to the Atlantic floor, some two hours and forty minutes after an iceberg tore a 300-foot gash in the starboard side: "I saw all the horror of its sinking, and I heard, even more dreadful, the cries of
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Contributed by Shine Thomas on Aug 28, 2017
Janez Rus lived in Germany during the days of the Nazi ruler Adolf Hitler. During that time he was a young shoemaker, looking to make his name prominent. Because of the power of the German government, he participated in public supports of the Nazi regime in hopes of gaining recognition. But after
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Assembly Of God
Contributed by Doane Brubaker on Apr 20, 2007
In Every Man’s Battle, Stephen Arterburn urges men to retrain their eyes to “bounce away” from visual images that stimulate lust. Many have found that a good habit can be formed in just a couple of weeks.
It feels good when find out you got it right. Last fall I was talking with my
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Mennonite
Contributed by William Beard on May 22, 2007
MARY MASON wrote a poem called: “It’s Coronation Day”.
“The house (he/she) lived in seems so still;
The eyes no longer see;
The lips, half smiling, do not speak.
Is this finality?
Our hearts shout, “No! It’s not the end!
Her life has just begun!”
TODAY is Coronation Day:
For her, the
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Baptist
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 22, 2007
TOMORROW I’LL BE BIG (anonymous).
If only he’d say -- just once, "All right, Timmy, let’s do it together, right now." But it’s always, "Wait a little. Can’t you see I’m busy? Just a minute, Timmy. Tomorrow."
Tomorrow I’ll be big. I’m only little now. Now is when I need you, Daddy. Not
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Forgiveness is a gift from God. It is a portion of His grace. What you have been freely given, you should freely give away. Jesus said in Matthew 6:15 that if we do not forgive others, neither will God forgive us.
When the first missionaries arrived in Alberta, they were savagely opposed by a
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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John Stott The Cross of Christ
I have entered many Buddhist temples in different Asian countries and stood respectfully before the statute of Buddha, his legs crossed, arms folded, eyes closed, the ghost of a smile playing round his mouth, a remote look on his face, detached from the agonies of the
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 19, 2007
Saturday at about 2:30 a.m., Wade Hawkins, Jr. and his family were sleeping peacefully in their home when a tornado struck. Ogie, as he is commonly called, and his younger son were sleeping in the master bedroom. His wife had fallen asleep on the couch in the living room, while his eight-year-old
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Baptist
Contributed by Doane Brubaker on Aug 28, 2007
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"Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is — his good, pleasing and perfect will." (Rom 12:2, NIV)
The word we translate “conform” is schema. We get from it words like
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Mennonite
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