Contributed by Grant Macdonald on Nov 14, 2011
MISTAKEN FOR JESUS
Jeff Walling tells the story of Darrel. Darrel was a forty year-old youth worker. One service a month, the youth in his church went to Hokem Manor, which was an old age home. The old people would be wheeled in for the service. Some of them were aware, and others of them weren't.
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GARLANDS OF HEAVEN
In India, whenever I preached I would get a garland made of carnations or roses or some other kind of flower. (This was done as a gesture of honor.) They smelled nice at first, but they were bulky and awkward (most of them would hang down almost to your knees), and after your
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Contributed by Jeff Strite on Aug 5, 2012
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Too often, churchgoers can become “spiritual hitchhikers”.
Have you ever been driving along the road when suddenly you saw a hitchhiker ahead?
What’s the universal symbol of the hitchhiker? (his thumb)
His thumb signal is giving a message loud and clear,
"If you will furnish the car, the
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Contributed by Bret Toman on Oct 31, 2012
FRANCIS CHAN'S SERVANT WITNESS
Francis Chan was flying to Africa and seated next to him was a man who happened to be a Muslim. So they were talking about what they believed and the man said "Ya, I know some Christians and I hear their message and it turns me off. I’m not interested."
So the
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WHICH BASIN?
Remember there were TWO basins of water mentioned in the Bible. One, Herod used it to wash his hands -- "this has nothing to do with me". The other one, Jesus used it to wash His disciples' feet. It has nothing to do with Him too. It's the job of slaves but He did it. And He
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Contributed by David Dewitt on Apr 2, 2013
TO BE GOD'S INSTRUMENT
Ah to be your instrument O God, like Paul to the Gentiles, like Philipp to the eunuch, like Jesus to the world, to be your instrument. To be like a scalpel in the gentle hands of a surgeon, healing and mending. To be like the plow in the weathered hands of the farmer, sowing
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"Now a man can scarcely arrive at the needed sense of responsibility, unless his living conditions allow him to become conscious of his dignity, and to rise to his destiny by spending himself for God and for others. But human freedom is often crippled when a man encounters extreme poverty just as
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 17, 2009
Our room steward, Denny, was so nice and seemed to genuinely show concern and respect to our family. It was amazing. So as I thought about this issue of respect, which we are going to talk about today, I also began to wonder if respect can be bought.
How many of you have been on a cruise? This
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Contributed by Thomas Cash on Apr 6, 2009
As a child at church camp, a missionary told us the story of a missionaries traveling into a remote village that was rarely visited by outsiders. Living as their ancient ancestors did, the people were fascinated with motorized vehicles and electricity. These missionaries brought in a generator to
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