Contributed by Lynn Malone on Jun 13, 2005
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My daughters have been to camp several times this summer. I don’t know whether to be amazed or confused by my daughters, though. I took Brittney, our oldest daughter, to camp on Monday. Due to other commitments she was only going to stay for three days, but she took three bags of stuff. I guess
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006
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Families At Risk Dr. Dobson writes in his current newsletter, “Here are some of the most disturbing findings from the 2000 U.S. Census report: Households headed by unmarried partners grew by almost 72% during the past decade, most of them involving people living together out of wedlock. Households
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Contributed by Monte Brown on Aug 23, 2006
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THE MASTER OF THE STORM
By James Rowe
Out on the ocean of life we sail,
Battered by many a raging gale,
Yet we are sure that we shall prevail,
No storm can His ship over whelm
Billows may threaten and winds may blow,
Courage and faith we shall always show;
Nothing can harm us as on we go,
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Contributed by Tim Richards on Oct 19, 2006
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On April 21st, in the year 1519, the Spanish explorer Hernando Cortez sailed into the harbor of Vera Cruz, Mexico. He brought with him only about 600 men, and yet over the next two years his vastly outnumbered forces defeated Montezuma and all the warriors of the Aztec empire, making Cortez the
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“ Everyone is familiar with Sherlock Holmes, his faithful companion Dr. Watson, and Holmes’s keen power of observation that solved countless crimes. Yet few of us know that Holmes thought deduction and observation were even more necessary to religion. Tucked away in "The Adventure of the Naval
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007
THE GIFT OF STANDING BY - Donald Grey Barnhouse told the story (supposedly true) about Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes. When he moved to Washington, D.C., to take up his duties as Chief Justice, he transferred his membership letter to a Baptist Church in the area. His father had been a Baptist
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Pentecostal
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What is the purpose of baptism?
Steve Atkerson states: “John the Baptist explicitly stated the purpose of his baptism when he said, "I baptize you with water for repentance" (Mt 3:11). Did John baptize them so that they could repent or because they already had repented? That is, was John’s baptism
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 5, 2007
There is always a thrill in belonging to a noble company. Eric Linklater in his autobiography tells of his experience in the disastrous March retreat in the First World War.
He was with the Black Watch. They had come out of the battle with one officer, thirty men, and a piper left of the
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Jun 4, 2009
Verse 14 (where the psalmist calls God awesome and says he needs to fall down to the ground in adoration of God) is often misunderstood, though. There is a scene in a very cynical, satirical movie that applies to the world’s misunderstanding of praise. It is a scene from a Python film called "The
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Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 23, 2009
I guess I’ve always liked good news. When I was a student at Central College in Iowa, I worshiped at our Campus Church. Each week there was a pretty heavy prayer of confession that was usually preceded by recounting some really bad news stories of the previous week. Eventually a group of us
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Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Jan 18, 2010
Claiming Forgiveness
How do we know our sins are gone in God’s sight? Most of us know we have been born again. We see the difference. But how do we know we are forgiven? We know it only by taking God at His word and claiming it by faith.
Emperor Napoleon, riding through his ranks fell
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I KNEW MY FATHER WAS PLEASED
It reminds me of a story that Jonathan Goforth (1859-1936) the great Canadian missionary in China, used to tell.
Jonathan’s father put him in charge of one of the family farms at the age of 15. He drew special attention to one very large field, which had become choked
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Anglican
Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Apr 15, 2011
"IF HE HADN'T TAKEN MY SON"
Imagine the following scenario: Three little boys walk into a large electrical compound in Okinawa when the workmen momentarily walks to his truck to get some tools. One of those boys touches a live wire and is instantly electrocuted to death.
The parents are
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