Contributed by Daniel Becker on Sep 15, 2001
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“It is the duty of nations as well as of men to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God; to confess their sins and transgressions in humble sorrow, yet with assured hope that genuine repentance will lead to mercy and pardon; and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy
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Contributed by Rick Stacy on Mar 8, 2002
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BURIED IN THE DEEPEST SEA
Several years ago Rick Stacy baptized a man in Lake Superior.
It was late October and about 9:00 PM.
Rick had been talking with Myron and his wife about accepting the Lord as their personal savior and sealing that decision with baptism into Jesus.
Myron was hesitant
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After one of our members came down with the flu, was in intensive care for 10 days, we became very aware of how easily it is passed, especially to our elderly members. Which brought about these thoughts.
1) You are 70% Less likely to get the flu (or pass it) if you wash your hands properly.
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Apr 19, 2022
BILLY GRAHAM ON HELL:
"It isn’t fashionable today to talk about Hell—but the Bible is clear: God created us with a soul that will live forever and when we die, we will continue to exist—either in the place the Bible calls Heaven or in the place it calls Hell.
Hell, the Bible says, is
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Aug 28, 2023
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Some Bible students have seen in Haman an illustration of the “man of sin”, or the Antichrist, who will one day appear and ruthlessly rule over humanity (2 Thess. 2; Rev. 13).
Haman was given great authority from the king, and Satan will give great power to this wicked world ruler we call the
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 8, 2024
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Men who trap animals in Africa for zoos in America say that one of the hardest animals to catch is the ringtailed monkey. For the Zulus of that continent, however, it's simple. They've been catching this agile little animal with ease for years.
The method the Zulus use is based on
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 8, 2024
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What settings are you in when you fall? Avoid them.
What props do you have that support your sin? Eliminate them.
What people are you usually with? Avoid them.
There are two equally damning lies Satan wants us to believe:
1) Just once won't hurt you at all.
2) Now that you have
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Feb 26, 2025
[037] A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – CALVARY – GOLGOTHA’S SKULL
What does Calvary mean to you? To most people it means nothing except a casual thought at Easter perhaps.
May we ask what does Calvary mean to a Christian? Here the answers are many and most of them would be simplistic which is fine.
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007
When telling his young daughter the story of Abraham and Isaac, a father related how God had finally told Abraham not to kill Isaac and had provided a sacrificial lamb instead. The little girl looked up with a sad expression and said, “I don’t like killing lambs.”
The father was speechless for
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WORSHIP AND THE WOMAN AT THE WELL
The Nelson Study Bible states:
"By mentioning the two different worship sites, the woman was perhaps trying to shift the conversation away from the subject of her own sins to theological questions. Or perhaps she realized that she was a sinner (v. 18), and knew
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Contributed by Rick Palmer on Oct 15, 2018
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While fishing in the dark in a very deep canyon can present very obvious problems it can produce some unexpected experiences as well.
It was a warm summer night about 2:00 AM, dark would be an understatement as the moon was nonexistent at least in the bottom of our canyon. Trout was
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Contributed by Garris Hudson on Mar 19, 2023
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Warren Wiersbe tells the story about a man who purchased a Rolls Royce and decided to tour through Europe. As he was enjoying his drive looking at the sights, suddenly his Rolls Royce broke down with no one around who could fix it. He sent a cable to the company in England and they flew a man over
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Feb 18, 2025
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[030] A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – BEAUTY FROM ASHES
One of the deepest emotions we have is shame. Shame happens when sin has caused havoc in a person’s life, and the realisation of it bursts like a cloud over the person.
Shame brings guilt and guilt can affect a person greatly, even causing
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on May 31, 2026
[357]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – ZAPPED AND GONE
It is most annoying when you have an outdoor bar-b-que (barbeque) and you keep getting attacked by mosquitoes. Sometimes you get an invasion of moths in the tropics and even flying beetles.
We all know about insect repellent and creams and they
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Contributed by Curtis Rowe on Jan 3, 2008
The Tabernacle and later the Temple had many furnishings… incense altar, laver, lamp, censers, the ark and various implements and tools, but NO CHAIR!
The work of the priests was never finished!
It is still so with Roman Catholicism today…
“In the Eucharist Christ gives up the very body which he
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Oct 18, 2025
[230]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - REDEMPTION THROUGH DEATH – NO OTHER WAY
The concentration in this poem is “No other way.” Why did heaven’s best, God the Son, have to die? You know I can not answer that. The omniscient God knew from eternity past what was going to happen. I can’t give an answer
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 3, 2011
Many clearly Biblical, crucial beliefs are under assault these days. One of those beliefs is our conviction that Christ died as our substitute, that he took our sins upon himself when he died on the cross, and that he paid the penalty for our sins and offered himself as a sacrifice to the Father,
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Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 21, 2009
MOURN FOR THE INNOCENT
This Christmas we celebrate the birth of the Saviour. Perhaps we should also mourn for the innocent lives that Herod sacrificed in order to avoid a threat to his throne. And we haven’t changed. Perhaps we should also mourn the millions of babies who are aborted each year. We
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Contributed by Matthew Doebler on Apr 16, 2003
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During World War II, a young paratrooper, David Webster of E Company, 101st Airborne wrote his mother, “Stop worrying about me. I joined the parachutists to fight. I intend to fight. If necessary, I shall die fighting, but don’t worry about this because no war can be won without young men
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