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                    Alice  Smith tells a house that wouldn’t sell even though people really liked it. It had been six monthes. They decided to pray over it. Her son said God showed him that there were satanic symbols on the garage walls and the ceiling. When she asked the owner about it, they were shocked and said the
                    
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                    Contributed by Aaron Chavez on Dec 22, 2007
                
                
                
                    En los tiempos de los romanos, algunos escultores de estatuas cubrían los errores cometidos rellenando el mármol con cera. El error ya no era visible. Los errores se notaban cuando ya era demasiado tarde. Solo después de que la estatua pasaba algunas horas en exhibición y frente a la luz del sol. A
                    
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                    Contributed by John Boquist on Aug 9, 2008
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    LACK OF WARNING
Imagine if the highway department only wanted to put up highway signs that made people feel good about driving. Instead of speed limit signs with a number, they would say something like, "Whatever seems right to you." Gone would be any signs indicating potential danger such as
                    
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                    Contributed by Scott Jensen on Oct 8, 2008
                
                
                
                    A Baptist congregation installed a new full immersion baptistery in the sanctuary as part of an extensive remodeling project.  But the county building inspector wouldn’t okay its’ installation.  “I can’t,” he said, “unless it has a separate septic tank.”
	The trusties couldn’t understand why a
                    
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                    Contributed by Danny Presswood on Jan 26, 2009
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    In his book, INVITATION TO THE FEAST, Danny Bush says “At the Passover meal with His disciples, directly before His death and resurrection, Jesus changed the meaning of that supper from a reminder of escape from slavery in Egypt to a reminder of the sacrifice He made that brings freedom from the
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    AN OPEN BORDER
Janet Daley writes, “During the Second World War, the Jewish philosopher Walter Benjamin fled across Europe from the Nazis. After weeks of running and hiding through occupied France, he reached his longed-for destination of Spain, from which it would have been possible to escape to
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 28, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    FAITHFUL FOR A PROMISE
A promise from God is a statement we can depend on with absolute confidence. Here are 12 promises for the Christian to claim. 
God’s presence -- "I will never leave thee" (Heb. 13:5)
God’s protection -- "I am thy shield" (Gen. 15:1)
God’s power -- "I will strengthen thee"
                    
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                    Contributed by Richard Tow on Dec 8, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    In the movie “The Color Purple” there is a character named “Sug Avery.”  She grew up in preacher’s home; but fell into deep sin.  She was the same kind of sinner as the woman in our text.  Early in the movie we see her father rejecting her because that sin.  He won’t even speak to her.  Sug longs
                    
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                    Contributed by Kent Kessler on Dec 27, 2006
                
                
                
                    One Pastor performed a baptism service in sort of a special way. He told the people before they came up to the platform to be baptized to take a piece of paper, write down a few of the sins they’ve committed, and fold the paper. When they came up to the platform, there was a large wooden cross on
                    
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                    Contributed by Gene Edwards  on Jan 12, 2007
                
                
                
                    IN ONE OF OUR CELEBRATED GREEK TRAGEDIES, ORESTES, WHO HAD SLAIN HIS MOTHER AS A JUDICIOUS ACT BECAUSE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH HER PARAMOUR, SHE HAD MURDERED HIS FATHER, AGAMEMNON, 
		1.	ON HIS RETURN FROM TROY, IS REPRESENTED AS PURSUED BY THE FURIES. 
	M.	IN HIS DISTRESS, APOLLO ADVISES HIM TO GO
                    
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                    McCartney’s Video Illustration: From The movie “The Great Escape” preview of the movie. The movie is about Allied soldiers who planned and executed “The Great Escape” from a German Prisoner of War camp in WWII. The movie focuses on how determined these soldiers were to escape from their present
                    
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                    The Scripture texts we will be looking at today continue to paint a portrait of two lives. These two life stories communicate to us today the importance of having integrity and a strong relationship with the Lord. 
David’s story shows how he was a man after God’s own heart. The result of this
                    
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                    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Dec 17, 2009
                
                
                
                    BIBLE PRINTING ERRORS
While the Bible itself is infallible, fallible human beings have made notorious mistakes in trying to have the book printed. For example,
* The "Judas Bible" (1611): Judas (rather than Jesus) came with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, even though the previous
                    
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                    Contributed by Guy De Swardt on Apr 1, 2010
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Charles Colson who was put into jail for his part in the Watergate scandal in America so many years ago now, subsequently found Jesus in prison and today he heads up an international ministry to people in prisons all around the world.
He writes in his book Who Speaks for God? …about a man by the
                    
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                    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Nov 23, 2010
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    PREPARING FOR DEPARTURE
I once read how, in the spring of 1981, a young man was flown into desolate northern Alaska to photograph the natural beauty and mysteries of the tundra. He took along 500 rolls of film, several firearms, and 1,400 pounds of provisions. 
As the months passed, the words in
                    
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