Contributed by James R. Debusk on Mar 25, 2011
WHAT TEAM ARE YOU ON?
At this time of the year, young men are signing letters of intent to play football to the various colleges that have recruited them. These young athletes are making a choice of where they will play football.
In life we have a spiritual decision on which team we will be a
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 30, 2009
Yet it is so difficult to convince others to take that course, even when they see it. The problem is that only God can give the appetite for the Scriptures that brings such great spiritual nutrition. The natural man is like a dying cancer patient to whom food has become detestable. The
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Contributed by Richard Francis on May 26, 2009
A.W.Tozer also said “Today we need prophetic preachers; not preachers of prophecy merely, but preachers with a gift of prophecy. The word of wisdom is missing. We need the gift of discernment again in our pulpits. It is not ability to predict that we need, but the anointed eye, the power of
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 27, 2010
STEPS OF BIBLE STUDY
Bible study starts with Observation: What does it say? Then we move on to step 2 with Interpretation: What does it mean? Then we move on to step 3 with Correlation: How does it fit with the Bible as a whole? Finally, we end with Application: How do I use it in my life?
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Contributed by Michael West on Oct 2, 2008
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There are three classes of people in congregations today, unblessed, uncommitted and the committed. Unblessed do not believe sufficiently in God's wisdom to run their lives completely; they know it means surrender and commitment. The uncommitted aren't rebels, but they are the ones who are
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Contributed by Charles Wallis on Dec 8, 2008
The Army has a system for defense called challenge and password. When a soldier is on guard and someone approaches, he will say "Halt, who goes there?" The person will identify themselves, then the guard will state a challenge code word. If the other person does not know the password, he cannot
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Contributed by N A on Jan 23, 2010
The Richest Place in the World
"The richest spot on the face of the earth cannot be found in the diamond mines of South Africa...It is not in the oil fields of Saudi Arabia. No, the richest plot of land on this planet is in your very own neighbourhood...It’s the cemetery...The graveyard is the
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
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LETTING PEOPLE DROWN?
The Times-Reporter of New Philadelphia, Ohio, reported in September, 1985 a celebration of a New Orleans municipal pool.
The party around the pool was held to celebrate the first summer in memory without a drowning at the New Orleans city pool. In honor of the occasion, 200
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Contributed by Tony Abram on Jun 21, 2005
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Our favor with God would be enough if we thought that you would have:
Enough happiness to keep you sweet.
Enough trials to keep you strong.
Enough sorrow to keep you human.
Enough hope to keep you happy.
Enough failure to keep you humble.
Enough success to keep you eager.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
Hollywood Wants Religion The huge box-office successes of The Passion of the Christ and The Chronicles of Narnia have Hollywood mining religious congregations for possible new audiences. The 2006 Tribeca Film Festival sponsored a panel where film industry insiders talked about the apparent new
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Contributed by Don Crowson on Feb 1, 2008
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Over the years, God has opened up some amazing doors for ministry for me to be involved in. One such opportunity was to go to Africa a few years back to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. When I arrived in the capital city of Kinshasa, the first thing I noticed was a number of troops from the
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Contributed by William Hooper on Jun 12, 2010
Archelaus, the son of Herod the Great, went to Rome in 4 BC to have his father’s will confirmed, by which he was to be his successor. But a crowd of Jews followed close on his heels with a protest to the emperor: “We don’t want this man to be our king.” They had good reason for hating him:
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Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Sep 9, 2008
Michael Jordan averaged 32 points per game over his 15 years in the NBA. A reporter asked him how he was able to maintain such a high average and he replied, "I simplify the matter. It takes only takes eight points per quarter to score 32. I find a way every quarter to simply get those eight
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