Contributed by Craig Cramblet on Mar 1, 2003
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“The worst threats the church has ever encountered have come more from within than without. External pressures are like water on a grease fire– causing the church to intensify and spread. Internal strife and bickering are like
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Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 24, 2007
“The worst threats the church has ever encountered have come more from within than without. External pressures are like water on a grease fire– causing the church to intensify and spread. Internal strife and bickering are like
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Contributed by Eric Peloquin on Dec 15, 2007
There have been over 1,100 religious leaders in different parts of the world in the last fifty years who have claimed to be Christ and the Savior of the world. Most of these false christs have risen in Africa, in India or in the
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Contributed by Doug Lyon on Feb 17, 2008
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Commentator William Barclay writes: “When a man leaves this world, be he righteous or unrighteous, he leaves something in the world. He may leave something that will grow and spread like a cancer or a poison, or he may leave something like the
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Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jun 27, 2006
Martin Luther put it, ‘The sure mark by which the Christian congregation can be recognized is that the pure gospel is preached there. For just as the banner of an army is the sure sign by which one can know what kind of lord and army has taken to the field, so to the gospel is the sure sign by
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Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Jun 29, 2024
BEAUTIFUL AMERICA
My, what a lovely country;
Americans, we're blessed!
The wonders of our homeland
Could never be over-stressed.
Majestic mountains boast
Their glistening, snow-crowned heads;
Mysterious blue oceans gleam
In sparkling waters spread.
Luscious grassy meadows;
Refreshing
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Contributed by Mike Mcguire on May 28, 2007
In the rural days of American History, people traditionally had large families. Why? So they could help with the harvest. When the use of tractors became wide spread, families decreased because it took fewer people to operate a
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Teachers Commentary notes this about Galatians 3
In Galatians we have Paul’s first powerful defense of the Gospel. Some from the Pharisee party in Judea who had trusted Christ apparently retained their zeal for the Mosaic Law. They traveled to the churches Paul had founded, and taught that the
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Contributed by Warren Lamb on Oct 29, 2006
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I want to start today with a little object lesson if I may.
In this dish I have a crumpled piece of newspaper. I am going to set fire to it. See how quickly the flame consumes the paper? I have to drop it back into the dish if I’m going to keep from getting burned, don’t I? Okay, now what has
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Nov 7, 2004
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Several years ago, I read Patrick Morley’s book “Walking with Christ in the Details of Life.” It is a book of meditations that includes one called “Revival: The Gospel of Addition.” In it, he said the following, “The American gospel has evolved into a gospel of addition without subtraction. It is
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Contributed by Todd Brock on Nov 13, 2008
Several years ago, Patrick Morley wrote a book called, “Walking with Christ in the Details of Life.” It is a book of meditations that includes one called “Revival: The Gospel of Addition.” In it, he said the following, “The American gospel has evolved into a gospel of addition without subtraction.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2002
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When Joseph Ton was a pastor in Romania he was arrested by the secret police for publishing a sermon calling for the churches to refuse to submit to the Communist government’s demand for control over their ministries. When an official told him he must renounce his sermon, he replied, "No, sir! I
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