HATE THE POLITICS, NOT THE PERSON
In his book, The Life God Blesses, Gordon MacDonald describes his encounter with a black South African, a high-ranking member of the African National Congress.
He was profoundly impressed by the man's understanding of African history and politics and his insight
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Contributed by Robert Sickler on Dec 8, 2011
WE NEED TO KNOW WHY!
As the new plant manager walked through the factory he noticed, in the distance, a worker hit the machine he was at with a large hammer. The manager stopped and watched the worker. It was remarkable, every three minutes the worker would pick up a large ballpeen hammer and
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Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 12, 2011
A WHITE MAN WOULD COME
At 2006 when the National Missionary Convention was held in Indianapolis, IN, the invited guest for the Bible study was a man named Mont Cox, a professor at Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas. He told a story I think I will never forget.
As a young man growing up he
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DON'T DO CHANGE ALONE
With a new year just around the corner, most of us are busy scribbling down resolutions. We desire radical change in the way we look, the way we behave, the way we make our living. But if research regarding New Year's resolutions is at all true, most of us will fall short of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 7, 2012
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HOW TO GIVE THANKS IN THE MIDST OF LOSS
When you've lost something or someone precious, it is easy to forget that "the Lord gives and the Lord takes away." He doesn't owe us a reason.
John Claypool was a pastor in Louisville, Kentucky many years ago. He and his wife lost their daughter, Laura
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Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jul 29, 2012
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Jesus reached out to uncomfortable people… and that made others uncomfortable.
ILLUS: When I was a young boy, my home church had a church bell that they rang every Sunday at 9:00 in the morning.
It was a college town, and one of the local college students had apparently been up “partying” the
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Contributed by C. Scott Ghan on Aug 27, 2012
ILL. Dad was dying of something similar to Alzheimer’s. He was very violent, dangerous and in a great deal of trouble in his home town where he had been Fire Chief. The County didn't want to, but left with no other option committed him to a lock-down unit where he would remain for the rest of his
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