Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 4, 2009
"It is easier to isolate ourselves than live as pilgrims in society. It is easier to assimilate and be like everyone else than to live as pilgrims in society. But God calls us to take the more difficult path: to participate in society
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 20, 2009
Messianic Jew David Stern comments, "Sha’ul’s self-limitation is consistent with Jewish ethical standards, derekh-eretz, the "way of the world." God expects us to do what is right and what is ethical.
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ON REVENGE
Jesus ben Sira, writing this Wisdom of Sirach not long before the time of Christ, puts it starkly. Because of the covenant God made with humans, we may not take revenge on our neighbor. It
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Contributed by Paul Barreca on Dec 24, 2011
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When John Wesley lay dying in 1791, he roused from his sleep long to open his eyes and exclaim, "The best of all is, God is with us!" Then he closed his eyes and died.
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Contributed by Richard Francis on May 18, 2007
Even when the disciples turned from Jesus, betrayed him, he forgave them and came after them to seek them out personally, he does the same for us, ask and you will recive seek and you will
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 17, 2007
Ignatius of Loyola advocated a 28 day retreat and examination (he lived hundreds of years ago). Most of us can’t get away for 28 days but we can take a weekend retreat or just
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Church Of God
Contributed by C Jordan on Sep 22, 2007
“A 26 word parade of hope; beginning with God, ending with life, and urging us to do the same. Brief enough to write on a napkin or memorize in a moment, yet solid enough to weather two thousand
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High in the Alps is a monument raised in honor of a faithful guide who died while ascending a peak to rescue a tourist. Inscribed on that stone are the words, “He died climbing.” A mature growing Christian
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
Thomas Guthrie said, “The Bible is an armory of heavenly weapons, a laboratory of infallible medicines, a mine of inexhaustible wealth. It is a guidebook for every road, a chart for every sea, a medicine for every malady, and
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Contributed by Todd Brock on Nov 13, 2008
Jerry Bridges again states that the two words negligence and corruption help us by contrast to understand what it means to live faithful lives today: He says – Corrupt is the opposite of being honest or ethical. Being negligent is the
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Contributed by Timothy Smith on Oct 12, 2002
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Ruth Axsom is a dear friend of ours and she relates this true story of her father that I think it illustrates so well what we’ve been discussing this morning.
Ruth’s father, Robert Eason was 8 years old when he lost his father, John Eason. It is hard to lose your father at any time but Robert
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Contributed by Pat Cook on Sep 17, 2005
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Christian author Neil Anderson wrote a list he called The Twenty Cans of Success. These are based on what the NT says is true of Christians. These are promises, claimed by believers through the centuries. Allow God to speak to you through these assurances.
1. Why should I say I can’t when the
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