Contributed by Hugh Laing on Feb 15, 2010
When we walk into God's House to worship we should leave ALL else behind.
We should be here to commune with God only and if we are here for any other reason we should not be here.
And I must say this also...we should have prepared to be here. How? On our knees praying for guidance.
Why do I say
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Contributed by Wayne Presnell on Feb 10, 2009
Timothy Keller in his marvelous book: “The Reason for God,” answers the skeptic’s question: “Because Christians think there are consequences to sin… including judgment… does that make them narrow minded?”
He uses this analogy: “Imagine two people arguing over the nature of a cookie. Jack thinks
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Contributed by Clyde Grimes on Dec 28, 2002
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I’d like to relate to you a story that a son tells about his father that made an impact upon him for the rest of his life. He recounts:
The cold Iowa dawn was still an hour off, but already Dad and I had finished a big job on our farm. We’d loaded 100 head of cattle for market into two waiting
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Christian Missionary Alliance
Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jul 31, 2005
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Gordon Zwicky won top honors in this year’s Burlington Liars Club. Zwicky, who is 72, beat out 299 other people from 31 states and Canada. Zwicky claimed he and his wife, Dorothy, won the lottery and decided to drive to Florida. They had never been anywhere before, but their neighbor told them
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Methodist
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Feb 19, 2001
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Most of you are familiar with the Calvin & Hobbes comic strip. Well, on one Mother’s Day, Calvin is pictured standing by his mother’s bed. "Hey, Mom! Wake up. I made you a Mother’s Day card." "My, how sweet of you." she says. "I did it all by myself. Go ahead & read it."
She begins
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2001
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I once read that during the Korean War, a group of believers were in a little chapel when communist soldiers barged in with machine guns. One of the soldiers said, "Everybody, get up!" So they got off their knees. He said, "Line up against the wall!" They did. Then that soldier ripped a picture of
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Nov 29, 2001
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Dr. George Sweeting tells a story about the tragedy of addictions. One day he watched several blocks of ice floating down a river at Niagara Falls. Curiously, several birds floated above water looking for fish. One sea gull spotted a fish frozen in one of the blocks of ice that was hurling speedily
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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At the Crossroad
“I encountered a man on the Road of life,
so sure of himself – so convinced he was right.
He had (his) religion, but he didn’t know God,
And though he had eyes, I thought that rather odd:
He only could see what he wanted to see.
So, blind to the truth that could set his soul
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ONLY THREE PARACHUTES
An amusing story about the plane going over the Atlantic Ocean with the only people on board the pilot a scientist, a minister and a back packer. The plane has engine trouble and the pilot goes to the passengers to inform them of the situation. He explains that the plane is
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Jaco Bester on Apr 2, 2009
‘Africaner’ was the nickname given to a local desperado of Namaqualand in the 1800’s. He was such a hardened character that the governor at Cape Town offered five hundred pounds as a reward to anyone that could deliver him, dead or alive. He and his men were the terror of that part of South Africa,
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Brad Henry on Sep 7, 2011
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TEMPTATION DOESN'T ALWAYS END IN FAILURE
The same Spirit that came down from heaven like a dove now led Jesus into the desert so He could be tempted by Satan. Why?
Have you ever felt that you have been unjustly persecuted? Have you ever felt passed over, left behind, cast away or just can't seem
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