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  • The Church Of Christ Needs Servants Of All ...

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 3, 2012
     | 2,543 views

    The Church of Christ needs servants of all kinds, and instruments of every sort; pen-knives as well as swords, axes as well as hammers, chisels as well as saws, Marthas as well as Marys, Peters as ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • We Are Not Simply To Linger About The Shrine Of ...

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 3, 2012
     | 1,708 views

    We are not simply to linger about the shrine of the resurrection, but are to go declaring the fact of it! Mary was changed from a mourner to a missionary when she met the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Sorry You're Too Late

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 3, 2012
     | 2,662 views

    A young man, after a revival service, came up to the visiting evangelist and they were getting ready to put up everything for the night. The young man had left after the invitation, under conviction, he had returned at the conclusion of the service and went up to the evangelist and he said, "Sir, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Pilate Made A Choice

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 3, 2012
     | 2,880 views

    Pilate made a choice. Rather than ask for God's grace, he asked for a bowl. Rather than invite Jesus to stay, he sent him away. Rather than hear Christ's voice, he heard the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Joanne Shetler Spent Years In The Philippines ...

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 3, 2012
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     | 2,251 views

    Joanne Shetler spent years in the Philippines with the Balangao people, translating the Bible into their language and trying to tell them the good news of the Savior. But it was slow going. One day Ama, a man who had “adopted” her as his Balangao daughter, picked up an English New Testament from ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mary Illustrates

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 4, 2012
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    Mary illustrates that hungry heart that wants to understand the depth of this great salvation. --John ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Joseph Reminds Us

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 4, 2012
     | 3,733 views

    Joseph reminds us that the call of God isn’t always easy or conventional, but it is always right – and God will give us the courage to follow if we’re willing to obey. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • The Shepherds Didn't Just Talk

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 4, 2012
     | 2,032 views

    The shepherds didn't just talk about what they saw, but about the life-changing "good news" they heard. It was indelibly written on their hearts. Joyful worship and witness like that of the shepherds is the result of personal experience ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Christmas Means ...

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 4, 2012
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     | 5,412 views

    Christmas means that… He descended that we might ascend (John 14:3) He was born that we might be born again (John 3:3) He became a servant that we might become sons (Galatians 4:6-7) He was forsaken that we might not be forsaken (Matthew 28:20) He died that we might live (John 5:24) He came down ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • The Joy That I Pursue

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 4, 2012
     | 2,856 views

    "The joy that I pursue is not the hope of getting rich with things from you. I have not come to you for your things, but for yourself. And this desire I now intensify and demonstrate by giving up things, in the hope of enjoying you more, not things. By giving to you what you do not need, and what I ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Above All, Don't Lie To Yourself.

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 6, 2012
     | 2,353 views

    “Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • It Is Not Peter's Faith That Fails, But His ...

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 6, 2012
     | 2,832 views

    It is not Peter's faith that fails, but his courage. After his failure he weeps bitterly, because he really does love his Lord. --David ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jesus Had A Cup In His Hand, Not A Sword, But ...

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 6, 2012
     | 2,465 views

    Jesus had a cup in his hand, not a sword, but that cup was His scepter. He was in complete control. --Brian Bell, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Happy Is That Christian Who Cares For Nothing So ...

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 6, 2012
     | 1,644 views

    Happy is that Christian who cares for nothing so much as to be holy and loving like his Master, while he lives, and a companion of his Master when he ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • There Are 2 Ways Of Handling Pressure

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 6, 2012
     | 2,880 views

    There are 2 ways of handling pressure: One is illustrated by a bathysphere, the miniature submarine used to explore the ocean in places so deep that the water pressure would crush a conventional submarine like an aluminum can. Bathyspheres compensate with plate steel several inches thick, which ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Leonard Sweet On Beauty

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Jan 3, 2013
     | 2,502 views

    "Beauty is the scent of God on the universe, a keyhole-peek of the kingdom in the here and now and a ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Trung's Story

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Jan 3, 2013
     | 2,592 views

    TRUNG'S STORY To Dinh Trung was arrested more than 25 times for preaching the gospel in rural Vietnam. During his 24th imprisonment, in 1991, he was deprived of food for 12 days. He said: "In prison, I worshipped the Lord a lot, praying and singing in a room by myself. My room was the prison ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Stressed Santa

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Jan 6, 2013
     | 3,021 views

    STRESSED OUT SANTA A shopping mall Santa Claus in California had a meltdown after refusing to cuddle a bawling toddler, calling the mother evil and ripping off his beard and costume in front of startled children. Kelly Fornatoro, 33, said she told Santa her 19 month old son, Brian, would stop ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • When Adam Hamilton Saw Christmas

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Jan 6, 2013
     | 1,895 views

    WHEN ADAM HAMILTON SAW CHRISTMAS Adam Hamilton tells the story of leading his youth group in Dallas, TX to south Dallas, a part of town that was largely forgotten and the remaining people who lived there had been largely forgetten as well. The neighborhood was filled with empty lots, boarded up ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Bonhoeffer On Christmas

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Jan 6, 2013
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     | 5,792 views

    BONHOEFFER ON CHRISTMAS Dietriech Bonhoeffer was a pastor and theologian who spoke out against Hitler and the Nazis. As a result he was arrested, imprisoned and then executed just hours before the Allies liberated the concentration camp where he was held. While there, he wrote a series of ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist