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  • If We Are To Maintain The Great Heritage Which ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "If we are to maintain the great heritage which has been bequeathed to us, we must be like-minded as the fathers who created it. We must not sink into a pagan materialism. We must cultivate the reverence which they had for the things that are holy. We must follow the spiritual and moral leadership ...read more

  • In The Face Of Disappointed World Betrayal, A ...

    Contributed by Mark Armstrong on Jun 2, 2009
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    ‘In the face of disappointed world betrayal, a world in which all fixed points have proven illusory, a world in which we are anchorless and adrift. Christ is the foundation, the origin, the way, the truth, the life. In the face of a culture of death, a world of killing fields, a world of the ...read more

  • God's Love Is Everything

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 18, 2009
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    GOD'S LOVE IS EVERYTHING The Pope tells us that "For the Church, instructed by the Gospel, charity is everything because, as Saint John teaches (cf. 1 Jn 4:8, 16) and as I recalled in my first Encyclical Letter, 'God is love'...: everything has its origin in God’s love, everything is shaped by it, ...read more

  • Because We Are Human, We Sin

    Contributed by Ray Mckendry on Oct 23, 2009
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    BECAUSE WE ARE HUMAN, WE SIN A dog barks because it is a dog. It does not become a dog because it barks. Its ‘doginess’ makes it a dog, it’s in its DNA. Humans are not proved to be human because we sin; it is because we are human that we sin. Though still bearing he image of God, which ...read more

  • God, Coaching And Discipline

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Dec 4, 2009
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    GOD, COACHING AND DISCIPLINE Tom Landry the famous coach of the Dallas Cowboys in their heyday said: "The role of the coach is to make people do things they don’t want to do to achieve the results they want to achieve." As soon as I heard that, I thought of God. Isn’t that ...read more

  • Some Years Ago I Was In A Discussion With A ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 3, 2010
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    Some years ago I was in a discussion with a member of the so-called Unity Church of Christianity. He said he believed the same thing I did - Unity - Jesus is the Way-Shower. We follow His example of a good life. Christianity – Jesus is the Way to God. Jesus gives us new life by dying for our ...read more

  • Tolerate

    Contributed by Thomas Donelan on Jun 1, 2010
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    TOLERATE To tolerate means I can disagree with you while still respecting you. One person is a Republican, another Democrat. We put aside our differences and get along. One person is a (Florida) Gator, another a (FSU) Seminole. We put aside our differences and get along. Some ...read more

  • Sell Your Soul?

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 11, 2010
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    A bored student at the University of Washington used an Internet auction site to sell his soul to the highest bidder. As it turned out, the top offer was only $400. Since the soul is immaterial, it can’t be extracted from a body like a physical organ such as a heart. The student had to admit, “I ...read more

  • Quote: C. S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010
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    Quote: C. S. Lewis, A Grief Observed: "You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death. It is easy to say you believe a rope to be strong as long as you are merely using it to cord a box. But suppose you had to hang ...read more

  • It Is Very Beautiful To See How The Entire Old ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 26, 2011
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    "It is very beautiful to see how the entire Old Testament already appears to us as a history in which God communicates his word: indeed, 'by his covenant with Abraham (cf. Gen 15:18) and, through Moses, with the race of Israel (cf. Ex 24:8),' he gained a people for himself, and to them ...read more

  • Abraham Kuyper: "Among The Divine Works Of Art ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 13, 2012
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    Abraham Kuyper: "Among the divine works of art produced by the Holy Spirit, the Sacred Scripture stands first. It may seem incredible that the printed pages of a book should excel His spiritual work in human hearts, yet we assign to the Sacred Scripture the most conspicuous place without ...read more

  • Now I Understand  PRO

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Apr 24, 2012
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    NOW I UNDERSTAND It reminds me of an older lady, who had no affinity for contemporary worship, who was complaining about a particular song used in the worship service at her church. A fellow worshipper responded, "Why, that is not a new song -- it is a very old song! David sang that song to Saul." ...read more

  • Symbol Of The Spirit

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 29, 2012
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    SYMBOL OF THE SPIRIT Jim Cymbala: "The Bible has other symbols for the Holy Spirit besides water. One is wind, which in the original Greek in the New Testament is the same word as breath. Wind helps us to visualize the invisible and mysterious movement of the Spirit" (John 3: 8). [Cymbala, Jim ...read more

  • Feelings And Actions

    Contributed by Dennis Fite on Nov 27, 2014
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    I once heard Dr. Robert Jeffress express his advice to those not ’feeling’ thankful. "I have found that it is a lot easier to act yourself into a feeling than it is to feel yourself into an action." From his wise statement I have surmised that the very act of giving thanks or expressing ...read more

  • High Goats

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 3, 2024
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    Ben Hooper or UPI writes, “A flock of sheep found their way into a greenhouse in Greece and ate more than 600 pounds of marijuana plants being cultivated for medical use. “Yiannis Bourounis, owner of the greenhouse in Magnesia …estimated the sheep munched their way through more than 600 pounds of ...read more

  • Believing The Impossible  PRO

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Nov 25, 2001
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    BELIEVING THE IMPOSSIBLE Alice laughed. "There’s no use trying," she said: "one can’t believe impossible things." "I daresay you haven’t had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as ...read more

  • A Four-Year-Old And A Six-Year-Old Presented ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Hensley on May 11, 2002
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    A four-year-old and a six-year-old presented their Mom with a house plant. They had used their own money and she was thrilled. The older of them said with a sad face, “There was a bouquet that we wanted to give you at the flower shop. It was real pretty, but it was too expensive. It had a ribbon on ...read more

  • On The Steps Of The Altar  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on May 22, 2002
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    ON THE STEPS OF THE ALTAR C S Lewis in his "Screwtape Letters", the imaginary account of a senior devil giving the benefit of his experience to fellow tempters, has Screwtape saying: "Religion can still send us the truly delicious sins. The fine flower of unholiness can grow only in the close ...read more

  • Everything In Our Culture Is Fast. We Hate To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Aaron Burgess on Sep 19, 2002
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    Everything in our culture is fast. We hate to delay. I heard about a furniture store that carried a sign on its window, “Antiques, while you wait.” Max Lucado says, “America, the country of shortcuts and fast lanes. We’re the only nation on earth with a mountain called, ‘Rushmore.’” Our rushing ...read more

  • Is God's Will Always Done? No, Because God Does ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Mills on Sep 26, 2002
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    Is God’s will always done? No, because God does not will for us to sin. As a parent I want my children to be successful and to be a productive member of sciety. Doesn’t every parent want that? Then why are our prisons full to over flowing? Every coach wants every shot to go through the hoop, ...read more