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Most people associate missions with leaving for another city, country, or continent. This is because, technically speaking, we refer to those who have crossed cultural, ethnic, or geographic lines in order to share about Jesus as missionaries.
However, mission work includes more than rain forest
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002
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REAL COMFORT
“When life caves in, you do not need reasons -- you need comfort. You do not need some answers -- you need someone.
And Jesus does not come to us with an explanation --
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 8, 2003
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We are not to be isolated but insulated, moving in the midst of evil but untouched by it. Separation is contact without contamination. Jesus was “holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners” (Heb. 7:26), yet He
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Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Sep 15, 2010
Patrick Henry, in May of 1765, stated, "It cannot be emphasized too clearly and too often that his nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religion, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason, peoples
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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 Donnie Martin on Nov 8, 2011
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"God put a cross between you and hell. If you want to go to hell, you will have to crawl over the cross of Jesus."
("Adrianisms: The Wit and Wisdom of Adrian Rogers, (Memphis TN:
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Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 3, 2012
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
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Contributed by Chris Jordan on Jul 17, 2007
“After more than 700 hours of studying this subject, I have come to the conclusion that the resurrection of Jesus Christ is either one of the most wicked, vicious, heartless hoaxes ever foisted on the minds of human
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 17, 2003
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FINISHING IN FAILURE, OR FAITH-- COMMUNION MEDITATION
One of Track and Field’s more interesting events is the high jump. The high jump and the pole vault are the only events where even the winner finishes in failure.
Right after the jumper clears one heighth, the bar is raised. The bar is
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Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Feb 21, 2010
I went to a conference in Brisbane once in a large Church lead by Pastor Reg Kliminiok. After he spoke, I went to him to thank him for his message. I finally got my opportunity after others had finished speaking with him. He took an interest in me and asked me about my Church.
Halfway through the
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Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Mar 25, 2010
How many of you, as parents, asked your kids to go get you something--a glass of water, a towel, shoes, or something like that--and you spend the next 5 or 10 minutes dealing with their whining, or pouting, or tantrum, or just plain stubbornness?
When I was between about 8-12 years old, many of
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Contributed by Ross Cochrane on May 25, 2010
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My youngest grandson had a birthday party not too long back. It was a pirate party so all his mates came dressed in pirate gear - eye-patches, head scarves, etc. At the door we presented every pirate with a plastic blow-up sword, which looked good but caused no damage at all. They wielded their
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Contributed by Bret Toman on Dec 22, 2011
HEZEKIAH'S STORY
Laos 2001. Hezekiah's life had been so transformed that he had to tell someone. When he returned to the village he grew up in, he told the 35 relatives and villagers who met him and demanded to know why he had converted to Christianity, "Jesus is the only way I can be saved from
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Contributed by Chris Surber on Jan 20, 2009
There is a place near where Christina and I used to live in Florida, called Wall Spring Park. When Sebastian was a baby and then very little and first beginning to walk, she and I would regularly take him there. We would often push him the stroller around this beautiful pathway which had been
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Contributed by Sam Mccormick on Jul 9, 2017
The Lights Along the Shore
To me, lighthouses are among the most charming of man-made structures. Their unique and essential purpose makes each one a thing of exquisite beauty. Seafarers seeking a haven on a stormy night find a beam from the shore as precious as life itself. Perhaps Philip
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 10, 2002
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Anyone who claims that all religions are the same betrays not only an ignorance of all religions but also a caricatured view of even the best-known ones. Every religion at its core is exclusive.
Ravi Zacharias,
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