Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Oct 15, 2025
[228]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - RAPTURED TO THE LORD
The Rapture is the hope of the Church. The bible calls it this – {{Titus 2:13 “looking for THE BLESSED HOPE and THE APPEARING OF THE GLORY OF OUR GREAT GOD and Saviour, Christ Jesus.”}} That verse looks at the two future comings, the Rapture
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Contributed by Shawn Rose on Jul 8, 2008
An evangelist accompanied a missionary on a missionary trip overseas. While there, one of the natives that had given his life to the Lord asked the evangelist, "Preacher, if the Lord gave you two houses, would you give one of them to the Lord?" "Certainly," the evangelist replied. The native
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Contributed by Scott Bradford on Jun 20, 2013
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TWO MILES OF DITCH
I was headed home late from a wedding reception and had about a two hour drive when a friend said to me, "Remember that for every mile you drive there are two miles of ditch".
I was in the car before that really sunk in, and then it hit me, for every path we walk, there are
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Contributed by Tylor Cates on Jan 24, 2004
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DON'T LOOK BACK
And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. - Luke 9:62
Text: Genesis 19:26; Luke 17:32,33
Summary: Once we start to follow Jesus we must never look back. We must give up our old way of life to find new life
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Contributed by David Kim on Jan 23, 2005
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SEXUALITY TEENS AND SEX / RESEARCH REVIEW
Pauley, J. (1995). Sex, teens, and public schools. NBC.
One million U.S. teenagers become pregnant each year.
U.S. has highest rates for teenage pregnancies, abortions, and child bearing in the industrialized world.
In 1970, 70% of U.S. teenage
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Marshall and Manuel noted the following thought about these 2 covenant relationships and the necessity to commit to both:
How critically important for us Christians is the business of commitment to one-another-as vital for the Body of Christ today as it was three-and-a-half centuries ago! There
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Contributed by Norayr Hajian on Mar 30, 2008
Yes, there are similarities in religions. Just like you have two eyes, and a northern pike has two eyes. Look closely, [show photo] that doesn’t make
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Nazarene
Contributed by Patrick Nix on Jul 9, 2010
SPLITTING THE HOUSE
Mary Karr’s uncle had endured all he could stand! The tall Texan grabbed his chain saw and began to split his own house into two halves. He was sick and tired of living with such an unforgiving woman to whom he had not spoken in months. He had enough. He divided his house
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Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Jul 26, 2005
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I have a friend who works with a church in Nashville. He was telling us a few weeks ago about a lady at his church who was really convicted by what she had been reading in the scriptures and hearing at church. She felt that she has no other choice but to take the love of God out to a dying world
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Contributed by Mitch Chapman on Jan 4, 2003
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Three pastors from different congregations were having lunch and sharing experiences and ideas to help each other out with their different fellowships.
After several minutes of animated conversation, the first one remarks, "Hey, you know, we’ve got a serious problem at our church that I want to
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Contributed by William Neel on Jan 23, 2003
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When I was in the marines, the training for commandos included cliff assaults. The theory was that a commando raid should be a surprise, done as quickly and as silently as possible on the area with the lightest defenses. The lightest defense is at the point where attack is least expected. More
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Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Oct 26, 2003
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FREEING GOLLUM
In the film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, we are introduced to a frightening creature named Gollum. He lives in the area known as Middle Earth and goes about with a croaking throat muttering. At one time he possessed the ring of power and it corrupted him with its evil.
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Methodist