Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jul 29, 2025
                
                
                
                    [146].  A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – IN UNION WITH CHRIST
It is a great joy and a mark of praise that we are in Christ.  Do Christians use that phrase “in Christ” and not think into the depth of it?
In union with Christ examines that subject, and it is too great to write well on it in a poem with
                    
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                    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Mar 4, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Let me tell you the story of Chris. Chris was in his mid-thirties, married and living in Pennsylvania with his wife and two high energy little boys. Chris was always physically fit, ate a healthy diet, but one day he went to the Doctor because of some pains he was having. That led to another
                    
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                    	I heard about a Union Meeting where the Union Representative was explaining the new Work Contract.
He said, "I have great news, Comrades. Management has agreed to lighten our work schedule!”
The crowd shouted, "Hooray!"
"And we will have a 150% pay rise."
"Hooray!"
"We will finish work at 4 PM,
                    
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                    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 20, 2009
                
                
                
                    Comedian and actor Chris Farley, of Saturday Night Live fame, was found dead in his downtown Chicago apartment on December 18, 1997. The Cook County medical examiner’s office later reported that he died of an opiate and cocaine overdose (James Barron, “Chris Farley, 33, a Versatile Comedian-Actor,”
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 2, 2007
                
                
                
                    The murder/suicide of Chris Benoit (Professional Wrestler)is a vivid example of how decisions we make affect our families.
Obviously in Benoit’s case his decisions have left his parents mourning the death of their son (the one who did the killing and suicide)and grandson.  His wife’s parents are
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    As the Union Pacific Railroad was being constructed, an elaborate trestle bridge was built across a large canyon in the West. Wanting to test the bridge, the builder loaded a train with enough extra cars and equipment to double its normal payload. The train was then driven to the middle of the
                    
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                    Contributed by George Rennau on Sep 9, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    As the Union Pacific Railroad was being constructed, an elaborate trestle bridge was built across a large canyon in the West. Wanting to test the bridge, the builder loaded a train with enough extra cars and equipment to double its normal payload. The train was then driven to the middle of the
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
                
                
                
                    1. (Illustration) In the former Soviet Union several years ago, there was a house church that had to meet in secret to avoid reprisals from the communist government. One Sunday these believers arrived inconspicuously in small groups throughout the day so as not to arouse the suspicion of KGB
                    
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                    Contributed by Donnie  Martin on May 14, 2010
                
                
                
                    As the Union Pacific Railroad was being constructed, an elaborate trestle bridge was built across a large canyon in the West. Wanting to test the bridge, the builder loaded a train with enough extra cars and equipment to double its normal payload. The train was then driven to the middle of the
                    
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                    Contributed by Donnie  Martin on Jun 11, 2007
                
                
                
                    As the Union Pacific Railroad was being constructed, an elaborate trestle bridge was built across a large canyon in the West. Wanting to test the bridge, the builder loaded a train with enough extra cars and equipment to double its normal payload. The train was then driven to the middle of the
                    
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                    The late comedian and actor Chris Farley thought that once he had his acting and comedian career going that he would have it made. He thought that show business and all that goes with it, fame and money in the bank, would help him  reach that place  where as he said, "the laws of the universe would
                    
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                    Contributed by Ken Sowers on Nov 11, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Chris had a vision to share the gospel with every student at Dunwoody high school. Problem was that Chris was a skater and had very few friends. But he did have a great dream.  Mark grew up in Miami with his mom.  His folks split up and he moved to Atlanta,  when he became a teen be fell to alcohol
                    
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                    A few years ago, Chris and I stopped at the Waffle House, because we had this craving for waffles (she may have been pregnant at the time).  The interesting thing about the Waffle House is that they don’t serve waffles.  I mean, they have one plate which features waffles.  But it’s mostly just
                    
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                    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 29, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Chris Seiple writes in an article entitled ‘The Politics of Christmas,’ ‘Westerners, 2,000 years removed from the first Christmas, are tempted to assume that there could hardly be anything more innocent, non-threatening, and "non-political" than a baby in a manger. Yet the birth of a baby that
                    
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                    A man and a woman in love long for a union, the natural result of which is offspring that are neither entirely the man’s, nor the woman’s, but bear the unmistakable marks of both. That union, Scripture boldly declares, has a spiritual parallel (Ephesians 5:31-32). Though this initially shocks our
                    
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