Contributed by Curt Cizek on Aug 9, 2008
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Last week during fellowship, I told some of you about a scene from the Dark Knight, the new Batman movie. Have any of you seen the movie?
The Joker threatens the city of Gotham, so the mayor decides to begin evacuating the city. The prison is emptied and put on a ferry to carry them away so that
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Contributed by Charles Wallis on Feb 19, 2009
Sex is Like a Maserati
(Based on an illustration given by Pastor Ed Young Fellowship Church C3 conference February 19, 2009)
Pastor Young was talking to a porn actress from Europe about salvation through Jesus Christ. She did not believe and questioned him. She wondered if she would have to
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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I recently read an article that told this story, “The most sacred symbol in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is a tree: a sprawling, shade-bearing, 80-year-old American Elm. Tourists drive from miles around to see her. People pose for pictures beneath her. Arborists carefully protect her. She adorns
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Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 25, 2009
It wasn’t long ago in Australia we saw race horses being put down because of a disease that spread through the racing industry, threatening the lives of people also. Whatever the plague was in Egypt, it was severe, contagious and fatal. The only animals under the Lord’s quarantine were those in the
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Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 25, 2009
I can’t imagine what it would be like to lose my son. When he and his wife were living in New Zealand, we went to visit them. On my return I dreamed that he had died and woke up in tears. I quickly rang him to say how much I loved him. He must have thought I was losing it, but my grief was real and
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Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Jun 15, 2010
Let’s begin understanding this name, /Adonai/ (אֲדֹנָי), meaning /Lord/, by going back to the Middle Ages. Picture a medieval manor. Peasants worked the surrounding fields. Craftsmen lived in the village. The manor house, maybe with a moat and watchtower,
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Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on May 31, 2011
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JAPAN'S SEA WALL
New York Times, April 16, 2011: So unshakable was this town's faith in its sea wall and its ability to save residents from any tsunami that some rushed toward it after a 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of northeast Japan on the afternoon of March 11. After all, the
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THE BLOB: A THRIVING ENVIRONMENT
Years ago, there was a movie called The Blob. This cosmic Jell-O had come down from space, fell into a little crater, and cracked open. An old man came and had a little stick in his hand and was playing with it, and it ran up on his arm and began to consume him.
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Baptist
Contributed by Greg Nance on Feb 25, 2012
SHANNON'S SACRIFICE
It was March 24, 1998 in Westside Middle School near Jonesboro, Arkansas. A total of five people, four female students and a teacher, were killed at a school shooting. Ten people, nine students and one teacher, were injured. The perpetrators of the shooting were two students,
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Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Mar 11, 2002
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A REMINDER FROM THE MILITARY
Matthew Rogers writes about attending a military funeral for Vernon “Slim” Paaren.
The key symbol was the American flag. As it was being folded by the service people, one of the Veterans who had fired the three shot gun salute began to speak. He said the flag is
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 28, 2002
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FAITHFUL FOR A PROMISE
A promise from God is a statement we can depend on with absolute confidence. Here are 12 promises for the Christian to claim.
God’s presence -- "I will never leave thee" (Heb. 13:5)
God’s protection -- "I am thy shield" (Gen. 15:1)
God’s power -- "I will strengthen thee"
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I heard a World War II story that shows how the smallest deed can make all the difference. During the last months of the War, the British conducted daily bombing raids over Berlin. One night the bombers were attacked by a large group of German fighter planes.
During the dogfight one of the
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Contributed by Darrin Hunt on Feb 5, 2007
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Many of you have seen the movie, “Finding Nemo”.
•It’s a powerful story of the love and determination of a caring father.
•It’s the story of being lost, and then found.
•It’s a story that can help us understand our Heavenly Father and His love for us.
In the movie, Nemo’s father Marlin loved him
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Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 23, 2007
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While waiting at the airport for a delayed flight I got engaged in a conversation with a physicist who worked for the German electronics company that had played a leading role in developing the compact disc (CD). [Phillips and Sony, 1980] I told him I had a question that perhaps he could answer.
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Geese
It’s those stately geese I find especially impressive. Winging their way to a warmer climate, they often cover thousands of miles before reaching their destination. Have you ever studied why they fly as they do? It is fascinating to read what has been discovered about their flight pattern as
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