Contributed by Doug Lyon on Jul 28, 2006
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There is a small tree which grows in Southeast Asia known as the Judas-tree. From its branches grow gorgeous blossoms. These blossoms look like scarlet sunbeams. The brilliant beauty of the crimson flowers attracts thousands of tiny insects. Wild bees also try to draw honey from their
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Contributed by Ian Johnson on Sep 25, 2006
During the week I spoke with a client who had been very successful in business, He had made Millions in his field, and continues to make millions. In the course of our meeting he had reason to speak to a young business man in his late 20’s who had just experienced what he thought was an
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Rickey Bennett on Aug 18, 2009
WARNING AGAINST GOSSIP, SUSPICION AND MISTRUST
Charles Spurgeon, in his lecture titled "The Blind Eye and the Deaf Ear" warns of the effect that suspicion has on a person and on the church.
"Avoid with your whole soul that spirit of suspicion which sours some men’s lives, and to all things from
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Contributed by Paul Wallace on Dec 11, 2007
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There is a small tree which grows in Southeast Asia known as the Judas-tree. From its branches grow gorgeous blossoms. These blossoms look like scarlet sunbeams. The brilliant beauty of the crimson flowers attracts thousands of tiny insects. Wild bees also try to draw honey from their exquisitely
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Mark Tonkery on May 20, 2008
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Take, for example, the foot. It has 26 bones, 19 muscles, and 107 ligaments. Walking up stairs requires the cooperation of 300 different muscles. The sense-receptors in your foot let your brain know exactly what kind of surface you’re walking on: rocks, ice, soft sand, and your foot immediately
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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I believe all of us subconsciously want to be creative. This is a very human trait and probably what makes the difference between us and the animals. The trouble is that for most of us imagination has been suppressed to the point where we have stopped using it. We need to stop and daydream once in
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Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 27, 2006
Could God make a object too heavy to lift?
Couldn’t lift – not all powerful.
Couldn’t make – not all powerful.
Wrong question.
God is not bound by physical limitations.
But there are many roads to the top of the
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Contributed by Steve Malone on Dec 15, 2004
IN – the introduction to his book, ‘What The Bible says About Money,’ Alger Fitch writes;
We need to be aware that we are but a small percent of the world’s population (less than 5%)… yet it is estimated that we own 50% of the earth’s wealth. We are an island of plenty in the sea of poverty. We
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Contributed by Jerry Pawloski on Mar 9, 2005
The athlete knows that when he runs that there is the crown of victory that he is striving for. He drives himself for that one moment when the crowds are cheering him and he stands where many want to be, but are unwilling to sacrifice for. Paul says here is this man who takes on this discipline to
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Methodist
Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Dec 28, 2009
STAR TREK: OUR CONTINUING MISSION
"Space
The final frontier
These are the voyages of the Starship, Enterprise
Its continuing mission
To explore strange new worlds
To seek out new life and new civilizations
To boldly go where no man has gone before."
For 178 episodes spread over seven seasons,
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Christian Missionary Alliance
Contributed by Tom Osterkamp on Mar 26, 2007
Many accidents are caused by people who are talking on their cell phones. They carry on conversations, and their focus is on the conversation instead of on the road ahead of them. So often we too, have our focus on
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Baptist
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Feb 19, 2008
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As a boy, Larry Crabb stuttered but now he is a popular speaker and psychologist. He recalls one time as a young man when felt pressure by expectation to pray out loud because that was the tradition of his church. In a terribly confused prayer, he recalled “thanking the Father for hanging on the
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Church Of God
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jul 15, 2008
The early Church of God reformers believed that at a second point in time after we begin believing in Jesus, God Himself sends His Spirit to guide and direct in order to surrender our entire lives into His care. They found many people believed in Jesus but then experienced God in such a profound
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Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Mar 7, 2010
My daughter and son-in-law once lived in Parramatta in Sydney, Australia, quite near an old cemetery. It had historic significance for Sydney and was protected, I think, by the national trust. It angered me when it was vandalised. A part of our history destroyed! I could take the broken bottles and
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Contributed by Brian La Croix on Aug 5, 2003
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Listen to Adrian Rogers:
“It is better to be divided by truth than to be united in error. It is better to speak the truth that hurts and then heals, than falsehood that comforts and then kills. It is not love and it is not friendship if we fail to declare the whole counsel of God. It is better
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 28, 2009
Dr. Myron Houghton wrote, "To affirm the inspiration and inerrancy of the original writings while casting doubt on the authority of the Bible that is available to us is just plain silly. Can you really imagine someone seriously saying, 'I have good news and I have bad news: the good news is that
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