Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Mar 30, 2009
It’s sort of like the fable that evangelist D. L. Moody used to tell. It seems there were two eagles. One of the eagles won every race and the other eagle was jealous. One day, the jealous eagle overheard a hunter say, “I’d bring down that eagle if I had decent fletching on my arrows.” The eagle
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 21, 2009
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So often, it seems like people and even churches want grace without responsibility. With forgiveness comes a responsibility to be forgiving. Our response comes through the ability to confess our love to Jesus and confess our shortcomings, our flaws, and our sins. It is the response to grace that
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Contributed by Brian La Croix on Apr 27, 2009
So in case it has, I’d like to read the concluding paragraph from the NIV Application Commentary about this section of Scripture:
On a different note, there is strong encouragement in Jesus’ statement. Even though at times opposition appears to be insurmountable, true Christianity will assert
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Contributed by Rick Crandall on Sep 30, 2025
People generally don't like change.
As Mark Twain famously said, "The only person who likes change is a wet baby." There's a lot of truth to that quote. Many times, we think of change as being a bad thing, and we older people have seen a lot of bad changes in our lifetimes.
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Contributed by Melvin Newland on Mar 13, 2001
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I like the story about 3 prospectors who found a rich vein of gold in California during the gold rush days. They realized what a great discovery they had, & decided, "We’ve a really good thing going here as long as no one else finds out about it." So they each took a vow to keep it secret.
Then
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Contributed by Alan Perkins on Mar 28, 2001
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I’d like to begin by telling you a little story about something that happened to me this week. I took the minivan in for an oil change at the Chrysler dealer. I was sitting in the waiting room, which was empty except for me and one other man. I was a little bored, so I struck up a conversation. And
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Contributed by Steve Malone on May 14, 2001
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I’ve always liked the story of the 3 old widows who lived together. One sister got up to go to bed, half way up the stairs she stopped and asked "was I going up or was I coming down"
One sister replied with hint of aggravation, "you were going up to bed."
A second sister headed into the kitchen
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Contributed by Brent Williams on Jun 19, 2001
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When I Grow Up I Want To Be Like You
As children we all have our heroes
The people we want to be like
The Mickey Mantle’s and the Michael Jordan’s
The person I wanted to be like taught me how to catch a baseball
He taught me how to shoot a free throw
But he also taught me how to do something
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 22, 2001
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"How often have we prayed something like, ’O Lord, be with cousin Billy now in a special way’? Have we stopped to consider what it is we’re requesting? Imagine that you are a parent who is preparing to leave your children with a babysitter. Would you dream of saying, ’O Betsy, I ask you now that
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Contributed by Melvin Newland on Oct 10, 2001
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ILL. I like the old story about the guy who came to church with his family. As they were driving home afterwards he was complaining about everything. He said, “The music was too loud. The sermon was too long. The announcements were unclear. The building was hot. The people were unfriendly.”
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 20, 2002
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I like what Gary Smalley has said about emotions. They are like the lights and gauges on a car’s dashboard. They indicate changes that you need to be
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