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                    One of the truths of the Bible given over and over again is you can never be good enough on your own to earn heaven. Because once you sin one time, you can’t brag to a perfect God how good you are. I mean, you don’t impress the engineers of Boeing with the airplane that you made from paper. You
                    
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                    Herschel Ford once wrote, “There is a difference between believing something ABOUT Jesus and believing ON Him. 
We can believe that He is the Virgin-born Son of God, that He lived a sinless life, that He died on the cross, that He rose from the grave, that He is coming again—we can believe all
                    
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                    Contributed by Bill Johnson on May 13, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    When Judi, Kathryn, Mary and I moved into the new house I began feeding the birds on a regular basis in our yard. The only birds we had at the other house were cactus wrens, quail and doves. We not only have those three but now we have robins, hummingbirds, finches, cardinals, and sparrows. At
                    
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                    Contributed by Greg Nance on Dec 28, 2011
                
                
                
                    PUZZLES AND THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
At our traditional family Christmas gathering with Jenny's side of the family, somebody  always brings a  puzzle (usually 1000 piece) to put together as part of the festivities.  Later, Jenny's mom will frame it and put it on the wall in their family room where there
                    
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                    There was a merchant who had identical twin sons. The boys worked for their father in the department store he owned and, when he died, they took over the store.  Everything went well until the day a dollar bill disappeared.  One of the brothers had left the bill on the cash register and walked
                    
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                    Contributed by Steve Malone on Sep 9, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Bill Hybels writes the following in his book, ‘Courageous Leadership,’
Ten years ago I sat in a little restaurant during my summer study break and wrote these words; The local church is the hope of the world and it’s future rests primarily in the hands of its leaders.
For the first time, I
                    
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                    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Sep 4, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Some time ago I read about an instant cake mix that was a big flop. The instructions said that all you had to do was add water and bake and you had your cake. The company couldn’t understand why it didn’t sell -- until their research discovered that the buying public felt uneasy about a mix that
                    
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                    "Recall that the Jewish lawyer asked Jesus, "What shall I DO?.   So, here Jesus tosses the "DO" back to him!  Don't misunderstand -- Jesus is not teaching a works based way to inherit eternal life, but He is saying in essence if you do this perfectly, without
                    
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                    Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Sep 2, 2023
                
                
                
                    
He’s the wisest man in the church; 
There’s nothing he can’t do. 
If you turn down your ministry, 
He’ll be there to do it for you.
He’s also a very faithful member, 
And shows up right on the dot.
Then if you don’t keep your commitment, 
He’ll cover you and fill in your spot.
He’s obviously
                    
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                    A good outline of the Book of James and what true faith produces in our lives:
1. True faith responds with practical godliness under testing (Jas 1:2-27).
A. True faith responds with joy when it faces testing (Jas 1:2, 3, 4).
B. True faith seeks God for wisdom in times of testing (Jas 1:5, 6, 7,
                    
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