Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 1, 2007
Not A Time For Weak-Hearted Preaching
By Fred Jackson and Jody Brown
November 22, 2002
(Agape Press) - A well known Bible teacher and author is calling on pastors to confront false beliefs from the pulpit. John MacArthur says no epoch in history has witnessed the rise of as many dangerous belief
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Contributed by Ed Sasnett on May 27, 2010
It seems to me that it is accurate to say our generation is in a relationship crisis. We have the highest divorce rate in the Western hemisphere, more couples live together than are married, absentee fathers or mothers are common, abortions that number into the hundreds of thousands
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Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 29, 2001
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Abraham Lincoln once said, ¡§If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how -¡Vthe very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Howard Parnell on Sep 18, 2002
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A counselor was trying to help a man who had come forward during an evangelistic meeting. "I’m a Christian," the man said, "but there’s sin in my life, and I need help." The counselor showed him I Jn. 1:9 and suggested that the man confess his sins to God.
"Oh Father," the man began, "if we have
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 24, 2003
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My Father is very patient and kind.
My Father is not envious, never boastful.
My Father is not arrogant.
My Father is never rude, nor is He self-seeking.
My Father is not quick to take offense.
My Father keeps no score of wrongs.
My Father does not gloat over my sins but is always glad when truth
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Here is a letter from the book Fearfully and Wonderfully Made, by P. Brand. “Dear Lord, I have been re-reading the record of the Rich Young Ruler and his obviously wrong choice. But it has set me thinking. No matter how much wealth he had, he could not-- ride in a car, have any surgery, turn on a
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Contributed by Lonnie Erwin on Sep 27, 2007
Illustration: Turn Around
Repentance is not basically a religious word. It comes from a culture where people were essentially nomadic and lived in a world with no maps or street signs. It’s easy to get lost walking through the desert. You become aware that the countryside is strange. You
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Baptist
On September 7, 1864, the “Loyal Colored People of Baltimore” presented a Bible to President Abraham Lincoln for his kind and humane outreach to their people. Lincoln gratefully responded with these words: “In regard to this Great Book, I have but to say, it is the best gift God has given to man.
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Methodist
Contributed by Segun Omole on Feb 28, 2008
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He had been married for 10 years but did not have any child even though he loved children. Everyone would ask him what was the problem. Some would even offer him medical advice free of charge but he kept trusting God and His word. He’d gone for several medical check ups and even his wife had been
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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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, then 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 to
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Contributed by Carl Allen on Sep 24, 2008
Come Back to the Plumb Line
Every carpenter will tell you when they start to build a structure, one of the first things they are going to do is hang a plumb off of the first vertical post the install after it has been trued with a balance. So as they continue on in the building project, they can
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 6, 2009
UN-CHRISTLIKE CHRISTIANS
A couple of months ago, there was a story on CNN of a Christian school basketball team that beat another team (another Christian school, I think) by the score of 100 to 0. It was a slaughter. The coach of the winning team, even though it was clear that the other team was
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Church Of God
Contributed by Shawn Rose on May 19, 2009
JESUS TO THEM
A missionary, lost at sea, washed up on edge of a remote native village. Half-dead from exposure, starvation, and sea water, the natives nursed him back to health. He lived with them 20 years; never made a confession of faith, no songs, no sermons, no Scripture; but attended the sick
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Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Mar 12, 2010
CONFESSION IS GOOD FOR YOU
We’ve all heard the old saying, "Confession is good for the soul." Even in non-Christian and non-spiritual circles, people believe that to be true. Psychologists or psychiatrists would say that when we confess our wrong actions, words, and thoughts, it’s like a burden is
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jan 2, 2011
Sometimes newspaper editors state the obvious:
* 'If strike isn't settled quickly it may last a while'.
* 'War dims hope for peace'
* 'Cold wave linked to temperatures'
* 'Child's death ruins couple's holiday'
* 'Blind woman gets new kidney from dad she hasn't seen in years'
* 'Man is fatally
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