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Parables Of Jesus
Contributed by C. Philip Green on Aug 15, 2025 (message contributor)
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1. Beyond Excuses: The Good Samaritan
Contributed on Aug 15, 2025
To avoid the trap of self-justification, don't debate God's clear commands; just do them, trusting Jesus to help you.
Seinfeld was a popular sit com featuring the humor of comedian Jerry Seinfeld. In an episode called “The Fire,” Jerry's friend, George attends a child's birthday party at the request of his girlfriend, Robin. Take a look (show video: George and the Fire, Seinfeld, Season 5, Episode 20). ...read more
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2. Audacious Prayer
Contributed on Aug 19, 2025
Talk to God like your Best Friend and the Best Father there ever was, putting His interests above your own.
Bob was trying to teach his daughter, Jenny, how to pray before meals. After a few weeks of coaching, Bob decided Jenny was ready to pray all by herself. Jenny started out fine, thanking God for her mommy and daddy and brother and sister and for the rolls and the salad. Then she ended with a ...read more
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3. Living The Life!
Contributed on Aug 21, 2025
If you want to live the good life, protect yourself against envy, prepare yourself for eternity, and prosper yourself spiritually.
Some of my favorite cartoons growing up were the Road Runner cartoons. Take a look at this 30-second excerpt from one of them (show Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote—Free Bird Seed). Do you know? In not one of the 49 Road Runner Cartoons produced does Wile E. Coyote ever get the Road Runner. It ...read more
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4. Manure And The Problem Of Evil
Contributed on Aug 27, 2025
Jesus’ answer to the problem of evil—Repent or perish. Then demonstrate that repentance in your own life before God’s patience runs out.
The movie Forrest Gump addresses a lot of life’s issues including the problem of evil. Take a look (show Lt Dan against God; www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc374YQAjJg, stop at 48 second mark right before Lt. Dan starts using foul language). Lieutenant Dan had lost both legs in Vietnam and was ...read more
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5. Table Talk
Contributed on Sep 5, 2025
If you want to gain the respect of others and even God Himself, put compassion above criticism, put others above yourself, and put giving above receiving.
The senior pastor of a large church walked into the sanctuary alone and felt an overwhelming sense of God's holiness. He went to the front, knelt down at the altar rail, and began to beat himself on the chest, crying out, “Oh Lord, I am nothing!” A few moments later, the associate pastor ...read more
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6. The Main Thing
Contributed on Sep 11, 2025
If you want to enjoy fellowship with God hear His call to you, put Him first in your life, and come to His table. Then invite others to do the same.
Several years ago, the London Transit Authority had a problem. Buses were going right past passengers who were waiting at designated places to be picked up. They were at the bus stops, and the buses were sailing right past them. The London Transit Authority released a statement to explain their ...read more
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7. Count The Cost
Contributed on Sep 18, 2025
If you want Jesus to teach you how to change your world, rank Him first in your life, risk your life for Him, renounce all you have, and remain committed to Him.
Men in Black is a comedy about two special agents who work for Men in Black, an underground agency created to protect earth from dangerous extraterrestrials. In this scene, Agent K (played by Tommy Lee Jones) tries to recruit a New York City cop (played by Will Smith) to the agency. Take a look ...read more