“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.” -Philippians 2:3-4 A large group of European pastors came to one of D. L. Moody’s Northfield Bible Conferences in Massachusetts in the late […]
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“I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand.” -John 10:28 The famous author and pastor F. B. Meyer wrote about two Germans who wanted to climb the Matterhorn. They hired three guides and began their ascent at the steepest and most slippery part. The […]
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Now a man names Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property. With his wife’s full knowledge he kept back part of the money for himself, but brought the rest and put it at the apostles’ feet. Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart […]
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Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes fro m the mouth of God.” -Matthew 4:4 A story is told of a man who challenged another to an all-day wood chopping contest. The challenger worked very hard, stopping only for a brief lunch break. The […]
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“But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.” -2 Corinthians 4:7 A boy was watching his father, a pastor, write a sermon. “How do you know what to say?” asked the little boy. “Simple, God tells me,” replied his father. “Oh, […]
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Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made fro man, not man for the Sabbath.” -Mark 2:27 In ancient Athens, Greece, a man one day noticed the great storyteller Aesop playing games with some small children. He laughed and jeered at Aesop, asking him why he wasted his time in a useless activity. Aesop […]
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“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.” -Matthew 13:44 Vincent van Gogh first began to experiment with impressionist techniques during his Parisian period, the time from 1886 […]
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“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.” -1 Corinthians 1:18 Many of us came to faith at a time when it was respectable to be a Christian. But with each passing day in our culture it’s […]
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Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our “God is a consuming fire.” -Hebrews 12:28-29 There’s a story an American Lutheran bishop tells of visiting a parish church in California and seeing a stirring red and orange […]
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“But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.” -Luke 6:35 Georges Clemenceau was twice the prime minister of France, and played […]
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