872) This is Your Life
Based on a sermon by Methodist pastor and bishop William Willimon (1946- ), in which he tells his (and our) story. There was a time when I was…
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872) This is Your Life
871) Rich Mullins; The ‘Awesome God’ Guy
Rich Mullins (1955-1997) Rich Mullins was an American contemporary Christian singer and songwriter. He was born in Richmond, Indiana. Mullins was best known for his worship…
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871) Rich Mullins; The ‘Awesome God’ Guy
870) Church Ladies Learn About Temptation
-------------- From The Last Word, by William Willimon, pages 119-121. In one of my congregations, we decided that we needed to grow. We voted to launch a program of…
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870) Church Ladies Learn About Temptation
869) Ask and It Will Be Given You?
Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. --Psalm 37:4 ******************** Psalm 37:4 is one of those verses that Christians can twist…
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869) Ask and It Will Be Given You?
868) Funeral Sermon for a Confident Man (b)
(...continued) The Bible has a great deal to say about confidence. There is a little bit there about self-confidence, a little bit more about having confidence in others, and…
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868) Funeral Sermon for a Confident Man (b)
867) Funeral Sermon for a Confident Man (a)
CONFIDENCE ------------------------------ Whenever I think of Uncle Ray, there is one particular memory that comes to mind. I remember a hot summer afternoon, perhaps about 15 years ago,…
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867) Funeral Sermon for a Confident Man (a)
866) The Problem of James (b)
(...continued) One of the keys to this is in our understanding of faith. Here too there is a tension in how the Bible defines and presents faith.…
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866) The Problem of James (b)
865) The Problem of James (a)
The New Testament book of James has been a source of controversy ever since it was written almost 20 centuries ago. Martin Luther, for example, did not like…
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865) The Problem of James (a)
864) Helping Yourself by Helping Others
From Let Me Tell You a Story, by Tony Campolo, copyright 2000, page 91 The story is told by M. Scott Peck, the famous psychologist and author, of…
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864) Helping Yourself by Helping Others
863) A Good Role Model
2007 ------------------------------ 2014 -------------------------- By John Stonestreet, August 20, 2015 blog at: www.breakpoint.org Scarcely a week goes by that the NFL doesn’t make more news for what’s going…
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863) A Good Role Model