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It was said of the Persians that, whenever they went to battle, you could hear the sticks of the captains who were beating the soldiers to make them fight, but they won no victories. Look, on the other hand, at the brave Spartan. He was glad at the very thought of fighting; he lived in it. He was a born…

An owl is a fine bird to look at, but he is a very small bird when he is plucked. He is nearly all feathers, and I think that a great many professing Christians are very like owls. They are fine birds to look at, but it is mostly feathers. Just see whether it is mostly feathers with you. Spurgeon, C.…

The hammer said, “I will break the anvil.” The anvil did not answer, but abode in its place, while the hammer smote it day after day. Month after month, year after year, the anvil patiently received the blows, but after a while the hammer broke. And though it did not say so, for it was too quiet to speak,…

An Englishman may happen to be in Spain—he wishes a thousand things were different from what they are, but he does not trouble himself much about them. He says, “If I were a Spaniard I would see what I could do to alter this government. But, being an Englishman, let the Spaniards see to their own matters.…

If you had a very favorite knife, which you prized much, but someone took it and with it murdered your mother, you would loathe the instrument with which so foul a deed was done. And sin, which you prized and played with, has the blood of Christ on it. It cut Him to the very soul. So now you hate it.…

Lt. Col. Arnaud Beltrame, 45, made the extreme sacrifice when he gave his life that another might live. Radouane Lakdim, 26, a Moroccan-born French national went on a terror spree in the French city of Trèbes. Lakdim carjacked a car, killing one person in the process, and wounding another. He then tried…

The universe is full of asteroids and comet debris that bombards the planets. The giant planet Jupiter with its gravitational pull acts as a vacuum sucking these potential threats from space. Experts believe that an asteroid crashes into Jupiter as often as once a week. That space cleaning effort is…

As I stood in the sanctuary last night and listened to the message about idols, I began to look for the idols in my own life, and I determined that I did not have any. This was a little bit surprising to me considering the fact that I struggle to find time for my bible studies, so I tried it again. This…

His was a rags to riches story. One day he was a slave, the next day he was a Prince. As an infant, he was placed in the Kings care and everything he ever thought about wanting was his. But there was a calling on his life. From the day he became aware of anything, his mother taught him that he was not…

It was this calling that Dietrich Bonhoeffer heard. In his book, The Cost of Discipleship, Bonhoeffer wrote, “When God calls a man, He bids him (to) come and die.” Bonhoeffer knew whereof he spoke. He was a rising academic, a promising theologian and a german pastor. His promising academic and ecclesiastical…

In 1730, Count Zinzendorf told the Moravians about the urgent need for missionaries to evangelize the slaves on the Virgin Islands. Leonard Dober listened to Zinzendorf’s appeal. As he pondered God’s calling, Dober felt led to respond. God was calling him to reach out to the slaves there, so he decided…

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John MacArthur Basisinformationen zur Bibel Christliche Literatur-Verbreitung Postfach 11 01 35 • 33661 Bielefeld Wenn nicht anders angegeben, sind die Bibelzitate der Schlachter 2000 entnommen. Abkürzungen weiterer Bibelausgaben: Elb.: Elberfelder Bibel, unrevidierte Fassung Lu 12: Lutherbibel von 1912…

Living above the Line A Celebration of our Union with Christ Rev Greg Byrd Faith Temple Baptist Church Poetry Texas Living Above the Line Introduction Introduction Colossians 1:27 says Christ in you, the hope of Glory. In fact Christ in us is our only hope of eternal Glory, The union of the believer…

Union with Christ What does it mean to be “in Christ” or “united with Christ”? EXPLANATION AND SCRIPTURAL BASIS1 The subject is so frequently mentioned in Scripture and so wide-ranging in its application to our lives that it deserves treatment here. That is the concept of union with Christ. As we shall…

The TOP facts about Healing October 23, 2006 Pastor Michael Mehring Full Gospel Church The Lord is building an army Are you going to be a part Basic training – boot camp – 40 days Lifestyle shift is required – the Lord desires to bless – but deeper blessing and more power requires adjustments in our…

A Christian Guide to Passover (PESCH) Below is a compilation of several contemporary Seder services that are used today. Because of the passage of time and that Passover was intended to be a family tradition, it is not possible to reconstruct with certainty the type of Passover meal or celebration that…

I. Definition Atonement – reconciliation by removing the barrier that sin creates Christ suffered in our place II. Traditional Understandings It was necessary to meet the requirement of divine righteousness (Anselm, 1100) Expression of divine love, moral example (Abelard, 1141) Satisfaction of the law/divine…