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Pediatrician David Cerqueira shares a story of how a dying girl showed his church the honor of serving God: One Sunday my wife had prepared a lesson on being useful. She taught the children that everyone can be useful—that usefulness is serving God, and that doing so is worthy of honor. The kids quietly…

You see, there are many people who are not into what we would call some deep, dark, gross sin, but they have stone, cold hearts that will never hear the call of God because they are not nurturing a relationship with Him. Tim Keller writes this definition of sin: "Sin isn't only doing bad things, it is…

Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary to India said that “the reason there is so much shallow living living—much talk but little obedience—is that so few are prepared to be, like the pine on the hilltop, alone in the wind for God.

SSamuel Zwemer, a missionary from the U. S. said: “The unoccupied fields of the world await those who are willing to be lonely for the sake of Christ.”

Does anyone see a parallel here? How could you miss it? Has there ever been a day when there was a greater departure from the Word of God than there is today? Has there ever been a time when more preachers were being defrocked for moral failure and run in shame from their ministry. Has there ever been…

Someone wrote: Oh, the bitter shame and sorrow That a time could ever be When I let the Saviour’s pity Plead in vain; and proudly answered, “All of self, and none of Thee!” Yet He found me; I beheld Him Bleeding on the accursed tree; Heard Him pray “Forgive them, Father!” And my wistful heart said faintly,…

In his book Let Your Life Speak, Parker Palmer, a Quaker, tells the story of how God used Palmer's friends to shape his vocational path in a significant way. Palmer had been offered the opportunity to become the president of a small educational institution. He was certain the job was for him, but he…

It was over 16 years ago, now, that I went through a process that was much like this. I’ve told you about being in ministry for a couple of years, then running from it because I just didn’t think I could do it and I really didn’t want to do it. I left the full-time ministry and even though I was serving…

Several men are in the locker room of a private club after exercising. Suddenly a cell phone on one of the benches rings. A man picks it up and the following conversation ensues: "Hello?" "Honey, It's me." "Sugar!" "Are you at the club?" "Yes." "Great! I'm at the mall 2 blocks from where you are. I saw…

Can I show you how this worked in my life? When God was trying to call me back into ministry, I remember going through this process. I was a believer, but I was out of the will of God. After several years, I had gotten to the place that I was quite unwilling to do what God wanted me to do. I had a plan…

I still remember when Kathy and I moved to Wilson. We had made our move here contingent on the sell of our home. We put it on the market in Asheville, and, while we had a few people to come and look at it, we had no offers on the table for 2 months. We waited and waited, living in limbo. Finally the…

You see, this world and even many people who call themselves believers just don’t understand what knowing Jesus, I mean really knowing Him is all about. Let me show you what I mean: SHOW CRISTO REDENTOR This is a picture of a famous statue of Christ in Brazil. Here’s what Max Lucado writes about it:…

I have been, throughout my life, a Dallas Cowboys fan. But, I have to tell you, being a Cowboys fan is getting harder and harder. For those of you who follow professional football, two letters will tell you why, “T, O.” T. O. stands for Terrell Owens, the loud-mouthed, but talented wide receiver who…

Elliot Huck, a 14-year-old from Bloomington, Indiana, decided to skip a preliminary to the National Spelling Bee. Though he placed 45th out of more than 250 spellers in last year's competition and was a favored to go again, he felt convicted to stay home this time around. More precisely, he felt convicted…

Can you see yourself in that video? I tell you there is no substitute for faithfulness. After his ordination in 1969, author and pastor Phillip Johnson received a call to serve one large church and ten smaller churches on the northern coast of Newfoundland, Canada. On the first day of his new circuit…

After years of street violence, drug use, and thievery, Fernando "Fernie" Aranda was sent to prison to a serve a 25-years-to-life sentence. But prison didn't change Fernie. His life behind bars matched the life he had lived on the streets. At one point he was even a suspect in the deaths of three fellow…

As a pastor, I spend a lot of time in hospitals. To this point that’s been as a vistor and not as a patient. Of course, I realize that if I don’t die suddenly in some way, the day will come when I will not be the visitor, I will be the visited . . . and with my family history, that could very well be…

A Aaron, ' = "light bringer" Aharown {a-har-one'} 1) brother of Moses, a Levite and the first high priest Aaron Aaron {ah-ar-ohn'}= "light-bringer" 1) the brother of Moses, the first high priest of Israel and head of the whole priestly order ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------…

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…

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…