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 If you're for Christ, you're for the Church. The Apostle Paul's life is an example and testimony of what this looks like lived out. 

According to Medical News Today, “There are a number of health and lifestyle factors – obesity, smoking, air pollution – that are known to be risk factors for early mortality and receive considerable attention. New research has suggested that social connections should be added to this list, with a study…

The appearance of a mysterious noise has residents of a small English community baffled. Residents of Woodland in County Durham say the noise, termed “the hum” has been heard every night for the past two months, and resembles the sound of car engine. Sometimes the hum is so strong that it shakes beds.…

Encouragement is like peanut butter – the more you spread it around the more things stick together.

"If sinners will be damned, at least let them leap to hell over our bodies. And if they will perish, let them perish with our arms around their knees, imploring them to stay. If hell must be filled, at least let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let not one go there unwarned and un-prayed…

I heard recently about a man who filled his car with gas at a self-service gas station. After he had paid and driven away, he realized that he had left the gas cap on top of his car. He stopped and looked and, sure enough, it was lost. He thought for a second and realized that other people must have…

There are countless examples in our own day of choosing to suffer for the purpose of Colossians 1:24—to fill up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions by presenting them to others through suffering.16 In late 1995, as I was working on the second edition of this book, a missionary letter describing such…

Getting Your Life Back Books: The Imitation of Christ, Thomas a Kempis The Ladder of Divine Ascent by John climacus Interior Castle by Teresa of Avila The Ascent of Mount Carmel by John of the Cross Spiritual formation is rooted in the virtues. Choosing virtue is choosing to submit our will to God and…

MYSTERY Ever since Carly Simon topped the music charts in 1972 with “You’re So Vain”, she has been quizzed about the person mentioned in the lyrics. The song tells the story of a lover who is as attractive as he is faithless and arrogant. Simon has always said she would never tell who the lyrics, “You’re…

Preaching the Book God Wrote, Part 1 John MacArthur We believe in biblical inerrancy. So what? How does the truth of biblical inerrancy and the authority of God's written revelation affect what we preach and how we minister? There's little point in defending the inerrancy of Scripture if we're unwilling…

These responses actually appeared on real science tests: {{{" "The pistol of a flower is its only protection against insects." "Mushrooms always grow in damp places and so they look like umbrellas." "H20 is hot water, and CO2 is cold water." "To collect fumes of sulfur, hold a deacon over a flame in…

100 Names of Jesus. Advocate (1 John 2:1) Almighty (Rev. 1:8; Mt. 28:18) Alpha and Omega (Rev. 1:8; 22:13) Amen (Rev. 3:14) Apostle of our Profession (Heb. 3:1) Atoning Sacrifice for our Sins (1 John 2:2) Author of Life (Acts 3:15) Author and Perfecter of our Faith (Heb. 12:2) Author of Salvation (Heb.…

The average human heart pumps over 1,000 gallons a day, over 55 million gallons in a lifetime. This is enough to fill 13 super tankers. It never sleeps, beating 2.5 billion times in a lifetime. The lungs contain 1,000 miles of capillaries. The process of exchanging oxygen for carbon dioxide is so complicated…

In a letter to Alexander Campbell about a meeting he was conducting in Nashville in 1860, James Challen speaks of an old man whom Campbell had immersed years before. He says that in spite of all the troubles the Nashville church had suffered at the hands of J. B. Ferguson, “Bro. John Harding, whom you…

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…

The Pursuit of God in Corporate Worship The Intensification of Worship as an Inward Experience of the Heart The essential, vital, indispensable, defining heart of worship is the experience of being satisfied with God because God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him. The chief end…

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…

Cow 'emissions' more damaging to planet than CO2 from cars Published: 10 December 2006 Meet the world's top destroyer of the environment. It is not the car, or the plane,or even George Bush: it is the cow. A United Nations report has identified the world's rapidly growing herds of cattle as the greatest…

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…

| Spiritual Life | | How To Develop Learners Not Legalistsby Jerry Bridges | When I was first introduced to the idea of disciple­ship, I was given a list of seven spiritual disciplines I should practice every day—things such as a daily quiet time, Scripture memo­rization, Bible study, and prayer. As…