Monday, April 7th, 2008
In the summer that I was eighteen, I preached for the Mount Della Church of Christ, a small, rural congregation in the hills of east Tennessee. Among the families that were a part of that congregation was a family named Wallace. Load Wallace, the father, had served in the Second ...
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Friday, March 21st, 2008
I want you to consider a powerful, common factor that dramatically affects every person's life. No one escapes the impact of this common factor. Everyone is affected by it. The power and influence of this factor are astounding to the point of disbelief.
This specific factor causes more joy in the ...
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Saturday, December 29th, 2007
If you are observing a person's faith, how can you tell if that faith is strong? That sounds like a very simple question that should have a very simple answer. But neither the question nor the answer is simple.
We do have some ready made answers for that question. Ready made ...
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Saturday, December 22nd, 2007
The standard for identifying the kind of faith that God wants people to have is the faith that is seen in Abraham. Rare is the person who equals the faith that Abraham developed. No one surpasses the faith that Abraham developed.
That fact is incredible for two reasons. First, Abraham had ...
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Friday, October 19th, 2007
Have you ever heard the expression, "Don't rock the boat!" I am sure most of us have. If one passenger in a small boat unnecessarily causes the boat to "take on water," the whole boat sinks. It is not just the person who did the rocking who finds himself or ...
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Thursday, September 27th, 2007
Let's begin with a reading this morning. Please take a Bible and read with me.
John 6:31-40
6:31 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'" 6:32 Jesus then said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, it was ...
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Thursday, September 13th, 2007
There was a time when the sense of "community" and the sense of "family" were powerful. In this time, it was not unusual for a person to allow each of these to affect his/her behavior. The bond with one's community or the bond with one's family was more powerful than ...
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