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Consumers responded so positively to Popeyes new chicken sandwiches that the fast-food chain had to post signs outside their stores that they had run out. A Chick-fil-A store in Houston postied “FYI We don’t run out of Chicken Sandwiches” on their sign in response. A nearby Popeyes Chicken and Biscuits…

The movie Argo is set in November 1979 Iran and depicts a mob of angry locals outside the gate of the United States embassy. Tempers erupted. Cries of angry voices blared. Sounds of breaking chains and windows reverberated through the embassy compound. Finally the Iranians rushed into the building. That…

CONTENTMENT Not many people get to retire in their 40’s—Varner was one of the lucky ones. Varner was a Strength and Conditioning Coach for Clemson University when they won the National Championship in 1981-82 and the ’82 Orange Bowl. He also coached athletes in the ’88, ’92 and ’94 Winter Olympics. His…

Prayer When Herod's persecution broke out against the church, James was killed and Peter was thrown in jail in preparation to give him a fair trial before they killed him too. The night before Peter's trial, he slept, chained between two guards, when the Angel of the Lord appeared and awoke Peter. When…

RICHES/TREASURE When the state of Oklahoma celebrates its centennial in 2007, a Plymouth Belvedere buried in a concrete vault in 1957 will finally see the light of day again. The car is underground next to the Tulsa County Courthouse. It was buried along with other common items from 1957. Old news reports…

Cowards Need Not Apply But you, dress yourself for work, arise, and say to them everything that I command you. Do not be dismayed by them, lest I dismay you before them. Jeremiah 1:17 (ESV) As intimidating as his listeners may be, the pastor must beware lest he jump from the frying pan of their opposition…

Po Bronson, in his book WHY DO I LOVE THESE PEOPLE? (Random House, 2005), tells a true story about a magnificent elm tree. The tree was planted in the first half of the 20th Century on a farm near Beulah, Michigan (USA). It grew to be a magnificent tree. In the 1950s, the family that owned the farm kept…

- For over 50 years chain letters have been sent to mailboxes - Chain Letters are letters which promise a phenomenal return on a small effort. - Subject: forward this - Subject: forward this on if you value your life - Subject: just following orders... - Subject: i don't normally do this sort of thing…

RESURRECTION Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. —John 5:25 5020 Raleigh’s Trust After Sir Walter Raleigh was beheaded in the tower they found in his Bible these true and striking lines, written…

MOODY'S ANECDOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS. RELATED IN HIS REVIVAL WORK BY THE GREAT EVANGELIST DWIGHT L. MOODY. FULLY ILLUSTRATED FROM GUSTAVE DORE REVISED EDITION. EDITED BY REV. J. B. McClure. CHICAGO: Rhodes & McClure Publishing Co. 1899 Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1896 by the Rhodes…

Easter season: A family gathers around the holiday table, three generations happily chattering over a festive meal. Mom disappears into the kitchen for more food. Grandma fusses with Junior's bib, as Grandpa winks affectionately at the older kids. But take a closer look: no holiday ham or leg of lamb…

FAITH FAITH AND IDENTITY-Donald Strobe tells a powerful story in one of his ser­mons. It comes from Alex Haley's book ROOTS [(by way of William Willimon's book, REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE, (Nashville: The Upper Room, 1980) p. 113.] I have heard it used by other pastors very effectively. It is that memorable…

To Illustrate CONSCIENCE PROPITIATION LOVE I n Focus on the Family, Rolf Zettersten wrote, "A good friend in North Carolina bought a new car with a voice-warn­ing system. ... At first Ed­win was amused to hear the soft female voice gently re­mind him that his seat belt wasn't fastened. . . . Ed­win affectionately…

FORGIVENESS A Grinch of sorts was busy in South Florida this past holiday season. On Christmas Eve, Ron and Helen Meijer found a ransom note in their front-lawn nativity scene. The plastic baby Jesus had been kidnapped. The kidnappers did not demand money. Instead, they made a demand the Meijers refused…

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS by Dr. Erwin Lutzer Intro Thunder From Sinai Today many concepts about God abound, most of them individually conceived in our own minds according to our own liking. When people stop worshipping the true God, they do not stop worshipping; it is just that they change the object of…

1. Feeding on the Word -- DAILY Nutrition A healthy baby has a healthy appetite. If you have truly been "born" of the Spirit of God, you will have a healthy appetite. The Bible says, "As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby," (1 Peter 2:2). Feed yourself every day…

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THE CRUCIFIXION Medical analysis of Jesus' crucifixion indicates that he probably died from shock because of blood loss and from an inability to breathe on the cross and that his death was hastened by earlier beatings. "The extent and importance of the scourging is often overlooked or not ap­parent to…

THE CRUCIFIXION Medical analysis of Jesus' crucifixion indicates that he probably died from shock because of blood loss and from an inability to breathe on the cross and that his death was hastened by earlier beatings. "The extent and importance of the scourging is often overlooked or not ap­parent to…

Jesus has a very special love for you. [But] as for me- The silence and the emptiness is so great that I look and do not see,-Listen and do not hear. -MOTHER TERESA TO THE REV. MICHAEL VAN DER PEET, SEPTEMBER 1979 Her Agony BY DAVID VAN BIEMA TIME September 3.2007 ON December 11, 1979, MOTHER Teresa,…

John Newton CHOICE EXCERPTS I am not what I once was! In his old age, when he could no longer see to read, John Newton heard someone recite this text, "By the grace of God—I am what I am." He remained silent a short time and then, as if speaking to himself, he said: "I am not what I ought to be—ah, how…

Lechem - Bread by Josa Bivin1 "For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world." John 6:33 When Richard and Lucinda (our volunteer workers) first came to Israel, they noticed plastic sacks containing pieces of bread hanging from the sides of the trash containers…

parables, etc. ".. . he did not speak to them without a parable" Jesus Mark 4:34 RS.V. a monthly resource letter for pastors/teachers/speakers Volume 7, Number 4 June / 1987 LISTEN TO YOUR FATHER'S VOICE I feel constrained to share something with you that was a tremendous blessing and inspiration to…

the pastor's story file a resource file for pastors/teachers/speakers THEME: The Enigma: Suffering / Glory August / 1988 Volume 4, Number 10 THE ENIGMA OF SUFFERING AND GLORY I got my inspiration for this month's theme from reading Harold Myra's new book Living By God's Surprises (Word, Waco, TX, 1988).…

Natural Medicine is a paradigm that has the intrinsic wisdom to yield to nature. It acknowledges that nature, which is the hand of God, will never be dethroned, will always have the last word, and if opposed, it is definitely a "force to be reckoned with". Inherent with nature are God's own undisputed…