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Anecdotal Story 7/29/2023
The Problem Demanded It Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the LORD. Solomon offered a sacrifice of fellowship offerings to the LORD: twenty-two thousand cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep and goats. So … Continue reading →
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Anecdotal Story 7/22/2023
Not the Same Without Them “The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats.” – Exodus 12:5. “The blood will be a sign for you on the houses … Continue reading →
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Anecdotal Story 7/15/2023
A Sixth Sense This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you … Continue reading →
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Anecdotal Story 7/08/2023
A High Class Person Amos answered Amaziah, “I was neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees. But the LORD took me from tending the flock … Continue reading →
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Anecdotal Story 7/01/2023
Unworthy Goals Whoever is pregnant with evil conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment. – Psalm 7:14. Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!” The disciples … Continue reading →
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Anecdotal Story 6/24/2023
That Little Voice My fruit is better than fine gold; what I yield surpasses choice silver. I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice, bestowing a rich inheritance on those who love me and making their … Continue reading →
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Anecdotal Story 6/17/2023
The Refusal to Appreciate Please read Genesis 31:38-42. (The link will open in a new window). Please read John 5:12-15. (The link will open in a new window). The Indians often aided the early Jamestown settlers, bringing them corn and … Continue reading →
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Anecdotal Story 6/10/2023
The Influence of a Single Person Jonathan said to his young armor-bearer, “Come, let’s go over to the outpost of those uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will act in our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD from saving, whether by … Continue reading →
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Anecdotal Story 6/03/2023
Those Who Doubt Have No Answers “Of what value is an idol carved by a craftsman? Or an image that teaches lies? For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak. Woe … Continue reading →
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Anecdotal Story 5/27/2023
Not Relating Faith to Life Please read Isaiah 58:3-5. (The link will open in a new window). “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you … Continue reading →
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Tagged Analogy, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christian, Christian Theology, Christianity, Church, Comfort, Encouragement, Gospel of Matthew, Gospel-Centered, Holy Bible, Inspiration, Instruction, Isaiah, Life Lessons, Lord, Moral, Moral Stories, NIV - New International Version, Religion, Scriptures, Speaker's Sourcebook of New Illustrations, Teaching, Theology, Truth, Virgil Hurley, Wisdom, Word of God
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Anecdotal Story 5/20/2023
Incredible Double Life “But because by doing this you have shown utter contempt for the LORD, the son born to you will die.” – 2 Samuel 12:14. When Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2 Samuel, Analogy, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christian, Christian Theology, Christianity, Church, Comfort, Encouragement, Galatians, Gospel-Centered, Holy Bible, Inspiration, Instruction, Life Lessons, Lord, Moral, Moral Stories, NIV - New International Version, Religion, Scriptures, Speaker's Sourcebook of New Illustrations, Teaching, Theology, Truth, Virgil Hurley, Wisdom, Word of God
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Anecdotal Story 5/13/2023
The Half Has Not Been Told “See, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.” – Isaiah 65:17. Please read Revelation 21:1-5. (The link will open … Continue reading →
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Tagged Analogy, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christian, Christian Theology, Christianity, Church, Comfort, Encouragement, Gospel-Centered, Holy Bible, Inspiration, Instruction, Isaiah, Life Lessons, Lord, Moral, Moral Stories, NIV - New International Version, Religion, Revelation, Scriptures, Speaker's Sourcebook of New Illustrations, Teaching, Theology, Truth, Virgil Hurley, Wisdom, Word of God
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Anecdotal Story 5/06/2023
Facing Reality a Must Do not trust in deceptive words and say, “This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD!” – Jeremiah 7:4. He replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father … Continue reading →
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Anecdotal Story 4/29/2023
It Only Seems To Be Please read Ecclesiastes 2:4-10. (The link will open in a new window). Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. – Galatians 6:7. A Wall Street clerk went for … Continue reading →
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Anecdotal Story 4/22/2023
An Ignorant Innocence The whole Israelite community and the foreigners residing among them will be forgiven, because all the people were involved in the unintentional wrong. – Numbers 15:26. In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands … Continue reading →
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Anecdotal Story 4/15/2023
A Fine Idea . . . But Please read Judges 10:6-14 (The link will open in a new window). When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. . . . Then Herod called the Magi secretly … Continue reading →
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Tagged Analogy, Bible, Bible Teaching, Book of Judges, Christian, Christian Theology, Christianity, Church, Comfort, Encouragement, Gospel of Matthew, Gospel-Centered, Holy Bible, Inspiration, Instruction, Life Lessons, Lord, Moral, Moral Stories, NIV - New International Version, Religion, Scriptures, Speaker's Sourcebook of New Illustrations, Teaching, Theology, Truth, Virgil Hurley, Wisdom, Word of God
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Anecdotal Story 4/08/2023
What Inconsistency “I hate, I despise your religious festivals; your assemblies are a stench to me. Even though you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Though you bring choice fellowship offerings, I will have … Continue reading →
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Tagged Analogy, Bible, Bible Teaching, Book of Acts, Book of Amos, Christian, Christian Theology, Christianity, Church, Comfort, Encouragement, Gospel-Centered, Holy Bible, Inspiration, Instruction, Life Lessons, Lord, Moral, Moral Stories, NIV - New International Version, Religion, Scriptures, Speaker's Sourcebook of New Illustrations, Teaching, Theology, Truth, Virgil Hurley, Wisdom, Word of God
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Anecdotal Story 4/01/2023
The Need To Stay Clean Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. – Psalm 51:7. (The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands … Continue reading →
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Anecdotal Story 3/25/2023
The Need To Eat He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word … Continue reading →
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Tagged Analogy, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christian, Christian Theology, Christianity, Church, Comfort, Deuteronomy, Encouragement, Gospel of John, Gospel of Matthew, Gospel-Centered, Holy Bible, Inspiration, Instruction, Life Lessons, Lord, Moral, Moral Stories, NIV - New International Version, Religion, Scriptures, Speaker's Sourcebook of New Illustrations, Teaching, Theology, Truth, Virgil Hurley, Wisdom, Word of God
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Anecdotal Story 3/18/2023
A Basic Need Blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, who does not look to the proud, to those who turn aside to false gods. Many, LORD my God, are the wonders you have done, the things you … Continue reading →
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