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| Man Puts Hope in Counterfeit Money |  Printer view
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| Topics: | Crime, Deceit, Deception, Defeat, Dishonesty, Dreams, Ethics, Finances, Folly, Foolishness, Greed, Hope, Ignorance, Legal issues, Materialism, Money, Money, love of, Motives, Optimism, Poverty, spiritual, Sin, Stealing, Temptation, Truth, Unjust gain |
| Filters: | Editor's Choice , Free, Stories |
| References: | Proverbs 9:17 , Romans 4:18, Romans 5:1-5, Hebrews 11:1-2 |
| Tone: | Warn |
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Have you ever had high hopes for something and then seen those hopes crumble to pieces? It happened to one man in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His story hit the news wires as one of those sadly humorous, stupid-thief tales. Actually, if you knew him, his story is probably only very sad.
He wanted money. Maybe he desperately needed money. Perhaps he had a substance addiction or owed tens of thousands of ... Craig Brian Larson, editor of PreachingToday.com; source: "Man jailed for trying to pass $1M bill," Associated Press, Yahoo News (10-9-07) |
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| "No Excuses Accepted!" | Printer view
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| Topics: | Accountability, Apathy, Attitudes, Authority, Character, Christian life, Circumstances and faith, Commitment, Compromise, Confession, Deceit, Diligence, Duty, Excuses, Honesty, Human nature, Humility, Indifference, Integrity, Jesus Christ, Laziness, Life, Lifestyle, Maturity, Problems, Reality, Relationships, Reputation, Responsibility, Salvation, Selfishness, Seriousness, Service, Sinful nature, Sluggards, Truthfulness, Vices, Weakness, Work, Worry |
| Filters: | International, Stories |
| References: | Proverbs 11:3, Matthew 12:36, Luke 17:7-10, Acts 20:35 |
| Tone: | Warn |
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| An Upside-Down World | Printer view
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| Topics: | Attitudes, Church, leaders of, Church, mission of, Culture, Evangelism, Evangelism, lifestyle, Gospel, Great Commission, Humility, Lostness, Ministers, Missions, Nations, Outreach, Perspectives, Service, Soul Winners, Teamwork, Vision, Witnessing |
| Filters: | Christian Culture, International, Statistics, Stories |
| References: | Malachi 1:11, Matthew 28:18-20, John 3:16, Philippians 2:10-12, Revelation 7:9 |
| Tone: | Neutral/Mixed |
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| Accommodating the Seven-year Itch | Printer view
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| Topics: | Church and state, Circumstances and faith, Commitment, Community impact, Contentment, Culture, Divorce, Faith and feelings, Faithfulness, human, Fidelity, Gladness, Government, Husbands, Law, Lifestyle, Love, romantic, Marriage, Perspective, Secularism, Selfishness, Spouses, Trials, Unfaithfulness, Vows, Wives |
| Filters: | Marriage & Sex, Statistics, Stories |
| References: | Genesis 2:24, Malachi 2:13-16, Matthew 19:3-9, Mark 10:2-12, Luke 16:18, Romans 12:1-2, 1 Corinthians 6:9-20, Ephesians 5:21-33, Hebrews 13:4 |
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| Older Adults and the Afterlife | Printer view
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| Topics: | Afterlife, Aging, Belief, Confidence, Convictions, Death, Death, physical, Eternal death, Eternal life, Faith, Heaven, Hell, Hope, Immortality, Judgment, final, Life, short, Mortality, Optimism, Paradise, Perspective, Popular culture, Punishment, Relativism, Religion, Salvation, Spirituality, Theology |
| Filters: | Statistics |
| References: | 2 Samuel 14:14, Ecclesiastes 3:11, Romans 6:23, 2 Corinthians 4:18, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 |
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| Thomas à Kempis on Accepting Others | Printer view
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| Topics: | Acceptance, Arrogance, Attitudes, Brotherly love, Change, Christlikeness, Compassion, Emotions, Expectations, Fellowship, human, Forgiveness, Friendship, Honesty, Humility, Hypocrisy, Integrity, Judging others, Kindness, Love, Patience, Perfection, Reconciliation, Relationships, Renewing the mind, Respect, Self-image, Strife |
| Filters: | Church History, Famous People, Quotes |
| References: | 1 Samuel 16:7, Ecclesiastes 7:8, Matthew 7:1-5, 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, James 2:12-13 |
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| Our Duty to the Church | Printer view
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| Topics: | Attitudes, Body of Christ, Christians, Church, Commitment, Community, Courage, Dedication, Devotion, Duty, Faith, Family of God, Love for Christ, Membership, Missions, Neglect, Perspective, Priesthood of believers, Responsibility, Threats, Unity, Victory, Zeal |
| Filters: | Church History, Famous People, Quotes |
| References: | Acts 2:44-46, Ephesians 4:2-6, 2 Timothy 4:3-5, Hebrews 10:25 |
| Tone: | Commend |
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| How God Comforts | Printer view
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| Topics: | Babies, Children, Circumstances and faith, Comfort, Community, Compassion, Death, physical, Direction, Empathy, Faith and feelings, Fathers, Fellowship, Funerals, God, love of, Grace, Grief, Healing, Insensitivity, Life, short, Medical care, Ministry, Mothers, Needs, Nurture, Parenting, Patience, Peace, Perseverance, Suffering, Support, Sympathy, Trials |
| Filters: | Everyday Disciples, Youth & Children |
| References: | Psalm 23:4, Isaiah 41:10, Matthew 19:13-14, Romans 12:8, 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 |
| Tone: | Commend |
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| Small Church, Global Reach | Printer view
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| Topics: | Attitudes, Believers, Benevolence, Body of Christ, Boldness, Challenges, Church, Community, Community impact, Compassion, Cooperation, Dedication, Family of God, Fellowship, Involvement, Membership, Missions, Nations, Outreach, Overcoming, Poverty, Self-sacrifice, Service, Small things, Social action, Tenacity, Trials, Wholehearted devotion |
| Filters: | Everyday Disciples, International, Stories |
| References: | Proverbs 30:24-28, Ezekiel 16:49, Zechariah 4:10, Matthew 25:44-46, Hebrews 13:3, James 2:15-16 |
| Tone: | Commend |
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| "Lucky You": A Lesson in Integrity | Printer view
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| Topics: | Character, Circumstances and faith, Compromise, Deceit, Deception, Dedication, Defeat, Dignity, Ethics, Excuses, Faithfulness, Honesty, Integrity, Love, romantic, Lying, Media, Perseverance, Temptation, Temptation, resisting, Unfaithfulness, Unjust gain, Values, Vices |
| Filters: | Movies & TV, Pop Culture |
| References: | Proverbs 12:22, Zechariah 8:16, Luke 4:1-13, Acts 5:1-11, Ephesians 4:25, Colossians 3:9, Revelation 21:8 |
| Tone: | Commend |
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