Contributed by Ajai Prakash on May 30, 2013
SPIRITUAL GAMBLING
The problem of compulsive gambling may seem foreign to most of us. Yet experts believe that millions of Americans are psychologically addicted to gambling. It gives them the excitement of hope and risk, but it usually ends in defeat. It is indeed a temporary pleasure. For those
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Contributed by Troy Borst on Jan 23, 2003
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SPIRITUAL ANARCHY
In his [Barna’s] new volume he flatly states that moral anarchy has arrived and rules our culture today. The argument hinges on a substantial amount of attitudinal and behavioral evidence: record bankruptcy levels, frivolous lawsuits, the rapid growth of the pornography industry,
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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SPIRITUAL RIVER RAFTING
The necessary safety equipment for river rafting and spiritual river rafting:
i. The Helmet – Helmets protect the most vital and vulnerable part on a person their head – their thinking!
1. Spiritually: We need to be wearing the helmet of salvation as we ride the wave of
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Spiritual Problem--Spiritual Cure
I picked up a recent book which I received from the AACC Convention called "Caring for People God's Way." The book is written by three people Tim Clinton, Archibald Hart and George Ohlschlager. The book is considered a new guide for Christian Counseling and is
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Contributed by Paul Dietz on Sep 20, 2008
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Spiritual Manna
How many can remember the story of the children of Israel gathering Manna every morning accept on the Sabbath to find the sustenance needed to make their spiritual journey from Egypt to the Land of Promise?
We are told that they first of all began to murmur among themselves about
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Contributed by Ken Pell on Jan 27, 2008
Spiritual Fruit
I have something in my treasure chest that you will recognize today.
This small limb is from a very specific tree in my back yard. Do you know what kind of tree it is? Try and guess.
This limb is from an apple tree.
Every year this APPLE tree gives Vickie and me a lot of
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Nazarene
Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 27, 2006
Side note:
All kinds of people claim to have spiritual experiences.
Just because someone claims something – doesn’t make it valid.
Neighbor – I have daily discussions with my dog
About the middle east.
My guess is that you would not grant him the benefit of the doubt.
But if that same
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by David Heflin on Feb 13, 2007
Spiritual Lasik
I have heard people talk about how LASIK dramatically changed the way they saw everything. They could see with greater focus and vividness, in a way they never imagined. Lasik harnesses the power of light in the form of a laser. It is heat that cuts into the retina to correct the
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Sep 9, 2007
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Spiritual Leadership
Samuel Logan Brengle said: Spiritual leadership is not won by promotion, but by prayers and tears. It is attained by much heart-searching and humbling before God; by self-surrender, a courageous sacrifice of every idol, a bold, uncompromising, and uncomplaining embracing of
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Contributed by Glenn Newton on Jan 24, 2008
How to know if you are getting Spiritually dry
a. When there is no desire for Bible study and prayer.
b. When spiritual conversation embarrasses you.
c. When you rationalize sin.
d. When you quote scripture and attend services, but it doesn’t make a difference in your life
e. When money dominates
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Peter Loughman on Mar 9, 2008
Spiritual Events
When I was a Sophomore in college I was taking a shortcut on a country road to avoid heavy traffic on the freeway. I was traveling at about fifty miles an hour or so. This road was a beautiful drive meandering through vineyards, orchards and ranches, it ambled over rolling hills,
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Ferdinand Funk on Sep 29, 2008
Spiritual Perfection
A man once came up to C. H. Spurgeon, the great English preacher, at a Christian retreat, and said that he had reached a state of spiritual perfection. Without a word Spurgeon picked up a pitcher of ice-cold water and poured it on the man's head. When the man became angry
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Mennonite
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 25, 2010
THE SPIRITUALITY OF FIRE
The pagans thought of a cycle of destruction by fire and renewal, destruction by fire and renewal. The monotheistic Zoroastrians thought of fire strictly as a purification. But the Jews and early Christians associated fire with the destruction of the
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Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jul 27, 2010
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SPIRITUAL ATHEIST?
Let’s think about this. Good equals Godly? Good equals spiritual? How exactly does being good and being spiritual parallel?
I give a man on the street a warm meal and a place to stay. That’s a good thing. How is giving a man a warm meal and a place to stay a spiritual
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Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Feb 16, 2011
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SPIRITUALITY AND JUSTICE
Quoting Major Campbell Roberts when he spoke at the launch of this TSMP goal,
"Two hungers are emerging, a hunger for - Spirituality and a hunger for – Justice. If we can live out and help another find a relationship with Jesus that energises them to live and act justly
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Salvation Army
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