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I Desire Mercy Not Sacrifice
Experiencing the mercy of God in our lives
Ready & Faithful
Looking to Jesus for help now and hope in the future
Why Suffering?
Help your church understand God's plan in pain
Church conflicts happen for pretty unusual reasons. In the 1890s there was a small Baptist church in Mayfield County, Kentucky. The church had just two deacons, and those two men seemed to be constantly arguing and bickering with each other. On a particular Sunday, one deacon put up a small wooden ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:10-17, Colossians 3:13, 1 Corinthians 16:14, Philippians 2:14
Tags: Christian Love, Unity
Denomination: Baptist
A man went to an asylum for the criminally insane. He was a bit surprised to find that there were three guards to take care of a hundred inmates. He said to one of the guards, "Aren’t you afraid that the inmates will unite, overcome you, and escape?" The guard said, "Lunatics never unite." ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:1-18
Tags: Love Of The Disciples, Unity
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
RESPONDING TO THE CROSS "If they did it in church, that's fine. Downtown's not the place for that." Such were the comments offered by area residents as they passed Patrick Conaty, a hair-stylist in Leeds, Alabama as he hung on a cross. Conaty splattered fake blood on his body and climbed onto a ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:17-31
Tags: Lord's Supper, Forgiveness In Jesus, Cross
Being much concerned about the rise of denominations in the church, John Wesley tells of a dream he had. In the dream, he was ushered to the gates of Hell. There he asked, “Are there any Presbyterians here?” “Yes!”, came the answer. Then he asked, “Are there any Baptists? Any Episcopalians? Any ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:10-17
Tags: Church Body Of Christ, Unity
THE WEIGHT OF GLORY IN A HUMAN SOUL Truth: Christ and the cross unify the church when they are kept the priority of the church. In his great message given at Oxford University Church in 1941, C.S. Lewis spoke about the weight of glory within each human soul. "There are no ordinary people," said ...read more
Tags: Evangelism The Lost
William Doherty on How Marriages End Up Down River William Doherty begins his book Take Back Your Marriage with a powerfully true illustration. His office is located in St. Paul, Minnesota, not far from the farthest point north on the Mississippi River. He describes the river’s powerful but silent ...read more
Tags: Marriage Struggle
ELEPHANT FIGHTS IN CHURCH An African proverb says, "When elephants fight, grass gets trampled." Elephants do not throw their weight around for nothing. The average African elephant weighs 16,534 lbs. The largest elephant on record weighed about 24,000 pounds and was 13 feet tall! Wild elephants ...read more
Tags: Power, Divisions
KNOWING THE SOUND OF HIS VOICE Brian Brown tells the story of being at the community pool with his family. Kids were screaming, playing, and splashing in the pool, music was playing, the lifeguard whistles were blowing and in the midst of the conversation, his wife shooshes him. He said, "What are ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:10-18, John 10:4
Tags: Prayer General
Denomination: Methodist
WHAT IS GREAT LEARNING? Thomas Fuller was born in Africa about 1710. He was sold as a slave in Virginia in 1724. There is some disagreement about whether someone taught him to count to 100 or if he taught himself. He never had a day of formal education. He taught himself to figure in his head how ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:17-25
Tags: Learning
HIS CROSS The idols of my heart were many, I sunk low beneath the Law’s demand. Satan’s chains held me a prisoner, Burdened down by sin, I could not stand. Then there before me stood the answer! Guilt and slavery would soon be loss. For my shackles broke and fell from me, When I knelt humbly ...read more
Tags: Redemption, Salvation Poems, The Cross, Poems Of The Crucifixion, Chains Of Sin (view more) (view less)