Contributed by Steve Hereford on Oct 29, 2001
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J. Robertson McQuilkin said, "The goal of all Bible study is to apply the truth of Scripture to life. If that application is not made, all the work put into making sure of the author’s intended meaning will have gone for naught. In fact, to know and not
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Ronald Keller on Nov 23, 2003
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“A little lame boy was once hurrying to catch a train. In the press of the crowd he experienced real difficulty in manipulating his crutches, especially as he was carrying a basket full of fruit and candy. As the passengers rushed along, one hit the basket by mistake, knocking oranges, apples,
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Nazarene
Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 25, 2004
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FAMOUS NEIGHBORS
Can you name some famous neighbors?
*Mr. Rogers Neighborhood in his sweater and sneakers … “It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood … won’t you be my neighbor?”
*Dennis the Menace … “Helloooo Mr. Wilson!”
*Ricky & Lucy Ricardo … Fred & Ethel Mertz.
*Tim “the Tool Man” Taylor
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 25, 2004
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LIKE LIMBAUGH AND CLINTON
In the story of the “The Good Samaritan,” these men weren’t physical neighbor. The Jews & the Samaritans hated each other. Generations earlier, when the Jews were in Babylonian captivity, the Samaritans had taken over the land … and mixed their religion with the Jewish
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 25, 2004
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HERO IN BLACK
Victor Yap tells this story:
A few years ago I saw a truck in front of me roaring fiercely about to turn the corner into the freeway ramp. In the driver’s seat of the humongous truck was a man in his late 20s ramming his engine and blasting his stereo. The guy had dark glasses and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 25, 2004
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THROWING A LIFE AWAY?
Lost behind the story of Seabiscuit, the most celebrated racehorse of the 20th century, and the jockey played by Spiderman’s Tobey Macguire was the story of its peculiar trainer, Tom Smith.
When the rich man played by Jeff Bridges decided to turn to horse racing, he needed
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 25, 2004
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DEFINING A NEIGHBOR
It’s been said, "One cannot define one’s neighbor; one can only be a neighbor."
Haddon Robinson said, "Your neighbor is anyone whose need you see, whose need you are able to meet."
A neighbor is someone who says, "What is mine is God’s and what is God’s belongs to my
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 25, 2004
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THE COMPASSIONATE CATCH
On Aug. 8, 2004, the Vietnamese community of Westminster, California, celebrated one of the kindest and bravest acts performed by a stranger on them. On Nov. 13, 1985, ninety-six Vietnamese refugees despaired for their lives and their families' lives when the engine of the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 25, 2004
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A NEIGHBOR ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD
Pastor David Jeremiah tells a story about Bob Pierce.
Pierce had advanced leukemia. But he went to visit a friend in Indonesia before he died. As they were walking through a small village, they came upon a young girl lying on a bamboo mat next to a river.
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 17, 2007
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“I WANT YOU TO WALK”
-Arthur Gordon (A Touch of Wonder) relates a story that graphically describes the impact that one life can have on another. The man Gordon spoke of had been stricken with polio at the age of three and his parents had abandoned him in the Depression era.
Taken in by a foster
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jun 30, 2007
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To “love your neighbor as yourself” is best described in Matthew 7:12 - "Do for others what you would like them to do for you.” In other words to love God supremely and to love other people purely is the Bible in a nutshell. It is the beginning and end of life the way God intended it to be lived.
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Kevin Taylor on Oct 19, 2008
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ILLUSTRATION: A heavily booked commercial flight out of Denver was canceled, and a single agent was rebooking a long line of inconvenienced travelers. Suddenly an angry passenger pushed his way to the front and slapped his ticket down on the counter. "I have to be on this flight and it has to be
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Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Feb 12, 2023
There was a young boy who was notorious for cleaning according to what his parents would inspect, but not necessarily what they would expect. In other words, he would do things like fold and put away the dirty laundry, and put away the dirty dishes thinking they were clean. Things looked tidy on
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Baptist
Canadian Folk singer (and believer) Bruce Cockburn wrote this song for his church in San Franciso. The story is told in Christianity Today, October 12, 2021.
ORDERS; (Bruce Cockburn)
The just the merciful the cruel
The stumbling well-intentioned fool
The deft the oaf the witless pawn
The golden
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2011
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CARRY THEIR BURDEN
A pastor gathered a group of people from his church to train them to witness. After some minimal training, he sent the group out into the neighborhood.
When they returned to share their experiences, one young man said he had tried to tell an older gentleman about the love of
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