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 Teach One AnotherRussell Brownworth Colossians 3:16 Our study of the "One Anothers" of the Bible brings us to the need of the body of Christ to instruct – or teach one another in the message of Christ. Several weeks into the school year, a mom asked her first more… 
Grace-Driven Authenticityby Dean O'Bryan Colossians 3:12-3:17 Philip Yancey wrote: "Grace comes free of charge to people who do not deserve it and I am one of those people. I think back to whom I was -- resentful, wound tight with anger, a single hardened link in a long more…
A Noticeable Difference In The Churchby Steve Malone Colossians 3:15-3:17 Jesus, is enough. Jesus is enough..... Jesus is enough...... That’s the message, Paul is trying to get across to the Christians in Colossae. It is not Jesus plus some thing else - is just Jesus. He is enough. He is all that we need. Nothing else matters - but Jesus... more…
Who Do You Think You Are? by Bruce Ball Colossians 3:8-3:16 A woman was working in her front yard one day planting new bushes and flowers. She was dressed in her work clothes and had dirt all over her hands. She looked up and saw a moving van pulling into the more...
 God’s Indwelling Wordby Jamey Stewart Colossians 3:16 The editor of a well known London newspaper sent a letter of inquiry to one hundred important men asking them one question: “Suppose you were sent to prison for three years and could only take three more...
From Mutiny to Obedience Folks, the Word of God produces spiritual life, as the following story illustrates: The true story of the Mutiny on the Bounty has often been retold. One part that deserves retelling was the transformation wrought by one book. Nine mutineers with six native men and twelve native (Tahitian) women put ashore on Pitcairn Island in 1790. One sailor soon began distilling alcohol, and the little colony was plunged into debauchery and vice. Ten years later, only one white man survived, surrounded by native women and half-breed children. In an old chest from the Bounty, this sailor one day found a Bible. He began to read it and then to teach it to the others. The result was that his own life and ultimately the lives of all those in the colony were changed. Discovered in 1808 by the USS Topas, Pitcairn had become a prosperous community with no jail, no whisky, no crime, and no laziness. SOURCE: Timothy A. West at westmin@theinnet.net, as quoted from Gospel Herald Contributed by: Donnie Martin
Teach Us To PrayAn African missionary named William Chalmers was approached one day by two chiefs. They said, ‘We want Christian teachers, will you send them? The missionary sadly said that he had no one to send. Two years passed and the chiefs returned. The missionary himself could arrange to go now and promised to come. He arrived some time later. As he entered the village on a Sunday morning he found the whole village on their knees in perfect silence. He asked one of the chiefs what they were doing, and he answered that they were praying. ”But you are not saying anything!” ”We do not know what to say, for two years we have met here every Sunday for four hours praying and waiting for someone to come and teach us what to say!” Contributed by: Guy McGraw The State of the ChurchGeorge Barna wrote The State of the Church in 2002. Barna conducted a survey of self-pronounced Christians and here’s what he found about their knowledge of the Bible. Now, remember these are Christians.. • 48% could not name the four Gospels. • 52% cannot identify more than two or three of Jesus’ disciples. • 60% of American Christians can’t name even five of the 10 Commandments. • When asking graduating high school “born again Christians” over 50% of them thought Sodom and Gomorrah were husband and wife. • 61% of American Christians think the Sermon on the Mount was preached by Billy Graham. • 71% of American Christians think “God helps those who help themselves” is a Bible verse. No wonder George Barna said, “Americans revere the Bible but, by and large they don’t know what it says. And because they don’t know it, they have become a nation of Biblical illiterates.” Contributed by: Timothy Smith Mrs. ApostleA New England high school teacher taught a course entitled The Bible as Literature. Only seniors in the top 10 percent of the class could take this course. A pre-test was given to evaluate the students’ biblical knowledge. One student defined the Epistles as "wives of the Apostles." A pastor was so humored by this answer that he shared it during his next sermon. One of the church members approached him afterwards and asked, "If the Epistles weren’t the wives of the Apostles, whose wives were they?" Contributed by: James Buchanan The Bible in 50 Words"God made, Adam bit, Noah arked, Abraham split, Joseph ruled, Jacob fooled, bush talked, Moses balked, Pharaoh plagued, people walked, sea divided, tablets guided, promise landed, Saul freaked, David peeked, prophets warned, Jesus born, God walked, Love talked, anger crucified, hope died, Love rose, Spirit flamed, Word spread, God remained." -- Author unknown Contributed by: Brian Mavis 
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