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    Superpersons! 

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    Published on May 24th 2008 01:38 AM

    Written by Gary Piper Admin/Co-Owner NSM
    "Scripture quotations unless otherwise noted are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved."

    I remember as a kid sitting in front of our black and white television set anticipating here the word booming from the speaker, “More powerful than a locomotive! Faster than a speeding bullet! Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound! It's Superman!” And George Reeves would fly across the screen in his superman costume saving the day for someone. Superman was really a Newspaper Reporter named Clark Kent who came to earth ...
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    IF Part One... 

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    NSMinistries
    Published on February 16th 2008 04:47 PM

    If Part One...
    By Gary Piper


    “See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse: the blessing, IF you obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you today, and the curse, IF you do not obey the commandments of the LORD your God…” Deuteronomy 11:16 – 11:28)

    This is probably a question I ready know the answer to but I’m going to put it to you anyway. If you had a choice whether or not you want your life blessed or cursed by God which would you choose?

    One of the most important and often overlooked words that will make their way though your life is the simple two letter word “IF” within it lay the power to be either blessed or the power to be cursed. As ...
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    I Have Seen a Great Darkness! 

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    NSMinistries
    Published on February 8th 2008 07:08 PM

    I Have Seen a Great Darkness!
    By Gary Piper

    A note before proceeding: What you are about to read is based on an experience I had while praying and journaling, the description you will encounter has been created in my imagination based upon my encounter with an indescribable power.

    “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!” (Matthew 6:22 – 6:23)

    I have seen with my own eyes a great darkness! Darkness so hideous, evil, wicked, slithering, and stealthy it defies description. In the entire history ...
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    Our Hunger and Thirst for Justice 

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    NSMinistries
    Published on February 2nd 2008 01:49 PM

    Our Hunger and Thirst for Justice
    By Gary Piper

    Near the top of the list of the world’s most needful things is Justice. One only needs to read a newspaper, watch a television news report, or spend even a small amount of time out and about in the world to experience the need for justice.

    In fact humankinds need for justice that brought God alive in our world in the person of Jesus Christ. And even more than that Jesus’ birth, life, trial, execution, death, and resurrection once and for all defined justice.

    There are two primary forms justice – human justice and divine justice. The only thing in common they have is both of them end in the word justice. For the most part the world ...
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    Life on the Final Journey 

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    NSMinistries
    Published on February 1st 2008 02:36 AM

    By Gary Piper
    We are on a journey a rough and tumble gotta keep moving ahead journey.
    Some see life as a journey from birth to death, from life to eternity.
    Some see life as a journey through hell.
    Some see life as a time to climb a social ladder and gain riches.
    Some see life as a burden to be endured, as a series of pleasantries.
    In whatever way you see life of this you can be certain, the journey began with Jesus Christ and it will one day end with God.
    Many see death as the final journey yet death isn't a journey - death is only a brief pause on the final journey. In case you are wondering
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    Inside Psalm Twenty-Two 

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    NSMinistries
    Published on February 1st 2008 02:34 AM

    Inside Psalm Twenty-Two
    By Gary Piper

    Have you ever felt like life has beaten the life out of you?

    Have you ever felt like you were somehow transported to the moon?

    Have you ever thought you’ve heard God saying, “You are on your own”?

    If you’ve answered yes to any of the above questions or if you know of someone who has then you need to take a trip inside Psalm Twenty-Two. Some have said that this Psalm tells of Jesus’ experience on the cross. But I say does not only tell of Jesus’ life but ours as well.

    Psalm Twenty-Two begins is the pit and ends in Heaven.

    1My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far away ...
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    NSM Update 2008 

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    NSMinistries
    Published on January 28th 2008 02:13 AM

    Well NSM has been updated for 2008. New site and new things to amuse.

    Over the next week or so we will be adding back all of our content from the old site, so if something is missing please let us know and we will get it up for ya soon.

    We have shut down our Evo section and directed it to Tweb. This way Gary doesn't have to post it twice in one day.

    We are working on each article being placed on Tweb and a link to discuss if you so choose.

    Well thank you for taking the time reading this post and Happy B-day Tweb as well. ...
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