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  • Raising The Dead

    Contributed by Rick Boyne on Apr 12, 2012
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     | 5,181 views

    RAISING THE DEAD Easter Services are supposed to be focused on Jesus and the power of His resurrection. Yesterday, the members of Immanuel Southern Baptist Church in Wagoner, OK, got an object lesson to go along with the sermon. Just before the services were to begin, the Sunday School Director, ...read more

  • The Inner Need For Excellence

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Apr 3, 2012
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     | 2,767 views

    THE INNER NEED FOR EXCELLENCE Years ago during a speaking engagement, I stayed in a hotel in Dallas. It was late at night, and after flipping channels for a while, I landed on ESPN, which is how I learned that tennis legend Martina Navratilova had just won a grueling match in Florida earlier that ...read more

  • He Knows About Me

    Contributed by Tim White on Apr 2, 2012
     | 1,414 views

    HE KNOWS ABOUT ME When I was talking with another counselor once, he asked if he could take me through an exercise that he uses to help people struggling with assurance or attaining victory, and/or were stalled in Christian growth. He had me close my eyes and imagine that Jesus Christ walks into ...read more

  • Salvation: The Three Envelopes

    Contributed by Tim White on Apr 2, 2012
     | 5,792 views

    SALVATION: THE THREE ENVELOPES When a pastor was trying at assure a teen of her salvation during times she didn't feel it, the pastor asked her if she had ever trusted and called upon Jesus. She said, "Yes, I did that." The pastor asked, "Did God do His part and save you?" She said, "Oh yes, ...read more

  • Lost In The Noise

    Contributed by Tim White on Apr 2, 2012
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    LOST IN THE NOISE A youth pastor wanted to illustrate something to his students. He placed some valuable objects on small tables around the room. On one of the tables was a Bible. There was a $5 bill on another table. There was a kids' meal from a fast-food restaurant on one table. Other tables ...read more

  • The Hunger Games: Laying Down Your Life

    Contributed by Jeff Morrison on Mar 30, 2012
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     | 2,555 views

    THE HUNGER GAMES: LAYING DOWN YOUR LIFE In the movie, "The Hunger Games," 16 year old Katness is faced with a dramatic choice when her 12 year old sister is chosen by lottery to fight for their district. She knows her sister is small and frail, and that she would not last in the life or death ...read more

  • Cirrhosis Of The Giver

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Mar 27, 2012
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     | 2,572 views

    CIRRHOSIS OF THE GIVER The disease cirrhosis of the giver was discovered in A.D. 34 by the husband-wife team of Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5:1–11). It is an acute condition that renders the patient’s hands immobile when he is called on to move them in the direction of his wallet or her purse, and ...read more

  • John Macarthur On Knowing God's Will

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Mar 27, 2012
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     | 8,272 views

    JOHN MACARTHUR ON KNOWING GOD'S WILL God’s will is that you be saved, Spirit-filled, sanctified, submissive, and suffering. God’s Word makes all this clear. Do not read on until you have grasped these five principles. You say, "MacArthur, you were going to tell me what school I should go to. You ...read more

  • Bad Blood

    Contributed by Antonio Silveira on Mar 25, 2012
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     | 3,912 views

    "BAD BLOOD" "Bad blood" is an English phrase referring to enmity between two (or more) people or groups. This is a reference to the breaking of military covenants. Not too long ago in the 19th century leeches were enjoying a golden age. Millions were raised for medical use as their fame as a ...read more

  • Make It Your Aim Not To Sin

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Mar 24, 2012
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     | 3,039 views

    MAKE IT YOUR AIM NOT TO SIN The whole purpose of John's letter, he says, is that we not sin. One day as I was studying this chapter I realized that my personal life's objective regarding holiness was less than that of John's. He was saying, in effect, "Make it your aim not to sin." As I thought ...read more

  • An Authentic Voice

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Mar 24, 2012
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     | 4,024 views

    AN AUTHENTIC VOICE The world is waiting to hear an authentic voice, a voice from God--not an echo of what others are doing and ...read more

  • The World's Accent  PRO

    Contributed by Tim White on Mar 22, 2012
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     | 3,701 views

    THE WORLD'S ACCENT When I was a boy, my Arkansas cousins moved to California for two years. When they moved back, they talked funny. Just living in California for two years influenced how they said "You guys" and how often they said it. I prefer "Y'all" to "You guys" any day. My cousins promised ...read more

  • Predestination  PRO

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Mar 19, 2012
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     | 3,279 views

    PREDESTINATION Rather than predetermining a person’s FATE, predestination predetermines a believer’s FOCUS—that is, God’s eternal purposes, goals and privileges for him. Every instance of the word “predestinate” in the New Testament refers to some purpose, goal or privilege that God has ...read more

  • In The Training Of Art Students, The Master Does ...

    Contributed by David Tack on Mar 16, 2012
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     | 1,575 views

    "In the training of art students, the master does not merely tell them what is wrong in a design; he puts the right design beside the wrong and lets them judge for themselves, and that is exactly what Jesus Christ did in the Sermon on the Mount.” (Chambers, Oswald. The ...read more

  • Frankl And The Meaning Of Life  PRO

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Mar 15, 2012
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     | 4,274 views

    FRANKL AND THE MEANING OF LIFE When Jewish psychiatrist Viktor Frankl was arrested by the Nazis in World War II and put in Auschwitz, the infamous death camp, he was stripped of everything: property, family, possessions, and a manuscript he had spent years researching and writing on finding ...read more

  • The Issue Isn't Whether Or Not God Is Speaking; ...

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Mar 15, 2012
     | 3,254 views

    The issue isn't whether or not God is speaking; it’s whether we will have ears to hear what he says. [Hybels, Bill (2010-07-27). The Power of a Whisper: Hearing God, ...read more

  • What Makes Life Worthwhile Is Having A Big ...  PRO

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Mar 15, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,745 views

    "What makes life worthwhile is having a big enough objective, something which catches our imagination and lays hold of our allegiance, and this the Christian has in a way that no other person has. For what higher, more exalted, and more compelling goal can there be than to know ...read more

  • Edison Couldn't Make Life

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Mar 15, 2012
     | 2,686 views

    EDISON COULDN'T MAKE LIFE Are you extremely proud of your lifetime accomplishments? It was on November 21 of 1877 that Thomas Edison announced to the world that he had invented the phonograph. Edison's accomplishments are often forgotten. In his Menlo Park, New Jersey fix-it shop he designed the ...read more

  • I Wish I Had Known Then What I Know Now

    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Mar 15, 2012
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    I WISH I HAD KNOWN THEN WHAT I KNOW NOW Mickey Mantle’s father was right handed and his grandfather was left handed. Between them, they taught him to switch hit. He is widely regarded to be the greatest switch hitter of all time, and one of the greatest players ever. He was inducted into the ...read more

  • One Tear To Another

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Mar 14, 2012
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     | 3,569 views

    ONE TEAR TO ANOTHER Two little teardrops were floating down the river of life. One said to the other, "Who are you?" It replied, "I am a teardrop from a girl who loved a man and lost him. Who are you?" The first responded, "Well, I am a teardrop from the girl who got him!" Life is like that. We ...read more

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