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  • Good Won’t Get You There, Feda H. ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Oct 11, 2001
    based on 113 ratings
     | 2,706 views

    [Good Won’t Get You There, Feda H. Babinski] I’m standing there in front of gates like none I’ve ever found They shine like golden ribbons as they glide across the ground I see the stairs that never end how brilliantly they glow I start to climb and realize there’s nothing down below Then ...read more

  • On Our Trip Home From Orlando After The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Pace on Apr 11, 2002
    based on 110 ratings
     | 1,851 views

    On our trip home from Orlando after the conference that I attended, we got to meet a lady who shared one of the most powerful testimonies that I have ever heard. Because that week’s Bible Study was on the subject that I am preaching on today she shared her testimony and I think it fits so well… Let ...read more

  • Boomerang!  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jul 27, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,038 views

    Boomerang! (07.28.05--Appreciation--Ezra 5: 1-2) “When someone does something good, applaud! You’ll make two people happy.” The life-long motto of film magnate, Samuel Goldwyn, he knew that appreciation was a two-way street. The one who received it benefited as well as the one who gave it. Both ...read more

  • I'll Get Back To You! (08.04.05--Boldness ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Aug 2, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,845 views

    I’ll Get Back to You! (08.04.05--Boldness Too!--Acts 3:11) “Let me think about it and I’ll get back to you.” How often have you heard that said in your life. If we could count the number of times action has been spared by inaction due to the “thought process” necessary beforehand, we’d probably ...read more

  • Just Passing Through! (09.16.05--Heavenly ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Sep 14, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,013 views

    Just Passing Through! (09.16.05--Heavenly Citizens!--John 8:51) How disturbing it would be to take a trip and every time you came to a town or city you were compelled to stop and investigate every facet of where you were; to taste and see everything there was everywhere you went. So inclined you ...read more

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    Contributed by Troy Borst on Jan 12, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 764 views

    ILLUSTRATION... http://www.cbn.com/entertainment/sports/ChristianAthletes/billy_blanks.asp The words, "Not by sight but by faith" adorn the walls of Billy Blanks training center -- a testament to his faith in Christ to overcome many obstacles. "Faith without works is dead" -- is another ...read more

  • Michael Yaconelli's "Messy Spirituality"  PRO

    Contributed by David Selleck on Oct 26, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,552 views

    Michael Yaconelli’s, "Messy Spirituality" Vincent’s story about grace graciously given in the messiest of circumstances from Michael Yaconelli’s book Messy Spirituality. In a book aby New Zealand author Mike Riddell, Vincent has met and fallen in love with a young girl named Marilyn. Neither one ...read more

  • It Is Gratitude That Prompted An Old Man To Visit ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Landry on Dec 18, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,139 views

    It is gratitude that prompted an old man to visit an old broken pier on the eastern seacoast of Florida. Every Friday night, until his death in 1973, he would return, walking slowly and slightly stooped with a large bucket of shrimp. The sea gulls would flock to this old man, and he would feed them ...read more

  • It Was May 7, And Roger Simms Was Hitchhiking His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 28, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 5,503 views

    It was May 7, and Roger Simms was hitchhiking his way home, having been discharged from the Army. He flashed his hitchhiking sign at a car, but almost lost hope for a ride when he noticed it was a black, sleek, new Cadillac. To his amazement the car stopped. As Roger entered the car from the ...read more

  • The Two Faces Of Change!" 2 Kings 12: 1-8 Key ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jan 9, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 1,939 views

    “The Two Faces of Change!” 2 Kings 12: 1-8 Key verse(s): 2-3:“Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all the years Jehoiada the priest instructed him. The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.” On June 4, 1783 at the ...read more

  • Fred Craddock Was A Seminary Professor. Once, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tom Mccrossan on Dec 10, 2003
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,849 views

    Fred Craddock was a seminary professor. Once, while he was lecturing at Yale University, he told of going back one summer to Gatlinburg, TN, to take a short vacation with his wife. One night they found a quiet little restaurant where they looked forward to a private meal—just the two of ...read more

  • Standing In The Doorway  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,853 views

    STANDING IN THE DOORWAY John Todd was born in Rutledge, Vermont, into a family of several children. They later moved to the village of Killingsworth back in the early 1800s. And, there, at a very young age, both John’s parents died. The relatives wondered what they would do with so many ...read more

  • I-Phone Apps And The Mind Of ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 9, 2009
     | 2,667 views

    i-Phone apps and the Mind of Christ: Some of you may be aware that I have just succumbed to a sickness shared by several of you here today. I just purchased my first Apple I-phone. I supposedly did it for the purpose of gaining internet access, texting, and e-mails … along with using it as an ...read more

  • There Was A Pastor, Who After The Usual Sunday ...

    Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Jan 20, 2010
     | 2,168 views

    There was a Pastor, who after the usual Sunday Evening Hymns, stood up, walked over to the pulpit and, before he gave his sermon for the evening, briefly introduced a guest minister who was in service that evening. In the introduction, the Pastor told the congregation that the guest minister was ...read more

  • A Pitcher Of Grace

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 28, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,821 views

    A PITCHER OF GRACE This past week I read this story about grace that I would like to share with you all this morning. This story is about a man named Henry Moorehouse One evening as Henry was walking along the street he saw a little girl coming out of a basement store carrying a pitcher of milk. ...read more

  • The Book Of Heaven] In 1832 Four Indian Chiefs ...

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Aug 15, 2010
     | 1,646 views

    [THE BOOK OF HEAVEN] In 1832 four Indian chiefs from the western part of our nation walked the streets of the city of St. Louis, Missouri. The wearied, wasted manner of their appearance demonstrated the fact that they had come a long way. General George Rogers Clark was military commander at St. ...read more

  • The Columbia Explosion: Impending Doom

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2011
     | 3,273 views

    THE COLUMBIA EXPLOSION: IMPENDING DOOM The Bible says, "...all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God" (Rom. 3:23). And, "...the wages of sin is death" (Rom. 6:23). Do you remember when the space ship, Columbia, blew up on re-entry on February 1, 2003? Seven crew members lost their ...read more

  • What Are You Doing, Lord? Amazing Grace

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 31, 2011
     | 4,104 views

    WHAT ARE YOU DOING, LORD? AMAZING GRACE A couple days ago I was commuting to the church from Boissevain where we were camping this week, and heard an interview with a young woman named Kristen James Anderson, ironically on the last day of our free satellite radio. She came from a great family, ...read more

  • The Story Of The Teacup

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Dec 5, 2011
     | 5,645 views

    THE STORY OF THE TEACUP There was a couple who used to go to England to shop in the beautiful stores. They both liked antiques and pottery, especially teacups. This was their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. They were in this one shop when they saw a beautiful teacup. They said, "We’ve never ...read more

  • No Replacement Refs  PRO

    Contributed by Tim White on Oct 6, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,305 views

    NO REPLACEMENT REFS Matthew 7:22 On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?' And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.' One week ...read more

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