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  • Christian Writer And Pastor Warren Wiersbe ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on May 25, 2008
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    CHRISTIAN WRITER AND PASTOR WARREN WIERSBE TELLS ABOUT A TOWN WHERE A HORSE BOLTED AND RAN AWAY WITH A WAGON CARRYING A LITTLE BOY. SEEING THE CHILD IN DANGER, A YOUNG MAN RISKED HIS LIFE TO CATCH THE HORSE AND STOP THE WAGON. THE CHILD WHO WAS SAVED GREW UP TO BECOME A LAWLESS MAN, AND ONE DAY ...read more

  • Jesus Didn't Come To Burden Us With A List Of ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on May 27, 2008
     | 1,677 views

    Jesus didn't come to burden us with a list of rules and regulations and things that holy people do and don't do. Oh, he still calls us to be holy but not according to some manmade list: don't drink, don't ever go into a bar or a pub, don't go to movies, don't play cards, don't wear this clothing, ...read more

  • In All Of Human History There Never Has Been ...

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jun 2, 2008
     | 1,255 views

    In all of human history there never has been anyone like Jesus Christ! More than 2000 years ago, there was man born contrary to the laws of life. This man lived in poverty and was reared in obscurity. Only once did He cross the boundaries in which He lived. As an infant he startled a king, and in ...read more

  • Nails In The Fence

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Jun 10, 2008
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     | 2,592 views

    NAILS IN THE FENCE There was a little boy with a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, to hammer a nail in the back fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Then it gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was ...read more

  • Some Will Be Saved. And We Must Keep Trying To ...

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jul 16, 2008
     | 1,214 views

    *Some will be saved. And we must keep trying to reach them, even though many will reject the message, just like they did here in Acts 28:24. *Wray Ivey was one of my mentors when we lived in Macon. He was our pastor at First Baptist Church in Macon, and a great guy. One Tuesday night Wray and I ...read more

  • When Do We Usually Want To Know God's Will? When ...

    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Jul 29, 2008
     | 2,090 views

    When do we usually want to know God's will? When we've run out of answers. Thank God for the times the answers run out and we must look to him! Tony Dungy is the coach of the Indianapolis Colts who won the Super Bowl last season. He is a devout Christian and has written a book, not about ...read more

  • The First Time I Helped My Dad Prep A Car For ...

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Aug 1, 2008
     | 1,129 views

    The first time I helped my dad prep a car for painting I got the glamorous job of wet sanding it by hand. I got done, went in the house and my dad said, "Are you done?" I got my usual senior high ego in a twist and said, "Of course. It wasn’t that hard." After lunch, my dad went out to look at the ...read more

  • A Winning Team  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2008
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    A WINNING TEAM Lee Iacocca once asked legendary football coach Vince Lombardi what it took to make a winning team. In the book Iacocca records Lombardi’s answer: "There are a lot of coaches with good ball clubs who know the fundamentals and have plenty of discipline but still don’t win the game. ...read more

  • Joseph Sung A Romanian Pastor Who Was Tortured ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Nov 22, 2008
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    Joseph Sung a Romanian Pastor who was tortured and beaten under Communist rule for 25 years. The communists despised his Christianity. After the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe Joseph became a spiritual leader in Romania until his death in 1998. An American Pastor asked Joseph what he thought ...read more

  • Some Of You Here Tonnight Will Be In That Same ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Dec 18, 2008
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    SOME OF YOU HERE TONNIGHT WILL BE IN THAT SAME PREDICAMENT - STILL IN YOUR TRESPASSES AND SINS, BUT THE WHY OF CHRISTMAS MEANS YOU CAN BE REDEEMED AND MADE A CHILD OF GOD. I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT A TRUE STORY TO DRIVE THIS TRUTH HOME TONIGHT. IT’S TOLD BY ERNEST GORDON INFACT THERE IS A FILM ...read more

  • The Secret Garden Is A Fascinating Children's ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jun 20, 2009
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    The Secret Garden is a fascinating children’s classic. It is the story of a British child, Mary Lennox, who lived in India but is orphaned because of her parents’ death due to a cholera breakout. They send her to England to live with her only surviving relative, her uncle who is still mourning the ...read more

  • Drink Deeply  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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     | 4,420 views

    DRINK DEEPLY Picture this: You have just finished a ten-mile hike on a 95 degree day, and on the entire journey you haven’t had a thing to drink. Stumbling with thirst, you come to your father’s house and plea for water. With love and concern, he brings you a cold pitcher of water and a glass and ...read more

  • The Road To ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Aug 5, 2009
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    “The Road to Safety” A news correspondent, forced to jump from a crippled plane over New Guinea, landed safely. He sought a way out of the jungle. Up mountains, down the rivers, through the thick jungle growth he traveled, only to return discouraged to his starting point. Day by day, week by ...read more

  • A Few Minutes Before The Services Started, The ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 12, 2009
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    A few minutes before the services started, the church people were sitting in their pews and talking. Suddenly, Satan appeared at the front of the church. Everyone started screaming and running for the front entrance, trampling each other in a frantic effort to get away from the evil one. Soon ...read more

  • The Devil Is A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 16, 2009
     | 5,039 views

    The Devil Is A Liar A well-paid, recently-promoted young executive dreamed he died and stood at the Pearly Gates. Peter asks: "Do you want to go to heaven or to hell?" "Let me know my options," he says. "Show me hell." Up pops a giant screen with a video playing. Girls in bikinis and well-built ...read more

  • Remember Jonah? He Fought The Will Of God. He ...

    Contributed by Tim Adams on Dec 1, 2009
     | 3,694 views

    Remember Jonah? He fought the will of God. He was miserable in his hometown when he heard the will of God. He ran away to Tarshish and was miserable on the whole trip. When you have to hide in a belly of a ship to get away from the storm you brought upon yourself by disobedience you’re always ...read more

  • This Story Broke This Week From The United ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 14, 2009
     | 836 views

    This story broke this week from the United Kingdom: " LONDON (Reuters) – Gone are the days of shepherds in tea towels and tinsel-clad angels. Britain’s competitive parents are forking out on luxury pashmina shawls and velour dressing gowns to make their child the star of the annual nativity ...read more

  • Its Like This Story Of A Man Racing Through The ...

    Contributed by Guy De Swardt on Apr 1, 2010
     | 2,236 views

    Its like this story of a man racing through the airport to catch his flight. He passed through security in record time and reached the gate with only moments to spare. Hurrying aboard the aircraft, he found his seat, opened his laptop computer and tried to work. ...read more

  • As A Young Boy, Theologian Alister Mcgrath ...

    Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Apr 17, 2010
     | 2,209 views

    As a young boy, theologian Alister McGrath enjoyed experimenting with chemicals in his school's laboratory. He liked to drop a tarnished coin into a beaker of diluted nitric acid. He often used an old British penny bearing the image of Queen Victoria. Because of the accumulated grime, Her Majesty's ...read more

  • I Just Want The Site

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 28, 2010
     | 1,477 views

    "I JUST WANT THE SITE" London businessman Lindsay Clegg told the story of a warehouse property he was selling. The building had been empty for months and needed repairs. Vandals had damaged the doors, smashed the windows, and strewn trash all over the place. As he showed a prospective buyer ...read more

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