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  • Without These Five Confessional Statements – ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Dec 29, 2007
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    “Without these five confessional statements – Scripture alone, Christ alone, grace alone, faith alone, and glory to God alone – we do not have a true church, and certainly not one that will survive for very long. For how can any church be a true and faithful church if it does not stand for ...read more

  • Cartoon From Shows A Line Of Pews And A Sentence ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 21, 2008
     | 1,140 views

    Cartoon from shows a line of pews and a sentence being passed from pew to pew. 1st pew: My ear kind of hurts 2nd pew: The pastor has an earache 3rd pew: The pastor got a hearing aid 4th pew: The pastor is having trouble hearing 5th pew: The pastor ...read more

  • The Uss New York, It's A New Powerful Class Of ...

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jan 27, 2008
     | 1,188 views

    The USS New York, it’s a new powerful class of warship just being delivered to the Navy. It is designed for missions that include special operations against terrorists. It will carry a crew of 360 sailors and 700 combat-ready Marines to be delivered on shore by helicopters and assault craft. But ...read more

  • Freedom Is A Concept That Is Built Into The Dna ...

    Contributed by Ronnie Knight on May 26, 2008
     | 2,948 views

    Freedom is a concept that is built into the DNA of our being. This fact is true to the extent that our souls cry out when we find ourselves bound under the weight of tyranny. This truth is expressed clearly in our own past as a people. When found under the tyrannical control of the British crown we ...read more

  • John Wanted To Increase His Life Insurance. They ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jul 8, 2008
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     | 2,315 views

    John wanted to increase his life insurance. They asked some medical questions, but instead of going to the doctor, he did the exam by himself. His application was rejected! Many people do the same thing spiritually. They don’t have anyone help them with spiritual growth. Why don’t we help each ...read more

  • Jo Guerrero Told This: When My Daughter Was Five, ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Aug 19, 2008
     | 1,512 views

    Jo Guerrero told this: When my daughter was five, she disobeyed me and had been sent to her room. After a few minutes, I went in to have a talk about why she was being punished. Teary-eyed, she asked, “Why do we do wrong things?” “Well, I said, “sometimes the Devil tells us to do something wrong ...read more

  • Israel Was No Fluke

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 8, 2008
     | 1,889 views

    Israel was No Fluke I'm a laid-back White Sox fan. All my life, I have had to deal with being out-numbered by Cubs fans. Both Sox and Cub fans have long dreamt of a City series, where the two teams are competing during the World Series. That could happen this year. Statistically speaking, we ...read more

  • Bad ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
     | 3,561 views

    Bad Medicine In 1982, seven residents of the Greater Chicago area made an assumption that proved fatal. They all took a dose of Extra Strength Tylenol® that had been laced with potassium cyanide. What they thought was medicine proved to be poison. This crime, still being investigated as of this ...read more

  • The Phrase That Helps Remind Me Of Not Giving In ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Aug 10, 2009
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    The phrase that helps remind me of not giving in to weariness (and we all get tired) is: Keeping on Keeping On. Again this is not praying the same prayer in order to wear God down, it is being consistent, constant, and unwavering even when we don’t feel like it. I’m sure the widow wanted to give up ...read more

  • No Money- No Learning – But ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Dec 10, 2009
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    “No Money- No Learning – But Joy” A prayer meeting was being held at a mission chapel. A poor worker came and kneeled at the altar. He could not understand even the simple Gospel message. While others were rejoicing, he kept on saying, “Jesus! Jesus! Jesus” which was all the prayer he ...read more

  • Not Complete In Ourselves

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 23, 2010
     | 1,972 views

    NOT COMPLETE IN OURSELVES Hear this from Professor Edward Everett in the 19th century: We ask the leaf, "Are you complete in yourself?" and the leaf answers, "No, my life is in the branches." We ask the branch, and the branch answers, "No, my life is in the trunk." We ask the trunk, and it ...read more

  • Mercy Is A Fascinating Thing. Let's Try To ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Mar 28, 2010
     | 3,241 views

    Mercy is a fascinating thing. Let's try to understand it better. I want you to remember a time when a friend or someone close to you avoided you, shrugged you off for some reason. Now imagine that person being in all kinds of trouble or having a lot of problems because of a bad choice that included ...read more

  • Artist August Rodin Has Created A Famous ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jun 3, 2010
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    Artist August Rodin has created a famous sculpture named, “The Hand of God.” Out of a rough piece of stone there arises a strong right hand, and lying in that hand are some figures of human beings beginning to take shape. It stands for the fact that God is at work in each and every one of our ...read more

  • What The Name

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 4, 2010
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    What the Name "Hoover" means in Finland At the end of World War I, Herbert Hoover, later to become President of the United States, led the allied relief efforts in Europe. He kept hundreds of thousands from starving, and a new word entered the Finnish language. In Finland, to “HOOVER” means to be ...read more

  • When To Begin Influencing One's Child For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2010
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    When to Begin Influencing One’s Child For Christ In a mothers’ meeting there was a big discussion on the theme: “How early in a child’s life ought one to begin to influence him toward God?” After a much spirited debate, a visiting grandmother was asked to make a comment. In essence, she said: “I ...read more

  • Joy Goes Deeper

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Aug 2, 2010
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    JOY GOES DEEPER "Joy is like the hidden note in the glass. Joy is tuning in to what God is doing around you, seeing the world through his eyes, picking up on his delight in us as his children. Anyone can find happiness for a while...Happiness depends on what is happening to you. Joy is different; ...read more

  • There Was A Girl Named Maria Who Had Broken Up ...

    Contributed by Pastor Steve Zimmerman on Aug 28, 2010
     | 2,753 views

    There was a girl named Maria who had broken up with Jimmy. She told him she simply didn’t want to be with him anymore. But after about a year of being broken up, she wrote Jimmy a letter. She said, “Jimmy, I miss you bad. I think of you all day and all night long. You dominate my mind and I ...read more

  • Think Steps, Not Programs

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Oct 5, 2010
     | 1,751 views

    THINK STEPS, NOT PROGRAMS In his book, Seven Practices of Effective Ministry, Andy Stanley writes: "Think Steps, Not Programs" (p. 88). The idea is this: Instead of having a strategic vision that focuses on programs, you have a strategic vision of a people-process, a pathway that takes people from ...read more

  • Home Is Just Beyond

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Nov 20, 2010
     | 1,697 views

    HOME IS JUST BEYOND The story is told of a little girl who lived near a cemetery. Even though she had to pass through it after the sun was set she never seemed to be apprehensive. Someone finally said to her: "Aren't you afraid to go through the cemetery?" "Ah, no," she replied, "I am not afraid, ...read more

  • Living Without Hope

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Mar 17, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,498 views

    LIVING WITHOUT HOPE There was one TV spot which we leased and in my opinion crossed all barriers being the most thought-provoking. It pictured a man sitting in a room by himself with the camera coming up from behind him slowly. As the picture slowly panned past the man to show his dejected face, ...read more