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  • Seize Today  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 17, 2002
    based on 14 ratings
     | 2,858 views

    SEIZE TODAY In the movie "Dead Poet’s Society," Robin Williams plays the role of a teacher in an exclusive eastern prep school. On the first day of school, he takes the class of boys out into the hallway to look at the pictures of past, now dead, graduates of the school. He motivates them to ...read more

  • I Was Talking To A Pastor Friend On The Phone ...

    Contributed by Andrew Hamilton on Oct 26, 2002
     | 1,901 views

    I was talking to a pastor friend on the phone recently and he said listen to this – ‘who is this denomination? See if you can guess. I am a newly formed denomination that has been in existence for a few decades. We came out of the mainstream church because we didn’t believe there was enough ...read more

  • I Will Pay For My Own Sins  PRO

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Mar 8, 2004
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,372 views

    I WILL PAY FOR MY OWN SINS For some time now, we have been hearing about Mel Gibson’s new movie, The Passion of the Christ, the biblical account of the last hours of Christ’s earthly life. Some claim it is too violent and graphic. Some claim it is anti-Semitic, though the producer filmed his ...read more

  • The Evangelist David Pawson Tells A Story About A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Andy Beech on Nov 29, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,591 views

    The evangelist David Pawson tells a story about a budgerigar that sang hymns. He belonged to an old lady in Cardiff and could sing a whole verse of ’What a friend we have in Jesus!’ And when visitors come to this old folks home they heard a little voice saying ’What a friend we have in Jesus,’ ...read more

  • New Barna Research Has Discovered That A Person's ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,164 views

    New Barna Research has discovered that a person’s lifelong behaviors and views are generally developed when they are young – usually prior to reaching teen years. The research showed 4 critical outcomes. First, a person’s moral foundations are generally in place by the time they reach 9. Their ...read more

  • There Was A Military Officer Who Happened To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Martin Kim on Oct 25, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,368 views

    There was a military officer who happened to stop by an island in the South Pacific. The military officer discovered that the island was inhabited by cannibals. Cannibals are humans who eat other humans. One day he came cross an old tribal chief. He saw the chief reading the Bible in the ...read more

  • Being Open-Minded Means That I Am Willing To ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Nov 2, 2009
     | 1,543 views

    Being open-minded means that I am willing to listen to feedback (like through a mentor as we talked about last week) and might even seek it out. It means that I will truly listen to what you perceive to be inconsistencies or flaws whether in my character or beliefs. It means that I will seriously ...read more

  • Mine Worker Understands The Cost Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2010
     | 3,267 views

    Mine Worker Understands the Cost of Forgiveness G. Campbell Morgan, the well known pastor of the last century of Westminster Chapel, near Buckingham Palace, was once approached by a soldier who said he would give anything to believe that God would forgive sins, “but I cannot believe He will forgive ...read more

  • Encouragement Can Change A Life  PRO

    Contributed by Jorge Acevedo on Feb 17, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,069 views

    ENCOURAGEMENT CAN CHANGE A LIFE Stuart Briscoe tells a story of something that happened to Howard Hendricks when he was in elementary school. Howard had come from a broken family and was a problem kid. During his first day in fifth grade the teacher said, 'Oh, Howard Hendricks. I've heard a lot ...read more

  • The Lord's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 26, 2010
     | 4,812 views

    “The Lord’s Answer” A man once said to a servant of the Lord: “I am such a helpless, miserable sinner; there is no hope for me. I have prayed, and resolved and tried, and vowed until I am sick of my unavailing efforts.” “Do you believe that Christ died for our sins, and rose again?” was the ...read more

  • Bearing Witness

    Contributed by Sterling Franklin on Oct 12, 2010
     | 5,924 views

    BEARING WITNESS In court, bearing witness is telling the truth about what you've seen and heard. John the Baptizer was doing the same about Jesus. If we witness, we can tell others about something the Lord has done in our lives, whether relating to Salvation or some other matter of His ...read more

  • The Beautiful Country: Predestination

    Contributed by Michael Walther on Jun 6, 2011
     | 3,048 views

    THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY: PREDESTINATION A few years ago, a movie came out about a boy in Vietnam who’s father had been an American GI (The Beautiful Country). His life was miserable because no one in Vietnam accepted him. He was a half-breed. His mother wanted him to try to escape to America to ...read more

  • Taste Is All Wrong

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Nov 29, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,426 views

    TASTE IS ALL WRONG I remember one of the stories from the Chronicles of Narnia from the book "The Last Battle." It was the story of a number of dwarfs who just didn't believe in Aslan (who represented Jesus Christ in all the books). They were blind to reality refusing to be "taken in" by those ...read more

  • But When The Holy Spirit Controls Our Lives He ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Francis on Jun 23, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,929 views

    But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives He will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control’ (Galatians 5:16-17 & 23 TLB). Is living like this really possible? Yes, but you must do four things: 1) understand that ...read more

  • But When We Discuss The Subject Of Hell In ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 3, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,667 views

    But when we discuss the subject of Hell in seriousness, we realize that it is a subject in which opinions abound: From an article on Judaism found at Wikipedia: "Daniel 12:2 proclaims "And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, Some to everlasting life, Some to shame and ...read more

  • Perhaps You Remember The Old Tv ...

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Jan 22, 2008
     | 2,384 views

    ILLUSTRATION: Perhaps you remember the old TV sit-com or have seen it on “TV-Land” staring Carroll O’Connor All in the Family. Archie Bunker often found himself at odds with his meathead son-in-law Mike. In one episode Archie and his wife Edith were having a discussion about God when Mike ...read more

  • There's A Story In Greek Mythology About A Young ...

    Contributed by Maurice Schaus on Feb 11, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,269 views

    There’s a story in Greek mythology about a young man named Narcissus. He was a beautiful young man, and he knew it. One day Narcissus saw his reflection in a stream, and he instantly fell in love with the reflected image of himself. What he saw staring back at him from the water was so beautiful ...read more

  • A Dream For God

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Aug 10, 2008
     | 3,725 views

    "A Dream for God" Many years ago a young man had a dream of telling the story of Jesus everywhere in the world. When he suggested taking that good news to people, an older man said, "Sit down, young man. If God wants to save the heathen, he will do it without your help or mine." This young ...read more

  • Two Of Our Greatest Presidents Said Some Pretty ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lynn Floyd on May 29, 2001
    based on 184 ratings
     | 3,062 views

    Two of our greatest presidents said some pretty important statements about the Bible. George Washington said, “It is impossible to righteously govern the world without God and the Bible.” President Ronald Reagan said, “Within the covers of one single book, the Bible, are all ...read more

  • Yes, The Concept Of The Trinity Is Very Deep, But ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Mallory on Jun 7, 2001
    based on 113 ratings
     | 3,396 views

    YES, THE CONCEPT OF THE TRINITY IS VERY DEEP, BUT INSTEAD OF TRYING TO UNDERSTAND ITS DEPTH, THINK OF IT IN THE WORDS OF THE ANGLICAN CATECHISM WHICH SAYS, "FIRST, I LEARN TO BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER WHO HAS MADE ME AND ALL THE WORLD. SECONDLY, IN GOD THE SON WHO REDEEMS ME, AND ...read more