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  • Add Air Or Put On The Spare! (08.24.05--Under ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Aug 23, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,857 views

    Add Air or Put on the Spare! (08.24.05--Under Pressure!--Exodus 16:2) When we are under pressure, we can either seek to manage the pressure or let the pressure manage us. Easier said than done? Yes, but like most things in life, there is a way if we really have our eyes and hearts open to finding ...read more

  • Life In A Box! (09.02.05--The Temporal ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Aug 31, 2005
    based on 17 ratings
     | 5,586 views

    Life In a Box! (09.02.05--The Temporal Things!--Matthew 6:21) Did you ever stop to think, about the legacy that you will leave once this life is over? Will you be remembered for the things you did or the things that you owned? I was asked that question the other day and the asker simply asked me ...read more

  • Fresh Starts! (10.05.05--Beginning ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Oct 3, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,572 views

    Fresh Starts! (10.05.05--Beginning Again!--Numbers 20:1) A number of years ago my wife had an opportunity to spend several days camping at a church camp with several of her friends. They kept the little ones and the family pets with them. The only thing lacking for the time was husbands. It was ...read more

  • Philip Yancey Shared This In Rumours Of Another ...  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Dec 10, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
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    Philip Yancey shared this in Rumours of Another World, pp.154-55: Living in Colorado, I climb mountains. Colorado has 54 mountains rising above 14,000 ft and every summer I climb some of them. On a summer weekend in the mountains, I see casual hikers who have no idea what they are doing. In ...read more

  • I Once Heard The Late Dr. F.e. Marsh Tell That On ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,506 views

    I once heard the late Dr. F.E. Marsh tell that on one occasion he was preaching on this question and urging upon his hearers the importance of confession of sin and wherever possible of restitution for wrong done to others. At the close a young man, a member of the church, came up to him with a ...read more

  • Hide From The Toil

    Contributed by James Pless on May 22, 2006
     | 1,941 views

    hide from the toil 12438. One Day I Dream One day as I was fast asleep I had this stirring dream; I was caught up to be with God. With angels it did seem. And while up there, I met God’s saints From many parts of the earth. Now some were great and famous men, And some of humble birth. I ...read more

  • Time Magazine's Cover Story This Month Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Sep 24, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,029 views

    Time magazine’s cover story this month was entitled, “Does God Want You to Be Rich?” The header said, “A growing number of Protestant evangelicals raise a joyful Yes!” The article opens with the story of George Adams, a man from Ohio who had lost his factory job. His reaction to the job loss ...read more

  • When I Was In The Military Ministry I Knew A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Edward Williamson on Nov 6, 2006
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    When I was in the military ministry I knew a retiree friend that worked at a local antique shop. I ran into him at a local furniture store one day and he proceeded to tell me the secrets to separating the true antiques from the clever reproductions. He showed me a four drawer dresser and he ...read more

  • Rocky Balboa: A Big Shadow

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Jan 8, 2007
    based on 1 rating
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    From the movie Rocky Balboa: Rocky’s son is frustrated from living his life in his dad’s big shadow after a heated rebuke from his son Rocky gives this little speech. "You ain’t gonna believe this, but you used to fit right here. I’d hold you up, to say to your mother, this kid is gonna be the ...read more

  • The Guest  PRO

    Contributed by James Chandler on Jan 11, 2007
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,952 views

    The Guest Author Unknown A few months before I was born, my dad met a stranger who was new to our small Tennessee town. From the beginning, Dad was fascinated with this enchanting newcomer and soon invited him to live with our family. The stranger was quickly accepted and was around to welcome me ...read more

  • A Missionary In Abidjan, Ivory ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,985 views

    Illustration: A missionary in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, reports that recently an African pastor passed through on his way home to Chad, where civil war was raging. "What would you like to take to complete your forty-four pounds of baggage allowance?" asked the missionary. "Sugar? Powdered milk? ...read more

  • Two Books About The Life Of John Lennon, One Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Apr 1, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,205 views

    Two books about the life of John Lennon, one of the Beatles, have come out. One by Robert Rosen is titled Nowhere Man: The Final Days of John Lennon, and another is Lennon in America by Geoffrey Giuliano. Both talk about the famous singer’s conversion to Christ on Palm Sunday. He began watching ...read more

  • As The Parents Of Three Young Children, My Wife ...

    Contributed by Ricki Lee Brooks on Oct 24, 2009
     | 3,024 views

    As the parents of three young children, my wife and I often took advantage of many helps in order to be good nurturers. However, sometimes even our best efforts resulted in the unexpected. With hopes of teaching our oldest son the necessity of depending upon God, we began reading to him from the ...read more

  • Becoming ...

    Contributed by Chris Carter on Feb 3, 2010
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    Becoming Cupid In a dream I had a short while ago, The winds of love upon my face began to blow. I opened my eyes and began to glare, At what it was that caused the current of air. Many thoughts flooded my wee little mind, As I rose from the bed desperate to find, Whatever this was that made me ...read more

  • I Thought We'd Talk More About God

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Feb 11, 2011
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    I THOUGHT WE'D TALK MORE ABOUT GOD Some years ago, a woman came to me for counseling. Her husband had died suddenly from a rapidly growing cancer, and she was overcome not only with grief but with fear regarding her future. She did not now know who she was or where she was to go. She was beside ...read more

  • The Ant, The Prayer, And The Contact Lens  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2011
    based on 27 ratings
     | 8,382 views

    THE ANT, THE PRAYER, AND THE CONTACT LENS A true story: Brenda was a young woman who was invited to go rock climbing. Although she was scared to death, she went with her group to a tremendous granite cliff. In spite of her fear, she put on the gear, took a hold on the rope, and started up the face ...read more

  • Faster And Faster  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2011
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,241 views

    FASTER AND FASTER Does anyone here know who "Million Dollar Bill" is? If you guessed Bill Gates, then you would be wrong. Another nickname is "Awesome Bill from Dawsonville." In the year 1987, at Talladega Motor Speedway, Bill Elliot set the fastest recorded speed for a qualifying lap at 212.809 ...read more

  • 9/11: The Last One Rescued

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 19, 2011
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    9/11: THE LAST ONE RESCUED Genelle Guzman McMillan wanted a change from her home in Trinidad, so she moved to New York in 1998. In order to stay in New York, McMillan knew she needed to get a good, steady job. She couldn't believe it when she was hired at one of the World Trade Towers and was ...read more

  • One Life At A Time: Rudy's Story

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 8, 2011
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     | 7,512 views

    ONE LIFE AT A TIME: RUDY'S STORY Rudy Rasmus learned the family business from his father when he was just five years old. His dad brought home a set of blueprints and unveiled his business plans. He said, "This a motel and other people's husbands are going to come and give us money to spend time ...read more

  • The Mark Of Jesus  PRO

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Feb 17, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,206 views

    THE MARK OF JESUS When I was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Levelland, there was a man in our church, the owner of a local business and a highly intentional Christian. The apostle Paul once said of himself that he bore "on [his] body the marks of Jesus" (Gal. 6:17). Well, this man bore ...read more