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  • God Only Lives In The Best  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 18, 2002
    based on 33 ratings
     | 2,393 views

    GOD ONLY LIVES IN THE BEST The Old Testament Temple was only 30’ wide by 90’ long-- a mere 2700 square feet. It was smaller than many homes today. It has been estimated that to rebuild the Temple by the directions in the Bible would cost today about four billion dollars! It would take incredible ...read more

  • Hairdo's And Ego  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 15, 2002
    based on 17 ratings
     | 4,164 views

    HAIRDO’S AND EGO A friend of mine who teaches Bible school had her straight hair permed in to a curly style. One morning she noticed that 4 yr. old Jack, who was usually cheerful, looked sad and bewildered. "Is something wrong, Jack?" Jenny asked him. "Your hair," he mumbled. "You noticed!" ...read more

  • Someone Once Called A Preacher To Say He Wanted ...  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Brincefield on May 30, 2003
    based on 13 ratings
     | 4,472 views

    Someone once called a preacher to say he wanted to become a church member. But, he went on to explain that he did not want to: worship every week, study the Bible, visit the sick, or serve as a leader or teacher. The minister commended him for his desire to be a church member, but told him ...read more

  • One Day, Adrian Rogers, The Former ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jan 5, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,082 views

    Illustration: One day, Adrian Rogers, the former president of the southern Baptist church, now Pastor of Bellevue Baptist in Memphis, Tenn felt discouraged that people were not responding to His invitations. He felt so distraught that he asked God to give him a verse for encouragement. He opened ...read more

  • In Its Early Days, Dallas Theological Seminary ...

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on May 11, 2004
     | 1,723 views

    In its early days, Dallas Theological Seminary was in critical need of $10,000 to keep the work going. During a prayer meeting, renowned Bible teacher Harry Ironside, a lecturer at the school, prayed, “Lord, you own the cattle on a thousand hills. Please sell some of those cattle to help us meet ...read more

  • Who Are Evangelicals? Gallup Has At Times Asked ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 3, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,586 views

    Who Are Evangelicals? Gallup has at times asked 3 qualifying questions to make the determination; have you had a born-again experience committing yourself to Jesus Christ, have you tried to encourage someone to believe in Christ, and do you believe the Bible is the actual word of God? 22% of ...read more

  • How Big Is God? Think Of The Size Of The ...

    Contributed by Anthony Craver on Apr 28, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,495 views

    How big is God? Think of the size of the universe. The nearest star is about four light years away from earth. How far is that? That is the distance that light travels in four years. Light travels at the speed of 186,000 miles per second. This means that the nearest star is about 24 trillion ...read more

  • Some People Do Not Like To Hear Much Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Shearhart on May 24, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,161 views

    “Some people do not like to hear much of repentance; but I think it is so necessary that if I should die in the pulpit, I would desire to die preaching repentance, and if out of the pulpit I would desire to die practicing it.” Henry, Matthew In his book I Surrender, Patrick Morley writes that ...read more

  • Someone I Know Who Is Really Struggling With His ...

    Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Oct 29, 2006
     | 1,753 views

    Someone I know who is really struggling with his faith stately boldly the other day that he had come to understand that the universe is God and it was clear he thought that was a stunning revelation, a great new and important truth. One of the first things that happens when we go away from the ...read more

  • Sarah

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Nov 7, 2006
     | 1,205 views

    Sarah. An elderly lady, a resident in the county nursing home, attended my weekly Bible class. I asked how they thought they would react if present when Jesus raised this widow’s son. Sarah answered, “I would be scared and run away.” She was a devout person, so I probed a little, “What if it were ...read more

  • The Burning Bush: A Strange Sight

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 13, 2006
     | 2,694 views

    Walter Kaiser writes: “What took place was a "strange sight" (v. 3) to Moses. Therefore, to explain what happened here as a temporary mirage of reflected sunlight on some red leaves or a campfire of some Bedouin … is to substitute our experience for Moses’ forty years in that area and his estimate ...read more

  • The Monroe Chamber Of Commerce Has Apologized To ...

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Jan 28, 2007
     | 1,264 views

    The Monroe Chamber of Commerce has apologized to Louisiana governor Kathleen Blanco after auctioning off a dinner with the governor at the governor’s mansion. "This was not a reflection of the chamber’s or the business community’s attitude toward the governor," said Chamber president Sue ...read more

  • I Friend Of Mine From Seminary, This Is How He ...

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Feb 10, 2007
     | 977 views

    I friend of mine from Seminary, This is how he became a Christian. For years as a businessman, he met with this client, These two upright, and generous men. They had such a wonderful spirit about them. They were always throwing out unbelievably great quotes. One day, my friend said, “You guys, I ...read more

  • The Matthew Henry Commentary

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,576 views

    One of my favorite commentaries is the Matthew Henry Commentary. Matthew was in his study at 4:00 a.m. and remained until 8:00 a.m. After breakfast and family prayer, he would return to his place of prayer and study until 12:00 noon. After dinner he resumed to his books and pen until 4:00 p.m. Most ...read more

  • Billy Graham On Johnny Carson

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 8,157 views

    Billy Graham on Johnny Carson I was reading the other day. Years ago Billy Graham was a guest on the Johnny Carson Show. At one point in the conversation Johnny Carson said, “You know what, Billy? I bet if Jesus ever came back to earth, we’d do Him in again” Billy Graham leaned forward in his ...read more

  • A Sunday School Teacher Decided To Have Her ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Shafit on Aug 4, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,362 views

    A Sunday school teacher decided to have her young class memorize one of the most quoted passages in the Bible: Psalm 23. She gave the youngsters a month to learn the chapter. Little Rick was excited about the task, but he just couldn’t remember the Psalm. After much practice, he could barely get ...read more

  • I Was Watching A Movie The Other Day Called ...

    Contributed by Cameron Smith on Aug 4, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,858 views

    I was watching a movie the other day called Blood Diamond, a film about the terrible loss and suffering caused by internal conflict in Sierra Leone. The main character turns to his friend and says “Sometimes I wonder if God will ever forgive us for what we’ve done to each other. Then I look around ...read more

  • C. S. Lewis Explains The Conflict In The Four ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jan 19, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,129 views

    C. S. Lewis explains the conflict in The Four Loves. Anyone who has ever taught or attempted to lead others knows the tendency in all of us toward exaggerating our depth of character while treating leniently our flaws. The Bible calls this tendency hypocrisy. We consciously or subconsciously put ...read more

  • The Magazine "Discipleship Journal" Asked Its ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 21, 2008
     | 1,372 views

    The magazine “Discipleship Journal” asked its readers to rank the areas of greatest spiritual challenge to them. The results came back in this order: (the top 5 were) 1. Materialism 2. Pride 3. Self-centeredness 4. Laziness 5. (Tie) Anger/Bitterness and Sexual lust The respondents also noted that ...read more

  • Listen To This Article Found In Today In The ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Feb 29, 2008
     | 1,379 views

    • Listen to this article found in Today in the Word, June 3, 1989. He made free use of Christian vocabulary. He talked about the blessing of the Almighty and the Christian confessions which would become the pillars of the new government. He assumed the earnestness of a man weighed down by historic ...read more