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  • Reading Someone Else's Mail

    Contributed by Nigel Heath on Jan 25, 2010
     | 2,521 views

    Reading Someone Else's Mail Have you ever read somebody else's mail? Come on, admit it. Surely there was a time you can remember when you saw an opened letter somewhere and you invented some reason why it would be the responsible thing to do to read it! Or perhaps I'm preaching to a congregation ...read more

  • Wayne Grudem Writes, "In A Day When It Is Common ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 25, 2010
     | 1,811 views

    Wayne Grudem writes, "In a day when it is common for people to tell us how hard it is to interpret Scripture rightly, we would do well to remember than not once in the Gospels do we ever hear Jesus saying anything like this: 'I see how your problem arose--the Scriptures are not very clear on this ...read more

  • Power Of The Translated Word Of God  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
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     | 4,288 views

    POWER OF THE TRANSLATED WORD OF GOD This is a strategy still used today, because it works and this is how it is still used today: A friend of mine, Bill, was a bible translator for Wycliff Bible Translators in some very remote mountains in Bolivia. Bill was on the second Wycliff team. The first ...read more

  • The Power Of God's Word In The Workplace

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
     | 8,044 views

    THE POWER OF GOD'S WORD IN THE WORKPLACE For nine years I had worked with the same group of men on a loading dock, loading and unloading trucks. It was hard physical work, but very mundane and we all found it quite boring. Since the work was so mindless, I would find myself in philosophical ...read more

  • What Is Your Greatest Frustration With Reading ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 27, 2010
     | 1,538 views

    What is your greatest frustration with reading and understanding the Bible? • Lack of time • Lack of a road map to help you get the big picture • Lack of desire • Lack of some ...read more

  • Esther's Shoes  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 27, 2010
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     | 3,965 views

    ESTHER'S SHOES Your story, my story, our story is in the Bible. We know what it is like to be in Esther's shoes. We have had moments when our faith and our commitment to God has been tested at work, in the classroom, at home, and in the neighborhood. We are faced with the question, "Am I going ...read more

  • Tipos Y Figuras De La Palabra De Dios ...

    Contributed by Major Gerardo Balmori on Mar 23, 2010
     | 3,231 views

    TIPOS Y FIGURAS DE LA PALABRA DE DIOS (translation follows) ESPADA. La palabra de Dios es capas de llegar hasta los lugares mas escondidos y profundos del corazón como una espada o bisturí que penetra y opera dejado al descubierto el problema que nadie ve. Porque la palabra de Dios es viva y ...read more

  • Switching Off The Message  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2010
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     | 3,366 views

    SWITCHING OFF THE MESSAGE The Word will protect us. No soldier is going to go to battle without his armor and his weapons. Yet many Christians today rarely even pick up their bible. A former park ranger at Yellowstone National Park tells the story of a ranger leading a group of hikers to a fire ...read more

  • Perspicuity Of The Word

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 11, 2010
     | 1,496 views

    PERSPICUITY OF THE WORD The doctrine of the clarity of Scripture (often called the "perspicuity of Scripture") teaches that "the meanings of the text can be clear to the ordinary reader, that God uses the text of the Bible to communicate His person and will...ordinary people, who approach it in ...read more

  • Not Long Ago They Found A Seed Deep Within A ...

    Contributed by David Moore on Jun 9, 2010
     | 2,608 views

    Not long ago they found a seed deep within a pyramid in Egypt. It was estimated to be 3,000 years old. Just for the fun of it they planted it to see if it would grow and reproduce, and it did! That’s one of the interesting things about seeds, is that they can store for a ...read more

  • God's Word And Daniel Webster

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2010
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    GOD'S WORD AND DANIEL WEBSTER Daniel Webster testified: "If there be anything in my style or thoughts to be commended, the credit is due to my kind parents for instilling into my mind an early love for the Scriptures. From the time that, at my mother's feet or on my father's knee, I learned to ...read more

  • Parable Story  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 22, 2010
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     | 2,563 views

    PARABLE STORY Theological belief is sometimes a murky matter. A candidate for ordination as a minister was asked, "What part of the Bible do you like best?" He said: "I like the New Testament best." Then he was asked, "What Book in the New Testament is your favorite?" He answered, "The Book of the ...read more

  • Tune In

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 28, 2010
     | 1,432 views

    TUNE IN A traditional radio has a variable capacitor we know as a tuning dial. Its purpose is to help us tune into the right frequency and blot out competing stations. Nothing distinguishes the solid disciple of Jesus Christ like his willingness to tune into and follow his Lord, blotting out ...read more

  • The Story Of Robert Dick Wilson

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 11, 2010
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     | 2,741 views

    THE STORY OF ROBERT DICK WILSON Robert Dick Wilson was truly a remarkable gentleman. Bible students are indebted to him for the masterful work he did in helping to confirm the credibility of the Old Testament. Robert Wilson was born in 1856; he graduated from Princeton University at the age of ...read more

  • Priority Of The Word (As Seen In Ezra)

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 12, 2010
     | 1,932 views

    PRIORITY OF THE WORD (AS SEEN IN EZRA) "There is an application here for us. What men say and think is not important. The Scriptures are all-sufficient and contain all of the instruction that is needed for the guidance of those who would be faithful to God in any particular period of church ...read more

  • The Measure Of God's Word

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 30, 2010
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     | 4,534 views

    THE MEASURE OF GOD'S WORD The Word of God is the measure of our lives. Imagine different teams of men building a house with everyone measuring by their foot, not tape measure. The carpentry, flooring, coverings, windows and doors would be a mess. It simply would not come together. That's why we ...read more

  • Leave The Bones  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,180 views

    LEAVE THE BONES A clergyman took a seat in a dining car on a train traveling along the Hudson River. Opposite him was an atheist who, seeing his clerical collar, started a discussion. "I see you are a clergyman." "Yes," came the reply. "I am a minister of the gospel." "I suppose you believe the ...read more

  • Memorizing Vs. Applying Scripture

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
     | 5,596 views

    MEMORIZING VS. APPLYING SCRIPTURE Dave Veerman, Campus Life, Wheaton, IL, related this story: A while ago our family began to memorize Scripture, one verse a week. Because my daughters were ages ten and six, I thought this was about the right speed. We keep the verses on cards in the middle of ...read more

  • Listening To The Master's Voice  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
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     | 5,248 views

    LISTENING TO THE MASTER'S VOICE One of the first exposes of the beliefs of our future ministers was made by Redbook magazine in August of 1961. The publishers hired one of the top pollsters in the nation to survey a full representation of our seminaries which are supposedly preparing men for ...read more

  • Only One Book Left

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 22, 2010
     | 1,495 views

    ONLY ONE BOOK LEFT When the famous missionary, Dr. David Livingstone, started his trek across Africa he had 73 books in 3 packs, weighing 180 pounds. After the party had gone 300 miles, Livingstone was obliged to throw away some of the books because of the fatigue of those carrying his baggage. As ...read more

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