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  • A Science Professor At Westmont College Wrote A ...

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Apr 1, 2007
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    A science professor at Westmont College wrote a book explaining how only one person could possibly have fulfilled the prophecies. He worked with 600 students to calculate the mathematical probability of just eight of the Old Testament prophecies being fulfilled in any one person up to the present ...read more

  • Recently, I Saw A Letter Written By A Relatively ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Chapman on May 2, 2001
    based on 108 ratings
     | 3,576 views

    Recently, I saw a letter written by a relatively new Christian to the person whose life had influenced hers so greatly. She actually lists about a dozen qualities she found contagious in the life of this older Christian. Listen to some of what she wrote: You know when we met; I began to discover a ...read more

  • The Jesus Store

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 26, 2007
     | 3,338 views

    The Jesus Store. There was a woman once who wanted peace in the world and peace in her heart, but she was very frustrated. The world seemed to be falling apart and her personal life wasn’t that great either. One day she decided to go shopping, and she went to the mall and walked in to one of the ...read more

  • Story Of The Fireman

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Story of the Fireman A. Flames surrounded firefighters fighting a forest as they backed up a mountain trying to put out the fire. They had no where to go. There was fire behind them and only a home and more grass in front of them. The firefighter moved ahead into the grass in front of him struck a ...read more

  • Your Affirmation Can Help To Effect That Sense ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Your affirmation can help to effect that sense of importance in another. Sometimes the touch of love is more verbal than physical. Sherman Rogers has written a book about logging in the Pacific Northwest. As a young man he worked in a logging camp, and on one occasion the boss needed to be away ...read more

  • Today We Are All Rushing About Working For That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Today we are all rushing about working for that next pay raise. But what is that pay raise really going to profit us? We often can’t see the big picture for striving for something greater. Maybe we should have the attitude of this father. The young man was feeling very proud of himself. As a ...read more

  • The Jesus Store  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 13 ratings
     | 3,361 views

    Let me close with this story - The Jesus Store. There was a woman once who wanted peace in the world and peace in her heart, but she was very frustrated. The world seemed to be falling apart and her personal life wasn’t that great either. One day she decided to go shopping, and she went to the ...read more

  • Many People Remember Former New York Mayor Rudy ...

    Contributed by Adam Couchman on Jun 18, 2007
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    Many people remember former New York Mayor Rudy Gulliani specifically because of his leadership following the World Trade Centre attacks in September, 2001. But he will also be remembered for dramatically reducing the crime levels in New York City. For many years New York’s reputation throughout ...read more

  • There's A Scene In The Movie, Harry Potter And ...

    Contributed by Maurice Schaus on Feb 11, 2008
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    There’s a scene in the movie, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone where the main character, Harry Potter, encounters an enchanted mirror, the mirror of Erised. Earlier in the book we learned that Harry’s parents died when he was only a baby, and he was raised by his Aunt Petunia and Uncle ...read more

  • Medicine For ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    “Medicine for America” “Knowledge of God’s Word” Proven in America’s History Psalms 22:28 says, “for dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations.” The King James Bibles says, “…He is the governor among nations.” The University of Houston, Political Science Department ...read more

  • Prayer For Those In ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    “Prayer for Those In Authority” 1 Timothy 2:1-4, “I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone -- for kings and all those in authority… This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of ...read more

  • Fathers Must Live: With Christian Integrity

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    "Fathers Must Live: With Christian Integrity" The Bible gives four Christian character traits that can build a lasting legacy for the Lord. The first is to speak and live with Christian integrity. King David, a man whom God called, "a man after My own heart" (Acts 13;22) confessed in prayer to ...read more

  • The Church At This Point Has A Few Options At Its ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 25, 2009
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    The church at this point has a few options at its disposal to confront this injustice (Idea here pulled from Jim Cymbala’s book “Fresh Power “ pg. 88,89). a. They could start a demonstration – they could march on Washington and protest because there are 5,000plus in the church at this point in ...read more

  • God Restores Banged-Up ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
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    GOD RESTORES BANGED-UP PEOPLE Gary Inrig’s story in his book, Quality Friendships: Years ago, one family had a son who was in the Korean War. They had not heard from him for 10 months and were very concerned. Time went on and the war ended. Finally their son called home. The mother was excited. ...read more

  • The Gold Standard

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 10, 2009
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    THE GOLD STANDARD Leland was able to standardize Cadillac parts to precision standards. The development of these standards had such a profound impact that a member of the British Parliament, a wealthy lord named Sir Thomas Dewar, gave the company an award for standardization of parts. Having ...read more

  • The Mona Lisa Of Your Life

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 20, 2009
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    THE MONA LISA OF YOUR LIFE We live in an "I can’t wait" society. We must have instant gratification! It is no longer good enough to have a phone at home – now need a phone in your pocket! It is no longer good enough to have dial up internet – now must have High speed DSL ...to send a letter via ...read more

  • I Am Reminded Of Herman Melville's Description Of ...

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 27, 2009
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    I am reminded of Herman Melville’s description of the pulpit in Moby Dick. It’s actually a description of a real pulpit in the Whaler’s Chapel that a Jewish friend went out of his way to show me in New Bedford, Massachusetts. It reads: Its paneled front was in the likeness of a ship’s bluff bows, ...read more

  • Qualifications For Ministry  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Mar 15, 2009
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    QUALIFICATIONS FOR MINISTRY What qualifies someone for a task? There is a story of the testing of a candidate for missions work: One snowy morning at 5:00 A.M., a missionary candidate rang the bell at a missionary examiner’s home. Ushered into the office, he sat three hours past his appointment ...read more

  • The Story Of Frida

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Mar 20, 2009
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    THE STORY OF FRIDA Frida Gashumba tells something of her story in her book Frida: Chosen to Die, Destined to Live, a miraculous escape from the Rwandan genocide. Frida was born in 1980. She was a Tutsi, one of the tribes 'created' during colonial rule based primarily upon height, head size, shape ...read more

  • Whom God Loves, He Chastens

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on May 15, 2009
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    WHOM GOD LOVES, HE CHASTENS George MacDonald was a 19th century orator and story-writer who C.S. Lewis once called his master as relates to story-telling and relating truth through fantasy. One of MacDonald’s short stories was titled, "The Gifts of the Child Christ." The main character of the ...read more