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  • Refining Sap To Maple Syrup  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2011
    based on 9 ratings
     | 7,564 views

    REFINING SAP TO MAPLE SYRUP Dr. David Osborn at Denver Seminary says, "Too often we try to use God to change our circumstances, while He is using our circumstances to change us." (Compass, April 2003) You see, God is right now in the process of making us like Christ. Think of the process of ...read more

  • Well Noted Author And Marriage Counselor Dr. Gary ...

    Contributed by Chad Bolfa on Apr 7, 2008
     | 2,356 views

    Well noted author and marriage counselor Dr. Gary Chapman is very famous for his Book the “Five Love Languages”. He wrote the book and developed this system of identifying what makes your mate feel loved, what is it that really makes him or her feel like you love them. The five love languages ...read more

  • Australia Prime Minister John Howard Finally Had ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jul 12, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,730 views

    Australia Prime Minister John Howard finally had enough of being told what Australia should do by Muslims who want to live under Sharia Law! He spoke out last week on television saying… "Immigrants, not Australians must adapt. Take it or leave it. I am tired of this nation worrying about whether ...read more

  • Soren Kierkegaard, The Great Danish Theologian Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
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    Soren Kierkegaard, the great Danish theologian of another century, tells the story of a prince who was running an errand for his father one day in the local village. As he did so, he passed through a very poor section of the town. Looking through the window of his carriage, he saw a beautiful young ...read more

  • I Like Me Best When I'm With You

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
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    I LIKE ME BEST WHEN I'M WITH YOU As a part of an assignment for a doctoral thesis, a college student spent a year with a group of Navajo Indians on a reservation in the Southwest. As he did his research, he lived with one family, sleeping in their hut, eating their food, working with them and ...read more

  • A Nail Among The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 11, 2009
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    A NAIL AMONG THE COINS Emil Mettler was a restaurateur in London who was a close friend of Albert Schweitzer. Mettler would not allow a Christian worker to pay for a meal. He once opened his register in the presence of a Secretary of the London Missionary Society. The Secretary was astonished to ...read more

  • General Douglas Macarthur I Shall Return

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Sep 1, 2021
     | 2,815 views

    Psalm 34:3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together. 4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. General Douglas MacArthur had a terrible battle. The struggle was against mighty odds. The ALLIED FORCES were lacking in support. There was ...read more

  • Is This The Life I Want?  PRO

    Contributed by Dean Kennedy on Sep 1, 2002
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     | 1,613 views

    IS THIS THE LIFE I WANT? "I look in on my children as they sleep at night, [and] I think of the kind of father I want to be. I want to create moments of magic, I want them to remember laughing until the tears flow ... I want to have slow, sweet talks with them as they’re getting ready to close ...read more

  • Will Rogers  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 14, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,001 views

    Will Rogers Will Rogers was known for his laughter, but he also knew how to weep. One day he was entertaining at the Milton H. Berry Institute in Los Angeles, a hospital that specialized in rehabilitating polio victims and people with broken backs and other extreme physical handicaps. Of course, ...read more

  • Amy Biehl Died A Violent Death In 1993. She Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Feb 6, 2005
    based on 19 ratings
     | 3,984 views

    Amy Biehl died a violent death in 1993. She was a 26-year-old Fulbright scholar who had gone to South Africa to help register black voters for their first free election. But even though she was seeking to help the people of South Africa, as she was driving one day, she was dragged out of her ...read more

  • What Chain Letters, Many Multi-Level Marketers ...

    Contributed by Michael Gardner on Mar 2, 2006
     | 2,106 views

    What chain letters, many multi-level marketers and pyramid schemes have in common is this. They appeal to greed. It is the theology of Wall Street. In that film, Michael Douglas’ character, Gordon Gecko delivers this speech, “…greed -- for lack of a better word -- is good. Greed is right. ...read more

  • Will Rogers Was Known For His Laughter, But He ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 2,431 views

    Will Rogers was known for his laughter, but he also knew how to weep. One day he was entertaining at the Milton H. Berry Institute in Los Angeles, a hospital that specialized in rehabilitating polio victims and people with broken backs and other extreme physical handicaps. Of course, Rogers had ...read more

  • Men Who Have In The Past Exerted The Greatest ...  PRO

    Contributed by Manuel Amparo on May 9, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,907 views

    Men who have in the past exerted the greatest influence for good in the world had, as a rule, pious mothers. The mother of George Washington, the man in whose principles we glory today, made it a practice each morning to spend an hour in prayer, devotion, and Bible study before attempting to ...read more

  • I Read Recently About A Group Of Women Who Were ...  PRO

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Aug 26, 2007
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    I read recently about a group of women who were studying the book of Malachi. As they were studying chapter three, they came across verse three which says: "He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver." (Malachi 3:3) This verse kind of puzzled the women and they wondered what this statement ...read more

  • Ewen Huffman Tells Of A Story In Reference To ...

    Contributed by James Kirkland on Aug 29, 2006
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    Ewen Huffman tells of a story in reference to Malachi 3:2-3a; There was group of women in a Bible study group studying the book of Malachi. As they were studying chapter three, they came across verse three, which says: "He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver." This verse puzzled the ...read more

  • In The Movie Saving Private Ryan, A Group Of Army ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 22, 2007
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    In the movie Saving Private Ryan, a group of Army Rangers receive a mission to go deep into enemy territory to save Private Ryan. They hit skirmish after skirmish, and some of them are killed along the way. They finally get to where Private Ryan is holed up, and they say, “Come with us. We’re here ...read more

  • Note The Contrast Between Fleeing And Pursuing. ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jun 23, 2009
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    Note the contrast between fleeing and pursuing. It is not enough to just stop doing things or at least stop the frequency of those things that do not honor God. Sometimes it is easy to think, “I just do it once in while. What’s the harm?” The problem is that people really do see what you’re saying. ...read more

  • Life Eternal

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2009
    based on 1 rating
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    LIFE ETERNAL Someone named, James Langdon Hill, once said, "Life Eternal! How shall I express my thought of it? It is not mere existence, however prolonged and free from annoyance. It is not the pleasures of the senses, however vivid. It is not peace. It is not happiness. It is not joy. But it is ...read more

  • Occasionally I Meet Christians Who Say

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jan 8, 2010
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    Occasionally I meet Christians who say “God is telling me to go and do this or that” and then the next minute God seems to have changed His mind. I remember one guy who made God look like He didn’t know how to make up His mind at all! One day it was “God wants me to do this.” and the next day it ...read more

  • We Were Standing In Line To Go Into Church. It ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Mar 11, 2010
     | 1,798 views

    We were standing in line to go into Church. It was a long line and we had to wait for some time for the doors to be opened. Although the auditorium seated 1,500 people, some people would have to come to the next service or sit in a "bad seat". You had to get to Church early to get a "good seat" (3 ...read more