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  • Definition Of Grace

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Apr 21, 2008
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    DEFINITION OF GRACE In the Bible there are three distinctive meanings of grace: it means the mercy and active love of God; it means the winsome attractiveness of God; it means ...read more

  • Yes, The Concept Of The Trinity Is Very Deep, But ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Mallory on Jun 7, 2001
    based on 113 ratings
     | 3,419 views

    YES, THE CONCEPT OF THE TRINITY IS VERY DEEP, BUT INSTEAD OF TRYING TO UNDERSTAND ITS DEPTH, THINK OF IT IN THE WORDS OF THE ANGLICAN CATECHISM WHICH SAYS, "FIRST, I LEARN TO BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER WHO HAS MADE ME AND ALL THE WORLD. SECONDLY, IN GOD THE SON WHO REDEEMS ME, AND ...read more

  • Mr. George Mueller Set Forth Five Conditions Of ...

    Contributed by John Gerald on Sep 15, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,208 views

    Mr. George Mueller set forth five conditions of prevailing prayer, which he followed: a.) Entire dependence upon the merits and mediation of Jesus as the only grounds for claiming a blessing. b.) Separation from all known sin. c.) Faith in God’s promise as ...read more

  • Charles Spurgeon, The Prince Of Preachers, Said: ...  PRO

    Contributed by C Jordan on Jul 20, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,423 views

    Charles Spurgeon, The Prince of Preachers, said: “It is the preacher’s principle business… to cry, “Behold the lamb of God.” For this reason was John (the Baptist) born and came into the world… his chief errand was to herald the Messiah, the Son of God. What we have said of ...read more

  • Warren Wiersbe Said This, "The Church Is Always ...  PRO

    Contributed by Chad Bolfa on Jan 12, 2008
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    Warren Wiersbe said this, “The Church is always one generation short of extinction, If our generation fails to guard the truth and entrust it to our children, then that will be the end! When you think of the saints and martyrs who suffered and died so that we might have ...read more

  • There Are Signs That Encourages People To Wear ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jul 21, 2008
     | 2,768 views

    There are signs that encourages people to wear seatbelts by asking the question, “What’s holding you back?” It implies that seatbelts are good things to hold you back during an accident. What is holding you back? God and God alone. Anything else will keep you from ...read more

  • The Visitation Of ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 4, 2010
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    The Visitation of God Revival is the visitation of God, which brings to life Christians who have been sleeping and restores a deep sense of God’s near presence and holiness. Thence springs a vivid sense of sin and a profound exercise of heart in repentance, praise, and love, with an ...read more

  • The Choice Between Two Evils

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Feb 5, 2008
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    THE CHOICE BETWEEN TWO EVILS should we pay taxes to Caesar? MARK 12:13-27 Jesus answer defies their logic. In His answer, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s” He easily moves past their dilemma. To Jesus their dilemma isn’t a dilemma at all, is it? The question sets up a ...read more

  • Do You Believe?

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 13, 2019
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    DO YOU BELIEVE? That the bible is the inspired word of God That God created the everything in 6 days That God rested on day 7 That God created man and put him in the garden of Eden (a perfect Place) That God took a rib from Adam and made Eve to be a helper and companion to Adam That Satan entered ...read more

  • The Fundamental Idea Of Spirit In Hebrew And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Apr 6, 2005
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    “The Fundamental idea of Spirit in Hebrew and Greek is breath, air, wind, storm – the intensity depending on the context. It may be a gentle breath (John 20:22), a gale-force wind (Ex 15:8), a cooling breeze (Gen 3:8). Most essentially Spirit is transcendent and divine, not mere flesh; it is the ...read more

  • William Temple's Definition Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 30, 2009
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    William Temple’s Definition of Worship In summing up how all this comes together in giving worship, William Temple said: The world can be saved by one thing and that is worship. For to worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God, to feed the mind with the truth of God, to purge the ...read more

  • I've Heard A Story Once Of A Little Boy Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Gardner on Jan 4, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,621 views

    I’ve heard a story once of a little boy who brought his broken toy to the altar one Sunday morning. He asked God to fix it for him. God said He would fix the toy. No problem. So the kid became real excited that God was going to fix it, and he got up with his toy and went home. Every morning of that ...read more

  • In The Winter Of 1976, John Jordan, Together With ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Aug 15, 2007
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    In the winter of 1976, John Jordan, together with three of his friends, decided to photograph Niagara Falls. They went to Goat Island to enjoy the icy beauty. While there Jordan and two others climbed the drifts that covered protective railings, then fell into the ice along the shore about 200 ...read more

  • Journaling Experiment

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Jul 26, 2011
     | 1,670 views

    JOURNALING EXPERIMENT Please try this experiment. Take out a piece of paper and on the left side of the paper write down all the things that you are burdened with. On the right side of the paper write down all the things that God has either protected you from or trials that He has gotten you ...read more

  • The Forbidden Fruit  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on Jun 28, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,527 views

    THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT And the first thing God told Adam and Eve was: "Don't." "Don't what?" Adam replied. "Don't eat the forbidden fruit," God said. "Forbidden fruit? We got forbidden fruit? Hey, Eve . . . we got Forbidden Fruit!" "No way!" "Yes WAY!" "Don't eat that fruit!" said ...read more

  • Reconciliation

    Contributed by Daniel King, D. Min. on Jul 25, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,387 views

    Main Idea: The word “reconciliation” in the Biblical context means “bringing God and man together.” Verse: “Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation” (2 Corinthians 5:18 NKJV). Illustration: The preacher ...read more

  • Islam Is One Of The World's Fastest Growing ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 24, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,754 views

    Islam is one of the world’s fastest growing religions. It is estimated that there are 2 billion followers of Islam, (Muslims) worldwide and that there are close to 6 million converts in the U.S. I’ve listed for you some of the main differences between Islam and Christianity. (1) Christians believe ...read more

  • Fight For Joy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 8,357 views

    Fight for Joy John Piper offers 15 Biblical things we must do to fight for joy. (I can only list them today, and commend to you his book, "When I Don’t Desire God.") This list reminds me that faith does not produce inactivity, but God-centered activity: 1) Realize that authentic joy in God is a ...read more

  • Susan Boyle: Beauty On The Inside  PRO

    Contributed by Marianne Unger on May 22, 2009
    based on 13 ratings
     | 5,557 views

    SUSAN BOYLE: BEAUTY ON THE INSIDE When Susan Boyle stepped out on the stage of "Britain’s Got Talent," people laughed at her...like the scoffers in this Psalm. They made fun of her because her outward appearance wasn’t the glitz and glamour they’d come to expect. Members of the audience could be ...read more

  • Two Types Of Lives!

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Oct 29, 2022
     | 1,091 views

    Genesis 4:6-26 Cain had an unrighteous heart and sinned against God in many ways including taking the life of his brother; but what can we learn from God as He related to Cain, from the following verses: v6-7: God gave instructions how and why to repent. v9: God was specific in confronting in ...read more