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  • The Way Indicated  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 26, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,622 views

    THE WAY INDICATED An open door which no man can shut, and a closed door which no man can open, are indications of God’s way. Rev. 3:8. One morning at a hotel at Denver I inquired of the Lord what I should do that day. The answer came to my heart: "Write to Marion, and to Mrs. Reynolds, and ...read more

  • The Bigger Picture  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 22, 2005
    based on 19 ratings
     | 3,352 views

    Dave Bosewell tells a story about Earl Weaver, former manager of the Baltimore Orioles. Weaver had a rule that no one could steal a base unless given the steal sign. This upset one of his star players, Reggie Jackson, because he felt he knew the pitchers and catchers well enough to judge who he ...read more

  • Something To Say

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on May 1, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,978 views

    SOMETHING TO SAY Far too many people just talk even when they have nothing of value to say. That is not wise and certainly not intelligent. Albert Einstein was the featured speaker at a dinner given at Swarthmore College. When it came time for him to speak, he astonished everyone by standing up ...read more

  • David C. Pack Gives Us The Following Thoughts To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 22, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,794 views

    DAVID C. PACK gives us the following thoughts to ponder about Predestination. 1. “Is this true? Is this what the Bible actually teaches when it makes reference to predestination? Did God actually pre-plan every sin, every act of immorality and every crime that has ever been committed? Is God the ...read more

  • Converted By Dreams And Visions

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 14, 2009
     | 3,422 views

    CONVERTED BY DREAMS AND VISIONS Do you know that many Muslims are recently becoming Christians because of dreams and visions? According to Wendell Evans of the Billy Graham Center’s Institute for Muslim Studies, "More and more stories are coming out of closed countries, of God supernaturally ...read more

  • Foul Spirit To Freedom

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Mar 25, 2010
     | 3,546 views

    FOUL SPIRIT TO FREEDOM Several years ago, I used to visit a nursing home near central El Paso. There was one ornery lady who would growl like a tiger. She was mean! It was clear that she was sick in her mind. Along with others, I would constantly pray for her deliverance. But she would push our ...read more

  • Missions ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 8, 2012
     | 4,776 views

    Missions quotes: "I have but one candle of life to burn, and I would rather burn it out in a land filled with darkness than in a land flooded with light" — John Keith Falconer "God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply" — Hudson Taylor [ video ] "God isn't looking for people of ...read more

  • Passing The Torch: Lessons From Castro  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 1, 2001
    based on 6 ratings
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    PASSING THE TORCH: LESSONS FROM CASTRO In August, President Fidel Castro celebrated his 75th birthday. The Cuban dictator came to power in 1959, after overthrowing former dictator, Fulgencio Batista. On the eve of his birthday, Castro made a powerful gesture. He publicly handed a Cuban flag to ...read more

  • Because I Said So!" Romans 11:33-36 Key ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on May 21, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,251 views

    “Because I Said So!” Romans 11:33-36 Key verse(s) 11:“Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God!” Because I said so! If you are a parent the odds are that it is likely at some time in the course of that career you uttered these words with feeling. “Because I said so!” There ...read more

  • George Mueller's Orphanage  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Oct 2, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 8,830 views

    GEORGE MUELLER’S ORPHANAGE Things looked bleak for the children in George Mueller’s orphanage at Ashley Downs in England. It was time for breakfast and there was no food. A small girl whose father was a close friend of Mueller was visiting in the home. Mueller took her hand and said, "Come and ...read more

  • On The Final Page Of The Final Book Of C. S. ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Oct 24, 2004
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    On the final page of the final book of C. S. Lewis’ work entitled The Chronicles of Narnia, some of the children who have been to Narnia lament that they once again must return to their homeland. But Aslan (the lion who represents Jesus) has the best news of all for the children. “[Aslan speaks ...read more

  • Pastor John Ortberg Once Gave Us This Wake Up ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,866 views

    *Pastor John Ortberg once gave us this wake up call: “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 ...read more

  • God Summons Us To Seek Our Best Creative Selves. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
     | 2,169 views

    "God summons us to seek our best creative selves. He calls us to become artists of life, seers of truth, creators of new possibilities, and innovative problem solvers. Perhaps by looking at Jesus' life and seeing His creative spirit at work, we can begin to awaken to the creative possibilities of ...read more

  • Abundant Life  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 8,043 views

    ABUNDANT LIFE In December 1990, the threat of war with Iraq was looming. Many reserves and National Guard troops were mobilized. There were some homes where father and mother were both deployed. Recognizing this situation (that both father and mother would be gone overseas), a civic organization ...read more

  • Samuel Taylor Coleridge Instructs An Athiest ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 14, 2009
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    Samuel Taylor Coleridge Instructs an Athiest About How To Raise Children Properly Using the Garden as an Analogy Fellow parents, let’s have our homes so full of the Word of God that our children can’t help but see and hear it wherever they go and whatever they do. The bottom line is this: We are ...read more

  • Beholden To Money

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 13, 2011
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    BEHOLDEN TO MONEY In his book How Much Is Enough? Hungering For God In An Affluent Culture author and Founder of Bread for the World: Arthur Simon writes about Bryce and Ellen, "a couple in their mid-thirties. They have two sons and a daughter, and on Sundays the family attends church more often ...read more

  • God Hears Our Singing With Ears Of Love

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Oct 16, 2022
     | 1,394 views

    Let me give you an illustration. It’s from the movie “The Music Man”. Have you seen that movie? “Ya got trouble, my friend, I say, trouble right here in River City.” In that movie, the con man Harold Hill has been selling band instruments, promising the townspeople that he will teach their children ...read more

  • As Christians, Our Identity In Christ Far ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Jan 30, 2007
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    “As Christians, our identity in Christ far transcends our identity in our work. We are children of the living God, fearfully and wonderfully made and deeply loved by the Father.” (Boa 1997, 51) Boa, ...read more

  • If You Can't Run With The Big Dogs, Stay On The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Arliss Beavers on Jan 31, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,300 views

    If you can’t run with the big dogs, stay on the porch. Our forefathers taught us how to discipline and run our homes as the priest of the home. If we cannot immitate them, we will have to go hide in ...read more

  • Cohabitation

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,829 views

    COHABITATION About a third of first births among white women come before marriage, compared with three-quarters among black women. As for children, 55% of blacks, 40% of Hispanics and 30% of whites spend ...read more