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  • Please Notice That Paul Did Not Pray For These ...

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Nov 28, 2009
     | 2,635 views

    Please notice that Paul did not pray for these Christians to get the Lord’s resurrection power. They already had it! And Christian, so do you. So, how well do you know the power of His resurrection? Paul prayed for them to spiritually know and see the power they already had. *It actually reminds ...read more

  • Power Of The Word Of God-----A Friend Of Mine, ...

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jan 16, 2010
     | 2,581 views

    POWER OF THE WORD OF GOD-----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 Wycliff team went into the most prominent village in the area and learned the local Bolivian language. ...read more

  • Tending Your ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2010
     | 3,949 views

    Tending Your Garden Suppose 2 women were planting a vegetable garden. On the same day, they prepared the earth and planted their seeds. One then neglected her garden and waited for her vegetables to grow. The other woman worked in her garden regularly. She put cages around the young tomato plants, ...read more

  • Power Of The Translated Word Of God  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,949 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

  • Music To Raise The Dead

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on May 10, 2010
     | 2,050 views

    "MUSIC TO RAISE THE DEAD", an album from a Christian Rock group called Resurrection startled the Christian world with it's intensity in the 1970's. They did this in a day when many conservative pastors and evangelists actively thundered their warnings from the pulpit against the evils of rock music ...read more

  • Bonnie Laughlin's Answered Prayer

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Nov 16, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,020 views

    BONNIE LAUGHLIN'S ANSWERED PRAYER Psalms 27:13 says, “I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.” One sacrifice made by Bonnie K. Laughlin was the Christian homeschooling of her son, Caleb Laughlin. Bonnie saw that Caleb needed to develop his ...read more

  • The Living Word

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Aug 13, 2017
     | 4,403 views

    Ravi Zacharias tells of ministering in Vietnam in 1971, and one of his interpreters was Hien Pham, an energetic young Christian. He had worked as a translator with the American forces, and was of immense help both to them and to missionaries such as myself. Hien and I traveled the length of the ...read more

  • When It Was Dark

    Contributed by Joshua Blackmon on Apr 15, 2022
     | 2,017 views

    When It Was Dark I’m not quite sure how to say this. We have always said in the church that our faith was based upon facts. It was a faith built upon evidence that led us to the facts. My friends, something has come to light just this past week that is out now in the professional journals and ...read more

  • In The Eleventh Century, King Henry Iii Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Dunn on Feb 1, 2002
    based on 34 ratings
     | 2,806 views

    In the eleventh century, King Henry III of Bavaria grew tired of court life and the pressures of being a monarch. He made application to Prior Richard at a local monastery, asking to be accepted as a contemplative and spend the rest of his life in the monastery. "Your Majesty," said Prior Richard, ...read more

  • Mary Had The Little Lamb  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 27, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
     | 2,646 views

    Mary Had The Little Lamb Mary had the little Lamb, who lived before His birth; Self-existent Son of God, from Heaven He came to Earth. Mary had the little Lamb; see Him in yonder stall -- Virgin-born Son of God, to save man from the Fall. Mary had the little Lamb, obedient Son of ...read more

  • One Of The Most Frequent Headlines The Past ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Mar 10, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 1,526 views

    One of the most frequent headlines the past several months has been the Firestone tire safety issue on certain Ford Sport Utility Vehicles. However, not only have these two companies been linked together by business deals, they have also been linked together by marriage. In 1947 Harvey Firestone, ...read more

  • My Wife And I Waited 15 Years For A Child That ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 1,954 views

    My wife and I waited 15 years for a child that never came by the natural way. However we were approached one day with a lead of a newborn not yet born. I remember standing in front of the judge on our day of adoption. He pointed his finger and asked of me, “Is anyone coercing you to adopt this ...read more

  • In The Eleventh Century, King Henry Iii Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 13, 2005
    based on 25 ratings
     | 4,551 views

    In the eleventh century, King Henry III of Bavaria grew tired of court life and the pressures of being a monarch. He made application to Prior Richard at a local monastery, asking to be accepted as a contemplative and spend the rest of his life in the monastery. “Your Majesty,” said Prior Richard, ...read more

  • Many Of Us Would Agree With Peter When He Says ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,931 views

    Many of us would agree with Peter when he says that parts of Paul’s letters are hard to understand! And there are difficulties and apparent discrepancies in other parts of the Bible too. On this matter of discrepancies, I remember reading something written by an old seventeenth-century Puritan ...read more

  • In The Eleventh Century, King Henry Iii Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 1,675 views

    In the eleventh century, King Henry III of Bavaria grew tired of court life and the pressures of being a monarch. He made application to Prior Richard at a local monastery, asking to be accepted as a contemplative and spend the rest of his life in the monastery. "Your Majesty," said Prior Richard, ...read more

  • A New Young Monk Arrives At The Monastery. He Is ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,381 views

    A new young monk arrives at the Monastery. He is assigned to help the other monks in copying the old canons and laws of the church by hand. He notices, however, that all of the monks are copying from copies, not the original manuscripts. So, the new monk goes to the head Abbot to ask him about ...read more

  • Freedom Isn't Free  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 31, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
     | 4,202 views

    I watched the flag pass by one day. It fluttered in the breeze A young Marine saluted it, and then He stood at ease. I looked at him in uniform So young, so tall, so proud With hair cut square and eyes alert He’d stand out in any crowd. I thought, how many men like him Had fallen through the ...read more

  • Sometimes My 2 ½ Yr Old Son Wakes Up Crying In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Mar 18, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,018 views

    Sometimes my 2 ½ yr old son wakes up crying in the middle of the night. Joanne usually goes in, sometimes we both will if he’s really upset. Sometimes, as she holds him, I lean in and place my cheek against his cheek, or on his forehead, right in close. And I whisper, “It’s ok Thomas. Mommy ...read more

  • On Being A Daddy James Tippins  PRO

    Contributed by J T on Mar 24, 2003
    based on 37 ratings
     | 1,899 views

    "On Being A Daddy" James Tippins My 3.5 year old daughter was used to me being home all the time. Being a business consultant in a home office was a luxury for my family. After a few years of part time ministry, I was called to serve as an excutive pastor at a church. This was a great time to ...read more

  • James Michener, Writing In His Book, The Source, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Apr 7, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,317 views

    James Michener, writing in his book, The Source, tells the story of a man named Urbaal, who was a farmer living about 2200 B.C. He worshiped two gods, one a god of death, the other a goddess of fertility. One day, the temple priests tell Urbaal to bring his young son to the temple for ...read more