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  • Clenched Fist Toward God  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 28, 2005
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     | 2,968 views

    Clenched Fist Toward God A story I heard personally from Malcolm Muggeridge (that stirred me then and still does even yet) was his account of a conversation he had with Svetlana Stalin, the daughter of Josef Stalin. She spent some time with Muggeridge in his home in England while they were working ...read more

  • Paul Considered Himself Christ's Ambassador. What ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,519 views

    Paul considered himself Christ’s ambassador. What is an ambassador? He is an authorized representative of a sovereign. He speaks not in his own name but on behalf of the ruler whose deputy he is, and his whole duty and responsibility is to interpret that ruler’s mind faithfully to those to whom he ...read more

  • It Was Christmas Eve, 1910. General William ...  PRO

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Nov 11, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,557 views

    It was Christmas Eve, 1910. General William Booth, the founder of The Salvation Army in London, England was near the end of his life. His health was poor, and he was going to be unable to attend the Army’s annual convention. Booth had become an invalid, and his eyesight was failing him. No one knew ...read more

  • Chapters 40 Through 66 Of Isaiah Were Revealed To ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Dec 17, 2006
     | 1,948 views

    Chapters 40 through 66 of Isaiah were revealed to him during the final years of his life. They provide us many details about the ministry of our Messiah and His Coming Kingdom. Isaiah 40:12 presents the Messiah as our Divine Creator: Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand And ...read more

  • A Young Man Named Robert Robinson Had Been Saved ...

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Apr 1, 2007
     | 2,129 views

    A young man named Robert Robinson had been saved from a very sinful life in the mid 1700s through George Whitfield’s ministry in England. Soon afterward, the 23-year-old Robinson wrote the hymn, “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing.” You may recognize some of the lyrics: Come thou font of every ...read more

  • Decision Without Procrastination  PRO

    Contributed by Ray Mckendry on Apr 2, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,907 views

    “Decision Without Procrastination" "During the early days of the ministry of Dwight L. Moody, the great evangelist launched a series of meetings in Chicago with promise of the largest crowds that he had ever addressed up to that time. He was speaking of the life of Christ, and on the first Sunday ...read more

  • Christopher Reeve

    Contributed by Walter Rogers on Apr 3, 2007
     | 1,813 views

    3. Christopher Reeve a. Superman brought fame b. Man of Steel – Hero #1 (A hero is someone who commits a courageous actions with ou considering the consequences, someone who is larger than life) c. Horse Accident, Memorial Day 1995, on 3rd of 15 jumps, horse stopped and he fell, breaking his neck. ...read more

  • Salvation (S)  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Salvation (S) Warren Wiersbe explains to us how profound the use of this word was: The word tetelestai is unfamiliar to us, but it was used by various people in everyday life in those days. A servant would use it when reporting to his or her master, "I have completed the work assigned to me" (see ...read more

  • While Taking A Break From Their Studies And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    While taking a break from their STUDIES and MISSION WORK, Ron and some of his classmates went SWIMMING in the SURF off the north end of Luzon Island in the Philippines when a SHARK ATTACKED. Ron’s leg was SEVERED below the KNEE. He was carried to SHORE by his friends. Emergency crews tried various ...read more

  • The Senior Chaplain At The Marine Corps Base ...

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Oct 28, 2007
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     | 2,761 views

    The senior chaplain at the Marine Corps Base where I work during the week lost his house and everything in it during the fires this week. When I spoke with him on Wednesday, he had just received the call telling him his house was on the list of addresses destroyed by the blaze. He didn’t mention ...read more

  • He's Just Like Jeff  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 25, 2008
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     | 1,017 views

    The phone rang. “It’s Jimmy. I’m really sick. I’ve got a fever. Can you help me?” Jimmy was one man that the Love In Action ministry helped. He was dying from AIDS. Jeff was angry. He had already put in sixty hours and didn’t want to hear about Jimmy. However, Jeff promised to go right over ...read more

  • A Few Years Ago My Wife And I Spent A Few Days At ...

    Contributed by Doane Brubaker on Apr 20, 2007
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    A few years ago my wife and I spent a few days at Triple Creek Ranch near Galena, IL. It’s a retreat center for ministry couples. We enjoyed long walks through some parts of the ranch, and drove through some more remote areas. In one section there were a number of Llamas. It was interesting to ...read more

  • In The World Today...we Are Trying To Marry ...

    Contributed by Hugh Laing on Feb 17, 2010
     | 1,841 views

    In the world today...we are trying to marry Christianity to all the wrong things...we are trying to marry it to prosperity...popularity...personalities...politics...and beloved...it ain't working 'cause it's broken! And yet many ministers preach a PROSPERITY DOCTRINE today because it feeds our ...read more

  • Quotes On Prayer

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2011
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    QUOTES ON PRAYER Guy H. King--No one is a firmer believer in prayer than the devil; not that he practices it but that he suffers from it. D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones--Prayer demands no special dress. Prayer demands no special place. Prayer demands no special eloquence. Prayer demands no special ...read more

  • Fitted For Service Through Suffering

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Apr 15, 2011
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    FITTED FOR SERVICE THROUGH SUFFERING I grew up as a military brat and later my dad was a missionary to the military. When I was growing up, I was never exposed much to suffering. When we lived overseas, if someone got too sick, they shipped them back to the States, or (when we were stationed in ...read more

  • God's Preparing You For Great Things  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Barreca on Jun 11, 2011
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     | 6,248 views

    GOD'S PREPARING YOU FOR GREAT THINGS SOME believe that they have been unfairly treated by circumstances in life. Consider my high school friend. At the age of 19, he found himself as the leader of a camping trip with a group of young teens. One of those teens drowned in a lake about an hour’s ...read more

  • Christ In Me

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jun 26, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,774 views

    CHRIST IN ME A preacher friend of mine named Mike told of his conversion to Christ. He told me his family was known throughout the community as the worst examples of humanity. The parents were irresponsible. The kids were troublemakers. They lived like animals, even eating food out of ...read more

  • A Texas-Sized Sword

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 24, 2011
     | 4,267 views

    A TEXAS-SIZED SWORD In 2000, we drove across the country from Maryland to California and back. On our return, we blew past this Great Big Cross along the highway in Texas. By the time we saw the exit, we had passed it and continued our journey home. The image of that great big cross stuck in my ...read more

  • The Salvation Of Karla Faye Tucker

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Mar 29, 2012
     | 5,863 views

    THE SALVATION OF KARLA FAYE TUCKER Many of you probably remember Karla Faye Tucker. She was the first woman to be executed in the US since 1984. She was an accomplice to a brutal ax murder of two people in the early eighties. Soon after being imprisoned, Tucker took a Bible from the prison ...read more

  • How Important Is The Virgin Birth Of Christ?

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Dec 6, 2022
     | 1,747 views

    Several years ago, Redbook Magazine took a poll of students in Protestant seminaries. They found that 56% of the students in Protestant seminaries studying for the ministry rejected the idea of the virgin birth. The Survey Research Center of the University of California at Berkeley polled the ...read more