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  • Their Bodies Lie Molding In The Ground. Their ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 5, 2006
     | 1,687 views

    “Their bodies lie molding in the ground. Their bodies lie rotting in the earth. Their blood has been spilt in the sand, but their souls are alive and conscious in heaven. They speak and they know what is happening here on earth, and they live and speak unto God. Human ...read more

  • What Is Faith?  PRO

    Contributed by Eric Peloquin on Dec 1, 2006
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     | 4,401 views

    What Is Faith? FAITH is dead to doubts— dumb to discouragements, blind to impossibilities, knows nothing but success. FAITH lifts its hand up through the threatening clouds, lays hold of Him who has all power in heaven and on earth. FAITH makes the uplook ...read more

  • A. W. Tozer, Christian ...  PRO

    Contributed by Troy Borst on May 1, 2003
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     | 1,988 views

    ILLUSTRATION… A. W. Tozer, Christian Publications, 1964, p. 90 Worship is to feel in your heart and express in some appropriate manner a humbling but delightful sense of admiring awe and astonished wonder and overpowering love in the presence of that most ancient Mystery, that ...read more

  • The Church Is Like Noah's Ark: The Stench Inside ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lynn Floyd on Jul 29, 2003
    based on 6 ratings
     | 26,938 views

    “The church is like Noah’s ark: The stench inside would be unbearable if it weren’t for the storm outside. It’s true—sometimes we stink and the world is stormy. But as imperfect as we are on this side of heaven, the miracle is that God in fact chooses to ...read more

  • C.h. Spurgeon Once Said, "Prayer Pulls The Rope ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Nov 16, 2007
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    C.H. Spurgeon once said, "Prayer pulls the rope down below and the great bell rings above in the ears of God. Some scarcely stir the bell, for they pray so languidly; others give only an occasional jerk at the rope. But he who communicates with ...read more

  • We Believe In One God-Father, Son And Holy ...

    Contributed by Peter Lobmiller on Apr 28, 2008
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    • We believe in one God-Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Creator of all things. • We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, was crucified, died, was buried, was resurrected, ascended into ...read more

  • Why Do We Cling To The Skirts Of Sorrow? Why ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,731 views

    "Why do we cling to the skirts of sorrow? Why do we cloud with care the brow? Why do we wait for a glad tomorrow Why not gladden the precious now? Eden is yours would you dwell within it? Change mens grief to a gracious ...read more

  • If A Thing Reflects No Light, It Is Black; If It ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    If a thing reflects no light, it is black; if it reflects part of the rays, it is blue or indigo or red; but, if it reflects them all, it is white. We shall seek, not to absorb, but to reflect, the light from heaven. Thus we shall become pure and spotless, like the ...read more

  • Where Grace And Sin Collide

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A pastor wrote: The Cross is the place where grace and sin collide with a crash, but the wreckage is suffered on the heart of God. The sinner walks away free - free from sin’s penalty, free to walk with God, free to live in His Heaven for ...read more

  • How Much Would You Pay?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 4, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,467 views

    HOW MUCH WOULD YOU PAY? Several years ago, USA Today reported the results of a Roper Starch Worldwide survey of the wealthiest 1 percent of U.S. households or the 1 million households that have an annual income of at least $250,000 or a net worth at least $2.5 million. They were asked what they ...read more

  • The First

    Contributed by Robert Kelley on May 16, 2008
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    The first "customer" of the day came into heaven’s gates & St.Peter met him. "Where’s Jesus" I just want to praise Jesus!" Peter greeted him, " That’s great but first you must take a test." The newby proclaimed, "Anything, just to see Jesus." "Ok, said Pete, " Spell God". " g - o- d, no Capital G ...read more

  • The Story Of The Flowers - Graveside Committal ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    THE STORY OF THE FLOWERS - Graveside Committal Service Earl Wheatley of Meridian, Mississippi, shared a funeral observance that has proved quite effective. Before the funeral he tells the funeral director that he needs three flowers: a red one, a white one and a yellow one. These three flowers ...read more

  • A Father Was At The Beach With His Children When ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2007
     | 1,175 views

    A father was at the beach with his children when the four-year-old son ran up to him, grabbed his hand, and led him to the shore where a seagull lay dead in the sand. "Daddy, what happened to him?" the son asked. "He died and went to Heaven," the ...read more

  • A Young Minister, In The First Days Of His New ...  PRO

    Contributed by Noah Kaye on Apr 21, 2005
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     | 3,138 views

    A young minister, in the first days of his new church, was asked to conduct a funeral for a man who had just died. Standing before the open casket and consoling the widow, he said, "I know this must be a very hard thing, Mrs. Vernon. But we must ...read more

  • My Fear Of Making A Mistake Seems To Be Based ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "My fear of making a mistake seems to be based on the hidden assumption that I am potentially perfect and that if I can just be very careful I will not fall from heaven. But a mistake is a declaration of the way I am, a jolt to the way I intend, a reminder ...read more

  • Fickle People Are Marked By Erratic Change In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Fickle people are marked by erratic change in attraction and affection. Fickly people love you or hate you depending on if you are performing satisfactorily and meeting their expectations… in which case you remain the next great hope. But heaven help you if you blow it The crowd that welcomed ...read more

  • Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Feb 9, 2012
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    BLESSED ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT "Those poor in spirit are called "blessed" by Jesus, not because they are in a meritorious condition, but because, precisely in spite of and in the midst of their ever so deplorable condition, the rule of the heavens has moved redemptively upon and through them by ...read more

  • Anyone Else?  PRO

    Contributed by Ian Du Pisanie on Mar 2, 2012
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     | 3,047 views

    ANYONE ELSE? A man falling off a cliff grabs a branch. It starts coming loose, so the man looks to heaven and begs, "Is there anyone up there who can help me?" A deep voice answers, "Yes, just let go and trust me." The ...read more

  • Confessing ...

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 10, 2010
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    Confessing Christ. Some would say that this is too simple. Nothing could be finalized on word of mouth! Yet that is exactly what happens in a wedding. The simple confession “I do” seals the union, bonds two into one, causes the children to leave father and mother and to cleave to one another. ...read more

  • In A Way, As Pastor Rod Parsley Observed In ...

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 20, 2009
     | 3,446 views

    In a way, as Pastor Rod Parsley observed in Culturally Incorrect: How Clashing Worldviews Affect Your Future, today’s worldview isn’t that different from the Sadducees of Jesus’ day. Parsley engages in a bit of word play that goes like this (The Sadducees did not ...read more