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  • What Is Faith?  PRO

    Contributed by Eric Peloquin on Dec 1, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,096 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

  • Retail Spending Decreasing

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008
     | 1,436 views

    RETAIL SPENDING DECREASING "The retail numbers leave little doubt that shoppers are in belt-tightening mode," TNS Retail Forward says. "No part of retail spending is immune right now. From stores to online retailers and lower-income to higher-income shoppers, ...read more

  • What I Like To Do Is To Treat Words As A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,741 views

    "What I like to do is to treat words as a craftsman does his wood or stone or what-have-you, to hew, carve, mold, coil, polish, and plane them into patterns, sequences, sculptures, fugues of sound expressing some lyrical impulse, some ...read more

  • How You Spend The Time That Is Your Own Will ...

    Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Aug 10, 2009
     | 1,524 views

    “How you spend the time that is your own will greatly determine what you think about. No doubt about it – Satan brings his greatest temptations to people when they have time on their hands. It takes discipline of character and proper goals to handle correctly the ...read more

  • A Defendant Was On Trial For Murder In Oklahoma. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Eric Snyder on Oct 22, 2001
    based on 232 ratings
     | 3,684 views

    A defendant was on trial for murder in Oklahoma. There was strong evidence indicating guilt, but there was no corpse. In the defense’s closing statement the lawyer, knowing that his client would probably be convicted, resorted to a trick. "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I have a surprise for you ...read more

  • A Defendant Was On Trial For Murder In Oklahoma. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Cockroft on Jun 28, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,932 views

    A defendant was on trial for murder in Oklahoma. There was strong evidence indicating guilt, but there was no corpse. In the defense’s closing statement the lawyer, knowing that his client would probably be convicted, resorted to a trick. "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I have a surprise for you ...read more

  • The Nature Of Unbelief

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Jan 21, 2009
     | 5,584 views

    The Nature of Unbelief In Ernest Hemmingway’s Green Hills of Africa, he hunts for sable. He shoots a large chestnut-colored cow, and then sees an immense black bull, which he shoots but badly. He finds the cow, but he and his team of trackers and porters search all day for the bull. The language ...read more

  • The Following Ad Once Appeared In A London ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on Nov 12, 2001
    based on 50 ratings
     | 4,241 views

    The following ad once appeared in a London newspaper: "Men wanted for hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful." The ad was signed by Sir Ernest Shackleton, Antarctic explorer. Amazingly, the ad drew thousands of ...read more

  • William Bathurst: O For A Faith!

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Aug 24, 2003
     | 3,974 views

    William Bathurst once said, “O for a faith that will not shrink, Tho pressed by every foe, That will not tremble on the brink Of any earthly woe! That will not murmur nor complain Beneath the chastening rod, But, in the hour of grief or pain, Will lean upon its God; A faith that shines more ...read more

  • A. W. Tozer Said, "I Think There Is Little Do...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
     | 1,581 views

    A. W. Tozer said, "I think there is little doubt that the teaching of salvation without [repentance] has lowered the moral standards of the Church and produced a multitude of deceived religious professors who erroneously believe themselves to be saved when in fact they are still in the gall of ...read more

  • O For A Faith

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 12, 2010
     | 2,841 views

    O For a Faith O for a faith that will not shrink, ‘Tho pressed by every foe, That will not tremble on the brink Of any earthly woe! That will not murmur nor complain Beneath the chastening rod, But, in the hour of grief or pain, Will lean upon its God; A faith that shines more bright and ...read more

  • On Action

    Contributed by Dr Kory Letoa on Sep 4, 2011
     | 3,233 views

    ON ACTION Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone. Charles de Gaulle Action should not be confused with haste. Lee Iacocca He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions. J. F. ...read more

  • Jake Had Been Struggling With His Faith Since ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Jun 16, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,738 views

    Jake had been struggling with his faith since his cancer surgery. He was only 22 and had experienced so much and had so many doubts and questions. He decided to enter a theological seminary to study God’s word and hopefully find some answers. When he ...read more

  • The Coworker Replied, 'it Is Like Being A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 8, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,017 views

    The coworker replied, ’It is like being a pumpkin.’ God picks you from the patch, brings you in, and washes all the dirt off of you. Then He cuts off the top and scoops out all the yucky stuff. He removes the seeds of doubt, hate, and greed. Then He carves you ...read more

  • When My External Environment Is Clouded In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,609 views

    "When my external environment is clouded in doubt and despair...when the tempests of destruction are making my dreams of success tremble like the topmost spar of a helpless ship -- when the skies seem to hold the closing ruin of all my fondest hopes, my mind, superior amid the outrages of this ...read more

  • Once Upon A Time, A Young Minister Tried To Quit ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dan Waite on Dec 20, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,638 views

    Once upon a time, a young minister tried to quit the ministry in absolute disgust. He was tired of the immaturity of the people and disillusioned by the politics and lack of spirituality of the leadership. He “reasoned” if the church, God’s ambassadors, was that badly corrupted then Christianity ...read more

  • Joy, Must Be Sharply Distinguished Both From ...

    Contributed by George Mansfield on Feb 4, 2008
     | 1,451 views

    “Joy, must be sharply distinguished both from Happiness and Pleasure. Joy has indeed one characteristic, and one only, in common with them; the fact that anyone who has experienced it will want it again...I doubt whether anyone who has tasted it would ever, if both were in his power, exchange it ...read more

  • Asking Ourselves "What Would Jesus ...  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on May 23, 2001
    based on 65 ratings
     | 1,822 views

    "Asking ourselves “What would Jesus do?” when suddenly in the face of an important situation is not adequate discipline or preparation to enable one to live as he lived. It no doubt will do some good and is certainly better than nothing at all, but that act alone is not sufficient to see us boldly ...read more

  • I Am Baptised!  PRO

    Contributed by Philip Gill on Jan 11, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,221 views

    I am Baptised! Apparently Martin Luther, the great 16th figure of the reformation used to take great comfort from these words. When it seemed to him that the whole church had left the precepts of the Gospel, when he was under scrutiny from Church officials as to the truth of his beliefs, ...read more

  • Asking The Tough Questions Is Good Medicine! ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Aug 11, 2007
     | 1,411 views

    Asking the tough questions is good medicine! James L. Mays, Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament Interpretation at Union Theological Seminar in Virginia talks about how “Christians who live in a world that constantly raises the question ‘Where is your God’ {shows} the real nature of our ...read more

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