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  • Will Is The Whole Man Active. I Cannot Give Up My ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jan 3, 2003
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    Will is the whole man active. I cannot give up my will; I must exercise it. I must will to obey. When God gives a command or a vision of truth, it is never a question of what He will do, but what we will do. To be successful in God’s work is to fall in line with His will and to do it His way. All ...read more

  • Humility?

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 24, 2010
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     | 11,922 views

    HUMILITY? Dr. Harry Ironside was once convicted about his lack of humility. A friend recommended as a remedy, that he march through the streets of Chicago wearing a sandwich board, shouting the scripture verses on the board for all to hear. Dr. Ironside agreed to this venture and when he returned ...read more

  • Leaving The City Of Regret

    Contributed by John Bright on Feb 1, 2025
     | 324 views

    Leaving the City of Regret by Larry Harp I had not really planned on taking a trip this time of year, and yet I found myself packing rather hurriedly. This trip was going to be unpleasant, and I knew in advance that no real good would come of it. I'm talking about my annual "Guilt ...read more

  • Dr. Harry Ironside, A Renowned Preacher Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 19, 2005
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    Dr. Harry Ironside, a renowned preacher of the Gospel, was once convicted about his lack of humility. A friend recommended as a remedy, that he march through the streets of Chicago wearing a sandwich board, shouting the scripture verses on the board for all to hear. Dr. Ironside agreed to this ...read more

  • There Is A Small Cathedral Outside Bethlehem ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,630 views

    THERE IS A SMALL CATHEDRAL OUTSIDE BETHLEHEM THAT MARKS THE SUPPOSED BIRTHPLACE OF JESUS. BEHIND A HIGH ALTAR IS A CAVE LIT BY SILVER LAMPS. THE ONLY WAY TO ENTER THE CAVE IS TO STOOP. THE DOOR IS SO LOW, YOU CAN’T GO IN STANDING UP. 1. YOU CAN SEE THE WORLD WHEN YOU ARE STANDING TALL, BUT TO ...read more

  • The Wyoming Government Had A Problem With Timber ...

    Contributed by Darren Rogers on Sep 6, 2007
    based on 1 rating
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    The Wyoming government had a problem with timber wolves. They offered $5,000 bounty on each wolf captured alive. That turned two men, Sam and Jed, into bounty hunters! Day and night they scoured the mountains looking for wolves. Exhausted one night they fell asleep dreaming about the fortune they ...read more

  • Walt Disney's Leadership  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 30, 2011
    based on 18 ratings
     | 7,866 views

    WALT DISNEY'S LEADERSHIP Walt Disney was a remarkable man of vision. He never gave up. Early in his career a newspaper fired him because they thought he had "no good ideas". That just made Disney try harder. When he was starting out in Kansas City he couldn't sell his cartoons. Some hinted that he ...read more

  • Not Talking To Me...or Is He?

    Contributed by Ryan Davis on Oct 28, 2010
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    NOT TALKING TO ME...OR IS HE? So often those of us who have been coming to church and have been Christians for a long time sit and listen to sermons as if the preacher is talking to everyone else in the auditorium except us. We sit there during the sermon and take in what the preacher is saying, ...read more

  • Too Soon To Quit

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Feb 3, 2009
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    TOO SOON TO QUIT Mark 11:22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. I heard a story of a weak, sickly man. The weak man decided to withdraw from society and die. The man owned a cabin far from any other people. There was a boulder by the edge of the porch, a huge boulder. He ...read more

  • To Build A Bridge

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Apr 4, 2005
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    Illus.: “To Build a Bridge” The Brooklyn Bridge is truly a miracle bridge. In 1863, a creative engineer named John Roebling was inspired by an idea for this spectacular span. Bridge-building experts throughout the world told him it was a crazy idea and that he should forget it. It couldn’t be ...read more

  • Some Of You Are Familiar With The Musical Man Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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    Some of you are familiar with the musical Man of Lamancha. 1. It is the story of Don Quixote, the weird character who jousts with windmills and envisions himself as a knight slaying dragons. 2. The most poignant part of the musical is his relationship with Aldonza. 3. She was a woman of ...read more

  • This Syndrome Also Reminds Me Of When We Had Our ...

    Contributed by Todd Stiles on Mar 27, 2007
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    This syndrome also reminds me of when we had our first child. We’re in the delivery room in Northside Hospital in Atlanta, while my parents and her parents are in the waiting room getting minute-by-minute updates form me! In fact, I recall running out there telling everyone it was a girl because as ...read more

  • Genesis 37: God Knew Joseph Needed A Pit Stop If ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 3, 2007
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    Genesis 37: God knew Joseph needed a Pit Stop if his dreams were ever going to become reality. It makes me think of a young couple who had life going along just like they’d Dreamed. They were happily married with 2 good jobs and 2 healthy little children. Then --- unexpectedly of course --- ...read more

  • Roy Whetstine Was A Rock Collector Who Two Sons ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jun 8, 2009
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    Roy Whetstine was a rock collector whose two sons each had given him five dollars to buy a rock for them at a rock show. One table had a Tupperware container with a large potato-sized rock surrounded by a lot of agates. The sign read: “Any stone $15.” Roy picked up the big rock and asked, “You want ...read more

  • Save One More For Jesus

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 9, 2010
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    Rick Warren about his dad- My father was a minister for over 50 years, serving in small churches. His favorite activity was taking teams of volunteers overseas to build church buildings for small congregations. In his lifetime, Dad built over 150 churches around the world. In 1999, my father ...read more

  • Checkout – These Words From Buchanan About ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Nov 19, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,217 views

    CHECKOUT – these words from Buchanan about borderland, they are powerful and very sobering; Most Christian I know are stuck. We feel caught in jobs we barely endure and often despise, in relationships that plunder us and deepen rather than remove our aloneness, in activities that are soul ...read more

  • Several Years Ago, I Watched A Pbs Special That ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Sep 8, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,657 views

    Several years ago, I watched a PBS Special that covered the events leading up to the "Battle of the Bulge" during WWII. It was the autumn of 1944 and Germany had been beaten back behind its borders. The Nazi war machine was in tatters and the repeated bombing raids of the Allies all but ...read more

  • In One Of His Meetings, D.l. Moody Was Explaining ...

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Jun 18, 2008
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    In one of his meetings, D.L. Moody was explaining to his audience the truth that we cannot bring about spiritual changes in our lives by our own strength. He demonstrated the principal like this: "Tell me," he said to his audience, "how can I get the air out of the tumbler I have in my hand?" One ...read more

  • Ravi Zacharias: A Lecherous Heart

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
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    RAVI ZACHARIAS: A LECHEROUS HEART One of the most powerful stories I have ever heard on the nature of the human heart is told by Malcolm Muggeridge. Working as a journalist in India, he left his residence one evening to go to a nearby river for a swim. As he entered the water, across the river he ...read more

  • Who's In Charge?

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Jun 3, 2023
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     | 1,135 views

    One of the most disturbing movies ever produced is Francis Ford Coppola’s classic reflection on the Vietnam War, Apocalypse Now. The film tracks an American officer who is sent upriver into the heart of the war-torn countryside in order to find and eventually assassinate a renegade commander who ...read more