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  • The Difficulty Some Have In Entering The Doorway ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 9, 2008
     | 940 views

    The difficulty some have in entering the doorway to the kingdom of God is like the experience of the boy who got his hand caught inside an expensive vase. His upset parents applied soapsuds and cooking oil without success. When they seemed ready to break the vase as the only way to ...read more

    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • In All Knowledge And In Every Act Of Love The ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 17, 2010
     | 1,416 views

    In all knowledge and in every act of love the human soul experiences something "over and above," which seems very much like a gift that we receive, or a height to which we are raised. The development of individuals and peoples is likewise located on a height, if we consider the spiritual dimension ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • What's A Parable?

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Dec 11, 2012
     | 2,857 views

    WHAT'S A PARABLE? Some have defined the word parable as "a story by which something real in life is used as a means of presenting a moral thought." Others have said a parable "puts the known next to the unknown so that we may learn." They are usually a story or a narrative taken from nature or ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • When The Port Authority In New York And New ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 10, 2002
    based on 52 ratings
     | 1,381 views

    When the Port Authority in New York and New Jersey ran a help-wanted advertisement for electricians with expertise at using Sontag connectors, they received 170 responses – even though there is no such thing as a Sontag connector. The Authority ran the ad to find out how many applicants falsify ...read more

  • Bruce Wilkinson, Author Of Prayer Of Jabez, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Aug 1, 2005
    based on 17 ratings
     | 3,902 views

    Bruce Wilkinson, author of Prayer of Jabez, said: Sexual immorality is a threshold sin. On one side of the threshold is immorality and on the other is purity. On one side are guilt, lying, deceit, addiction, and shame, an on the other side are freedom, honesty, transparency, liberty, and a clear ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • The Fastest Growing Churches In America Since ‘80 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
     | 1,855 views

    The fastest growing churches in America since ‘80 have been the mega-churches. According to Leadership Network’s NetFax there are about 20,000 of them, while traditional denominations are steadily shrinking. Why? Experts credit it to the pastoral mega-churches asking “What is value?” to a ...read more

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  • I Read The Other Day That Jewelers Use A "Water ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jan 7, 2006
     | 1,711 views

    I read the other day that jewelers use a "water test" as one of the surest ways to identify a true diamond. An imitation stone is never as brilliant as a genuine stone, but sometimes the difference can’t be determined with the unaided eye. Jewelers know that a genuine diamond placed in water ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • 52-62% Of All First Marriages Will Eventually ...

    Contributed by Steve Smith on May 18, 2006
     | 663 views

    • 52-62% of all first marriages will eventually end in legal divorce. Untold others will experience emotional divorce and unsatisfying relationships. • 60% of all remarriages eventually end in legal divorce. • 43% of all marriages are remarriages for at least one of the adults. • 65% of ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jesus Has Taken On The Pain That You Should ...

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Nov 12, 2006
     | 984 views

    Jesus has taken on the pain that you should receive… so we can benefit giving blood is a little bit like this isn’t it you may experience a little bit of pain when the needle is inserted but when you give blood you are giving not necessarily so ...read more

    Denomination: Lutheran

  • According To Dr. Willimon, "For Mary And The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,911 views

    According to Dr. Willimon, “For Mary and the rest of the disciples, it was the appearance of the risen Christ, that enabled them to see what was actually before them. He did not leave them to their own thought processes. He did not expect them to build upon their past experiences. He did not leave ...read more

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  • In What's So Amazing About Grace? Philip Yancey ...

    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Nov 29, 2007
     | 2,285 views

    In What’s So Amazing About Grace? Philip Yancey quotes Mark Twain. Apparently Twain used to say he put a dog and a cat in a cage together as an experiment, to see if they could get along. They did, so he put in a bird, pig and goat. They, too, got along fine after a few ...read more

    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Material Gains Are Not Enough

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jul 26, 2009
     | 2,852 views

    MATERIAL GAINS ARE NOT ENOUGH William Bennett is a great American, Secretary of Education, and a compelling writer. He wrote in wrote in his best seller, America: The Last Best Hope, "Material gains will never be enough for America, if we achieve full employment, have great economic growth, have ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Norman Geisler From His Book, "A Popular Survey ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 19, 2011
     | 2,403 views

    Norman Geisler from his book, "A Popular Survey of the Old Testament" notes the following: Ezekiel begins with a vision of the glory of God, explaining that Judah no longer experiences it because of their sin (1-24). He then speaks of God's visitation in judgment on the nations surrounding Judah ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Jesus Cared

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jan 2, 2013
     | 7,182 views

    JESUS CARED Henri Nouwen once said, "What we see, and like to see, is cure and change. But what we do not see and do not want to see is care: the participation in the pain, the solidarity in the suffering, the sharing in the experience of brokenness. And still, cure without care is as ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • The Day You Enlisted

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Jun 7, 2011
     | 2,712 views

    THE DAY YOU ENLISTED I remember when I enlisted in the U.S. Army. It was at the height of the Viet Nam War. The year was 1967. I had a draft number and was probably going to be drafted – so I went down to the army recruiter and enlisted for three years. I signed on the dotted line, and before ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • John Williams Of J.c. Williams Group, The 3rd ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,553 views

    John Williams of J.C. Williams Group, the 3rd largest consulting firm in the world, delivered some revealing and enlightening observations on the changing face of retail at a recent CBA gathering. These changes reach beyond retail to virtually every organization in America. They are: · Time ...read more

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  • The Winter 1991 Issue Of The University Of ...

    Contributed by Tony Searles on Nov 24, 2006
     | 1,700 views

    The Winter 1991 issue of the University of Pacific Review offers a chilling description of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster: There were two electrical engineers in the control room that night, and the best thing that could be said for what they were doing is they were "playing around" with the ...read more

    Denomination: Other

  • Wayne Cordeiro Tells Of A Receptionist From His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Daniel Devilder on Dec 1, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,074 views

    Wayne Cordeiro tells of a receptionist from his church who has found a “little slice of heaven on earth” around God’s people: He found out she worked her “day job” six days a week, and volunteered to be a receptionist at the church building her one day off. He says: “Why do you come here and do ...read more

    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Picked From The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2010
     | 3,749 views

    Picked From the Fire John Wesley never forgot a terrible night of his childhood. He was only six years old at the time, and he had awakened in the family’s old rectory to find it ablaze from top to bottom. Everyone else had been dragged from the building, but by some extraordinary oversight he had ...read more

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  • Standing Up For Persecuted Christians

    Contributed by John Crowe on Oct 29, 2015
     | 4,143 views

    Michael Horowitz is a Jewish attorney in Washington, D.C. who has done more for persecuted Christians than almost any Christian I know. He recently wrote to me that from his long experience with efforts to help rescue persecuted Christians, his sad experience is that U. S. Christian leaders are ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist