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  • Dead Man Bleeding  PRO

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Feb 5, 2009
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    DEAD MAN BLEEDING The question about impossibilities applied to God's sovereignty is a display of foolish unbelief. A lady brought her husband to the psychiatrist as a last ditch effort; the man thought he was dead. The shrink did everything he could to convince the man otherwise, but the crazy ...read more

  • Sometimes We Look Around Church And People Look ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Mar 10, 2009
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    Sometimes we look around church and people look bored. They might be yawning, sleeping, or texting on their phone - that is not faith! Paul could see faith in the crippled man. Faith is not ...read more

  • There's Always Mountains

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Mar 23, 2009
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    THERE'S ALWAYS MOUNTAINS In the Broadway musical, The Scarlet Pimpernel, the 18th century (fictional) hero encourages his followers by reminding them of David vs. Goliath. The song goes: "David walked into the valley With a stone clutched in his hand He was only a boy But he knew someone must ...read more

  • A Christian Surgeon Once Said, "I Feel So Close ...

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Mar 31, 2009
     | 1,791 views

    A Christian surgeon once said, "I feel so close to God when I am operating that I don’t know where my ...read more

  • Saving Someone's Life

    Contributed by Curtis Donald, Sr. on May 21, 2009
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    SAVING SOMEONE'S LIFE I read an article on yesterday that was entitled 7 signs of a stroke. The writer suggested that knowing the signs of a stroke may save someone’s life. I want to tell us tonight that understanding both the symptoms of and the solution to living with low ...read more

  • Do You Trust God?

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jun 8, 2009
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    DO YOU TRUST GOD? There was a Seinfeld episode where Kramer scoots into Jerry’s apartment where Jerry and George are talking, and he says "Do you guys want to have some fun!" George and Jerry say "Sure." And then Kramer says "Do you really want to have some fun? Or are you just saying you want to ...read more

  • If The Blind Put Their Hand In God's  PRO

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jun 11, 2009
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    If the Blind Put Their Hand in God’s Helen Keller, shortly before her sixtieth birthday, expressed pity for the real unseeing, for those who have eyes yet do not see. Her long years of physical blindness have given her a spiritual insight which enables her to enjoy life in all its fullness. She ...read more

  • Drink Deeply  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,595 views

    DRINK DEEPLY Picture this: You have just finished a ten-mile hike on a 95 degree day, and on the entire journey you haven’t had a thing to drink. Stumbling with thirst, you come to your father’s house and plea for water. With love and concern, he brings you a cold pitcher of water and a glass and ...read more

  • Risks: Audacity

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Sep 23, 2009
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    RISKS: AUDACITY General Robert E. Lee has been called "Audacity Personified," because he was ...read more

  • Safe As In Bed

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Oct 15, 2009
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    SAFE AS IN BED In the movie Gods and Generals, one of Stonewall Jackson’s staff officers asked him how he can be so peaceful and calm when there are bullets, shells, and death all around him? He responded, ...read more

  • Losing A Child

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Dec 4, 2009
     | 1,741 views

    When the parent loses a child they seek answers and beg to have things reversed, often rather than seeking God himself and his comfort. We are to try and look at things from His perspective, but most importantly we are to strengthen our faith in the fact that God uses all things for good, - for ...read more

  • According To The Associated Press,

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 28, 2009
     | 1,406 views

    According to the Associated Press, "Philippine troops went house to house Thursday threatening to use force to move hundreds of residents from the steaming slopes of a lava-spilling volcano. Some farmers begged to stay to guard their livestock while their families spent Christmas Eve in a shelter. ...read more

  • R. Eliezer The Great Declares: Whoever Has A ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 28, 2009
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    "R. Eliezer the Great declares: Whoever has a piece of bread in his basket and says. ’What shall I eat tomorrow?’ belongs only ...read more

  • If I Survive, I'll Be Ok

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 27, 2010
     | 2,480 views

    IF I SURVIVE, I'LL BE OK John Ortberg tells the story of going to a dude ranch in Arizona at the instance of his wife who felt the vacation was not complete without "the exhilaration of a truly challenging horseback ride." (His exact words.) The first time he went out at the ranch, he did so with ...read more

  • You Have To Get In

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 27, 2010
     | 1,792 views

    YOU HAVE TO GET IN A trapeze artist once supposedly boasted that he could take a person seated in a wheelbarrow across a tightrope many hundreds of feet up between two tall buildings. "Who thinks I can do it?" he asked a crowd who had gathered to watch. One man raised his ...read more

  • Getting In/Out Of The Boat

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 27, 2010
     | 2,548 views

    GETTING IN/OUT OF THE BOAT In our life journey with God, there are moments when we are to get out of the boat because our faith and trust in the Lord needs to grow. But, there are also moments when we need to get back in the boat because we need to rest and be ...read more

  • Holding On

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Mar 18, 2010
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     | 7,242 views

    HOLDING ON Let me share a story from Chuck Swindoll. "Four guys decided to go mountain climbing one weekend. In the middle of the climb, one fella slipped over a cliff, dropped about 60 feet and landed with a thud on the ledge below. The other three hoping to rescue him yelled, 'Joe, are you ...read more

  • Open Your Eyes

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Mar 27, 2010
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    OPEN YOUR EYES My granddaughter was here yesterday. She is two years old. I pointed out some pelicans sitting on a pole, but for a long time she could not see them. She didn't know where to look. I should talk. I ask my wife sometimes "Where are the car keys?" She says "Have a girl look and ...read more

  • Reason At Rest

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 11, 2010
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     | 3,522 views

    "Faith is reason at rest with ...read more

  • One Small Step

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jun 26, 2010
     | 1,772 views

    ONE SMALL STEP As a boy he was active in the Boy Scouts, and had earned the rank of Eagle Scout. He was only the second person in his family to attend college. In 1950, a week after his 20th birthday, he became a Naval Aviator and then later an ASTRONAUT. Watching television as the dramatic ...read more