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  • Passion For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2008
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    Passion for God A. W. Tozer said, “God dwells in a state of perpetual enthusiasm. He is delighted with all that is good and lovingly concerned about all that is wrong. He pursues His labors always in a fullness of holy zeal. No wonder the Spirit came at Pentecost as a sound of a rushing mighty ...read more

  • Amy Carmichael, Missionary To India's Children, ...

    Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Apr 14, 2010
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    Amy Carmichael, missionary to India's children, said her ability to trust God began with her confidence in God's character. She believed that God is, first and always, a loving Father. She believed God was in control, and everything He allowed into her life was ultimately for her good. And as she ...read more

  • Miracles: The Two Boxes

    Contributed by Michael Walther on Jun 7, 2011
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    MIRACLES: THE TWO BOXES Ron Nash spoke to a group of Russian scientists who had been taught all their lives that there is no such thing as miracles. He put two cardboard boxes in front of them. The first box was closed. Ron said, "This is the way you see the world. The box represents the material ...read more

  • The Desire For Love

    Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Aug 8, 2024
     | 816 views

    The Desire for Love Humor: A couple who had been chatting online for weeks finally met on their first date. After an expensive meal in an upscale restaurant, the lady plucked a daisy from the flower arrangement on the table, pulling the pedals off one by one. She repeated to herself, “He loves me, ...read more

  • A Change Of Policy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 19, 2012
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    A CHANGE OF POLICY Last June, the city of Alameda, California immediately changed its policies after its first responders stood by and watched a man drown in the San Francisco Bay. The first responders didn’t venture out into the muddy waters of the bay, even as the man started treading water and ...read more

  • Three Feet Away

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Dec 14, 2020
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    During the gold rush, a man from Ohio traveled to California. It had taken him months to get there. He had to get a claim and register it and buy tools before he could start mining. The Ohioan had been mining for months. Finally after all the hard work and finding nothing quit his claim. He was ...read more

  • Never Give Up  PRO

    Contributed by David Parks on Sep 18, 2006
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    NEVER GIVE UP Haddon Robinson tells the following story. I hope you appreciate it as I did. It was New Year’s Day, 1929, and Georgia Tech. and UCLA were battling it out in the Rose Bowl. Georgia Tech. fumbled the football late in the first half. Roy Riggles recovered for California. Picking up the ...read more

  • An Arm Around Me  PRO

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Nov 26, 2003
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    AN ARM AROUND ME This is a great story that I read in Prevention magazine last month. It is written by Dr. Ned Hallowell, a child and adult psychiatrist. “When I was in the first grade, I had trouble reading. Back then, if you had trouble reading, you could easily be dismissed as stupid, or you ...read more

  • The Movie "Mighty Ducks" Is A David Vs Goliath ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Cassara on Sep 8, 2001
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    The movie "Mighty Ducks" is a David vs Goliath type of film. Gordon Bombay, a high priced lawyer with a prestigious law firm is arrested for DWI and ordered to perform 500 hours of community service. His assignment is to coach a pee wee hockey team made up of a bunch of misfits and troubled kids ...read more

  • While We Are Reviewing The Ten Commandments, Let ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 12, 2007
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    While we are reviewing the Ten Commandments, let me also give you some “sign language” to remember all ten in order. 1 – Raise your index finger – I am the Lord, your God. You shall have no other gods before me. 2 – Raise your first two fingers – The second looks like the first – but it isn’t. ...read more

  • God: Missing In Action From American History By ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 10, 2006
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    God: Missing in Action from American History by David Barton (First published in the June 2005 issue of The NRB Magazine magazine): American history today has become a dreary academic subject. Yet, most who are bored by American history view Bible history quite differently: they love the stories of ...read more

  • Have You Ever Heard The Old Timers Talk About The ...

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Apr 21, 2009
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    Have you ever heard the old timers talk about the great blizzard of ’82 or ’85? When I was young they talked about the great blizzard of ’02 or ’04 – or whatever year it was. I heard and read about those great blizzards that would catch the ranchers unprepared and destroy many of them. Hundreds ...read more

  • Possessed Of A Good Income, Guaranteeing The ...

    Contributed by Stephen Wright on Mar 11, 2006
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    Possessed of a good income, guaranteeing the supply of every need, it is of little moment that God has pledged himself to provide all needful things for those who seek his kingdom first. Environed by troops of faithful friends, like so many successive lines of defence entrenched in the strong ...read more

  • Why Blood?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,351 views

    WHY BLOOD? On February 16, 1989 the lives of George and Vera Bajenksi of Ontario, Canada were changed forever. It was a very normal Thursday morning. The phone rang at 9:15 a.m. There was an accident involving their son Ben. As they approached the intersection of Adelaide and Simcoe Streets near ...read more

  • When Dr. Larry Stephenson Arrived In Somalia To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Henes on Jun 23, 2004
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    When Dr. Larry Stephenson arrived in Somalia to work among lepers there, he was instantly welcome. He wouldn’t have been, except for his weakness. Several years earlier in a farming accident, Larry lost all but the first knuckle of the four fingers of his left hand. It sometimes was a handicap for ...read more

  • Well, There Is A Christian Connection With All ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Tkachuk on Dec 21, 2004
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    Well, there is a Christian connection with all of things we think about at Christmas including gift giving and Christ’s birthday. We give gifts because we attempt to humbly imitate God the Father who gave His Son as His gift to us on that first Christmas morning. Gifts were also brought by the ...read more

  • A Pirate Had A Wooden Leg, A Hook On One Arm, And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Brincefield on May 31, 2007
    based on 24 ratings
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    A pirate had a wooden leg, a hook on one arm, and a patch over one eye. Someone asked him how these things happened. He said that a whale bit off his leg,... a crocodile had chewed off his hand,... and a bird dropping hit him in the eye. The other guy replied that he understood about the ...read more

  • Theologian Wolfhart Pannenberg Said That …the ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Theologian Wolfhart Pannenberg said that …the evidence for Jesus’ resurrection is so strong that nobody would question it except for two things: First, it is a very unusual event. And second, if you believe it happened, you have to change the way you live. [2] Wolfhart Pannenberg, in a conversation ...read more

  • I Found An Interesting Story In A Book Of Bible ...

    Contributed by A. David Hart on Apr 13, 2008
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    I found an interesting story in a book of Bible Illustrations, which brought to life a truth that we the church should follow. It said, An old man once said, that it took him forty years to learn three simple things. The first was that he could not do anything to save himself; the second was that ...read more

  • If I Had A Nickel For Every Blunder I Made…

    Contributed by James Snyder on Jul 18, 2020
     | 2,010 views

    I am not very agile when it comes to finances. Do not get me wrong, I know how to spend money; it is just that I do not know how to save money. Somewhere I lost my little piggy bank. One of my father's favorite quotes was, "A penny saved is a penny earned." It never made sense to me, ...read more