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  • Looking Back, Looking Forward  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 28, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
     | 47,286 views

    LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD Hudson Taylor founder of China Inland Mission) used to hang in his home a plaque with two Hebrew Words on it: EBENEZER & JEHOVAH JIREH. The first word means ‘Hitherto hath the Lord helped us’ and the second, ‘The Lord will see to it or provide.’ One looked back while ...read more

  • Staring Death In The Face  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 21, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,968 views

    STARING DEATH IN THE FACE "The first button, the second button, the third button and then we saw the belt." This is what Baruch Neuman said when he realized he was facing a suicide bomber. Is that not how Satan attacks? Once glance, another thought, and then we are in bondage to a sin that we ...read more

  • Your Death And My Death Are Mainly Of ...

    Contributed by Sean Smuts on Jan 29, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,705 views

    "Your death and my death are mainly of importance to ourselves. The black plumes will be stripped off our hearses within the hour; tears will dry, hurt hearts close again, our graves grow level with the church-yard, and although we are away, the world wags on. It does not miss us, and those who ...read more

  • You Never Know How Much You Really Believe ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,334 views

    You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death. It is easy to say you believe a rope to be strong as long as you are merely using it to cord a box. But suppose you had to hang by that rope over a precipice. ...read more

  • You Never Know How Much You Really Believe ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,681 views

    You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death. It is easy to say you believe a rope to be strong as long as you are merely using it to cord a box. But suppose you had to hang by that rope over a precipice. ...read more

  • Thomas Watson -- Sin Is Such A Trade That ...

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Dec 28, 2006
     | 1,567 views

    Thomas Watson -- Sin is such a trade that whoever follows is sure to break. What did Achan get by his wedge of gold? It was a wedge to cleave asunder his soul from God. What did Judas get by his treason? He purchased a halter. What did King Ahaz get by worshiping the gods of Damascus? ...read more

  • Consumers Spent More On Online Content In '05 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
     | 1,096 views

    Consumers Spent more on online content in ’05 than ever before. The average annual spending per customer topped $100 for the first time, according to an Online Publishers Assoc. study. Categories with revenue growth: business/ investment, credit help, entertainment/lifestyle, greeting cards, ...read more

  • A Man Was Out Fishing In His Boat, When He ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dan Mahan on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,543 views

    A man was out fishing in his boat, when he hooked into a large bass. He fought the fish for quite awhile, and finally got it reeled into the boat. He could not believe his eyes. It was a 37 pound striper, a prize keeper. On the shore, he ran into a second fisherman who had a stringer with a ...read more

  • I Remember Our Friend Taylor Hendley Who Took ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 28, 2004
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     | 3,475 views

    I remember our friend Taylor Hendley who took teams of missionaries to Russia when it first opened it’s doors to us. He described how people would walk from miles around (many all night) to come to worship in a small one-room church with no heat. How to accommodate as many people as ...read more

  • The Great Anglican Bishop, J. C. Ryle, Said Of ...

    Contributed by Robert Walter on Dec 24, 2004
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    The great Anglican Bishop, J. C. Ryle, said of these first seekers of truth (the Magi), “We read of no greater faith than this in all the Bible. It is a faith that deserves to be placed side by side with that of the penitent thief. The thief saw one dying the death of a malefactor and yet prayed to ...read more

  • God's Love Is Everything

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 18, 2009
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    GOD'S LOVE IS EVERYTHING The Pope tells us that "For the Church, instructed by the Gospel, charity is everything because, as Saint John teaches (cf. 1 Jn 4:8, 16) and as I recalled in my first Encyclical Letter, 'God is love'...: everything has its origin in God’s love, everything is shaped by it, ...read more

  • Attitude Pattern: Jonah

    Contributed by Timothy Gardner on Nov 7, 2009
     | 5,936 views

    ATTITUDE PATTERN: JONAH The pattern of attitude toward God: We bailed when God says go. A storm brews. Our shipmates are scared. We admit it’s our fault. We are thrown from the boat. We sink. Something big swallows us. We repent. We pray ...read more

  • Quote: C. S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010
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     | 2,353 views

    Quote: C. S. Lewis, A Grief Observed: "You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death. It is easy to say you believe a rope to be strong as long as you are merely using it to cord a box. But suppose you had to hang ...read more

  • The Lion And The Book

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Mar 20, 2011
     | 2,748 views

    THE LION AND THE BOOK Two explorers were on a jungle safari when suddenly a ferocious lion jumped in front of them. "Keep calm," the first explorer whispered. "Remember what we read in that book on wild animals? If you stand perfectly still and look the lion in the eye, he will turn and ...read more

  • Abraham Kuyper: "Among The Divine Works Of Art ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 13, 2012
     | 1,271 views

    Abraham Kuyper: "Among the divine works of art produced by the Holy Spirit, the Sacred Scripture stands first. It may seem incredible that the printed pages of a book should excel His spiritual work in human hearts, yet we assign to the Sacred Scripture the most conspicuous place without ...read more

  • Now I Understand  PRO

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Apr 24, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,884 views

    NOW I UNDERSTAND It reminds me of an older lady, who had no affinity for contemporary worship, who was complaining about a particular song used in the worship service at her church. A fellow worshipper responded, "Why, that is not a new song -- it is a very old song! David sang that song to Saul." ...read more

  • Who To Worry ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2012
     | 6,849 views

    WHO TO WORRY ABOUT I remember an old Amish man sitting on the back of his produce wagon doing a little philosophizing as he sold his wares. He said, “Never worry about your enemy because if anything happens to you he will be the first one they will suspect. Worry about you friend ...read more

  • A Thankful Heart

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Nov 21, 2019
     | 5,039 views

    Matthew Henry, the famous Bible scholar, was once accosted by thieves and robbed of his billfold. He wrote these memorable words in his diary: "Let me be thankful, first, because I have never been robbed before; second, although they took my billfold, they did not take my life; third, ...read more

  • A Man Was Out Fishing In His Boat, When He ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,488 views

    A man was out fishing in his boat, when he hooked into a large bass. He fought the fish for quite awhile, and finally got it reeled into the boat. He could not believe his eyes. It was a 37 pound striper, a prize keeper. On the shore, he ran into a second fisherman who had a stringer with a dozen ...read more

  • A.w. Tozer Said Something Quite Insightful In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,983 views

    A.W. Tozer said something quite insightful in terms of overall service: Before the judgment seat of Christ my service will not be judged by how much I have done but by how much of me there is in it. No man gives at all until he has given all. No man gives anything ...read more