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  • Warren Wiersbe, In His Commentary On Ephesians, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Jun 9, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
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    Warren Wiersbe, in his commentary on Ephesians, tells about Hetty Green, who left an estate valued over $100 million dollars. That’s not unusual, except she died in 1916, and she lived like a pauper. She ate cold oatmeal in order to save on heating cost. She would not take her son to get medical ...read more

  • The Hope Of Heaven Is A Powerful Strength For ...

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Dec 1, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,624 views

    The hope of heaven is a powerful strength for godly living that many people seem to virtually ignore in their daily lives. It was Myrtle Erickson who wrote: Think of stepping on a shore and finding it heaven of taking hold of a hand and finding it God’s hand of breathing new air and finding it ...read more

  • Video Illustration: The Beginning Of Mission ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 30, 2004
    based on 1 rating
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    Video Illustration: The Beginning of Mission Impossible when the agent accepts the Mission. We look a video clip like this and we admire this man for accepting the mission and all the risks that go along with it. The truth is we envy this man because he is willing to live his life on the edge and ...read more

  • A.b. Simpson Says In His Book "A Larger Than ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Wafford on Apr 13, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
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    A.B. Simpson says in his book "A Larger than Christian life" and I quote: “It is all connected with a living person. We are not filled with an influence; we are not filled with a sensation; we are not filled with a set of ideas and truths; we are not filled with a blessing, but we are filled with a ...read more

  • In A Certain College There Was A Young Jewish ...

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 26, 2005
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    In a certain college there was a young Jewish girl, who, because of her background was prejudiced against Christianity. One day a very zealous Christian girl rushed into her room and tried to win her to Christ in a few minutes. She failed. But this Jewish girl had a very sweet girl for a room-mate. ...read more

  • Marriage- Gallup Poll Reports 35% Of Americans ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 1,022 views

    Marriage- Gallup Poll reports 35% of Americans 40-64 believe marriage is “very important” if a couple have a child vs. 58% of those 65 and older. Overall, 37% of adults believe a child is a “very important” reason to marry, while 65% say marriage is “very important” if a couple plans to spend their ...read more

  • Holiness

    Contributed by Steven Wunderink on Jul 16, 2007
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    Holiness Are you living a HOLY life? If I went to your friends at work and asked, "Is (you) a Christian?" How would they answer? Would they say "Absolutely! The guy prays at every meal, he will pray with people who are hurting, he always is there to help out, and he is the best employee at our ...read more

  • There Was Another Man Who Earnestly Tried To Make ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Dec 12, 2007
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    There was another man who earnestly tried to make the scriptures come to life. No, I am not talking about a nativity scene with live animals like my friends church. He chose a passage that many in this room know from the book of Isaiah. It says in 11:6, The wolf will live with the lamb, the ...read more

  • This Past July 1st Marked The 70th Year That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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    This past July 1st marked the 70th year that soldiers have stood guard at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. They are meticulous in all that they do. They prepare for their duty thoroughly. They train for hours and hours. Their public and private lives reflect the honor ...read more

  • Religion Says "Try” But The Gospel ...

    Contributed by Brandon Park on Jan 31, 2010
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    Religion says “Try” but the gospel says “trust.” Religion says, “Pay me what you owe,” the gospel says, “I’ll pay what you owe” Religion says, “Live for God,” the gospel says, “Live through God.” Religion says, “Obey the law,” but the gospel says, “Obey the Lord” Religion says “Do,” but the gospel ...read more

  • Holy Spirit: Object Lesson

    Contributed by David Ward on Apr 1, 2010
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    HOLY SPIRIT: OBJECT LESSON To be filled with the Holy Spirit means that we allow him to occupy and control every area of our lives. How much of you does the Holy Spirit have? [Produce two glasses of water and two packets of Alka-Seltzer. Open one packet and empty into one glass; drop the other ...read more

  • The Circumference Of Your World

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on May 15, 2011
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    THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF YOUR WORLD The Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer Robert Louis Stevenson had not enjoyed a single day of good health in 14 years. One day, when he had been forced to set aside his writing because of violent coughing and wracking, his wife said to him, "I ...read more

  • Elvis Growing Up

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Jan 13, 2012
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    ELVIS GROWING UP Elvis once said, "We were an affectionate family. My mother was the most wonderful person in the world. I always felt a little bit lonely--maybe a better word would be 'incomplete'--when I was little. But I could tell my mother about it, how I felt and then the feeling would go ...read more

  • Do You Know The Spirit?

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 8, 2012
     | 2,567 views

    DO YOU KNOW THE SPIRIT? "Consider these honest questions: How many Christians suffer from a spiritual life that is dry and mechanical? How many serve a Jesus, whom they know about from the Bible, but who is not a living reality in their experience? And do we ever wonder why Holy Spirit ...read more

  • The Door

    Contributed by Joe Bertone on Aug 27, 2012
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    THE DOOR There is a small metal door painted white in the side of a tiny mission church in Johannesburg South Africa. This door is changing lives. On it are painted the words “door of hope.” That is exactly what it is for various babies within the city. On average some forty to fifty babies were ...read more

  • Max Lucado: Beside, Under, With Christ?

    Contributed by Kevin Karhoff on Mar 23, 2013
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    MAX LUCADO: BESIDE, UNDER, WITH CHRIST? As Paul said, "It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me" (Gal 2:20). The apostle sensed within himself not just the philosophy, ideals, or influence of Christ but the person of Jesus. Christ moved in. He still does. When grace happens, Christ ...read more

  • Make Disciples - There Is No "Plan B"

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Jul 9, 2018
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     | 6,023 views

    Here's the thing that can be difficult to wrap our minds around: If you make disciples, you always get the church. But if you make a church, you rarely get disciples. Many of us serve in or lead churches where we have hundreds or even thousands of people showing up on Sunday. But we have to ...read more

  • The Ring  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Andrew Stephens on Apr 2, 2002
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    THE RING I told you earlier that my favorite Christmas present was given to me be a lady named Joan Ellis in 1982. Joan is now my mother in law. The gift that she gave me is a wedding ring. It was the set that her husband had given her on their engagement. Her husband Don died in 1978, and she ...read more

  • Fear, Love, Joy  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 7, 2003
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    FEAR, LOVE, JOY In the movie First Knight, Lancelot (played by Richard Gere) is a wanderer and highly skilled swordsman who fights for whoever will pay him. Seeing a princess and her entourage under attack in the woods, he decides to save her. Attracted to the princess, Guinevere, he later visits ...read more

  • In The Early Morning Hours Of September 29, The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,439 views

    In the early morning hours of September 29, the storm hit. Hurricane Juan made landfall in Nova Scotia as a category 2 hurricane with sustained wind speeds of 158 km/h and gusts up to 185 km/h. About three hours later, the storm hit PEI. By then it had weakened to a category 1 hurricane, and was ...read more