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  • Jim Cymbala Began At The Brooklyn Tabernacle As ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 27, 2000
    based on 165 ratings
     | 7,543 views

    Jim Cymbala began at the Brooklyn Tabernacle as an ill-equipped, under-educated, time-strapped preacher who led a second congregation in New Jersey. The Brooklyn church had no money to pay him, a ramshackle building, and barely enough attendance to bother with weekly meetings. Today, the ...read more

  • One Of The Most Dramatic Symbols Of The New ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Chapman on Nov 6, 2000
    based on 84 ratings
     | 2,679 views

    One of the most dramatic symbols of the new political freedoms in the worlds was the tearing down of the Berlin Wall. In 1990, church leaders invited Billy Graham to conduct a rally at the Brandenburg Gate. They said that rock stars, entertainers, and political groups had rallied at the Wall, but ...read more

  • Lewis Smedes, Professor Of Theology And Ethics At ...  PRO

    Contributed by Aaron Jones on Mar 5, 2001
    based on 129 ratings
     | 3,673 views

    Lewis Smedes, professor of theology and ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary was asked this very question about suicide in the July 2000 issue of Christianity Today. He summarized his thoughts by writing, "I believe that, as Christians, we should worry less about whether Christians who have ...read more

  • Royt Blount, Quoted By Karin Winegar In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2005
     | 1,453 views

    Royt Blount, quoted by Karin Winegar in Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune When Ralph Houk was manager of the New York Yankees, baseball schedules were even more exacting than they are now, with double-headers almost every week. Occasionally a player would get sick of the grind and approach Houk, ...read more

  • If I Said To You, "Thou Shalt Not Think Of A ...

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Oct 20, 2004
     | 1,771 views

    If I said to you, "Thou shalt not think of a purple elephant," - sud­denly, you would be able to think of nothing else. But, if I then set before you a huge hot fudge sundae - creamy Blue Bell vanilla ice cream, laced with deep dark fudge, topped with mounds of whipped cream, lightly toasted ...read more

  • A Woman Approached A Well-Known Preacher Who Had ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on May 5, 2007
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    A woman approached a well-known preacher who had just returned from the mission field in a third world country where occult worship was wide-spread and he had seen a great deal of actual deliverances from demon possession in the power of the Holy Spirit. He had preached on that subject, telling ...read more

  • Several Years Ago A Submarine Was Being Tested ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,636 views

    Several years ago a submarine was being tested and had to remain submerged for many hours. When it returned to the harbor, the captain was asked, "How did the terrible storm last night affect you?" The officer looked at him in surprise and exclaimed, "Storm? We didn’t even know there was one" The ...read more

  • Poem Called Hope  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 26, 2007
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     | 2,628 views

    Poem called Hope It’s magic and it’s free. It’s not in a prescription. It’s not in an IV. It punctuates our laughter, it sparkles in our tears. It simmers under sorrows, and dissipates our fears. Do you know what Hope is? It’s reaching past today. It’s dreaming of tomorrow. It’s trying a ...read more

  • In A Dvd Presentation Of The Work Of A Christian ...

    Contributed by Peter Bines on Jan 22, 2008
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    In a DVD presentation of the work of a Christian Hospital in Madagascar one particularly encouraging story was that of an elderly and blind woman who walked to the hospital with her daughter. She was checked out by the eye specialist who found that, sadly, one eye was completely useless; but the ...read more

  • F. B. Meyer Was Pastor Of Christ's Church In ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Feb 9, 2008
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    “F. B. Meyer was pastor of Christ’s Church in London at the time that G. Campbell Morgan was pastor of Westminster Chapel and Charles H. Spurgeon was pastor of the Metropolitan Chapel. Both Morgan and Spurgeon often had much larger audiences than did Meyer. Troubled by envy, Meyer confessed that ...read more

  • When I Was 8 Years Old, My Mother Took My Sister ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 25, 2008
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    When I was 8 years old, my mother took my sister and I to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC. It is a fascinating place where you can spend days seeing everything. Of particular interest to me was a large whale in the mammals exhibition. It was big and took up the size of a large room. ...read more

  • A City Dweller Turned Farmer Went To The Local ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 17, 2008
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    A city dweller turned farmer went to the local feed store to get some answers: his best cow had stopped producing milk. “Are you feeding her right?” asked the storeowner. “Just what you sold me,” replied the rookie. “Are you milking her every day?” the owner asked. “Just about. Sometimes when I ...read more

  • John Demitt's Wife

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Apr 23, 2008
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    JOHN DEMITT'S WIFE When I preached in Circleville about Angels, the pastors wife told me her story. She went down into town with the kids to do laundry. A terrible winter storm hit while she was there. She was really afraid, so she prayed for God's protection for the trip back up the hill to her ...read more

  • The Power Of Love

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
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    THE POWER OF LOVE An old fable tells how different instruments tried to master a piece of iron. The blows of the ax fell heavily, but its edge became more and more blunt. The saw’s relentless teeth worked until they were worn down or broken The hammer’s head flew off at the first stroke. Despite ...read more

  • The Conductor's Job

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 11, 2009
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    THE CONDUCTOR’S JOB In a symphony orchestra, a violinist will not go around checking what a trombonist is playing, nor will an oboist worry about whether a trumpeter will come in on time. That is the business of the conductor. These people play their parts and the conductor puts it all together. ...read more

  • Tenth Hours

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
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    TENTH HOURS Napoleon said that in every battle there [is] a period of ten or fifteen minutes which decides the issue of the conflict. Certainly in the battle of life there are moments and hours which, so far as we can tell, determine our history: hours when the spirit in which we lived, the step ...read more

  • Suddenly Out Of The Sky Three Great Bolts Of ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 17, 2009
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    Suddenly out of the sky three great bolts of lightning flashed simultaneously. What a display of power. On March 5, 1979, what was called “the most powerful burst of energy ever recorded” occurred. It was described as follows: “The burst of gamma radiation picked up by the satellites lasted ...read more

  • Tenth Hours

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,649 views

    TENTH HOURS Napoleon said that in every battle there [is] a period of ten or fifteen minutes which decides the issue of the conflict. Certainly in the battle of life there are moments and hours which, so far as we can tell, determine our history: hours when the spirit in which we lived, the step ...read more

  • A Lighthouse ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Aug 15, 2009
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    “A Lighthouse Lesson” A friend told us that he was visiting a lighthouse lately, and he said to the keeper, “Are you not afraid to live here? It is a dreadful place to be in constantly.” “No,” replied the man, “I am not afraid; we never think of ourselves here.” “Never think of yourselves! How ...read more

  • What The Word "Dwelling In Us" Looks Like

    Contributed by Rickey Bennett on Aug 18, 2009
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    WHAT THE WORD "DWELLING IN US" LOOKS LIKE I think Sam Storms, in his book on Colossians, describes well what it looks like for the word of Christ to dwell in us. He talks about the Scriptures calling out to us. "Don’t just read me," they seem to say. "Feast on me! Meditate! Ruminate! Saturate your ...read more