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  • Philippine Missionary Fellowship, Inc. Is A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Santos on Sep 23, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,348 views

    Philippine Missionary Fellowship, Inc. is a mission-organization founded in 1957. It is now 46 years old. Members, workers, leaders and sponsors have come and go but the mission of the Lord is continuously growing and doing mightily in the sight of God. At present, there are 260 workers in the ...read more

  • I Can Remember In My Very Early Bible College ...

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Feb 20, 2005
     | 1,218 views

    I can remember in my very early Bible college days, how that a love for the Word of God begin to develop within my own life. I had one particular instructor, Kelsey Griffin, who really turned me on to the power of the Word of God. I can remember sitting up night and night and poring over ...read more

  • Jeff Hartings (Steelers Center) Accompanied ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 27, 2006
     | 1,213 views

    Jeff Hartings (Steelers Center) accompanied Steelers chaplain Jay Wilson on a mission trip to Nicaragua in 2004 and said that trip, along with the knee injury he overcame to gain his Pro Bowl status, has changed his career. “God humbled me with the injury, but over last three years I’ve been able ...read more

  • How An Animal Migrates Is Significant In ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 27, 2006
     | 1,276 views

    How an animal migrates is significant in determining how much energy is needed as well as how much must be stored in the body. Flying, for example, is more physically intensive than walking or swimming, so migratory birds must build up large energy stores before they set off. Just before spring and ...read more

  • In 246bc, When 14year Old Ying Zheng Ascended The ...

    Contributed by Amanda Wilson on Aug 26, 2007
     | 1,723 views

    In 246BC, when 14year old Ying Zheng ascended the throne of the Chin provence of China and took for himself the title first emperor, he made his plans clear. And he proceeded to war against his neighbouring states until he had united China and made himself it’s emperor. But his plans did not stop ...read more

  • A Few Years Ago The Plain English Campaign Ran A ...

    Contributed by David Moore on Jul 11, 2008
     | 2,074 views

    A few years ago the Plain English Campaign ran a national survey that found that some people would rather have a grander job title than a pay rise. This might seem astonishing, but upgrading job titles has apparently become more and more popular as employers try to keep their staff happy. Here are ...read more

  • Crime And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
     | 1,904 views

    CRIME AND PUNISHMENT At the foot of the gallows, the condemned man recited Psalm 51 and added a word of personal repentance. A shroud was placed over his head, and he climbed the ladder, which the executioner then pulled away, leaving him to “dance upon nothing,” as the vernacular put it. ...read more

  • Taken Out By ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 12, 2009
     | 1,546 views

    TAKEN OUT BY WATERMELONS Years ago, I went to the Sultan Centre in Salmiya. This was back in the days when it was the only one in town, and you were still allowed to take your shopping cart up that moving ramp to the second floor. I had gone upstairs after getting some groceries. As I was coming ...read more

  • The Way We Value Our Stuff Can Get Out-Of-Whack. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Doane Brubaker on May 3, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,380 views

    The way we value our stuff can get out-of-whack. One day in San Antonio the temperature had risen to 99 degrees. Fred Arriola, a wrecker driver stopped his truck in the street because he saw two women hysterically running around a car and a neighbor trying to unlock it with a hanger. Inside was ...read more

  • The Wondrous Cross  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on May 18, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,115 views

    THE WONDROUS CROSS Gal. 6:14 inspired Isaac Watts to compose one of modern Christendom’s favorite hymns. While preparing for a communion service in 1707, Isaac Watts wrote this deeply moving and very personal expression of gratitude for the amazing love that the death of Christ on the cross ...read more

  • Chargers Vs. Broncos

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Jun 16, 2009
     | 1,222 views

    I was looking for modern day example of Paul’s heart, and I found it to some degree in an NFL football player. In a game between the San Diego Chargers and the Denver Broncos on December 10, 2006, Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson (known as L.T.) took his position the same way he had done ...read more

  • Focus On Christ

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,144 views

    FOCUS ON CHRIST This bit of strange news was released by the Associated Press this past week: RIVERTON, Wyo. -- Officials say a magnifying glass set on a stand in a sunny room started a small blaze in a Wyoming home. UPS worker Buddy Armstrong was delivering a package to 84-year-old Thomas ...read more

  • Roberts Book "One Thing” And He ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 7, 2010
     | 1,423 views

    Roberts book “One Thing” and he states this about our society, “We’ve been bombarded from every angle by the media, and their message is always the same: you don’t look good enough, smell good enough, sing well enough, dance well enough; you aren’t smart enough, aren’t rich enough; and even if you ...read more

  • Is He Like Bill?  PRO

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Oct 1, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,923 views

    "IS HE LIKE BILL?" Bill was a drunk, converted at a city mission. Before his conversion he had gained a reputation as a tramp and alcoholic for whom there was no hope. But when he was converted everything changed. He became the most caring person at the mission. He spent all his days there doing ...read more

  • Gladstone: Risk For The Greater Victory  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,413 views

    GLADSTONE: RISK FOR THE GREATER VICTORY WILLIAM GLADSTONE, a prime minister of England in the nineteenth century, one night was working late on an important speech he was to give to the House of Commons the next day. At about two o'clock in the morning a woman knocked on his door, asking the ...read more

  • Who Will Speak Out?

    Contributed by David Parks on Feb 21, 2012
     | 1,618 views

    WHO WILL SPEAK OUT? Martin Niemoller was a decorated U-boat captain in the First World War but subsequently became a minister of religion and a relatively high profile opponent of the Nazis as they increasingly gained firm hold of the reins to power in Germany. Niemoeller was active as a leader ...read more

  • Missions ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 8, 2012
     | 4,384 views

    Missions quotes: "I have but one candle of life to burn, and I would rather burn it out in a land filled with darkness than in a land flooded with light" — John Keith Falconer "God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply" — Hudson Taylor [ video ] "God isn't looking for people of ...read more

  • Finishing The Race

    Contributed by Paul Steen on Jul 12, 2014
    based on 2 ratings
     | 8,364 views

    My wife and I watched as Danny, our youngest son, competed in the Carnival of Champions back when he was in elementary school. He was entered in the half-mile race. It was two laps around the track. When the starting gun sounded, he quickly leapt ahead of everyone and built a sizable lead. He had ...read more

  • Implanted Sin

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 7, 2019
     | 2,388 views

    The enemy leader is in his command center discussing his battle strategy with those under his command. The enemy is very upset about the latest move by the rebellion forces. They have been attacking in vital areas. Never before in this struggle has the rebellion force (the C) had this much ...read more

  • Fountain Of Youth

    Contributed by Rev. Duraimony Dickson on Nov 6, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,660 views

    The fountain of youth has been told in stories since medieval times. The Fountain of Youth is a mythical spring that restores the youth of anyone who drinks or bathes in its waters. Many have gone on conquests to find this mythical spring of water, but all have failed. In 1565, a Spanish explorer ...read more