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  • Ingmar Bergman Is A Celebrated Swedish Filmmaker. ...

    Contributed by Doug Lyon on Jul 15, 2007
     | 1,299 views

    Ingmar Bergman is a celebrated Swedish filmmaker. He tells the story of how one day he was listening to the works of classical composer Igor Stravinsky. As he was listening to the music, he began to daydream about a 19th-century cathedral. He said that he found himself wandering around the great ...read more

  • It's Amazing What You Can Get Away With These ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Feb 22, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,400 views

    It’s amazing what you can get away with these days, especially if you’ve got a good lawyer: Have you heard of a lawyer Dubbed "Mr Loophole" owing to his talent for finding unusual technical defenses, Mr. Freeman has represented celebrities from footballer David Beckham to snooker player Ronnie ...read more

  • It Is Clear That The Writer Of Psalm 100 Is ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rex S. Wignall on Nov 28, 2002
    based on 27 ratings
     | 6,347 views

    It is clear that the writer of Psalm 100 is calling us to look up, and see the blessings of our God. Warren Wiersbe puts it well when he writes: Some people are appreciative by nature, but some are not; and it is these latter people who especially need God’s power to express thanksgiving. We ...read more

  • Tony Campolo Was Giving A Major Address At A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Nov 9, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,741 views

    Tony Campolo was giving a major address at a women’s conference. At a point in the program the women were being challenged with a several thousand dollar goal for their mission project, the chairperson for the day turned to Dr Campolo and asked him if he would pray for God’s blessing on the women ...read more

  • Pascal's Night Of Fire

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Sep 10, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,805 views

    Pascal’s Night of Fire Blaise Pascal was an influential scientist who lived in the 1600’s. He was something of a genius. For example, at the age of twelve, even before he had received any formal training in geomoetry, Pascal independently discovered and demonstrated Euclid’s thirty-two ...read more

  • A Little Boy Was Saying His Bedtime Prayers With ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,535 views

    A little boy was saying his bedtime prayers with his mother: "Lord, bless Mommy and Daddy, and God, GIVE ME A NEW BICYCLE!!!" Mom: "God’s not deaf, son. Boy: "I know, Mom, but Grandma’s in ...read more

  • A.w. Tozer Said, "We Are Called To An ...  PRO

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Jun 26, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,316 views

    A.W. Tozer said, "We are called to an everlasting preoccupation with God." God is worthy of our worship. One of the ways that you can be reasonably assured of your salvation is your desire to worship. Knowing the true God, and ...read more

  • Oswald Chambers Has Noted: "The Remarkable Thing ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
     | 1,557 views

    Oswald Chambers has noted: "The remarkable thing about fearing God is that when you fear God, you fear nothing else, whereas if you do not fear God you fear everything else." From ...read more

  • J. Vernon Mcgee Tells The Story Of The Negro Boy ...  PRO

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Apr 5, 2001
    based on 86 ratings
     | 3,573 views

    J. Vernon McGee tells the story of the Negro boy down in my Southland years ago, wanted to join a church. So the deacons were examining him. They asked, "How did you get saved?" His answer was, "God did His part, and I did my part." They thought there was something wrong with his doctrine, so ...read more

  • No Shortcut To Sanctity  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on May 23, 2001
    based on 78 ratings
     | 2,266 views

    NO SHORT CUT TO SANCTITY “The temptation to make our relation to God judicial instead of personal is very strong. Believing for salvation has these days been reduced to a once-done act that requires no further attention. The young believer becomes aware of an act performed rather than of a living ...read more

  • Profoundly Hidden Divinity  PRO

    Contributed by Bradley Boydston on Dec 24, 2001
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,695 views

    PROFOUNDLY HIDDEN DIVINITY “...The Virgin birth denotes particularly the mystery of revelation. It denotes the fact that God stands at the start where real revelation takes place – God and not the arbitrary cleverness, capability or piety of man. In Jesus Christ God comes forth out of the ...read more

  • Are You For Real?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 18, 2002
    based on 10 ratings
     | 1,648 views

    ARE YOU FOR REAL? The misuse of God’s name for personal profit is easily applied to certain televangelists who use the name of God to make a buck off of overly trusting people, or politicians who mention God’s name in the right places and the right times in order to gain a certain constituency of ...read more

  • The Shocking Truth  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Oct 26, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,142 views

    THE SHOCKING TRUTH “Imagine if you will that among the Jews there suddenly turns up a man who goes about talking as if He was God. . . Now let us get this clear. Among Pantheists, like the Indians, anyone might say that he was a part of God, or one with God: there would be nothing very odd about ...read more

  • The Shocking Truth

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Apr 30, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,779 views

    THE SHOCKING TRUTH "Imagine if you will that among the Jews there suddenly turns up a man who goes about talking as if He was God. . . Now let us get this clear. Among Pantheists, like the Indians, anyone might say that he was a part of God, or one with God: there would be nothing very odd ...read more

  • The White Witch Played On Ed's Cravings For ...

    Contributed by Randall Bergsma on Dec 1, 2005
     | 1,788 views

    The White Witch played on Ed’s cravings for pleasure and importance. She magically gives him enchanted Turkish Delight, and the more he eats, the more he wants.(anybody been there?) She promised to make him a King of Narnia, and then he could eat all the Turkish delight he wanted. (Sound ...read more

  • Automatic Focus  PRO

    Contributed by Nigel Heath on Mar 22, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,489 views

    AUTOMATIC FOCUS Liz has a digital camera that focuses automatically on the object she want to photograph. But one day it went faulty, and the automatic focus mechanism began to drift every time, leaving everything in a blur. Our Christian lives can be like this. GOD DIRECTS US TO FOCUS ON THE ...read more

  • A Giving Testimony

    Contributed by Tom Conant on Apr 3, 2009
     | 4,285 views

    A GIVING TESTIMONY I have experienced this both personally and in our church. As a church, when we began to support missions with faith promises – God began to pour blessings to our church. Last year we gave more to missions than ever before, and the church income was more than ever, nearly ...read more

  • Kfc Chicken Joy

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jun 30, 2009
     | 3,168 views

    KFC CHICKEN JOY A few weeks ago, KFC through Oprah made it possible for every person to get a free meal of KFC’s grilled chicken. People were exuberant. The computer server was overwhelmed with requests. We were able to get the coupons and went the next day. The restaurants were overwhelmed by the ...read more

  • This Past Week, Another And I Hosted A Hospice ...

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Feb 26, 2010
     | 992 views

    This past week, another and I hosted a Hospice luncheon at which the speaker was a woman named Elaine Magruder. Elaine is a nurse who lives in Midland, Texas, and she tells how God sent her to Vietnam to start the first hospice program there. To hear her story is truly inspirational. Elaine says ...read more

  • What We Really Want

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Feb 22, 2011
     | 1,422 views

    WHAT WE REALLY WANT A woman lay in a hospital bed, her body ravaged by cancer. Day after day her pastor and others prayed for her healing. Each day they could see her silent disappointment that she was not being healed. Then one day she said, "Let's not pray that I'll be healed. God knows that I ...read more