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  • Actions Of The Common Day! (08.08.05--Character ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Aug 4, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,679 views

    Actions of the Common Day! (08.08.05--Character Counts!--Gen. 27: 11-13) “It’s the little things that count!” Growing up, this phrase had special meaning in my life. No, not because I enjoyed hearing it or, for that matter, even putting it to good use in my life. Rather, it was one of what I ...read more

  • Remember

    Contributed by Daniel Devilder on Oct 19, 2006
     | 2,714 views

    “remember” Because of what Christ has done for me, and as his disciple, God’s own child, I am to let the peace of Christ RULE in my heart. I was CALLED to PEACE. YOU were CALLED to PEACE. And we find that in Pennsylvania, these people, that many in the world would describe at best ...read more

  • Jenna And I Boarded A -1:00 A.m. Flight In Tel ...

    Contributed by Matthew Bushnell on Nov 29, 2006
     | 1,312 views

    Jenna and I boarded a -1:00 A.M. flight in Tel Aviv which would carry us back to the States. Travelling is always hectic, but that night it was especially bad. The plane was packed and we were delayed because of extra-tight airport security. As we boarded, I realized that our seats weren’t ...read more

  • A.j. Gordon Was The Great Baptist Pastor Of The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 3, 2006
    based on 16 ratings
     | 4,918 views

    A.J. Gordon was the great Baptist pastor of the Clarendon Church in Boston, Massachusetts. One day he met a young boy in front of the sanctuary carrying a rusty cage in which several birds fluttered nervously. Gordon inquired, "Son, where did you get those birds?" The boy replied, "I trapped them ...read more

  • There's A Native American Fable About A Young ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Willis on Dec 29, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,010 views

    There’s a Native American fable about a young brave who happened upon a nest of golden eagle eggs. Deciding to have some fun, he took one of the eggs and placed it in the nest of some prairie chickens. The egg hatched and the changeling eagle grew up with the brood of prairie chickens. Believing ...read more

  • Here's The Bad News

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Feb 23, 2007
     | 1,839 views

    Here’s the bad news It’s the fact that none of us can ever be worthy; it’s the truth that no one can ever earn or merit God’s grace or favor that is the bad news of the gospel. It has been a universal disease of humanity that we want to be worthy. When we have toiled through the heat of the day and ...read more

  • Phineas Could Not Sleep. He Was Up Before The ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 16, 2009
     | 897 views

    Phineas could not sleep. He was up before the sun. He had his bag packed, and he was downstairs, ready to begin the day. The year was 1820. Phineas was finally to see an island- his very own island. Phineas had received the island as a gift from his grandfather. As a baby, Phineas had been ...read more

  • A Brain Surgeon On Parenting ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
     | 2,684 views

    A BRAIN SURGEON ON PARENTING INFLUENCE I read a book entitled Gifted Hands, the autobiography of Dr. Ben Carson, Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins hospital in Boston. This is what he writes: "My mother was a remarkable woman who was pregnant and then married at age 13. She worked ...read more

  • The Power In Touching The Untouchable  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 14, 2009
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     | 4,570 views

    THE POWER IN TOUCHING THE UNTOUCHABLE Jesus, the Christ, is still in the business of touching the untouchable! You may feel like you are too dirty or too wicked for Jesus, the Christ, to touch you with His forgiveness today! As an illustration, you may remember the move enitled "The Elephant ...read more

  • A Lesson Of Grace From A Can Of Soda

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 29, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,927 views

    A LESSON OF GRACE FROM A CAN OF SODA The Apostle Paul wrote these words to the Christians in Corinth. "For God made Jesus who had no sin to be sin for us so that in him we might be righteous, holy and forgiven in God's sight." In the world of psychology this is called "transference." God ...read more

  • Mark 8:35 For Whoever Wants To Save His Life A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 5, 2009
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    Mark 8:35 For whoever wants to save his life a will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it. (NIV) Now, Jesus is not talking about the cost of our salvation here, because that is free! Romans 6:23 says, “The FREE gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our ...read more

  • Trapped Coal Miners Discover Old ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 14, 2009
     | 4,263 views

    Trapped Coal Miners Discover Old Passage In one of the coal mines of the north, the top of the pit fell in while a considerable number of the miners were down below, and the shaft was completely blocked. Those who were in the mine gathered to a spot where the last remains of air could be breathed. ...read more

  • Margaret Waage Wrote Of An Especially Important ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 26, 2009
     | 1,713 views

    "Margaret Waage wrote of an especially important Christmas eve in her life. She got off her job at noon and stood dejectedly in the crowd waiting for the subway train. She had worked by herself all morning since her fellow workers had been given the day off. Now many people around her were talking ...read more

  • Who Has Your ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 4, 2010
     | 4,404 views

    Who Has Your Back? Pastor and author John Ortberg tells the story of an evening when he was walking with some friends in Newport Beach, California. As they walked they passed one of the local bars just as a fight spilled out onto the street, like a scene from the old west. As they watched, three ...read more

  • Not Success But Faithfulness  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 12, 2010
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,686 views

    NOT SUCCESS BUT FAITHFULNESS Jordan was a man of unusual abilities and commitment. He had two Ph.D.s, one in agriculture and the other in Greek and Hebrew. He was so gifted he could have chosen to do anything he wanted. He chose to serve the poor. In the 1940s, he founded a farm in Americus, ...read more

  • Our Need For Pain  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,969 views

    OUR NEED FOR PAIN There is no tougher dilemma in the Christian life than the problem of pain. It could be the pain of broken relationship, the pain of rejection, or the pain of insults. Or it could just be plain old physical pain. Nothing tests the faith like pain. It was physical pain that ...read more

  • Rejoicing In Pain  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,385 views

    REJOICING IN PAIN Richard Stearns, the president of World Vision, visited a church in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, nearly a year after the devastating earthquake. The church's building consisted of a tent made from white tarps and duct tape, pitched in the midst of a sprawling camp for thousands of ...read more

  • Our "In Jesus" Voice

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Nov 28, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,710 views

    OUR "IN JESUS" VOICE I'm always intrigued by the phrase some parents and care-givers use with children: "Now children, we need to use our 'indoor' voices." What Ephesians 4 is saying is that when in the church (not the building) we need to use our "in Jesus" voices. Those voices need to lift up, ...read more

  • Painlessness Is Your Enemy

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 31, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,324 views

    PAINLESSNESS IS YOUR ENEMY Dr Paul Brand was born in India to missionary parents and spent most of his life caring for people who couldn’t feel pain - people with leprosy. He spent much of life studying pain. At one point he was given a grant to develop a system of warning that would protect ...read more

  • Poor I-Sight

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Jan 23, 2013
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     | 4,894 views

    POOR I-SIGHT We suffer from poor I-sight. Not eyesight, a matter of distorted vision that lenses can correct, but I-sight. Poor I-sight blurs your view, not of the world, but of yourself. Some see self too highly. Maybe it's the PhD or pedigree. A tattoo can do it; so can a new truck or the Nobel ...read more

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