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  • One Day A Man Met Spurgeon On The Street, Took ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,603 views

    One day a man met Spurgeon on the street, took off his hat and bowed, and said, “The Rev. Mr. Spurgeon—a great humbug!” Spurgeon took off his hat and replied, “Thank you for the compliment. I am glad to hear that I am a great ...read more

  • R.c. Sproul Gives Us A Simple Way To Grasp God's ...

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Apr 19, 2010
     | 2,668 views

    R.C. Sproul gives us a simple way to grasp God's holiness: "The first prayer I learned as a child was the simple table grace: 'God is great, God is good, and we thank Him for this food.' The two virtues assigned to God in this prayer, greatness and ...read more

  • A Boy Is Sitting At An Airport With His Face ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Oct 16, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,498 views

    A boy is sitting at an airport with his face pressed against the window looking at the planes. He seems to have a longing to fly into the heavens. We have a desire to see heaven - to see Jesus. Stephen saw the heavens opened and Jesus standing because of his ...read more

  • The Worship Of Wise Men

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Nov 7, 2022
     | 1,184 views

    Notice the great truths we learn about worship from the example of the Wise Men: Worship is an act of those who are wise. Worship calls for divine guidance. Worship demands a separation. Worship calls for concentration. Worship calls for a commitment. Worship brings great joy to the ...read more

  • The Praying ...

    Contributed by Paul Green on Jul 14, 2009
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    The praying hands Back in the fifteenth century, in a tiny village near Nuremberg, lived a family with eighteen children. Eighteen! In order merely to keep food on the table, the father, who was a goldsmith by profession, had to work almost eighteen hours a day and he took on any other paying work ...read more

  • Not The Only Light!  PRO

    Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000
    based on 118 ratings
     | 5,451 views

    NOT THE ONLY LIGHT! On July 06, 2000, Hugh Downs the guest host on the Larry King Live Show lead a round table discussion on the questions, "Who is Jesus? And why is there such a fascination with that question now?" Among his guests was Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Dean of Oxford L’chaim Society. During ...read more

  • French Writer Alexis De Tocqueville, After ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Oct 19, 2004
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     | 1,501 views

    French writer Alexis de Tocqueville, after visiting America in 1831, said, "I sought for the greatness of the United States in her commodious harbors, her ample rivers, her fertile fields, and boundless forests--and it was not there. I sought for it in her rich mines, her vast world commerce, her ...read more

  • French Writer Alexis De Tocqueville, After ...

    Contributed by Steve Rutherford on Sep 13, 2005
     | 1,739 views

    French writer Alexis de Tocqueville, after visiting America in 1831, said, "I sought for the greatness of the United States in her commodious harbors, her ample rivers, her fertile fields, and boundless forests--and it was not there. I sought for it in her rich mines, her vast world commerce, her ...read more

  • Why Pray? Prayer Has Real Power!  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Nov 14, 2005
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    WHY PRAY? PRAYER HAS REAL POWER! A. The atomic bomb is a very powerful weapon. Its great explosive force comes from a sudden release of nuclear energy through fission. B. On August 6, 1945 the USA dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and three days later on Nagasaki, Japan. C. These two atomic ...read more

  • French Writer Alexis De Tocqueville, After ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,372 views

    French writer Alexis de Tocqueville, after visiting America in 1831, said, "I sought for the greatness of the United States in her commodious harbors, her ample rivers, her fertile fields, and boundless forests--and it was not there. I sought for it in her rich mines, her vast world commerce, her ...read more

  • A Flattered Pastor Becomes ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 14, 2009
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    A Flattered Pastor Becomes Proud A pastor received a Christmas card with a note in it, from a lady in his congregation. He said she was very complimentary about his preaching and compared him with Chuck Swindoll. She finished by writing, "I think you are one of the really great preachers of all ...read more

  • Prayer Is The Rope

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 6,901 views

    Billy Graham once noted: “Prayer is not about using God it is more often about getting us in a position where God can use us. I watched the deck hands on the great liner United States as they docked that ship in NY Harbor. First they threw out a rope to the men on the dock. Then, inside the boat ...read more

  • Waiting To Be King

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Dec 4, 2011
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    WAITING TO BE KING In April 2011 Prince Charles became the longest serving heir apparent in British history, having waited 59 years, 2 months and 14 days. Charles overtook the record set by his great-great grandfather king Edward VII; and ...read more

  • Never Forget

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Feb 20, 2008
     | 3,124 views

    Listen to this great quote my Andrew Murray: “Never forget for a moment that it is sin that has led to the great transaction between you and Christ Jesus; and that each day in your fellowship with God, His one aim is to deliver and keep you fully from its power, and lift ...read more

  • Beggar And His Rice

    Contributed by Scott Epperson on Nov 22, 2006
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    ILLU. beggar and his rice A Parable of Life Life is like another parable from another land. A blind Indian beggar sat beside a road, fingering the rice in his little bowl. Wearing only a loin cloth, he sat in poverty beside a road that stretched into nowhere both ways. The scarce travelers ...read more

  • The Mineola Messenger Printed An Article Entitled ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Limiero on Jun 5, 2001
    based on 84 ratings
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    The Mineola Messenger printed an article entitled "Children and Their Changing Attitude Towards Their Parents." Let me read it to you: Age 4: "My parents can do anything" Age 8: "There might be one or two things they don’t know." Age 12: "Naturally, my parents don’t understand." Age 14: "I ...read more

  • Bible, Effect Of Reading  PRO

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Jul 15, 2001
    based on 110 ratings
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    Bible, Effect of Reading, autoillustrator.com Some seem to expect the Word of God to hit them like a jolt of adrenaline each time they read or study it. Although the "jolt" may hit us periodically, the benefits of the Word of God act more like vitamins. People who regularly take vitamins do so ...read more

  • May The Forks Be With You  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 2,292 views

    MAY THE FORKS BE WITH YOU Luke and Obi-Wan are in a Chinese restaurant having a meal. Skillfully using his chopsticks, Obi-Wan deftly dishes himself a large portion of noodles into his bowl, then tops it off with some chicken and cashew nuts. All this is done with consummate ease you’d expect ...read more

  • Any Of Us More Than Twenty-Five Years Old Can ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 5 ratings
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    Any of us more than twenty-five years old can probably remember where we were when we first heard of President Kennedy’s assassination in 1963. British novelist David Lodge, in the introduction to one of his books, tells where he was--in a theater watching the performance of a satirical revue he ...read more

  • The Most Unhappy Person  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 16, 2004
    based on 25 ratings
     | 4,497 views

    THE MOST UNHAPPY PERSON In his latest book, Jumping Hurdles, Hitting Glitches, Overcoming Setbacks, Steve Brown writes, “The most unhappy person in the world is not someone who didn’t get what he or she wanted. The most unhappy person is the one who got what he or she wanted and then found out ...read more