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

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Nov 9, 2006
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     | 4,560 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

  • John Macarthur: "Godly, Biblical Church Growth ...

    Contributed by Shawn Rose on May 19, 2009
     | 3,863 views

    John MacArthur: "Godly, Biblical church growth results from every member of the body fully using his spiritual gift, in submission to the Holy ...read more

  • The Knack

    Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Aug 27, 2009
     | 2,522 views

    THE KNACK As most of you probably know, I like computers. When we were in South Dakota, our Director of Missions was always calling me for help with computer things. He would sometimes get a new program and install it on the office computer, and then, he couldn’t figure out how to use it. So, he’d ...read more

  • Christmas Pants

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 10, 2009
     | 4,773 views

    CHRISTMAS PANTS I told you about a pair of guys who had exchanged the same pair of moleskin pants for over a decade. Each year they tried to outdo one another with the only rules being they couldn’t damage the pants and they had to use scrap material. I’d left the story with Kunkel having received ...read more

  • My Mum Suffered From Corns On Her Foot. She Was ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 28, 2009
     | 1,690 views

    My Mum suffered from corns on her foot. She was totally frustrated with this callused patch of hard, thickened skin and could not get relief. One day I invited her to Church and a woman spoke on healing. Invitations were given to come forward but my Mum, although interested in everything the woman ...read more

  • Million Dollar Story

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 23, 2010
     | 1,244 views

    MILLION DOLLAR STORY A man had a heart attack and was rushed to the hospital. He could receive little company and was not to be excited. While in the hospital a rich uncle died and left him a million dollars. His family wondered how to break the news to him with the least amount of excitement. It ...read more

  • Music To Raise The Dead

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on May 10, 2010
     | 1,794 views

    "MUSIC TO RAISE THE DEAD", an album from a Christian Rock group called Resurrection startled the Christian world with it's intensity in the 1970's. They did this in a day when many conservative pastors and evangelists actively thundered their warnings from the pulpit against the evils of rock music ...read more

  • The Idea Of The Cloven Tongues Has Always ...

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on May 29, 2010
     | 2,753 views

    The idea of the cloven tongues has always bothered me. At least, that’s the way we usually see this phrase translated. When I was young, that really used to bother me. I’d watched all those old westerns where the Native Americans would say, “White man speak with forked tongue.” I didn’t like the ...read more

  • Strange Medicinal Claims

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 2, 2010
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     | 1,847 views

    STRANGE MEDICINAL CLAIMS In the world of medicine and nutritional supplements, do we really know what we are doing? People seem so sure about their claims, but we need to remind ourselves: we don't know what we don't know. This AFP article broke this last week: (7-10) "Ordinary calcium ...read more

  • Don't Hoard Water Or Giving

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Sep 4, 2010
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    DON'T HOARD WATER OR GIVING Years back I heard someone talk about the faucet principle … and I’ve discovered that it really works. If I turn on a faucet at my house, I have the entire contents of the Edwards Aquifer at my disposal. I don’t need to worry that if I run the water I’ll end up with a ...read more

  • My Own New Bike

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Dec 20, 2010
     | 1,412 views

    MY OWN NEW BIKE I remember when I was 8 years old I received what I had always wanted: I got a brand new Raleigh single speed bike, and it was blue with a white trim where the pipes were welded into the brackets, a black seat and chrome handles and painted blue mudguards that had a silver stripe ...read more

  • Passing The Test

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 24, 2011
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     | 5,377 views

    PASSING THE TEST A man recounts a time when he had to enter the military while the draft was still in place: I didn’t enlist in the Army — I was drafted. So I wasn’t going to make life easy for anyone. During my physical, the doctor asked softly, "Can you read the letters on the wall?" "What ...read more

  • I Prayed Her Home  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Dec 10, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,823 views

    I PRAYED HER HOME Praying in Tongues From August 2002 to December 2010 my family suffered the affliction of brain cancer which was placed by Satan (2 Corinthians 12:7; Luke 13:10-17) upon my “helpmate,” (Genesis 2:18-25) Bonnie K. Laughlin. Just like many conservative preachers of the Word of ...read more

  • Serve Where There's A Need

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 16, 2012
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    SERVE WHERE THERE'S A NEED The former editor of Christianity Today, Kenneth Kantzer, commented once that he never knew what his gift was. He just served where he saw the need. If a man of this experience and caliber never knew what his gift was but ...read more

  • Annie Dillard: "I Had Been My Whole Life A Bell, ...

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Apr 26, 2012
     | 1,588 views

    Annie Dillard: "I had been my whole life a bell, and did not realize it ...read more

  • Artist, Steven Lavaggi

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 21, 2012
     | 2,667 views

    With his life in disarray, Steven Lavaggi sat on his bedroom’s wooden floor, and began searching his Bible for answers. His wife had just left him to marry a writer for The Rolling Stone Magazine. Ten days later, Steven discovered his son was stricken with Juvenile Diabetes. Then he lost his ...read more

  • Hiring A Dog

    Contributed by John Bright on Jan 17, 2021
     | 2,001 views

    A sign was hung in an office window. It read: Help wanted. Must type 70 words a minute. Must be computer literate. Must be bilingual. An equal opportunity employer. A dog was ambling down the street and saw the sign. He looked at it for a moment, pulled it down with his mouth, and walked into ...read more

  • In 1961 A.w. Tozer Was Given The Opportunity To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,212 views

    In 1961 A.W. Tozer was given the opportunity to speak to a group of ministers on a subject of his choice. Not surprisingly he chose to speak to them about the holiness of God. During that talk he said the following words: “I believe we ought to have again the old biblical concept of God which makes ...read more

  • On September 3, 1939, Dr. Donald Grey Barnhouse ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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     | 4,802 views

    On September 3, 1939, Dr. Donald Grey Barnhouse was traveling by train through Europe on the way to preach in Belfast, Ireland. Hitler was unleashing his fury. There were wars and rumors of more wars. Britain’s prime minister was ready to declare war. Everything was tense. What was next? Troops ...read more

  • Encourage Me

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 5,807 views

    William Arthur Ward once said:- Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not ...read more