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  • The Giving Heart

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Mar 5, 2005
     | 4,727 views

    THE GIVING HEART The heart does not receive blood to store it up. While it pumps blood in at one valve, it sends it out at another. The blood is always circulating everywhere, and is never stagnant. The same is true of all the fluids in a healthy body; they are in a constant state of ...read more

  • Video Clip From The Messenger – ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 7, 2005
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     | 4,604 views

    Illustration: Video clip from The Messenger – Joan of Arc from Videos That Teach 2 Page 108: The Movie France is embroiled in the The Hundred Years War with England, and young Jeanne d’Aragon (milla Jovovich) hears the voice of God telling her to lead the French army into battle and defend their ...read more

  • Shackleton Found Them Ready  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Mar 4, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,144 views

    Shackleton Found Them Ready While on one of his expeditions to the Antarctic, Sir Ernest Shackleton was once compelled to leave some of his men on Elephant Island, with the intention of returning for them and carrying them back to England. But he was unavoidably delayed, and by the time he could go ...read more

  • In Eastern Lands, People Used Public Baths And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Chad Wright on Mar 30, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,417 views

    In Eastern lands, people used public baths and got dressed again; as they walked in the dusty streets, their feet became dirty. On arriving home, they did not need another bath; they needed only to wash their feet. When the Jewish priests were ordained, they were washed all over (Ex. 29:4), which ...read more

  • During The Vietnam Area In Boot Camp You Could ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,502 views

    During the Vietnam area in Boot Camp you could have 25 or 30 companies eating during a two-hour period. That’s about 2000 Sailors. All theses companies are in formation and waiting their turn to eat. Company after company lined up about 3 or 4 feet apart. We had been in Boot Camp a little over a ...read more

  • Evangelist Fred Brown Used Three Images To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jul 4, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,063 views

    Evangelist Fred Brown used three images to describe the purpose of the law. First he likened it to a dentist’s little mirror, which he sticks into the patient’s mouth. With the mirror he can detect any cavities. But he doesn’t drill with it or use it to pull teeth. It can show him the decayed ...read more

  • A Certain King Had Two Servants. To The First He ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Santos on Dec 26, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,692 views

    A certain king had two servants. To the first he said, "I want you to travel for six months through my kingdom and bring back a sample of every weed you can find." To the second servant the king said, "I want you to travel through my kingdom for six months and bring back a sample of every flower ...read more

  • One Day A Young Minister In West Virginia Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,659 views

    One day a young minister in West Virginia was being escorted through a coal mine. At the entrance to one of the dim passageways, he noticed a beautiful white flower growing out of all the black dust that invaded this flowers environment. Pointing at the flower “How can it blossom in such color and ...read more

  • Shackleton Found Them Ready  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,875 views

    Illustration: Shackleton Found Them Ready While on one of his expeditions to the Antarctic, Sir Ernest Shackleton was once compelled to leave some of his men on Elephant Island, with the intention of returning for them and carrying them back to England. But he was unavoidably delayed, and by the ...read more

  • Dr. Norman Shawchuck Has Pastored United ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Sep 1, 2007
     | 1,628 views

    Dr. Norman Shawchuck has pastored United Methodist congregations in North Dakota and Indiana and is a prolific author and retreat leader in the area of spiritual formation. His contemporary prayer of repentance is so personally powerful: “O God, I surrender to you the habits and sins that, like ...read more

  • The Purpose Of The Law

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Oct 13, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,341 views

    The Purpose of the Law Evangelist Fred Brown used three images to describe the purpose of the law. First he likened it to a dentist’s little mirror, which he sticks into the patient’s mouth. With the mirror he can detect any cavities. But he doesn’t drill with it or use it to pull teeth. It can ...read more

  • Evangelist Fred Brown Used Three Images To ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Mar 1, 2008
     | 1,918 views

    Evangelist Fred Brown used three images to describe the purpose of the law. First, he likened it to a dentist’s little mirror, which he sticks into the patient’s mouth. With the mirror he can detect any cavities. But he doesn’t drill with it or use it to pull teeth. It can show him the decayed area ...read more

  • In My Files I Have A Story About A Man Who Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
     | 1,394 views

    In my files I have a story about a man who was attending a Youth Ministry class at Hannibal-LaGrange College in Missouri. He said: When I got to class, everybody was doing their last minute studying. The teacher came in and said he would review with us for just a little bit before the test. We ...read more

  • In My Files I Have A Story About A Man Who Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
     | 678 views

    In my files I have a story about a man who was attending a Youth Ministry class at Hannibal-LaGrange College in Missouri. He said: When I got to class, everybody was doing their last minute studying. The teacher came in and said he would review with us for just a little bit before the test. We ...read more

  • The Message Never Got ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
     | 3,197 views

    THE MESSAGE NEVER GOT DELIVERED George Sweeting, in his book, The No-Guilt Guide for Witnessing, tells of a man by the name of John Currier who in 1949 was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Later he was transferred and paroled to work on a farm near Nashville, Tennessee. In ...read more

  • Lifebelt Inspected By Mother Saves ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
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    Lifebelt Inspected by Mother Saves Son During World War II, Signalman 3rd Class Elgin Staples, was swept overboard in the wee hours of the morning when the Astoria’s gun turret exploded. Fortunately, he had been able to activate the narrow lifebelt. He was pulled from the ocean four hours later, ...read more

  • Blessed Are The Pure

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 27, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,412 views

    BLESSED ARE THE PURE A couple of years ago we went to Ottawa as my wife Joanne had some work to do there, so Thomas and I tagged along to check out our nation’s capital. One of the places we visited was the historic Canadian mint – where money is made – and we had a tour but unfortunately no free ...read more

  • The Power Of The Switch

    Contributed by Imelda Mesa on Sep 27, 2022
     | 1,084 views

    THE POWER OF THE SWITCH – to some, the issue is not the light but our willingness/eagerness to turn the switch on! Example: Marie and Walter gifted us a 3-day tour in Canada - Kingston-Ottawa-Montreal-Old Quebec-1000 Islands The schedule is packed and the travel time between these places range ...read more

  • The Five Finger Prayer Formula

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Apr 10, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 282 views

    Prayer is a conversation with God, not a formula. Yet sometimes we might need to use a “method” to freshen up our prayer time. We can pray the Psalms or other Scriptures (such as The Lord’s Prayer), or use the ACTS method (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, and Supplication). I recently came ...read more

  • Power To Be The Light

    Contributed by Joshua Blackmon on Jun 3, 2024
     | 431 views

    Smartphones are amazing pieces of technology. Everything my generation went to RadioShack to purchase is now all together in the palm of our hand, including our flashlights. My grandfather loved flashlights. It was okay to get him a new one each year for Christmas or his birthday. He would take a ...read more

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