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  • A. He's Closer Than You Think. Gen. 1:1 "In ...

    Contributed by Jeffrey Dillinger on May 26, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,020 views

    A. He’s Closer Than You Think. Gen. 1:1 “In the beginning GOD!” That is a wow statement. God began us, created us. In the days of creation he waited until the last thing to create was mankind. God created Adam and Eve and it was like these two chairs right next to each other. But then Eve ...read more

  • Was God A God Of Love In The Old Testament?

    Contributed by Coz Von on Aug 27, 2017
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,423 views

    The Davinci code will tell you that Jesus was married Mary. is it so? NO, NO, AND - mil times NO – NOT! But I want to show you that God did get married. Blasphemy, you say, NOT SO, It’s irreverent, sacrilegious – and not true But He really did! Hear me out. Long, long ago in a land far far away ...read more

  • A Vicar Had A Dream. He Was On His Way To Heaven. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Nov 9, 2000
    based on 153 ratings
     | 4,126 views

    A vicar had a dream. He was on his way to heaven. Before him there stretched a long flight of stairs. As he started to go up, he was given a piece of chalk and told that he must put a chalk mark on each of the steps for each sin he had committed. When he was about halfway up he met the bishop ...read more

  • Dl Moody Was A Great Evangelist From Chicago. He ...  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Cox on Nov 4, 2000
    based on 120 ratings
     | 2,700 views

    DL Moody was a great evangelist from Chicago. He went to England once and met a young man there that wanted to preach in his church. Moody agreed thinking that he would never see him again. To his dismay he recieved a letter that said the young man would be in his town shorlty and wanted to take ...read more

  • In God's Time, In God's Way! The Fern And The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jun 29, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,522 views

    IN GOD’S TIME, IN GOD’S WAY! The Fern and the Bamboo... Unknown One day I wanted to quit.... I wanted to quit my job, I wanted to run from my relationship and my spiritual journey ... I just wanted to quit life. Stop this world and let me off. I went to the woods to have one last good talk ...read more

  • Mercy Is The Fulfillment Of God's Love And God's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
     | 4,337 views

    Mercy is the fulfillment of God’s love and God’s justice Illustration: mother once approached Napoleon seeking a pardon for her son. The emperor replied that the young man had committed a certain offense twice and justice demanded death. “But I don’t ask for justice,” the mother explained. “I ...read more

  • He Kept Calling  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 10, 2002
    based on 14 ratings
     | 2,767 views

    HE KEPT CALLING In 1975, my aunt Marsha McCarthy divorced Ralph McCarthy. Marsha left Southern California and followed her parents to Joplin, Missouri. She was employed as the Secretary at College Heights Christian Church and raised three children on her own. The stress was ...read more

  • Why Was He Crying?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 18, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,866 views

    WHY WAS HE CRYING? Do you suppose it could have been a little like rush hour traffic on the big city expressway? One car stops, then all the other cars stop, like a chain reaction. I can just hear the people way back in the crowd that day saying, "What’s the holdup? What is going on? Why don’t ...read more

  • By Max Lacado) He Was A ...

    Contributed by Fred Sigle on Mar 7, 2007
     | 783 views

    (ILLUSTRATION BY MAX LACADO) He was a PROFESSIONAL THIEF. His name stirred FEAR in the hearts of the people. He TERRORIZED the Wells Fargo Stage Line for 13 years. He spooked even the most RUGGED FRONTIERSMAN. During his reign of TERROR between 1875 and 1883, he is credited with STEALING the ...read more

  • He Walked A Mile

    Contributed by Sean Smuts on Aug 4, 2003
     | 2,171 views

    He Walked a Mile (Chorus) by Clay Crosse And everytime I close my eyes, I see the nails, I hear the cries. He did not keep himself away. He was no stranger to my ...read more

  • Now, He's Meddling

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 5,672 views

    Two elderly, excited Southern women were sitting together in the front pew of church listening to a fiery preacher. When this preacher condemned the sin of stealing, these two ladies cried out at the tops of their lungs, "AMEN, BROTHER"When the preacher condemned the sin of lust, they yelled again, ...read more

  • But Can He Swim?  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Ownby on Mar 28, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,135 views

    BUT CAN HE SWIM? A man and his dog were walking the beach when they came upon another visitor to the beach. The owner of the dog was proud of his dog's newly mastered feat, so he said to the visitor, "Watch this!" whereupon he tossed a piece of driftwood far out into the sea and the dog ...read more

  • Now He Knows

    Contributed by Chris Jordan on May 23, 2010
     | 2,316 views

    NOW HE KNOWS A little five-year-old boy one day was playing with his two-year-old brother, when the two-year-old reached up and pulled his older brother's hair. He screamed in pain, and his mother came rushing in. He cried and said that his younger brother had pulled his hair. His mom said, "Well, ...read more

  • He Knows Me  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,195 views

    HE KNOWS ME David Redding tells of having a big, black Scottish shepherd as a pet when he was growing up on a farm in the country. He named the dog Teddy and they became inseparable companions. Teddy would wait on him to come home from school at the bus stop. Teddy slept at the foot of his bed. ...read more

  • The More He Gave

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
     | 838 views

    The great writer and preacher, John Bunyan: "There was a man, Some called him mad; The ...read more

  • At Least He's Honest

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
     | 1,600 views

    AT LEAST HE'S HONEST The teenager who brought home a report card heavy with poor grades. His mother asked, "What have you to say about this?" The boy replied, ...read more

  • He Suffered For Us  PRO

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,776 views

    Quote: A.W. Pink: "He suffered hell for us so that we can enjoy heaven with Him. He entered the awful Darkness, that I might walk in the Light; He drank the cup of woe that I might ...read more

  • He Will Demand Everything

    Contributed by Kristian Kilgore on Jul 26, 2011
     | 3,983 views

    HE WILL DEMAND EVERYTHING Breezy, self-confident Christians tell us how wonderful it is to accept Christ and then have a good time all the rest of your life; the Lord won’t demand anything of you. Yes, He will, my friend! The Lord will demand everything of you. And when you give it ...read more

  • He's No Longer In The Grave  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2011
    based on 21 ratings
     | 7,948 views

    HE'S NO LONGER IN THE GRAVE In 1887, twenty two years after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, his coffin was dug up and opened because there were constant rumors that his body was not in the grave. So they dug it up and the body was there. The rumors continued so 14 years later they ...read more

  • He Cried For Me  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 14, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,149 views

    HE CRIED FOR ME Jan, who was a young mother in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, 20 years ago, tells a remarkable story from that time in her life. In a note to her pastor, she wrote: It was the end. I knew it. I could no longer fight. I sat here emotionless. I was totally alone. Others had tried to ...read more

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