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  • Your First Love

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Oct 28, 2011
     | 2,661 views

    YOUR FIRST LOVE Jesus' first remedy for the Church in Ephesus was too "REMEMBER." Rev. 2:5 says, "Remember therefore from where you are fallen..." Remember what it was like during the honeymoon stage? Go back in your mind to a time when passion prevailed in your spiritual life. Relive it and ...read more

  • The Silent Sermon  PRO

    Contributed by Bishop Johnathan Hester on Nov 17, 2011
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     | 8,550 views

    THE SILENT SERMON A member of a certain church, who previously had been attending Services regularly, stopped going. After a few weeks, the preacher decided to visit him. It was a chilly evening. The preacher found the man at home alone, sitting before a blazing fire. Guessing the reason for ...read more

  • Predestination  PRO

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Mar 19, 2012
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     | 3,778 views

    PREDESTINATION Rather than predetermining a person’s FATE, predestination predetermines a believer’s FOCUS—that is, God’s eternal purposes, goals and privileges for him. Every instance of the word “predestinate” in the New Testament refers to some purpose, goal or privilege that God has ...read more

  • Mary's Choice

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Mar 22, 2012
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     | 5,438 views

    MARY'S CHOICE Mary Khoury, 17 from Damour, Lebanon and her family were forced to their knees before their home. The leader of the Muslim fanatics who had raided their village waved his pistol carelessly before their faces. His hatred for Christians burned in his eyes. "If you do not become a ...read more

  • The Salvation Of Karla Faye Tucker

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Mar 29, 2012
     | 5,651 views

    THE SALVATION OF KARLA FAYE TUCKER Many of you probably remember Karla Faye Tucker. She was the first woman to be executed in the US since 1984. She was an accomplice to a brutal ax murder of two people in the early eighties. Soon after being imprisoned, Tucker took a Bible from the prison ...read more

  • William Randolph Hearst's Fear Of Death

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 7, 2012
     | 7,696 views

    WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST'S FEAR OF DEATH William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951) was one of the wealthiest and most powerful men of the 20th century. At the height of his media career he was worth over $500 million. He built an enormous castle in the hills near San Simeon, California. At more than ...read more

  • My Friend Will Find Me

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 16, 2012
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     | 3,510 views

    MY FRIEND WILL FIND ME Sam was a great bird dog. If he pointed to a clump of bushes, there surely was a bird in there. He was much more than just a bird dog. Often we’d share together lazy lunches in an abandoned apple orchard, and the snooze that followed. Late one afternoon, Sam and I became ...read more

  • Call Sin Something Else, Please?

    Contributed by Eugene Morell on Jul 1, 2012
     | 2,218 views

    CALL SIN SOMETHING ELSE, PLEASE? There is a story about a Methodist preacher who often spoke on the subject of sin. He defined sin as that abominable thing that God hates. One day some of the leading laymen came to urge their pastor to stop using the word sin. The laymen told their pastor that ...read more

  • Could It Happen Every Day?

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Jul 1, 2012
     | 1,373 views

    COULD IT HAPPEN EVERY DAY? Jeff Ingle tells the story of spending four days with 75 other pastors in a Pastor's Prayer Summit in Wisconsin. He writes, "In my time I've been to many camps, conferences and retreats but never have I been to anything like this. For four days, we met together with no ...read more

  • Tarzan Story: Failure To Recognize

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Sep 3, 2012
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    TARZAN STORY: FAILURE TO RECOGNIZE Johnny Weissmuller, the champion Olympic swimmer who donned the role of Tarzan the Ape Man in the silver screen with as much aplomb in 1930s and 40s as he dominated the Olympic swimming lanes in 1920s, had "a close encounter of a different kind" with the ...read more

  • Joanne Shetler Spent Years In The Philippines ...

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 3, 2012
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     | 2,349 views

    Joanne Shetler spent years in the Philippines with the Balangao people, translating the Bible into their language and trying to tell them the good news of the Savior. But it was slow going. One day Ama, a man who had “adopted” her as his Balangao daughter, picked up an English New Testament from ...read more

  • Irresponsibility

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 5, 2012
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     | 1,888 views

    Bill Hybel’s in His book “Making Life Work” states this about this kind of mindset – he words it this way: 1. “Some way, some day my life will improve. Some way, someday I’ll drift into more satisfying circumstances. Some way, some day what I want will come to be. Built on the fantasy that rewards ...read more

  • Praying To People

    Contributed by Perry Greene on May 28, 2013
     | 1,941 views

    PRAYING TO PEOPLE Two young boys were spending the night at their grandparents. At bedtime, the two boys knelt beside their beds to say their prayers when the youngest one began praying at the top of his lungs. "I PRAY FOR A NEW BICYCLE... I PRAY FOR A NEW PLAYSTATION... I PRAY FOR A NEW VCR..." ...read more

  • Sweet Surrender  PRO

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 17, 2014
    based on 2 ratings
     | 9,111 views

    Abraham laid down his Isaac. Lay down your Isaac today and remember the words of Andrew Murray: God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him. Bruce Larson tells how he helped people struggling to surrender their lives to Christ: "For many years I worked in New ...read more

  • Offering Story

    Contributed by Gerald Manning on Nov 23, 2015
     | 12,540 views

    Words of Offering: A rich, but cynical businessman said to one of his staff, "Show me a truly unselfish act and I will give you a $100 bill." The staffer, said, "OK, walk with me at the lunch hour." They went to that part of town where there were lots of street people. The staffer said, ...read more

  • Rescue The Perishing

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 23, 2016
     | 7,371 views

    RESCUE THE PERISHING Fanny Crosby, the blind hymn writer, wrote so many hymns we love to sing. When she was up in years, she visited the Macaulay Rescue Mission in NYC. She stood before a crowd of homeless, drug-addicted, alcoholic men. She said, “is there a young man here who doesn’t have a ...read more

  • Preaching Fluff Versus Quality

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jun 8, 2017
     | 4,568 views

    I once lived in a town where there were two preachers who were polar opposites. The one was very charismatic and enthusiastic. But, he did not preach the Bible. I asked him one day why he didn't preach the Bible. His answer was that the people could read their Bibles at home. He preached ...read more

  • The Heizer Creek Baptism

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 11, 2018
     | 3,728 views

    Note: this story happened to me - Jim Butcher of Madison WV. One of my favorite baptism stories comes from a friend of mine who owns a house on Heizer Creek. He had a nice spot on his property to do baptisms and told the nearby country churches they were welcome to use it anytime, which a few of ...read more

  • Augmented Reality Device Guides The Blind

    Contributed by Matt Neace on Jun 19, 2018
     | 2,650 views

    In World magazine, Michael Cochrane shares about a new technology called “augmented reality” (AR). Using this “augmented reality” a group of researchers from Cal Tech developed an app for Microsoft’s HoloLens. This app enables blind people to navigate through buildings. According to the MIT ...read more

  • When A Man's World Is Right

    Contributed by Barry O Johnson on Jul 1, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,802 views

    One Saturday morning a minister was busily trying to prepare his sermon under the most difficult conditions. It was a rainy day, and his young son was restless and bored, with little to do. Finally, in desperation, the minister picked up an old magazine and thumbed through it until he came to a ...read more