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  • You've Done Some Great Things? God Says, "Really? ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jun 24, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,796 views

    You’ve done some great things? God says, "Really? Maybe, like Bruce Nolan, you ought to try to do God’s job. {Video Clip: Bruce Almighty - Start: Chp. 8 - 0:35:45 - Stop: Chp. 8 - 0:37:26 = 1:41} Now, I know of no where other than the movies that God ever let someone do his job but he did ...read more

  • After The U.s.s. Pueblo Was Captured By The ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Rogers on Aug 1, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,937 views

    After the U.S.S. Pueblo was captured by the North Koreans, the eighty-two surviving crew members were thrown into a brutal captivity. In one particular instance thirteen of the men were required to sit in a rigid manner around a table for hours. After several hours the door was violently flung ...read more

  • A Bit Of Knife Blade

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Oct 23, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,160 views

    Rev. John McNeil told the following story: A ship once wrecked on the Irish coast. The captain was a careful one. Nor had the weather been of so severe a kind to explain the wide distance the ship had swerved from her course. The ship went down, but so much interest was attached to the disaster ...read more

  • Msnbc Reported On An Archaeological Dig In Cana, ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jun 3, 2007
     | 1,547 views

    MSNBC reported on an archaeological dig in Cana, Israel in 2004. The article read: “Among the roots of ancient olive trees, archaeologists have found pieces of large stone jars of the type the Gospel says Jesus used when he turned water into wine at a Jewish wedding in the Galilee village of ...read more

  • Now Imagine For Just A Moment, If Before I ...

    Contributed by Gerald Albers on Jun 5, 2007
     | 1,668 views

    Now imagine for just a moment, if before I continued to speak, a special delivery messenger came running down the aisle of the church thrusting in my hand an envelope. On the envelope it has a return address - "Jesus, Heaven". And in big bold red letters in front of the envelope: EVALUATION OF THE ...read more

  • Forgiveness Is A Gift From God. It Is A Portion ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,884 views

    Forgiveness is a gift from God. It is a portion of His grace. What you have been freely given, you should freely give away. Jesus said in Matthew 6:15 that if we do not forgive others, neither will God forgive us. When the first missionaries arrived in Alberta, they were savagely opposed by a ...read more

  • The Christian Church Is All About People. Little ...

    Contributed by Barton Howard on Sep 3, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,335 views

    The Christian Church is all about people. Little people, big people, tall people, short people, just any kind of people - but we’re all on the same adventure called “Heaven Bound.” The adventure begins when we allow Jesus Christ to become our Savior. The days are filled with wonder as we experience ...read more

  • I'll Never Forget My Brother Ken's 1971 Pontiac ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 2, 2008
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    I’ll never forget my brother Ken’s 1971 Pontiac Safari station wagon. Besides being dark brown colored and handling like a boat, it had an exhaust leak so it made some very interesting sounds. It just wasn’t a “chick magnet” kind of car. Well, when you’re a freshman in college, you’re happy just ...read more

  • I Was Visiting My Home Town In Romania When One ...

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Jul 29, 2008
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    I was visiting my home town in Romania when one of my neighbors died. I was attending the visitation. Usually the family and relatives are taking care of the funeral – the body stays in the living room of the house for three days, until the burial. But if they live in a condo or blockhouse, they ...read more

  • Teamwork: The Big Picture

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Sep 17, 2008
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     | 4,126 views

    Teamwork: The Big Picture We've got to get together and work together to solve the problem. In his book Wind and Fire, Bruce Larson tells of a friend of his who lives near Hoyt Park in Madison, Wisconsin and who happens to be a great bird lover. Invariably, his yard is full of all kinds of birds ...read more

  • Wait? -- I Don't Have To Wait!! Why Doesn't God ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Lotze on Sep 27, 2008
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     | 2,958 views

    Wait? -- I don't have to wait!! Why doesn't God just get up to speed? Well, what if I we're going to go under a surgeons knife to redo my face - but I wanted to stay awake during the operation so that I could freely give out my counsel to the surgeon - and tell him to hurry! Hurry! If he was to ...read more

  • The ...

    Contributed by Loyd Taylor on Oct 30, 2008
     | 3,187 views

    THE VOLUNTEERS This poem is dedicated to all faithful volunteers. We could not make it without your willingness to serve. Thank you, Loyd Taylor There are some special people that we know Found in needy places across this land, They’re people that selflessly serve others Always ready to lend a ...read more

  • When The Judaizers Told The Galatians That They ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jan 26, 2009
     | 1,609 views

    When the Judaizers told the Galatians that they had to get circumcised to become good Christians, they were adding the law to the gospel. They were saying that Moses had to finish what Christ could only begin. To illustrate the problem with this kind of theology, consider the man who had an old ...read more

  • This Story Comes From Reggie ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
     | 1,493 views

    This story comes from Reggie McNeal: I was sitting on a bench on a beach boardwalk late one afternoon, resting after an hour walk. I had passed a woman in a green uniform pushing a broom several times. She came toward my bench doing her meticulous sweeping of the sidewalk. Suddenly she stopped, ...read more

  • Have You Ever Experienced The Power Of Healing ...

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Feb 3, 2009
     | 2,053 views

    Have you ever experienced the power of healing words that were either spoken to you or that you spoke to another? We must admit that there are also times when our actions speak louder than words. “Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once told about a contest he was asked to judge. The ...read more

  • We Recently Watched A Dvd About Prestidigitation. ...

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 9, 2009
     | 1,299 views

    We recently watched a DVD about prestidigitation. It was called The Prestige and was based on the idea that every illusion has three acts. The first act is "The Pledge" where the magician shows you something very simple and ordinary, though it rarely is. The second act is "The Turn" where something ...read more

  • One Way To Win: Bet It All

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on May 12, 2009
     | 1,988 views

    ONE WAY TO WIN: BET IT ALL God has the answers that we need. I often see people not trusting in God and truly seeking His face. Worshiping with others and seeking out the answers that we are looking for is often done superficially. We show up once or twice and wonder why "church" doesn't seem to ...read more

  • A Child's ...

    Contributed by Dwight L. Moody on Jun 11, 2009
     | 2,652 views

    A CHILD’S PRAYER (a classic illustration by D. L. Moody) At the close of one of the afternoon meetings we had in the Berkeley street church a few weeks ago, a little child brought me a note. I put it in my pocket, and read it when I got home. It was this, "Won’t you pray that my mother may ...read more

  • Ill<><hand ...

    Contributed by West Garner on Jun 29, 2009
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     | 3,767 views

    Ill<><Hand Illustration There those that choose not to live under God’s hand. They don’t trust God lead & Control their lives so they live above His mighty hand. They make all the calls in their life. They are the boss. They know what is best. Some of them may hope that God we bless what they do ...read more

  • M ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
     | 2,411 views

    MINDLESSNESS In 2009, we celebrated the 500th birthday of John Calvin, who was born on July 10, 1509, in Noyon, France. Calvin went into self-exile in Geneva because France was opposed to the Reformation. The reason I mention this is because of the remarkable work that Calvin did in Geneva. ...read more

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