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  • Only Part Of The Message  PRO

    Contributed by Dennis Marquardt on Oct 18, 2000
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     | 2,903 views

    ONLY PART OF THE MESSAGE It was June 18, 1815, the Battle of Waterloo. The French under the command of Napoleon were fighting the Allies (British, Dutch, and Germans) under the command of Wellington. The people of England depended on a system of semaphore signals to find out how the battle was ...read more

  • After Four Years Of Marriage And No Offspring To ...

    Contributed by Aldo Rivellino on Apr 13, 2009
     | 2,673 views

    After four years of marriage and no offspring to show for it, my wife and I (mostly my wife) decided that we would like to adopt a child. Not long after the tedious process of filling out papers, being investigated for any criminal activity, going to interviews to authenticate true intent, having ...read more

  • Life In The Family

    Contributed by Aldo Rivellino on Apr 13, 2009
     | 6,090 views

    LIFE IN THE FAMILY After four years of marriage and no offspring to show for it, my wife and I (mostly my wife) decided that we would like to adopt a child. Not long after the tedious process of filling out papers, being investigated for any criminal activity, going to interviews to authenticate ...read more

  • Integrity And Faithfulness In Work Yields Peace ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
     | 5,334 views

    Integrity and Faithfulness in Work Yields Peace of Mind The late great American Methodist clergyman and author, Rev. Charles Livingstone Allen (1913 - 2005), told this story in his sermon entitled "How To Sleep Well On A Windy Night:" "A boy went to a farmer and asked to be given a job as a hired ...read more

  • Nine Year-Old Girl Transformed By Liver ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 17, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,123 views

    Nine year-old Girl Transformed by Liver Transplant and Change of Blood Type Demi-Lee Brennan had a liver transplant at age 9. She faced a life on anti-rejection drugs like every other transplant patient. Nine months later, however, her red blood cells were being attacked by her own white blood ...read more

  • The True Story Is Told Of Anny Pennica, A 62 ...

    Contributed by Guy De Swardt on Apr 2, 2010
     | 1,797 views

    The true story is told of Anny Pennica, a 62 year old woman who had been blind from birth. At age 47 she married a man she met in her Braille class and for the first 15 years of their marriage he did the seeing for both of them until he also became completely blind. Anny had never seen a tree or a ...read more

  • Giving Because You Have To

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Oct 16, 2010
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     | 1,594 views

    GIVING BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO One Saturday I was working in the yard, and I came walking around the corner of my house. And there was a boy there, on a bicycle. He was wearing Scout uniform, and I’m guessing he must have been about ten or eleven years old. It didn’t take me long to figure out what he ...read more

  • Leaders Are Born And Made

    Contributed by Tim White on May 7, 2011
     | 2,424 views

    LEADERS ARE BORN AND MADE J. Oswald Sanders in his classic “Spiritual Leadership” believes that leaders are both born and made. “While conversion does not normally make leaders of people who would never become such otherwise, Church history teaches that in the hour of full surrender the Holy ...read more

  • White As Snow  PRO

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on May 15, 2011
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     | 4,767 views

    WHITE AS SNOW Ash Wednesday — it’s kind of a solemn day. It’s the start of Lent —a word which means “spring” in German. But more than this, it’s the time each year when we intently focus on the path Christ Jesus laid out for us to follow — to be true to his word, true to his calling, and ...read more

  • Special Delivery: Miracle Mandy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2011
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    SPECIAL DELIVERY: MIRACLE MANDY The doctor told Marsha Mark and her husband they needed to accept the fact they would never have biological children. Amid the discouragement, Marsha clung to a friend's words: "Somehow, Marsha, God is going to use your struggle with infertility for his glory." ...read more

  • The Last Letter Of Karen Watson

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 18, 2011
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    THE LAST LETTER OF KAREN WATSON Our International Mission Board is working on a project called "The Last Letter." It’s actually an old tradition of soldiers and missionaries who as they boarded a ship, wrote their family and friends a letter that they think might be their final ...read more

  • Finish Strong

    Contributed by Jeffrey Rowe on Dec 29, 2012
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    In 2 Tim 4:7 Paul said that death was like finishing the race. Like crossing the finish line. That all of life is really about one thing – finishing well. Accomplishing the dreams and goals that God has for your life. I ran cross country in high school. We’d go out to these golf courses and ...read more

  • Centuries Ago On The South Coast Of China, High ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 6, 2007
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    Centuries ago on the South Coast of China, high up on a hill overlooking the harbor of Macao, Portuguese settlers built an enormous cathedral. They believed it would weather time, and they placed upon the front wall of this cathedral a massive bronze cross that stood high into the sky. Not too ...read more

  • Revival Came To North China In 1932 In Answer To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,699 views

    Revival came to north China in 1932 in answer to several years of prayer. At one point, Norwegian missionary Maria Monsen wondered what good her praying could do. She longed to see God’s river of life flood spiritually dry China. Then she realized that the mighty Yangtze River began when the tiny ...read more

  • I Saw That Kind Of Wellspring Of Abundant Life ...

    Contributed by Steve Miller on Mar 16, 2008
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    I saw that kind of wellspring of abundant life this week on the internet when I saw Nick Vujicic. He’s a 25 year old man, born without arms or legs, but has a marvelous wellspring of Abundent life like no other I’ve seen… [Play clip from http://lifewithoutlimbs.org/ or read the following excerpt ...read more

  • The Wise Farmer Can Usually Depend On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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    "...the wise farmer can usually depend on expected timetables of seedtime and harvest. Not so in the spiritual life. One of the greatest frustrations in the Christian ministry, and principal cause for 'weariness in well doing' is the inability to calculate the spiritual outcome of faithful labors ...read more

  • H ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
     | 2,138 views

    HEALED Tony Campolo tells a story about being in a church in Oregon where he was asked to pray for a man who had cancer. Campolo prayed boldly for the man’s healing. That next week he got a telephone call from the man’s wife. She said, "You prayed for my husband. He had cancer." Campolo thought ...read more

  • Beseeching – True Spiritual ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    Beseeching – True Spiritual Awakening Unlike the spiritual and political leaders of Israel, a nation that is vigilant has Christians and leaders who are not blinded by their sin. People who have a Biblical understanding about the heart of mankind find joy in what the prophet Joel wrote, “Even ...read more

  • Fathers, Serve With Intensity  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,362 views

    "Fathers, Serve With Intensity" The Bible gives four Christian character traits that can build a lasting legacy for the Lord. The second is to live a life that serves with intensity. Colossians 3:23-24 says, "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not men, ...read more

  • Culture Quiz  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Snow on Aug 20, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,005 views

    Culture Quiz I want to begin this morning with a little quiz. I want to see if all of our contemporary advertising really works. See if you can identify the following products by their advertising slogans. Easy Ones... "Just do it." Nike "It's the real thing." Coke "When you care enough to send ...read more