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  • Fix It!

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 13, 2009
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     | 1,998 views

    "FIX IT!" The Catholic archbishop and novelist, Andrew Greeley, brilliantly describes God’s redemptive work and holy clean-up as "God’s big crayon making crooked lines straight," but this only addresses the result, not the process. It reminds me of when, as a young boy, my mother and I would color ...read more

  • A Close Encounter

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 15, 2019
     | 3,751 views

    A Close Encounter As the great hunter stalks his prey thru the sultry jungle of Africa, the prey is running for his life; but to no avail because nothing escapes the skills of the great white hunter. The prey is trembling with fear as the hunter closes in. Can you see the evil leer in the ...read more

  • Conclusion: A Missionary Was Passing Out Gospel ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
     | 4,662 views

    Conclusion: A missionary was passing out Gospel of John’s in the Central provinces of India. One man took the Gospel of John and when he realized it was Christian literature, he tore it in pieces and threw them on the ground. In the providence of God, another man shortly came by that same place and ...read more

  • There Was A Military Officer Who Happened To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Martin Kim on Oct 25, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,453 views

    There was a military officer who happened to stop by an island in the South Pacific. The military officer discovered that the island was inhabited by cannibals. Cannibals are humans who eat other humans. One day he came cross an old tribal chief. He saw the chief reading the Bible in the ...read more

  • Like John The Baptist, Charles Spurgeon, A ...

    Contributed by Michael Tkachuk on Jan 3, 2005
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    Like John the Baptist, Charles Spurgeon, a Baptist minister, also preached fire and brimstone sermons. For that, he was greatly criticized in the newspapers. Articles appeared regularly disapproving of his methods, his motives, his mannerisms, and his messages. He was made to look like a villain ...read more

  • Evangelism Is Just The Beginning

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 14, 2009
     | 4,126 views

    EVANGELISM IS JUST THE BEGINNING Many feel that the mission of the church is to merely be witnesses to a lost world. It is true that we are to bear witness of the risen Christ and His transforming power. We are told in Acts 1:8 that we are to be His witnesses to the ends of the world. Again we are ...read more

  • * I Remember Being In The Main Avenue That Runs ...

    Contributed by John Perry on Feb 7, 2010
     | 1,157 views

    *** I remember being in the main avenue that runs through Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar w/ my wife Coral. As we stood in the downtown area we looked on both sides of the avenue where we saw a staircase ascending upon the ridge both ways. On those staircases hundreds of people – buying / ...read more

  • The White Man

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 7, 2011
     | 3,750 views

    THE WHITE MAN When Wycliffe translator Doug Meland and his wife moved into a village of Brazil’s Fulnio Indians, he was referred to simply as "the white man". The term was by no means complimentary, since other white men had exploited them, burned their homes, and robbed them of their lands. But ...read more

  • Faith In The Colombian Jungle

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Aug 10, 2011
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    FAITH IN THE COLOMBIAN JUNGLE A man named Bruce Olson went to Colombia many years ago as a missionary to the headhunters in the far southern jungle, near the border with Brazil. The book that tells his story is Bruchko, the name the Indians called him since they couldn't wrap their tongues around ...read more

  • Spurgeon Once Said: "There Is No Need For Us To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Spurgeon once said: "There is no need for us to go beating about the bush, and not telling the Lord distinctly what it is that we crave at His hands. Nor will it be seemly for us to make any attempt to use fine language; but let us ask God in the simplest and most direct manner for just the things ...read more

  • Francis Of Assissi Teaching On Perfect Joy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    Francis of Assissi teaching on perfect joy: “Perfect joy he taught one of the brothers does not come when their groups succeeds in giving a great example of holiness and edification to all lands. Nor would a great ministry of healing and raising of the dead. Nor would possession of all languages ...read more

  • Why Is The F*** Word And And The Sh** Word Used ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jan 7, 2010
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    "Why is the F*** word and and the Sh** word used so freely today? Jesus doesn’t directly include this in what He says about oaths in Matthew 5 but it is there by way of application and other passages enlarge on this area of sin, so I am taking a detour. The spirit of what Jesus is saying in Matthew ...read more

  • Anyone Can Do That...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,242 views

    "ANYONE CAN DO THAT..." There was a man named Doug Nichols who went to India to be a missionary. While he was just starting to study the language, he became infected with tuberculosis and had to be put in a sanitarium. It was not a very good place to be. It was not very clean and conditions were ...read more

  • There Is Almost Nothing Like It In The World. To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Hiehle on Jul 10, 2001
    based on 161 ratings
     | 3,900 views

    There is almost nothing like it in the world. To see the eyes and expression on a little boy’s face the very first time he experiences it. Little boys dream about it. Old men still tell about it with great excitement and enthusiasm. Nothing else compares to the thrill of fighting to bring in ...read more

  • In Leadership Magazine, Dave Wilkinson Writes The ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jan 23, 2002
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     | 3,641 views

    In Leadership magazine, Dave Wilkinson writes the following to pastors… Have you ever wondered why your pastoral resume doesn’t evoke more enthusiasm? Do you ever think, "What are these people looking for?" Perhaps the question should be, "What aren’t they looking for?" because with the numbers of ...read more

  • A Synergy Is Where Different Entities Cooperate ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 19, 2010
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    A synergy is where different entities cooperate advantageously for a final outcome. Simply defined, it means that the effect of the whole is greater than the sum of the effects of the individual parts. If used in a business application it means that teamwork will produce an overall better result ...read more

  • At The Bottom Of Many Of His Musical Manuscripts, ...

    Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Apr 17, 2010
     | 2,552 views

    At the bottom of many of his musical manuscripts, the great organist and composer Johann Sebastian Bach often wrote the letters "INDNJC." Those letters stood for "In Nomine Domini Nostri Jesu Christi" — in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. INDNJC. They did not appear on Bach's manuscripts by ...read more

  • The Bible Is The Blueprints

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Aug 5, 2011
     | 3,775 views

    THE BIBLE IS THE BLUEPRINTS Can you build a real house without blueprints? Sure you can throw up a square storage shed maybe without them, but do you not need to have some kind of visual plan of the dimensions, how many rooms, where the rooms go, and so on in order to start building an actual ...read more

  • Michael Jordan: Persevere

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 17, 2012
     | 6,262 views

    MICHAEL JORDAN: PERSEVERE In the fall of 1978, fifteen-year-old Michael Jordan tried out for the varsity basketball team at Emsley A. Laney High School in Wilmington, North Carolina. The sophomore was 5 feet 11 inches and with his skills, the coach told him that he was not good enough, and Michael ...read more

  • Joshua Bell, Plays The Noted "Gibson Ex ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 22, 2007
     | 2,583 views

    Joshua Bell, plays the noted “Gibson ex Huberman” Stradivarius violin worth $3.5 million. He commands $1,000 a minute performances all over the world. But the Washington Post wondered what might happen if Bell were asked to dress down and play as a street musician near one of the busy subway ...read more