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  • Saved Covered By Wings

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Dec 13, 2011
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    SAVED COVERED BY WINGS An article in the National Geographic several years ago provided a picture of God’s love for us. After a forest fire in Yellowstone National Park, forest rangers began their trek up a mountain to assess the damage. One ranger found a bird literally petrified in ashes, ...read more

  • The Lord's Game Plan

    Contributed by Eugene Morell on Jan 7, 2012
     | 2,860 views

    THE LORD'S GAME PLAN After I had been a Christian for a while, I felt that I was being called ton the ministry. I figured that the Lord had made just about his biggest mistake by calling me. When I told Barbara about what I felt, I rejoiced when she told me that I couldn’t be a pastor because all ...read more

  • Shannon's Sacrifice

    Contributed by Greg Nance on Feb 25, 2012
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    SHANNON'S SACRIFICE It was March 24, 1998 in Westside Middle School near Jonesboro, Arkansas. A total of five people, four female students and a teacher, were killed at a school shooting. Ten people, nine students and one teacher, were injured. The perpetrators of the shooting were two students, ...read more

  • Don't Worry Be ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2012
     | 6,763 views

    DON’T WORRY BE HAPPY The song Don’t Worry Be Happy was a late 80’s chart buster as it gained phenomenal success for such a simple song. The lyrics written by Bobby McFerrin were copied from original Indian sage from the late 1800’s whose mantra was one of peace. I remember the first time I heard ...read more

  • How Leprosy ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 9, 2012
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    HOW LEPROSY WORKS According to the Jewish Encylopedia: Priests were in charge of the diagnosis of all diseases. They were not allowed to live in a community that didn’t have a doctor. Those who were diagnosed with the curable strain of leprosy had to appear before a priest every 7 days. Once ...read more

  • Death And Resurrection

    Contributed by David Simpson on Jan 15, 2013
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    Our son, John learned a valuable lesson about death when he was a child. One day he took aim with his new BB gun at a little bird sitting on a limb near our back deck. He aimed and fired and hit his target and the bird collapsed to the ground. Dead. At first there was the excitement of being a ...read more

  • The Majesty Of God

    Contributed by David Simpson on Jan 18, 2013
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    Just how can we comprehend the Majesty of God? By removing thoughts that limit the greatness, the Majesty of God. We need to show the majesty of God in our words and actions every day and start letting people know where we stand. It is not with great trumpets - or magnificent choirs - but it is ...read more

  • Entry-Level Faith

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Jun 3, 2013
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    ENTRY-LEVEL FAITH During World War II, a young teenager tried to enlist in the navy. Only fifteen but large for his years, he told the recruiting officer in Richmond, Virginia, that he was sixteen. The officer looked at him and shook his head. "Sorry, son, you're not old enough." Two months ...read more

  • A Creative Partnership

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2015
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    During the summer of 1904 an unlikely partnership was formed at the World’s Fair in St. Louis. The summer was unusually hot and people were searching the fair for something to help cool them off… A vendor named Arnold had just what they were looking for… ice cream. People lined up for what seemed ...read more

  • Faith

    Contributed by Darryl Womack on Dec 17, 2015
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    In the movie called the Matrix there is one of the best encouragements to share our Faith with others that I have ever seen. The Spiritual leader of that rag tag bunch goes by the name of Morpheus and the young deliverer who he believes is the promised one goes by the name of Neo. Needless to say ...read more

  • Rescue The Perishing

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 23, 2016
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    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

  • The Problem With Church 200 Years Ago

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 11, 2018
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    I was recently reading an interesting book about life in America 200 years ago. One intriguing detail that the author shared was that back then most people only bathed once a year. It made me think of how unpleasant it would have been to gather on a sultry August Sunday morning in a sanctuary ...read more

  • "Example Of Ministry Team Work

    Contributed by Clarence Eisberg on Aug 25, 2018
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    It is a story about the friends of Herman Ostry, who lived near Bruno, Nebraska, and what did for him. From what I was told, a number of years ago Herman purchased a piece of property and put up a barn. Thins went well until the nearby creek flooded and put the floor of Herman’s new barn under 29 ...read more

  • Is Your Light Shining

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 15, 2019
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    IS YOUR LIGHT SHINING? Many years a missionary employed a Chinese scholar to translate the New Testament into the Chinese language. The scholar was a Confucian and had never heard of Christianity until the missionary had hired him. The scholar was a painstaking person and wanted to produce a ...read more

  • Mowing Your Yard In The Midst Of A Flood!

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 15, 2020
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    Glen and Jo Ann live in Orange County, California in a low lying area. It flooded one year and the local newspaper sent a reporter in a boat out to Glen and Jo Ann’s neighborhood. The reporter found Jo Ann, sitting on their roof watching large objects floating by, so he climbed up on the roof to ...read more

  • President Mckinley Had A Mother Who Taught Him Well

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 31, 2022
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    As a lawyer, as a congressman, as Governor of Ohio, and as President of the United States, William McKinley had a close relationship with his mother. He either visited her or sent a message to her every day. When she became seriously ill, he arranged to have a special train standing by, ready to ...read more

  • Several Years Ago Our International Mission Board ...

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on May 9, 2007
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    Several years ago our International Mission Board reported the story of a former Muslim from South Asia who has suffered for the Lord. They changed his name to Lamak for security reasons. He was born into a wealthy and powerful Muslim family, but Lamak turned his life over to Jesus, while he was ...read more

  • John Sculley Was President Of Pepsi Co During The ...

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Jun 3, 2007
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    John Sculley was president of Pepsi Co during the 1970s and early 1980s He is best known for his marketing skills, particularly in his introduction of ’the Pepsi Challenge’ at Pepsi Co, He became CEO of Apple from 1983-1993. What caused Pepsi Cola president John Sculley’s dramatic shift to become ...read more

  • Quote: One Hanging On A Tree

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 11, 2007
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    Quote: One Hanging on a Tree John Newton, 1725–1807 said: In evil long I took delight, Unawed by shame or fear, Till a new object struck my sight, And stopp’d my wild career: I saw One hanging on a Tree In agonies and blood, Who fix’d His languid eyes on me. As near His Cross I stood. Sure never ...read more

  • Many Today Try To Explain Away Their Sin By ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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     | 2,266 views

    Many today try to explain away their sin by denial. "I live a good moral life" they say or "I’m just as good as the next guy". They over estimate themselves with too high a view of their condition. Muhammad Ali, who is one of the greatest athletes of the 20th century and maybe the best boxer of ...read more