based on 2 ratings
| 3,136 views
Story: One of my heroes of the faith is the late Richard Wurmbrand (1909 – 2001)
Wurmbrand was born in Rumania in 1909 as a Jew and became a Christian when he encountered Christ at an early age.
He shared his faith with the occupying troops in the 1940’s and the Germans threw him in prison for
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Anglican
Contributed by Aaron Burgess on Sep 19, 2002
based on 13 ratings
| 1,971 views
Bob Russell says, “When we sin we feel dirty. We feel like we need a spiritual bath. Baptism provides this wonderful sense of cleansing and
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Independent/Bible
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Nov 24, 2007
John R.W. Stott tells us that “our sins were the obstacle preventing us from receiving the gift (LIFE) he wanted to give us. So they
...read more
Denomination:
Salvation Army
Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 8, 2024
based on 1 rating
| 576 views
It was F.B. Meyer, I believe, who once said that when we see a brother or sister in sin, there are three things we do not know:
First, we do not know how hard he or she tried not to sin.
And second, we do not know the power of the forces that assailed him or her.
We also do not
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Aug 24, 2009
Sin separates us from God and from each other. I recently read about an interesting scientific phenomenon with fluorophores. Fluorophores are molecules that glow when they are excited by the right kind of light source. They’re usually found in amino acids and proteins. (There is an illustration at:
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
*other
Contributed by Evie Megginson on Jul 23, 2005
based on 5 ratings
| 5,087 views
Temptation can really play havoc with our lives. There was a humorous "Cathy" cartoon strip sometime back. Cathy is struggling with her diet. See if this progression is familiar:
Frame 1: I will take a drive, but won’t go near the grocery store.
Frame 2: I will drive by the grocery store, but will
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
based on 5 ratings
| 1,667 views
A little boy who lived far out in the country in the late 1800s had reached the age of twelve and had never in all his life seen a circus. You can imagine his excitement, when one day a poster went up at school announcing that on the next Saturday a traveling circus was coming to the nearby
...read more
Tags:
based on 5 ratings
| 1,757 views
Consider the lives of two men. One of them Max Jukes, lived in New York. He did not believe in Christ or give Christian training to his children. He refused to take his children to church even when they asked to attend. He had 1,026 descendants- 300 of whom were sent to prison for an avergaae term
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Adventist