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  • As I Shut The Door Of The Office After Me, It ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,482 views

    As I shut the door of the office after me, it seemed as if I met the Lord Jesus Christ face to face. It seemed to me that I saw Him as I would see any other man. He said nothing, but looked at me in such a manner as to break me right down at His feet. I fell down at His feet, wept aloud like a ...read more

  • D.l. Moody Tells The Fable Of A Pheasant Who Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Apr 15, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,600 views

    D.L. Moody tells the fable of a pheasant who was envious of another that could fly better than he could. One day this pheasant saw a hunter with a bow & arrow and said to him, "That pheasant flying right above you would provide great food if you could shoot him down." The man said, "Well, I could ...read more

  • Writer Amos Wells Reflected Our Need For Thorough ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 2,185 views

    Writer Amos Wells reflected our need for thorough Bible study in this verse: I supposed I knew my Bible, Reading peacemeal, hit or miss, Now a bit of John or Matthew, Now a snatch of Genesis, Certain chapters of Isaiah, Certain Psalms (the twenty-third), Twelfth of Romans, first of Proverbs ...read more

  • When I Was Very Young My Family Took Long Trips, ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on May 5, 2006
     | 1,206 views

    When I was very young my family took long trips, and on those trips my mom often sang. This week as I prepared my message I remembered one of her favorite songs: Listen, children, to a story That was written long ago, ’Bout a kingdom on a mountain And the valley-folk below. On the mountain was a ...read more

  • Unconditional Love  PRO

    Contributed by Marc Carr on Aug 7, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,312 views

    Unconditional Love Floyd Landis, embroiled in a doping scandal since winning this year’s Tour de France, raised a Mennonite in Pennsylvania, leans on his mother for support. “She’s the one that no matter what happens, to me or to anyone else in life, she will remain unchanged,” he said. “When ...read more

  • A Little Boy Always Went Next Door To Play Even ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 11, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,429 views

    A little boy always went next door to play even though his mom had warned him against doing so. This worried his mom so badly that she asked him why he was so disobedient. He replied that Satan tempted him so bad and he did not know what to do. ? ? His mom then advised him to say ’get ...read more

  • I Read Of A Young Christian Artist Who Painted A ...

    Contributed by Tim Parsons on Sep 17, 2006
     | 2,051 views

    I read of a young Christian artist who painted a depiction of hell. In the flames he painted the faces of several of his lost loved ones. He painted his lost father crying out in agony. There was also his lost brother, and a lost neighbor burning in the flames of hell. When he showed it to his ...read more

  • A Little Boy Climbed Up On His Father's Knee, And ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Nov 5, 2006
     | 1,408 views

    A little boy climbed up on his father’s knee, and looking up into his face, asked, “Papa, is your soul insured?” “Why do you ask that question, Sonny?” “Why, Papa, I heard Uncle George say that you had your house insured and that you had insured your barn and your life, but he was afraid you had ...read more

  • A Couple Years Ago, Someone Emailed Me A Series ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 17, 2006
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    A couple years ago, someone Emailed me a series of photos from a hunting trip in NM. The trip was on mule back, along with dogs, and there was a mountain lion stalking the hunting party. At some point, it attacked, and a mule proceeded to beat the stuffings out of that cougar. That was pretty ...read more

  • Michaelangelo Buonoarti Was One Of The World's ...

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Dec 8, 2006
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    Michaelangelo Buonoarti was one of the world’s most talented sculptor. Many have enjoyed his work in pictures or photos. Others of us have seen the real thing. There is a set of 4 sculptures Michaelangelo done around 1453 that some claim were never finished. The were commissioned for the tomb ...read more

  • An Interesting Incident Happened During The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Feb 8, 2007
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    An interesting incident happened during the victorious march of Alexander the Great to conquer the known world for the Grecian empire. A young soldier became greatly frightened in the heat of battle, dropped his sword and shield and fled. An officer dispatched several soldiers to apprehend the ...read more

  • A 12 Year Old Girl In Rural Ethiopia Was Kidnaped ...

    Contributed by Andy Anquoe on Feb 15, 2007
     | 1,386 views

    A 12 year old girl in rural Ethiopia was kidnaped from her family . Her captors yelled at her, beat her, and almost raped her during her 7 day ordeal. They wanted to force her into marriage by selling her to the highest bidder Who knows what kind of situation she would have ended up in if that ...read more

  • During World War Ii, A Church Building In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,866 views

    During World War II, a church building in Strasbourg was destroyed. After the bombing, the members surveyed the area to see what damage was done. They were pleased that a statue of Christ with outstretched hands was still standing. It had been sculpted centuries before by a great artist. Taking a ...read more

  • Life Examples: Jesus: Example Or Sacrifice (Mt. ...

    Contributed by Nathan Parker on Mar 10, 2007
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     | 3,388 views

    Life Examples: Jesus: Example or Sacrifice (Mt. 26:39) Some believe that Jesus came to show us how to live a good life-and to be sure, He is our example of righteousness. We are to become like Him. But that isn’t the reason Jesus came. Jesus came to die, to become the sacrificial, substitutionary, ...read more

  • In A 1998 Usa Weekend Exclusive Survey Of More ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Mar 13, 2007
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    In a 1998 USA Weekend exclusive survey of more than a quarter million teens -- one of the most extensive ever -- teens responded honestly about tackling their identity crisis. An unprecedented 272,400 students wrote in and confessed their short-comings and exposed their passion to improve ...read more

  • There Have Been Those, Some Of The Notable Men, ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007
     | 1,110 views

    There have been those, some of the notable men, who have refused to cooperate with Christ and have come to a very ignoble finish in their lives. Two such people were the famous writers H.G. Wells and George Bernard Shaw. They were brilliant men with worldly wisdom, yet they rejected the message ...read more

  • The Largest Church In The World Is Central ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Apr 4, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,108 views

    The largest church in the world is Central Gospel Church, in Seoul, Korea. It has an estimated membership of 500,000 people, and is growing at a rate of 10,000 members a month. The pastor, Paul Y. Cho, has his city divided into 12 districts with numerous small cell groups that meet together once ...read more

  • James S. Stewart Tells Of An Oil Painting ...

    Contributed by Ray Mckendry on Apr 9, 2007
    based on 1 rating
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    “James S. Stewart tells of an oil painting depicting Faust engaged in a chess game with the devil. Faust, you will recall, was the man who gambled his life with the devil and lost. The look on Faust’s face in the painting is one of abject despair. He has been reduced to a few pawns, a knight, and ...read more

  • Alec ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
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    ALEC SHEAR Alec Shear has spent the last twenty-five years of his life collecting stuff. He has 6 stars and stripes lunch boxes, 400 transistor radios that look like name brand products, 10,000 match books, and countless other items of vintage Americana. When his wife divorced him over his ...read more

  • Love Is Not Self-Seeking

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
     | 6,157 views

    LOVE IS NOT SELF-SEEKING I read a beautiful story that illustrates this truth. In December of 1971 the Daily News of Maryville, Tennessee, ran a brief story about a nine-year-old boy who did an inspiring and self-giving act. He loved his mother, who had been widowed, and wanted to buy her a ...read more