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  • Gandhi Can't Compare To Christ, Citation: ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Dec 12, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 1,927 views

    [Gandhi Can’t Compare to Christ, Citation: Michael Green, The Message of Matthew (IVP, 2000), p. 141] Author Michael Green writes: Only Jesus fully understands God the Father. Great people have discovered and taught many true and noble things about God. Nobody has known him with the intimacy of ...read more

  • A Clear Picture  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Sep 18, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,180 views

    A CLEAR PICTURE There is a painting in a palace in Rome by Reni. It is painted into the ceiling of the dome, over 100 feet high. To stand at floor level and look upward, the painting seems to be surrounded by a fog that leaves its content unclear. But, in the center of the great dome room is a ...read more

  • Hope Motivates Us To Keep Going And Not Give Up. ...  PRO

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Jan 27, 2004
    based on 43 ratings
     | 8,093 views

    Hope motivates us to keep going and not give up. Without hope we don’t want to do anything. Peanut’s cartoon: Lucy and Linus were sitting in front of the television set when Lucy said to Linus, "Go get me a glass of water." Linus looked surprised, "Why should I do anything for you? You never do ...read more

  • Without Me, You Can Do Nothing  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 18, 2004
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,946 views

    WITHOUT ME, YOU CAN DO NOTHING A do-it-yourselfer who went into a hardware store early one morning and asked for a saw. The salesman took a chain saw from the shelf and commented that it was their “newest model, with the latest in technology, guaranteed to cut ten cords of firewood a day.” The ...read more

  • Just A Little Silver  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 12, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,266 views

    JUST A LITTLE SILVER There’s an old fable about a miserable rich man who went to visit a rabbi. The rabbi took the rich man by the hand and led him to a window. "Look out there," he said. The rich man looked into the street. "What do you see?" asked the rabbi. "I see men, women, and children," ...read more

  • The Disciples Realize There Is One In Their ...

    Contributed by John Stevenson on May 6, 2005
     | 2,988 views

    The disciples realize there is One in their presence that transcends human understanding and it frightens them. If you have come into the presence of the Lord and you have not been just a little frightened, then you have not come into the presence of the Lord. C.S. Lewis captures the essence of ...read more

  • The Most Often Visited Internet Site In The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Nov 3, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,913 views

    The most often visited internet site in the summer of 2001 was reported to be an interview with God. Some of you have sent me a copy of this. It’s an imaginary question-and-answer session with God. In June alone it had 2.4 million visitors log on, and all of this without advertising! Human ...read more

  • When You Hear The Christmas Story, You Get A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lin Smalec on Dec 21, 2005
    based on 21 ratings
     | 3,734 views

    When you hear the Christmas story, you get a picture in your head of what things must have looked like at the birth of Jesus. Sometimes it’s interesting to find out how others envision that scene. I read recently about a children’s Sunday School class that heard the Christmas story and sang the ...read more

  • She Was A Hindu; But All The Same, An Active ...

    Contributed by Sajeev Painunkal, Sj on Apr 9, 2006
     | 2,454 views

    She was a Hindu; but all the same, an active member of the Students’ Christian Movement. Then the shocking news came that she was diagnosed with cancer. She was admitted in a hospital. When we went to see her, I expected her to be very bitter. At such a young age to get such a sickness! But ...read more

  • I Read About A Small Boy Who Was Consistently ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 1,270 views

    I read about a small boy who was consistently late coming home from school. His parents warned him one day that he must be home on time that afternoon, but nevertheless he arrived later than ever. His mother met him at the door and said nothing. At dinner that night, the boy looked at his plate. ...read more

  • There Is A Small Tree Which Grows In Southeast ...

    Contributed by Doug Lyon on Jul 28, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,218 views

    There is a small tree which grows in Southeast Asia known as the Judas-tree. From its branches grow gorgeous blossoms. These blossoms look like scarlet sunbeams. The brilliant beauty of the crimson flowers attracts thousands of tiny insects. Wild bees also try to draw honey from their ...read more

  • For If Any Are Hearers Of The Word And Not Doers, ...

    Contributed by James Westmoreland on Oct 23, 2006
     | 3,029 views

    For if any are hearers of the word and not doers, they are like those who look at themselves in a mirror; for they look at themselves and, on going away, immediately forget what they were like." As I read this text I couldn’t help but think of friends and relatives that slowly lost the connection ...read more

  • Know What You Want

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 18, 2009
     | 2,413 views

    KNOW WHAT YOU WANT One day a boy’s mother decided she would make hot buttered biscuits as long as her son could eat them. He loved biscuits and always complained that he never got enough. He ate and ate and ate, and she kept pulling them out of the stove. Finally she looked around and saw him ...read more

  • Color Of The View

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Aug 17, 2009
     | 2,677 views

    COLOR OF THE VIEW "There is a house in New England where the owner designed a unique feature. The owner of the house often took visitors to the tower and would ask them to look through one of the windows. Each of the four windows was different. The red-tinted window could make it look like a hot ...read more

  • Heaven To Earth, East To West  PRO

    Contributed by John Fallahee on Jun 23, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,304 views

    HEAVEN TO EARTH, EAST TO WEST 11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; 12 as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. Two distances are described here: heavens above the earth and East ...read more

  • Did You Hear About The Israeli Woman That Wanted ...

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jun 23, 2010
     | 1,125 views

    Did you hear about the Israeli woman that wanted to do something very nice for her mother? She bought her mother a brand new mattress and threw out the old one. The problem was her mother had hidden her entire life savings in the old mattress. It was approximately $1million! When the daughter ...read more

  • Priority Of The Word (As Seen In Ezra)

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 12, 2010
     | 2,241 views

    PRIORITY OF THE WORD (AS SEEN IN EZRA) "There is an application here for us. What men say and think is not important. The Scriptures are all-sufficient and contain all of the instruction that is needed for the guidance of those who would be faithful to God in any particular period of church ...read more

  • A Christmas Story: Tongue In Trouble

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 22, 2010
     | 4,239 views

    A CHRISTMAS STORY: TONGUE IN TROUBLE The classic movie, A Christmas Story, is a nostalgic look at growing up in Gary, Indiana, through the eyes of a boy named Ralphie. One scene depicts playtime in the middle of winter. Two boys surrounded by their classmates are arguing whether a person's tongue ...read more

  • Dad's Advice On Humility

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Apr 21, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,812 views

    DAD'S ADVICE ON HUMILITY When I was a teenager, I remember telling my father that I wanted to be a successful businessman when I grew up. He asked me what type of business I wanted to work in, and I told him I didn't know, I just wanted to be a businessman. Looking back, I was seeing myself as ...read more

  • Fear Of Bugs

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Jul 26, 2011
     | 4,483 views

    FEAR OF BUGS I hear the word camping and run for cover. Through the daily writings most of you know that a number of weird things happen to me. How much more in the open woods. Of all the times I camped OUTSIDE I have never had a good experience. If there are 1,000 people in a field and 1 ...read more