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  • Invictus  PRO

    Contributed by R. Darrel Davis on Aug 5, 2001
    based on 47 ratings
     | 2,095 views

    William Ernest Henley (1849-1903) Invictus Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is ...read more

  • Becoming Young  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 22, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,408 views

    BECOMING YOUNG In an exhibit hall in Cannes Hundreds of Picasso’s paintings were in chronological display from what he had painted as an adolescent all the way up to his experiments as an 85 year old master. During the exhibit one lady approached Picasso and told him she did not understand. His ...read more

  • Charles Spurgeon, The 19th Century Evangelist, ...

    Contributed by James Faillace on Aug 29, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,319 views

    Charles Spurgeon, the 19th century evangelist, writes this about the sovereignty of God— There is no attribute more comforting to His children than that of God’s sovereignty. Under the most adverse circumstances, in the most severe trials, they believe that sovereignty has ordained their ...read more

  • List To This Article That Appeared In The Moody ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Oct 23, 2006
     | 1,495 views

    List to this article that appeared in the Moody Monthly- An oyster fisherman on opening the shell of an oyster, discovered within a fish, three and a half inches long, alive and weakly struggling. The oyster, however, was not to be found, and the fisherman was quite convinced that the fish had ...read more

  • Martin Luther Had Visitors For Dinner One Day. ...

    Contributed by Dan Mahan on Jan 7, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,455 views

    Martin Luther had visitors for dinner one day. His puppy happened to be at the table, looking for a morsel from his master. The puppy watched with open mouth and motionless eyes. Martin Luther said, "Oh, if I could only pray the way this dog watches the meat! All his thoughts are concentrated on ...read more

  • He Is The Potter; We Are The Clay. He Is The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joseph Rodgers on Dec 15, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 7,003 views

    He is the potter; we are the clay. He is the shepherd; we are the sheep. He is the Master; we are the servant. No matter how educated we are, no matter how much power and influence we may think we possess, no matter how long we have walked w/ Him, no matter how significant we may imagine ...read more

  • When Alexander The Great Was About To Destroy ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 29, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,880 views

    “When Alexander the Great was about to destroy the city Lampsacus, his old master Anaximenes came out to meet him. Alexander, suspecting his design, that he would intercede for the city, being determined to destroy it, swore that he would not grant him any thing he should ask. Then said ...read more

  • True Biblical Worship So Satisfies Our Total ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 17, 2009
     | 2,076 views

    True biblical worship so satisfies our total personality that we don’t have to shop around for man-made substitutes. William Temple made this clear in his masterful definition of worship: For worship is the submission of all our nature to God. It is the quickening of conscience by His holiness; ...read more

  • But Can He Swim?  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Ownby on Mar 28, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,135 views

    BUT CAN HE SWIM? A man and his dog were walking the beach when they came upon another visitor to the beach. The owner of the dog was proud of his dog's newly mastered feat, so he said to the visitor, "Watch this!" whereupon he tossed a piece of driftwood far out into the sea and the dog ...read more

  • Guilt Trip

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 24, 2019
     | 3,198 views

    My mother, a master of guilt trips, showed me a photo of herself waiting by a phone that never rings. “Mom, I call all the time,” I said. “If you had an answering machine, you’d know.” Soon after, my brother installed one for her. When I called the next time, I got her machine: “If you are a ...read more

  • When Airlines Train New Pilots, They Test Them In ...

    Contributed by Brian Menear on Apr 27, 2007
     | 1,428 views

    When airlines train new pilots, they test them in a simulator. This simulator presents them with problems and malfunctions they might face in a flight. The problems start out small and progress to the most severe. Only after they master dealing with the small ones do they move onto the most ...read more

  • What Value

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,660 views

    (1)WHAT VALUE What value did it have, That old wooden cross, The day on which Jesus died? Just two beams of wood, And three nails of iron, On which He would be crucified. But the world could not know, The price to be paid, By the blood that forever would stain. For no greater cost, Could e’er be ...read more

  • A Man And His Dog Are Walking ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,022 views

    Illustration: A man and his dog are walking along the beach when they see a visitor to the beach. The owner of the dog is proud of his dog’s newly mastered feat - so he says to the visitor, "Watch this." He tosses a piece of driftwood far out into the sea and the dog immediately runs on top of the ...read more

  • When Airlines Train New Pilots, They Test Them ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 889 views

    When airlines train new pilots, they test them in a simulator. This simulator presents them with problems and malfunctions they might face in a flight. The problems start out small and progress to the most severe. Only after they master dealing with the small ones do they move onto the most severe ...read more

  • Listen To This Article Found In Today In The ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Feb 29, 2008
     | 1,210 views

    • Listen to this article found in Today in the Word, June 3, 1989. He made free use of Christian vocabulary. He talked about the blessing of the Almighty and the Christian confessions which would become the pillars of the new government. He assumed the earnestness of a man weighed down by historic ...read more

  • Charles Spurgeon, The 19th Century Evangelist, ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jul 28, 2008
     | 2,810 views

    Charles Spurgeon, the 19th century evangelist, writes this about the sovereignty of God: "There is no attribute more comforting to his children than that of God's sovereignty. Under the most adverse circumstances, in the most severe trials, they believe that sovereignty has ordained their ...read more

  • Escaped ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
     | 3,159 views

    ESCAPED CONFLICTS In the 1980’s a retired couple was alarmed by the threat of nuclear war so they undertook a serious study of all the inhabited places on the globe. Their goal was to determine where in the world would be the least likely place affected by a nuclear war -- a place of ultimate ...read more

  • Trust The Prayer

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 2, 2021
     | 3,931 views

    A TRUSTING PRAYER Did you hear about the young preacher that graduated Bible School? He accepted a small country church to be the pastor. It was the only church that would have him. He was the only candidate that would go to the small church. So they were matched up pretty well. His first ...read more

  • Do Not Keep On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
     | 3,307 views

    DO NOT KEEP ON BABBLING Dr. Clarence Bass, professor at Bethel Theological Seminary, early in his ministry preached at a church in Los Angeles. He thought he had done quite well as he stood at the door greeting people as they left the church. The remarks about his preaching were complimentary. ...read more

  • I Like The Story About A Professor Who Sat At His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 12, 2003
    based on 10 ratings
     | 2,369 views

    I like the story about a professor who sat at his desk one evening working on the next day’s lectures. His housekeeper had laid that days mail and papers at his desk and he began to shuffle through them discarding most to the wastebasket. He then noticed a magazine, which was not even addressed to ...read more

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