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  • I Met A Young Girl Who Was Brought Up In The ...

    Contributed by Ramon Canals on Jun 5, 2009
     | 2,410 views

    I met a young girl who was brought up in the church, had all the advantages of christian home, loving father and mother. But she wanted to experiment the world. She wanted to have more freedom than what her parents were giving her and so she came to NY and as she tried to board the subway somebody ...read more

  • The Average American Has $9000 In Credit Card ...

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jun 8, 2009
     | 507 views

    The average American has $9000 in credit card debt. $9000, just in credit card debt. That’s not student loans, home mortgages, car payments or anything else. That’s just credit card debt. Why is it, that we who live in the wealthiest country in the world ... live in debt? Do we not have enough? Are ...read more

  • Who Is The Worst Sinner You Know?

    Contributed by Rickey Bennett on Aug 16, 2009
     | 3,154 views

    WHO IS THE WORST SINNER YOU KNOW? "Who is the worse sinner you know? Are you more aware of your own sin or those sins of others? Because of God’s amazingly gracious heart toward those who thoroughly deserve only His wrath, He both planned for and provided this mediator to resolve the divine ...read more

  • Solzhenitsyn: Men Have Forgotten God  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 24, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,529 views

    SOLZHENITSYN: MEN HAVE FORGOTTEN GOD In his 1983 acceptance speech for the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn recalled the words he heard as a child, when his elders sought to explain the ruinous upheavals in Russia: "Men have forgotten God; that’s why all this has ...read more

  • When You Pray Do You Seek His Face Or His ...

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Aug 28, 2009
     | 2,995 views

    When you pray do you seek His Face or His Hand? In most of our praying we are not seeking God’s Face, but rather seeking His hand, looking for God to provide something for us. While Jesus instructed us to pray, “Give us today our daily bread.” (Matt 6:11 NIV) I believe He intended our prayers to ...read more

  • Heaviest-Ever Newborn

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 28, 2009
     | 1,100 views

    HEAVIEST-EVER NEWBORN KISARAN, Indonesia – Indonesia’s heaviest-ever newborn drew curious crowds Friday to a hospital where the boy named Akbar — or the "Great" in Arabic — came into the world at a record 19.2 pounds (8.7 kilograms). Akbar Risuddin was born to a diabetic mother in a 40-minute ...read more

  • Italian Poet Dante Alighieri Criticized By ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 14, 2009
     | 3,138 views

    Italian Poet Dante Alighieri Criticized by Enemies During Church Service Deeply immersed in meditation during a church service, Italian poet Dante Alighieri failed to kneel at the appropriate moment. His enemies hurried to the bishop and demanded that Dante be punished for his sacrilege. Dante ...read more

  • Media Specialist James Caan, Was Offering Advice ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Nov 22, 2009
     | 969 views

    Media specialist James Caan, was offering advice to one who struggled to break into the industry. His advice will serve us well in persistent attitudes. Caan said, “There’s no secret to securing the break that you seek – persistence, persistence, persistence. It’s not unusual to hear of people ...read more

  • At Age Thirty, Joseph Could Never Have Handled ...

    Contributed by Chris Jordan on Jan 16, 2010
     | 1,590 views

    At age thirty, Joseph could never have handled this world-class task without an intense and experience-oriented course in management. It began in Potiphar’s house, where he managed all of his affairs. It continued in prison where he was eventually responsible for all the prisoners. And thirteen ...read more

  • Faith And Promise

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Aug 17, 2010
     | 5,903 views

    FAITH AND PROMISE When something is promised, you have not seen it happen yet, have you? If I promise my wife that I'm going to clean out the basement, there's no proof that you can see. There's only my word. That promise is the only evidence it will happen. And I may prove unreliable for one ...read more

  • Eugene Peterson, From His Intro To Proverbs In ...

    Contributed by Chris Jordan on May 1, 2011
     | 3,633 views

    Eugene Peterson, from his intro to Proverbs in The Message Bible: "Wisdom has to do with becoming skillful in honoring our parents and raising our children, handling our money and conducting our sexual lives, going to work and exercising leadership, using words well and treating friends kindly, ...read more

  • Need Or Greed

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Jun 2, 2011
     | 3,861 views

    NEED OR GREED Clovis Chappel in his book "Feminine Faces," wrote that when the Roman city of Pompeii was being excavated, the body of a woman was found mummified by the volcanic ashes of Mount Vesuvius. Her position told a tragic story. Her feet pointed toward the city gate, but her out ...read more

  • Wish They Were On Our Team  PRO

    Contributed by John Sears on Jul 22, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,777 views

    WISH THEY WERE ON OUR TEAM I played a football when I was in Jr. High School. There was one week of practice that I hated. It was the week we practiced against the High school team. Folks, they were better. They were bigger, stronger, faster, and more experienced. They beat up on us all ...read more

  • Anger: Strength In Your Claws

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 12, 2012
     | 1,822 views

    ANGER: STRENGTH IN YOUR CLAWS The biggest lobster ever caught in Maine, a 27-pounder (12.25 kg) with claws tough enough to snap a man's arm, was released back into the ocean on Thursday after being trapped in a shrimp net last week, marine officials said. The 40-inch (one-meter) male crustacean, ...read more

  • What's Your Motivation?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 26, 2012
     | 5,542 views

    WHAT'S YOUR MOTIVATION? Suppose someone were to offer me a thousand dollars for every soul I might earnestly try to lead to Christ. Would I endeavor to lead any more souls to him than I am endeavoring to do now? Is it possible that I would attempt to do for money, even at the risk of blunders or ...read more

  • Giving The Spirit His Due

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 17, 2012
     | 2,075 views

    GIVING THE SPIRIT HIS DUE "The Holy Spirit is underappreciated and under preached by the twenty-first-century church. There is a prejudice of sorts against the Holy Spirit that impedes many from learning more about him. The body of Christ is often divided into two sides. One side stresses the Word ...read more

  • The Harvard University Handbook.....amazing!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on May 19, 2016
     | 5,409 views

    THE HARVARD UNIVERSITY HANDBOOK.......AMAZING! These words were printed in the first Harvard University handbook! "Let every student be plainly instructed and earnestly pressed to consider well, the main end of his life and studies is, to know God and Jesus Christ, which is eternal life, John ...read more

  • Sow Indiscriminately

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jul 15, 2017
     | 4,958 views

    In the Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13) Jesus spoke of the kingdom of heaven being like an indiscriminate sower. This contradicts theories surrounding church growth of targeting certain statistically measurable demographics. There is no such target audience in this parable. The seed of the kingdom ...read more

  • Make Disciples - There Is No "Plan B"

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Jul 9, 2018
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,368 views

    Here's the thing that can be difficult to wrap our minds around: If you make disciples, you always get the church. But if you make a church, you rarely get disciples. Many of us serve in or lead churches where we have hundreds or even thousands of people showing up on Sunday. But we have to ...read more

  • A Dying Church

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Oct 13, 2019
     | 4,627 views

    John MacArthur tells this awesome story: There once was an old church in England. A sign on the front of the building read, ''We preach Christ crucified.'' After a time, ivy grew up and obscured the last word and it read, 'We preach Christ.'' The ivy grew some ...read more

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