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  • This Christmas Has Set Me Off. It Has Given Me ...

    Contributed by Neal Gracey on Sep 1, 2008
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     | 2,056 views

    This Christmas has set me off. It has given me new fire. It is a wakeup call to men, women and children around the world that 200? could be the beginning of new dark ages. There is a possibility that our children's children could be jailed or killed for speaking about Christ. Want to know what's ...read more

  • No Christianity Without The Cross  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,514 views

    NO CHRISTIANITY WITHOUT THE CROSS Dr. H. Richard Neibuhr condemns cross-less Christianity, or the evangelical "feel good" seeker-sensitive churches, who refuse to display or talk about the cross. With biting criticism he writes, "Such beliefs as a God without wrath, bringing men without sin into a ...read more

  • Recent Research Shows That While 52% Of ...

    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Oct 6, 2009
     | 2,222 views

    Recent research shows that while 52% of participants in a resolution study were confident of success with their goals, only 12% actually achieved their goals. Men achieved their goal 22% more often when they engaged in goal setting, a system where small measurable goals are used (lose a pound a ...read more

  • Nothing To Hold On To

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 6, 2010
     | 3,484 views

    NOTHING TO HOLD ON TO In his book The Fisherman and His Friends, Louis Albert Banks tells of two men who were assigned to stand watch on a ship out at sea. During the night the waves from a raging storm washed one of them overboard. The sailor who drowned had been in the most sheltered place, ...read more

  • Many Jewish Families Lost Their Place In The ...

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 12, 2010
     | 1,364 views

    Many Jewish Families lost their place in the genealogical record by failing to return home. Also, many who once had a place at our table, have disappeared, and can no longer prove their pedigree. Their status with the Lord and with men is in doubt. Perhaps a Christian. Perhaps a member. But ...read more

  • Careless Living

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,499 views

    CARELESS LIVING We must face the fact that many today are notoriously careless in their living. This attitude finds its way into the church. We have liberty, we have money, we live in comparative luxury. As a result, discipline practically ;has disappeared. What would a violin solo sound like ...read more

  • Allan Bloom On Relativism

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 21, 2011
     | 1,528 views

    Allan Bloom in The Closing of the American Mind: "Openness and the relativism that makes it the only plausible stance in the face of various claims to truth and various ways of life and kinds of human beings is the great insight of our times. The true believer is the real danger. The study of ...read more

  • If I Believed...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,727 views

    IF I BELIEVED... An atheist once told William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, "If I believed what you Christians say you believe about a coming judgment and that impenitent rejecters of Christ will be lost, I would crawl on my bare knees on crushed glass all over London, warning men, night ...read more

  • Eagle Vision And Dependability" Written By ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 10, 2002
    based on 75 ratings
     | 5,102 views

    "Eagle Vision And Dependability" written by Christi Harken from Maple Grove, Minnesota, USA Birds of all kinds can see where they are going. They pick and choose their direction and path. As birds fly by instinct they head where they are directed. But they can only see what is in front of ...read more

  • Bible Teacher F.b. Meyer Once Had A Firewood ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Aug 30, 2002
    based on 28 ratings
     | 2,424 views

    Bible teacher F.B. Meyer once had a firewood factory that employed prisoners. Meyer would give them a job to do, good wages, a place to live, and, when possible, spiritual encouragement. In exchange, he expected them to render good employment. They didn’t, and he lost money. Finally he fired them ...read more

  • A Daughter's Faith  PRO

    Contributed by George Rennau on Mar 30, 2003
    based on 183 ratings
     | 6,866 views

    A DAUGHTER'S FAITH A young Colombian Girl who received a New Testament in her school. She read the New Testament until one day her father caught her reading it...and told her not to read it any more because it was full of lies and fantasy. But the girl kept on reading until one day her father ...read more

  • Am I True To Myself?  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Nov 17, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,146 views

    Am I True to Myself? by Edgar Guest I have to live with myself, and so I want to be fit for myself to know I want to be able, as days go by, Always to look myself straight in the eye; I don’t want to stand, with the setting sun, And hate myself for things I have done. I don’t want to keep on a ...read more

  • Do You See Him? Ill. Video Michael W. Smith – "I ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 27, 2005
     | 1,733 views

    Do you see Him? ill. Video Michael W. Smith – “I See You!” Let’s learn from this video to see Him and not others – not an idol we have created in our minds. Let’s not look to self or something created in our image. Instead let’s see the Jesus who is described and revealed to us in the Bible. The ...read more

  • Suzanne Guthrie, Writing In Christian Century ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Oct 3, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,822 views

    Suzanne Guthrie, writing in Christian Century (May2, 2001), tells this story: “A friend of mine who served in the military during World War II (and is now a nun) was once at a conference with two men, a German and an American. As they wiped dishes one evening after dinner they exchanged stories ...read more

  • On 13th September 1759, One Of The Most ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Nov 26, 2005
     | 1,108 views

    On 13th September 1759, one of the most significant battles of the 18th Century was fought – the Battle of the Heights of Abraham. The Heights of Abraham were (and still are) the cliffs above the St. Lawrence river in front of the strategic city of Quebec. Louis, the Marquis de Montcalm - who ...read more

  • Napoleon's Genius Had Been Attributed To Many ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,788 views

    Napoleon’s genius had been attributed to many things, but, above all, he was a superb natural leader of men. Like any wise leader he was aware that his own success would have been nothing had his men not been willing, even eager, to follow him. Obviously he could not know and personally inspire ...read more

  • One Of The Most Dramatic Examples Of The Bible's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,915 views

    One of the most dramatic examples of the Bible’s divine ability to transform men and women involved the famous mutiny on the “Bounty.” Following their rebellion against the notorious Captain Bligh, nine mutineers, along with the Tahatian men and women who accompanied them, found their way to ...read more

  • Long Ago In A Deep Mountain Valley Verdant With ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on Mar 23, 2006
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     | 2,213 views

    Long ago in a deep mountain valley verdant with growth and watered by a crystalline river there lived a tribe. They prospered and grew until the grass was grazed away, the game hunted to extinction, and the river ran dry. A group of young pioneer heroes rose up to say, “We have heard of a wider ...read more

  • Napoleon's Genius Had Been Attributed To Many ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,526 views

    Napoleon’s genius had been attributed to many things, but, above all, he was a superb natural leader of men. Like any wise leader he was aware that his own success would have been nothing had his men not been willing, even eager, to follow him. Obviously he could not know and personally inspire ...read more

  • One Of The Most Dramatic Examples Of The Bible's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,998 views

    One of the most dramatic examples of the Bible’s divine ability to transform men and women involved the famous mutiny on the "Bounty." Following their rebellion against the notorious Captain Bligh, nine mutineers, along with the Tahatian men and women who accompanied them, found their way to ...read more