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  • John Wesley  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Oct 7, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,145 views

    . JOHN WELSEY Traveled over 250,000 miles on horseback over a period of 40 years preaching the Gospel Preached 40,000 sermons Wrote 400 books Knew 10 languages At 83 he was annoyed that he couldn’t write more than 15 hours a day without hurting his eyes. At 86 he was ashamed because he ...read more

  • Max Lucado, In His Book, God Came Near, Just ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Dec 16, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,873 views

    Max Lucado, in his book, God Came Near, just after picturing the birth, describes what people were doing while this dramatic event occurred undramatically. "Meanwhile, the city hums. The merchants are unaware that God has visited their planet. The innkeeper would never believe that he had just ...read more

  • Jesus Christ, Our Blessed Savior

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 2,589 views

    Jesus Christ, our blessed Savior, Turned away God’s wrath forever; By His better grief and woe He saved us from the evil foe. Christ says: ’Come, all ye that labor, And receive My grace and favor’; They who feel no want nor ill Need no physician’s help nor skill. As His pledge of love ...read more

  • Billy Sunday Fights Sin

    Contributed by James Pless on Jun 6, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,060 views

    11581. Billy Sunday Fights Sin Billy Sunday, the baseball evangelist and reformer, never spared himself nor those he wanted to help in the vigor of his attacks on sin. He thundered against evil from the Gay Nineties through the Great Depression. He preached Christ as the only answer to man’s needs ...read more

  • A Pilot Was Flying His Small Plane One Day, When ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007
     | 1,164 views

    A pilot was flying his small plane one day, when he heard a noise which he recognized as the gnawing of a rat. Wondering what its sharp teeth were cutting through, he suddenly realized with horror that it might be an electric wire. Then he remembered that rodents can’t survive at high ...read more

  • A Pilot Was Flying His Small Plane One Day, When ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,374 views

    A pilot was flying his small plane one day, when he heard a noise which he recognized as the gnawing of a rat. Wondering what its sharp teeth were cutting through, he suddenly realized with horror that it might be an electric wire. Then he remembered that rodents can’t survive at high altitudes. ...read more

  • What God The Father, God The Son And God The Holy ...

    Contributed by Richard Wafford on Oct 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,334 views

    What God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit endeavored to do in the Garden of Eden has come full circle. It wasn’t that God made a mistake in the garden and just corrected it. No, he brought to himself created beings who withstood the evil and temptations of this sinful world to truly ...read more

  • The Minister Was Silent Until They Met A Man Who ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Nov 21, 2007
     | 818 views

    The minister was silent until they met a man who was especially unkept and filthy. His hair was hanging down his neck and he had a half-inch of stubble on his face. Said the minister: "You can’t be a very good barber or you wouldn’t permit a man like that to continue living in this neighborhood ...read more

  • I Remember When I Was A Small Boy That I Was ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 13, 2008
     | 710 views

    I remember when I was a small boy that I was fascinated with soldiers. I played with little green army men, listened to Dad tell stories of the second world war he was in. I loved to dress up and play army (Get the pictures). I had the steel hat, inside liner, and jacket, etc. I loved playing ...read more

  • What Kind Of Legacy Will You Leave?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 21, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,618 views

    WHAT KIND OF LEGACY WILL YOU LEAVE? Sir Nicholas Winton was a stockbroker in 1938 when Hitler’s troops began to march into Czechoslovakia. In his gut he knew that something evil was underfoot. He quit his job as a stockbroker and began to charter trains, raise money, and transport Jewish children ...read more

  • One Life

    Contributed by Bledar Valca on Dec 29, 2008
     | 2,888 views

    ONE LIFE One single life has value and is important to God. Think of how God saved the world (or His people) through one person: Noah found favor in the eyes of God when the whole world thought evil all the time. God raised Joseph from the prison to save the world from famine. God used Moses to ...read more

  • Abraham Vs. Balaam

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 19, 2010
     | 3,137 views

    ABRAHAM VS. BALAAM Whosoever possesses these three qualities belongs to the disciples of Abraham our father: a generous eye, a humble spirit, and a meek soul. But he who possesses the three opposite qualities--an evil eye, a proud spirit, and a haughty soul--is of the disciples of Balaam the ...read more

  • In March 2009, A 62-Year Old Woman Was Charged ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Jun 23, 2010
     | 1,984 views

    In March 2009, a 62-year old woman was charged with stealing more than $73,000 from her church in the state of Washington. When the detectives interrogated her, she told them: “Satan had a big part in the theft.” It sounds like she was saying that the devil made her do it. Satan may have played a ...read more

  • Keep On ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Oct 15, 2010
     | 2,152 views

    “Keep On Praying!” “Though the foe of right oppress, Keep on praying; God is ever near to bless, Keep on praying; Let not fear your heart appall, Naught of evil can befall, Stronger is your God than all. Keep on praying. “Pilgrim, have you weary grown? Keep on praying; God is still upon the ...read more

  • Wisdom Literature

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 23, 2011
     | 3,581 views

    WISDOM LITERATURE Wisdom not valued much in modern society, so wisdom literature not popular in our culture; In the past, Aesop's fables--which are amazing--used to be a common resource for popular wisdom. But in the ancient near east, wisdom literature abounded. Shortly before Solomon, an ...read more

  • Who Am I?

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Dec 15, 2012
     | 3,091 views

    QUOTE John Newton: • “I am not what I could be, • I am not what 1 should be, • But I am not what I used to be" • How imperfect and deficient I am! • I am not what I wish to be, • Although I abhor that which is evil and would cleave to what is good. • I am not what I hope to be, • But soon ...read more

  • The World Needs Followers Of Jesus...

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 2, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,066 views

    THE WORLD NEEDS FOLLOWERS OF JESUS... who cannot be bought; whose word is their bond; who put character above wealth; who possess opinions and a will; who are larger than their vocations; who do not hesitate to take chances; who will not lose their individuality in a crowd; who will be as honest ...read more

  • How About My Son Joshua's Hero. Chicago Bear, # ...  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jun 18, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,012 views

    How about my son Joshua’s hero. Chicago Bear, # 34, Walter (Jerry) Payton. As a whole Walter Payton played with a loosing record. The Bears were not very successful. Walter was told he was too little and came from a little place, Columbia, Miss. Many people told Walter what he could not do. ...read more

  • I Was Watching The Abc Special "The Path To ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Sep 17, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,245 views

    I was watching the ABC special “The Path to 9/11” the other evening as it showed two Arab men talking in a restaurant in the U.S. They were planning the plot on the World Trade Center. One of the terrorists was telling the other that he had been in Germany and began talking about spiritual ...read more

  • A Story Is Told Of A Father And Son Driving Down ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 1,933 views

    A story is told of a father and son driving down a lonely road as a blinding snow storm begins to fall, unable to see the father pulls to the side of the road there he sees off in the distance the lights of a farmhouse. The warm feeling of seeing the beacon of hope in the distance is overcome by ...read more

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