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  • You Do Not Have To Travel Very Far In Any ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lindsey Mann on Jul 24, 2002
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     | 2,036 views

    You do not have to travel very far in any direction before you come across somebody who is away from the influence and authority of the Father. I can remember two such incidents. I was once visiting a church pastor in Kings Cross, Central London. As I made my farewell I stepped out onto the ...read more

  • For My Next Trick  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 17, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,192 views

    FOR MY NEXT TRICK: A 31-year-old man from Santa Cruz, Calif., was walking outside town on a date when he happened across a rattlesnake. To "impress" his gal, he picked the snake up. "The snake was mature," said a rescue worker. "It had 10 rattles," which he knew because "the victim had time to ...read more

  • Can Any Good Thing Come From Nazareth? That ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Mills on Sep 27, 2002
    based on 34 ratings
     | 2,025 views

    Can any good thing come from Nazareth? That back water, that hole in the earth? Nazareth was on the "wrong side of the tracks." Nazareth was Jesus’ hometown, but they had already rejected Jesus. Near where I live is the "town" where Johnny Cash was born. Looking at the town, you would never ...read more

  • Really Giving  PRO

    Contributed by Clyde Grimes on Dec 28, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
     | 4,630 views

    REALLY GIVING The great Alliance preacher and renowned Christian author, A. W. Tozer, makes this observation: “Before the judgment seat of Christ my service will be judged not by how much I have done but by how much I could have done!... In God’s sight, my giving is measured not by how much I ...read more

  • Leadership: What God Looks For In His Leaders

    Contributed by Raymond Petzholt on Mar 25, 2004
     | 686 views

    When God was looking for a leader for His people He required “a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfill all my will” (Acts 13:22; I Sam. 13:14; Why? - Amos 3:3). “Man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart” (I Sam. 16:7). As God was searching the hearts of ...read more

  • One Day John Wesley Was Walking With A Troubled ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 27, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,471 views

    One day John Wesley was walking with a troubled man who expressed his doubt as to the goodness of God. He said, "I do not know what I shall do with all this worry and trouble." At the same moment Wesley saw a cow looking over a stone wall. "Do you know," asked Wesley, "why that cow is looking over ...read more

  • Really Giving  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 22, 2005
    based on 12 ratings
     | 6,590 views

    REALLY GIVING The great Alliance preacher and renowned Christian author, A. W. Tozer, makes this observation: “Before the judgment seat of Christ my service will be judged not by how much I have done but by how much I could have done!... In God’s sight, my giving is measured not by how much I ...read more

  • Quote: "Prayer Has Divided Seas, Rolled Up ...  PRO

    Contributed by Manuel Amparo on May 10, 2006
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     | 1,934 views

    Quote: “Prayer has divided seas, rolled up flowing rivers, made flinty rocks gush into fountains, quenched flames of fire, muzzled lions, disarmed vipers and poisons, marshaled the stars against the wicked, stopped the course of the moon, arrested the sun in its rapid race, burst open iron gates, ...read more

  • True Happiness Is Not Attained Through ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 9, 2006
     | 3,340 views

    True happiness is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. Helen Keller You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation. Bette Davis Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness ...read more

  • God Wants To Spread His Word Through Us To The ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Mar 7, 2007
     | 1,068 views

    God wants to spread His Word through us to the World. He wants to use the whole man, spirit, soul and body. In 1936 a radio broadcast was transmitted to America from England. Just before the voice of King Edward VIII was to be heard, someone stumbled over a wire in the control room of WJZ (now ...read more

  • One Night A Drunkard Sat At A Table In A Bar, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,430 views

    One night a drunkard sat at a table in a bar, drinking with his companions. Soon his wife came in and set a covered dish before him, saying, “Jack, you seem too busy to come home for supper, so I brought your supper to you.” As she left the saloon the man’s companions roared with laughter. Jack ...read more

  • Last Tuesday Night On Prime Time They Showed The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,243 views

    Last Tuesday night on Prime Time they showed the new Christ, De Jesus from Puerto Rico. He claims to be the better Christ and declares there is no sin, no Satan, and no one will go to hell. They interviewed several church members as to what they thought about their Christ. And they believe in him ...read more

  • Do You Think Television Doesn't Have A Strong ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 5, 2007
     | 818 views

    Do you think television doesn’t have a strong influence on young people? MTV knows otherwise. A recent self-promotional ad in an advertising trade publication brags, "Any channel can deliver eyeballs. But how many can include hearts and minds?" In another ad, MTV calls itself "not a TV ...read more

  • Spurgeon In His Commentary On Ps. 126 Said, "The ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 31, 2007
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    Spurgeon in his commentary on Ps. 126 said, “The church must not only keep this seed in the storehouse, for such as come to inquire for it, but must also send her sowers forth to cast it among those who are ignorant of its value, or too indifferent to ask for it. “The church must not sit weeping ...read more

  • One Day John Wesley Was Walking With A ...

    Contributed by Gregg Rustulka on Mar 29, 2008
     | 2,966 views

    Ill: One day John Wesley was walking with a troubled man who expressed his doubt as to the goodness of God. He said, "I do not know what I shall do with all this worry and trouble." At the same moment Wesley saw a cow looking over a stone wall. "Do you know," asked Wesley, "why that cow is ...read more

  • William Cary Was A Shoemaker When One Day He ...

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Dec 12, 2006
     | 3,266 views

    William Cary was a shoemaker when one day he heard of the millions of people in India who had not heard the Good News of Jesus Christ. He believed the great commission to “Go into all the world and preach the gospel.” He believed that that verse was speaking directly to him. So he volunteered ...read more

  • There Was A Young Seminarian Who Was Taking An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
     | 2,370 views

    There was a young seminarian who was taking an oral examination for his ordination process. During the questioning, one of the examiners asked him if he believed in a personal devil. "No," he replied, "I do not believe in the devil." Hearing this, the examiners began to discuss the seminarian’s ...read more

  • Don't Listen To Her

    Contributed by Doyle Hayes on Jul 7, 2009
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     | 3,732 views

    DON'T LISTEN TO HER A car tooling down the country road sputtered to a complete stop near a field filled with cows. The driver, getting out to see what was the matter, noticed a cow looking at him. "I believe it’s your radiator," said the cow. The startled man ran to the nearest farmhouse and ...read more

  • One Of The Deepest Forms Of Poverty A Person Can ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 13, 2010
     | 2,422 views

    One of the deepest forms of poverty a person can experience is isolation. If we look closely at other kinds of poverty, including material forms, we see that they are born from isolation, from not being loved or from difficulties in being able to love. Poverty is often ...read more

  • He Who Is

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 22, 2012
     | 2,581 views

    He Who is "the image of the invisible God" (Col. 1:15),(21) is Himself the perfect man. To the sons of Adam He restores the divine likeness which had been disfigured from the first sin onward. Since human nature as He assumed it was not annulled,(22) by that very fact it has been raised up to a ...read more