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  • A View Of God's Glory

    Contributed by C Jordan on Apr 5, 2008
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    QUOTE: Charles Spurgeon, A View of God’s Glory. “Now, what attribute is God about to show to Moses? His petition is, “Show me thy glory.” Will God show him his justice? His holiness? His wrath? His power? No. Hear the still small voice – “I will make all my goodness pass before you.” Ah! ...read more

  • A Young Lady Was Calling To Get An Appointment ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jul 8, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,615 views

    A young lady was calling to get an appointment for a massage. She called information to get the number for "Angels Touch Massage." She called the number and asked for prices. The person on the other end said "I would be glad to give you a massage, but I don’t think you would want a massage from ...read more

  • Nicholson Shed

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2008
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    Nicholson Shed William Pattison Nicholson has been called the 'tornado' of the pulpit. He was mightily used by God in Northern Ireland at the beginning of the 20th century. Nicholson was as Irish as the turf and as rugged as the hills of Donegal. But Holy Ghost power rested upon him. In the ...read more

  • Someone Wrote: What Is Your God? "Whatever You ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 1,588 views

    Someone wrote: WHAT IS YOUR GOD? "Whatever you love most, serve most, seek out most, give to the most, worship the most, and care about the most is your god. Your “god” can be your career, your bank account, the way you look, a particular position or degree, influence, power, or physical ...read more

  • The Essential Message Of The Scriptures

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jan 17, 2009
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     | 3,033 views

    Dr. Walter Martin states with such clarity: "Into this whirlpool of stagnant human philosophy and perverted revelation came the Son of God who, through His teachings and example, revealed that there was such a thing as divine humanity, and through His miraculous powers, vicarious death and bodily ...read more

  • H.b. London Jr., Of Focus On The Family, Writes ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2009
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    H.B. London Jr., of Focus on the Family, writes about his relationship with his father, who was a pastor: "My father was a great preacher. I only wish I had known him better. He was an absentee dad. I searched for a relationship with him until the time of his death, but I never found it. To give ...read more

  • Re: Heb ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Mar 3, 2009
     | 1,829 views

    Re: Heb 10:20 The word “new” in vs 20 is, in the original language, “freshly slain”. In other words, God sees the shed blood of His Son, the perfect sacrifice, as fresh always. It is as though JUST NOW, Jesus died for us. It is as though JUST NOW He bore the stripes on His back and the thorns on ...read more

  • Tweeners

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 23, 2023
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    "Too many Christians are “’tweeners”: they live between Egypt and Canaan, saved but never satisfied; they live between Good Friday and Easter, believing in the Cross but not entering into the power and glory of the Resurrection. It is clear, then, that the believer cannot deliberately be ...read more

  • His Cross

    Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Mar 14, 2023
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    HIS CROSS The idols of my heart were many, I sunk low beneath the Law’s demand. Satan’s chains held me a prisoner, Burdened down by sin, I could not stand. Then there before me stood the answer! Guilt and slavery would soon be loss. For my shackles broke and fell from me, When I knelt humbly ...read more

  • Bruce Larson, In There’s A Lot More To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Chapman on Mar 26, 2001
    based on 112 ratings
     | 3,042 views

    Bruce Larson, in There’s A Lot More To Health Than Not Being Sick, writes, Behavioral sciences in recent years have expounded the simple truth that "behavior that is observed changes." People who are accountable by their own choice to a group of friends, to a therapy group, to a psychiatrist or a ...read more

  • Bruce Larson Used To Pastor A Church In Seattle ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Dec 10, 2001
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    Bruce Larson used to pastor a church in Seattle and he tells a story about a wealthy man who one day came into his office. The wealthy church member told Bruce, “You’ve been talking a lot about tithing. I’m definitely listening and growing as a Christian, but Bruce, I make a ton of money. I ...read more

  • No Higher Duty  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 26, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 1,921 views

    No Higher Duty Henri Nouwen, the great spiritual writer was going to a monastery for a retreat. The monks observed vows of silence and the retreat was to be meditative and prayerful. Nouwen was delayed and was late getting to the monastery on that miserable, rainy night. He rang the bell, well ...read more

  • Paul

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
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     | 3,664 views

    Paul Paul, the apostle, who before was called Saul, after his great travail and unspeakable labors in promoting the Gospel of Christ, suffered also in this first persecution under Nero. Abdias, declareth that under his execution Nero sent two of his esquires, Ferega and Parthemius, to bring him ...read more

  • Any One More Than Forty-Five Years Old Can ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 25, 2002
    based on 52 ratings
     | 1,627 views

    Any one more than forty-five years old can probably remember where they were when they first heard of President Kennedy’s assassination in 1963. British novelist David Lodge, in the introduction to one of his books, tells where he was--in a theater watching the performance of a satirical revue he ...read more

  • A Persian King Was Lifted Out Of A Life Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Dec 28, 2002
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     | 3,218 views

    A Persian king was lifted out of a life of poverty and deposited into the luxury of the royal throne. After he became the king, he sent some servants to the old shack that he once lived in. The place of his birth and rearing. The servants were instructed to gather every relic of that part of his ...read more

  • During The Reign Of Oliver Cromwell, There Was A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dixon Olu. David on Apr 26, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,599 views

    During the reign of Oliver Cromwell, there was a shortage of currency in the British Empire. Representatives carefully searched the nation in hopes of finding silver to meet the emergency. After one month, the committee returned with its report. “We have searched the empire in vain seeking to ...read more

  • Barbara Brown Taylor – Being Exhausted

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on Jun 7, 2004
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    Barbara Brown Taylor – being exhausted I do not mean to make an idol of health, but it does seem to me that at least some of us have made an idol of exhaustion. The only time we know we have done enough is when we are running on empty and when the ones we love most are the ones we see the least. ...read more

  • I Must Forgive  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jun 10, 2004
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     | 2,580 views

    I MUST FORGIVE Sister Helen Prejean, in her book Dead Man Walking, tells the story of Lloyd LeBlanc, a Roman Catholic layman, whose son was murdered. When he arrived in the field with the sheriff’s deputies to identify his son, LeBlanc immediately knelt by his boy’s body and prayed the Lord’s ...read more

  • Washington's Proclamation  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 16, 2004
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,953 views

    WASHINGTON’S PROCLAMATION In 1789, our nation’s first President, George Washington, issued the following proclamation: Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and ...read more

  • I Remember A Speaker At One Of The Chapel ...  PRO

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Jan 28, 2005
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     | 4,802 views

    I remember a speaker at one of the chapel services at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, where I went to seminary. Having being introduced as our main Missions Conference speaker for the week, he asked us to pray with him. We all bowed in prayer and, after a pregnant pause, John Stensether ...read more