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  • Keeping Christ In A Cradle

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Dec 25, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,003 views

    KEEPING CHRIST IN A CRADLE The World prefers to keep Jesus in a cradle where He is innocent and powerless. the dare not allow Him to be Lord and God much less our suffering servant. In the movie Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (a movie I could not watch in its entirety and has no ...read more

  • A Wall Or Bridge

    Contributed by Allen Patterson on Aug 21, 2006
     | 2,721 views

    A Wall Or Bridge They say a wife and husband, bit by bit, Can rear between themselves a mighty wall, So thick they cannot speak with ease through it, Nor can they see across it, it stands so tall. Its nearness frightens them, but each alone Is powerless to tear its bulk away; and each dejected ...read more

  • A Wall Or Bridge  PRO

    Contributed by Tony Miano on Dec 11, 2000
    based on 99 ratings
     | 2,992 views

    A Wall Or Bridge They say a wife and husband, bit by bit, Can rear between themselves a mighty wall, So thick they cannot speak with ease through it, Nor can they see across it, it stands so tall. Its nearness frightens them, but each alone Is powerless to tear its bulk away; and each dejected ...read more

  • John Piper: Your Heart Has To Get Bigger  PRO

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Oct 31, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,472 views

    JOHN PIPER: YOUR HEART HAS TO GET BIGGER "Little hearts give little lusts big power. Big hearts give little lusts little power because they look little! When you SEE the magnitude of your treasure, your soul swells to get around it and you MOCK pornography as a POWERLESS thrill! That’s the way it ...read more

  • Mark Noll, Noted Theologian And Author Once ...

    Contributed by Greg Buchner on Mar 21, 2005
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    Mark Noll, noted theologian and author once wrote… “Over the long course of Christian history, the most depressing thing—because it is repeated so often—has been how tragically far short of Christian ideals we ordinary Christians so regularly fall. Over the long course of Christian history, the ...read more

  • During The Construction Of One Of The East River ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on May 7, 2009
     | 1,863 views

    During the construction of one of the East River Bridges in New York City, the engineers encountered the sunken hull of an old barge which would not yield to removal. It had become so securely embedded in the river mud that engines, cables, and derricks were powerless to remove it. ...read more

  • The Gifts Of Service Are Sometimes Considered ...  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Fox on Dec 20, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,627 views

    The gifts of service are sometimes considered "second-rate." compared with gifts like "evangelism." Without faithful Christians exercising their gift of service, the gifts of evangelism are powerless. It is quite true that people don’t “care how much you know until they know how much you ...read more

  • I Recently Had To Clean Up Some Brickwork At ...  PRO

    Contributed by W F on Sep 15, 2004
    based on 22 ratings
     | 1,758 views

    I recently had to clean up some brickwork at home. New bricks had been laid and I had to clean off the excess cement. So I bought a litre of hydrochloric acid and mixed it at about ½ litre to a bucket of water. This was just the right amount to keep the acid effective in cleaning the brickwork ...read more

  • C.s. Lewis Said, "The Gospel Means We Can Stop ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,686 views

    C.S. Lewis said, “The gospel means we can stop lying to ourselves. The sweet sound of amazing grace saves us from the necessity of self-deception. It keeps us from denying that though Christ was victorious, the battle with lust, greed, and pride still rages within us. As a sinner who has been ...read more

  • The Flag And The Cross - Several Times During My ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
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    THE FLAG AND THE CROSS - Several times during my ministry I shared in military funerals. Finally a very significant lesson dawned. I’ve seen military funerals on the news, and have participated in six or seven across the years. And not once have I seen the American flag go down with the deceased. ...read more

  • In The Early 1900's Through The 1960's Broadway ...  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Caley on Mar 3, 2002
    based on 59 ratings
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    In the early 1900’s through the 1960’s Broadway Presbyterian Church was a powerful witness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Upper Manhattan, but from the 1960’s to the 1990’s a subtle change began to take place, a change in emphasis stole in as massive feeding programs for the homeless were ...read more

  • Michael Green Sums It Up. "How Much We Need The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 24, 2002
    based on 15 ratings
     | 3,772 views

    Michael Green sums it up. “How much we need the Holy Spirit in our church life! Had it struck you that if the New Testament is right in the marrying up of the Holy Spirit with witness bearing, this might shed a flood light on the poverty of spiritual experience in many a church and many a ...read more

  • God's Word Has Power

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,663 views

    GOD'S WORD HAS POWER In an interview about his book The Folly of Prayer (IVP, 2009), author and pastor Matt Woodley shared a story about his friend Theresa. She had married the man of her dreams, but soon after that dropped into the pit of a deep depression. Everything went dark in her mind and ...read more

  • Just What I Needed  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 1,798 views

    JUST WHAT I NEEDED One mother described how her teenage daughter taught her the power of listening. One evening after dinner her daughter was especially disappointed and depressed about a situation at school. Although she was tired herself, the mother sat and listened as her daughter poured out ...read more

  • Sexual Addiction Is From The Dark Side And Those ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 25, 2005
     | 2,096 views

    Sexual Addiction is from the dark side and those who struggle with it need deliverance. This is only possible by surrendering your life over to the Lord Jesus Christ – Lets look at the symptoms of a sex addict: 1. Sexual acting out despite serious consequences and repeated attempts at ...read more

  • Picture A Coin Falling Toward The Ground Under ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Aug 19, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,860 views

    “Picture a coin falling toward the ground under the influence of gravity. In itself, that coin is powerless to overcome the downward pull of this earth. It is in its very nature to fall. But before it has gone far, someone reaches out an arm, holds the coin firmly in his hand, and then lifts it ...read more

  • Story Of Little Grace: My Nephew And His Wife ...

    Contributed by Nathan Cooper on Feb 26, 2008
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    Story of little Grace: My nephew and his wife were horrified to find out that the baby she was carrying was diagnosed with Trifomy13. Trisomy 13, also called Patau syndrome, is a chromosomal condition that is associated with severe mental retardation and certain physical abnormalities. These ...read more

  • Too Soft On People?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2009
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     | 3,989 views

    TOO SOFT ON PEOPLE? A preacher named Ron Rose told a woman who came into his office complaining that his sermons always being about forgiveness and grace. She said he needed to come down harder on the sinners and in her words, "nail them." After her rant, Ron asked, "So, you’ve got forgiveness ...read more

  • Do You Fear What You Need Not Fear?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2012
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    DO YOU FEAR WHAT YOU NEED NOT FEAR? A friend told me a story of some hunting dogs that he had. They were good hunting dogs that he used when he went to hunt pigs in the mountains. He shared however, that the dogs, as tough as they were, were deathly afraid of chickens. I couldn’t believe it, so I ...read more

  • Those Apron Strings  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 1,400 views

    THOSE APRON STRINGS To “let go” does not mean to stop caring, it means that I can’t do it for someone else. To “let go” is not to cut myself off, it is the realization that I can’t control another. To “let go” is not to enable, but to allow learning from natural consequences. To “let go” is to ...read more