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  • Poem: Daddy's Table Grace  PRO

    Contributed by Chad Martens on Oct 25, 2001
    based on 47 ratings
     | 3,069 views

    POEM: Daddy’s Table Grace As we sit at the table, Our family’s head bowed low; My thoughts return to childhood And the finest man I know. He didn’t speak good English; He was just a simple man, But when he was talking to the Lord, Even a little child could understand. I was young and ...read more

  • God's Hmo's

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 6, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,016 views

    GOD'S HMO'S In Christian Counseling Today Magazine I discovered another article talking about "Spirituality Theology and Health." It highlighted the center for the study of Religion/Spirituality and Health at Duke University. After twenty years of study and 25 research studies they discovered the ...read more

  • Eyes And Toes

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Aug 11, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,972 views

    EYES AND TOES There is a terrific story I once heard in a taped message from a marvelous Baptist pastor named Ron Dunn. Dunn's parable suggested that once upon a time there was a body where the eyes convinced all of the other parts of the body that the gift of SIGHT was the only important gift. ...read more

  • The Bigger Miracle

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 30, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,503 views

    THE BIGGER MIRACLE Pastor Steve Yeschek lost his sister, Judy, after a five-year battle with cancer. She was a woman who, as Steve described her, was a party animal—-a big drinker with a self-contented lifestyle. She was someone everybody loved, because she exuded excitement and a thrill for life. ...read more

  • Mercy Me: Hold Fast

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 7, 2011
     | 4,261 views

    MERCY ME: HOLD FAST Mercy Me is a Christian band (I Can Only Imagine) and recently they sang a song called, "Hold Fast." Bart Millard tells the story of the inspiration for "Hold Fast": "I was standing in the back of the bus going to our next concert. We were in a traffic jam and we passed a ...read more

  • God's Word Has Power

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,872 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

  • How To Get Rid Of Your Pastor!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Aug 9, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 662 views

    What a blessing it is to have a pastor who loves the Lord, who teaches the Word, and who leads his "flock" aright. I thank God we have a man like that in the church which I attend. In these days of apostasy, when there is such a tragic departure from an emphasis on the Word, how we ...read more

  • I Have A Friend Who Works With A Church In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Jul 26, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,856 views

    I have a friend who works with a church in Nashville. He was telling us a few weeks ago about a lady at his church who was really convicted by what she had been reading in the scriptures and hearing at church. She felt that she has no other choice but to take the love of God out to a dying world ...read more

  • A Little Boy Converts His Mother

    Contributed by Dwight L. Moody on Jun 11, 2009
     | 2,305 views

    A LITTLE BOY CONVERTS HIS MOTHER I remember, when on the North Side, I tried to reach a family time and again and failed. One night in the meeting, I noticed one of the little boys of that family. He hadn’t come for any good, however; he was sticking pins in the backs of the other boys. I thought ...read more

  • The Story Is Told Of A Great English Preacher, Fb ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Mar 10, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 1,827 views

    The story is told of a great English preacher, FB Meyer, and his struggle with jealousy when another great English preacher, G. Campbell Morgan, returned to England after being in America. Meyer said to some friends, "It was easy to pray for the success of Morgan when he was in America. But when ...read more

  • Church Members  PRO

    Contributed by Tony Searles on Jul 25, 2002
    based on 44 ratings
     | 4,599 views

    10% of church members cannot be found? 20% of church members never attend church 25% admit that they never pray 35% admit that they do not read their Bibles 40% admit that they never contribute to the church?tithe or offering 60% never give to missions 70% never assume responsibility within the ...read more

  • Conference After Conference Is Held To Discuss ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Apr 20, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,056 views

    Conference after conference is held to discuss the destruction of the Earth’s environment and to solve the poverty of two thirds of the world’s population but very little gets done when the talking is over. Isn’t it essentially a problem of selfishness, greed and exploitation? Desmond Tutu, the ...read more

  • Missions Is The Growth Measure That Puts Every ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Nov 16, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,710 views

    "Missions is the growth measure that puts every other component in its proper perspective. It is the crown of every church’s ministry, proof that the people of God have embraced a biblical worldview. Jesus Christ came into the world to save every person in it, wherever they live, whatever the ...read more

  • Missionary Larry Cox Of Burkina Faso Tells Of ...

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 10, 2005
     | 1,521 views

    Missionary Larry Cox of Burkina Faso tells of going out one Sunday morning with time only to visit two Churches. A runner came from the second Church just as he was leaving the first, telling him that people had been waiting there for over two hours to hear the gospel preached. People had gathered ...read more

  • Dr. C. I. Scofield, The Eminent Bible Teacher, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 23, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,876 views

    Dr. C. I. Scofield, the eminent Bible teacher, once attended a Bible Conference in New York City. The chairman called on another minister to pray. His prayer went something like this: “Oh, thou great and terrible God. great is thy majesty. A great distance separates us from Thee. Poor lost sinners ...read more

  • Christian Shopper Facts

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
     | 1,695 views

    Christian Shopper Facts: George Barna’s 2003 Update: Christian Bookstore Shopping reports: · 14% of all U.S. women are frequent Christian-store shoppers. · 15% of Boomers (born between ’46 and ’64) are Christian-store frequent shoppers. · Evangelical’s account for 69% of the most active Christian ...read more

  • In The Midst Of Opposition And Dificulty, ...

    Contributed by C Reola on Oct 29, 2006
     | 2,224 views

    In the midst of opposition and dificulty, winners worship GOd. There is no time to wallow into the problem and worry. They Worship GOd. They, in front of the whole Israelite community, tore their clothes and approached God in prayer. The tearing of their clothes symbolizes humility and repentance. ...read more

  • Just Good Enough

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,788 views

    III. THIRD–YOU CAN’T RUMBLE, IF YOU DON’T KNOW THAT COMPROMISE IS THE NUMBER ONE REASON CHRISTIANS AND CHURCHES BECOME LUKEWARM. A. VERSE 16, IS NOT A PORTRAIT OF A PERSON LOSING THEIR SALVATION, THIS IS A PICTURE OF A PERSON TRYING TO STRADDLE THE FENCE BETWEEN THE WORLD AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD ...read more

  • Do It Myself

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,995 views

    It is said that D.L. Moody, in his early days in Chicago, was a regular attendant on the noonday prayer meeting at a local church. At one of these meetings a rich brother rose and told those present of an opportunity to do a certain good thing if only three or four hundred dollars could be raised ...read more

  • Some Years Ago, A Painting Was Shown In A London ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
     | 1,323 views

    Some years ago, a painting was shown in a London art gallery. As you viewed it from a distance, it seemed to be a monk with head bowed and hands clasped in prayer. But, upon close inspection, you would see a monk that is squeezing an orange over a small glass as he looks down upon it. Could that ...read more

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