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  • Spiritual Health Checks  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,983 views

    Spiritual Health Checks (Devoted to Prayer) There are four signs that show that the child of God is a healthy Christian. One is a heart hungry for God's Word, second is his desire to be involved in Christian fellowship, third he observes "Communion," and four he is devoted to prayer. (Acts ...read more

  • Spiritual Dryness

    Contributed by Samuel M on Feb 18, 2025
     | 267 views

    When we pray prayers that are not in God's will, we by ourselves enter into seasons of spiritual dryness. We may receive answers to our prayer requests, yet we may become spiritually dry. If you are experiencing a season of spiritual dryness, do check and correct your prayers. Prayers ...read more

  • How Deeply Do You Desire To Connect With God? ...

    Contributed by Roger Nelmes on Jan 10, 2007
     | 2,510 views

    How deeply do you desire to connect with God? Are you desperate to see a mighty movement of God on your campus and throughout your generation? In the first decade of recent centuries, God has moved in astonishing ways to bring spiritual awakenings through students. We are living in that time ...read more

  • Generosity

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Oct 21, 2010
     | 3,837 views

    You all probably remember the photos that Eve [our former children’s worker] brought back from Zambia of bags of grain lying in church as people had brought a true tithe, ten per cent of their crop to give to God. People in Africa have very little and yet are very generous. In this country ...read more

  • An Uncompromising Preacher

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Apr 19, 2022
     | 1,049 views

    Peter Cartwright, a nineteenth-century circuit-riding Methodist preacher, was an uncompromising man. One Sunday morning when he was to preach, he was told that General Andrew Jackson was in the congregation, and warned not to say anything out of line. When Cartwright stood to preach, he said, ...read more

  • The Boldness Of Peter Cartwright

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jun 6, 2022
     | 2,764 views

    Peter Cartwright, a nineteenth-century circuit-riding Methodist preacher, was an uncompromising man. One Sunday morning when he was to preach, he was told that General Andrew Jackson was in the congregation and warned not to say anything out of line. When Cartwright stood to preach, he said, ...read more

  • Boomers Read: Once Viewed As Spiritual ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
     | 1,588 views

    Boomers Read: Once viewed as spiritual antagonists, political activists, and non-traditionalists, Boomers have retained their penchant for confounding the experts. Though they were the first generation raised with omnipresent television and were instrumental in introducing computers to the world, ...read more

  • Warren Wiersbe Said This, "The Church Is Always ...  PRO

    Contributed by Chad Bolfa on Jan 12, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,819 views

    Warren Wiersbe said this, “The Church is always one generation short of extinction, If our generation fails to guard the truth and entrust it to our children, then that will be the end! When you think of the saints and martyrs who suffered and died so that we might have ...read more

  • 138 Years Ago Today Marked A Key Event In Our ...  PRO

    Contributed by Peter Schmidt on Nov 13, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,774 views

    138 years ago today marked a key event in our nation’s history. The date was July 1st, 1863. The location was a small town in Pennsylvania, a town at that time not known for much except a shoe factory that was there. Today, the name of this town represents the bloodiest and one of the most ...read more

  • The Real War Room  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 26, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,043 views

    THE REAL WAR ROOM One of the most successful ministries in the world is Campus Crusade for Christ. This ministry was begun by a layman, Bill Bright. They have laborers sharing on thousands of campuses around the world. They believe prayer accessed the source for these laborers. In the late ...read more

  • Mormons Believe Salvation Comes In Two Parts: ...

    Contributed by Todd Stiles on Oct 23, 2006
     | 1,373 views

    Mormons believe salvation comes in two parts: General and Individual. Generally, all of humanity will be saved when they are resurrected and judged according to their works. Individually, if a person wants to earn forgiveness from personal sins, they must meet certain requirements, including faith, ...read more

  • During The Battle Of The Wilderness In The Civil ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on Nov 5, 2001
    based on 32 ratings
     | 3,906 views

    During the Battle of the Wilderness in the Civil War, Union general John Sedgwick was inspecting his troops. At one point he came to a parapet, over which he gazed out in the direction of the enemy. His officers suggested that this was unwise and perhaps he ought to duck while passing the parapet. ...read more

  • Thom S. Rainer In His Book "The Bridger ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Hamby on Mar 24, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,695 views

    Thom S. Rainer in his book “The Bridger Generation” notes the “81% of those surveyed became Christians before the age of nineteen. Before the age of 6 6% Ages 6-9 24% Ages 10-12 26% Ages 13-15 15% Ages 16-19 10% Over the age ...read more

  • Who Do I Shoot?

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Apr 19, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,270 views

    WHO DO I SHOOT? A new soldier was on sentry duty at the main gate. His orders were clear. No car was to enter unless it had a special sticker on the windshield. A big Army car came up with a general seated in the back. The sentry said, "Halt, who goes there?" The chauffeur, a corporal, said, ...read more

  • There Is A Priest In Dublin, Ireland Named Father ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Bauer on Aug 1, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,932 views

    There is a priest in Dublin, Ireland named Father Foster He tells about the day he parked his car on a rather steep slope close to his church. His little terrier was lying on the back seat and could not be seen by anyone outside the vehicle. Father Foster got out of the car, turned to lock ...read more

  • Leonard Ravenhill (While Revival Tarries, Chapter ...

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Feb 15, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,721 views

    Leonard Ravenhill (While Revival Tarries, Chapter 2, Prayer Grasps Eternity) No man is greater than his prayer life. The pastor who is not praying is playing; the people who are not praying are straying. The pulpit can be a shop-window to display one’s talents; the prayer closet allows no ...read more

  • It Was Told That In One Of His Speeches To The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,834 views

    It was told that in one of his speeches to the soldiers of the first World War, General John J. Pershing said: “I have known Jesus Christ now for forty-seven years, and I could not face life without Him. It is no small thing to know that all the past is forgiven, that help is available from God ...read more

  • Be Thankful

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 2, 2014
     | 7,523 views

    When I was young I lived about a half hour from Defiance, Ohio. General Anthony Wayne built Fort Defiance in August 1794. He surveyed the land & declared to General Scott, "I defy the English, Indians, & all the devils of hell to take it." I defy anyone and all the devils of hell ...read more

  • Grant And Custer  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Apr 21, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,726 views

    GRANT AND CUSTER There is a story of two Civil War Generals: George A. Custer and Ulysses S. Grant. Both graduated from West Point -- Gen. Grant, being the oldest, graduated in the 1840's and Gen. Custer in 1861. Grant fought in several wars and was a field General in every sense of the word. ...read more

  • And – Do You Know What Is Really Sad – This Lack ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Jun 6, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
     | 1,627 views

    AND – do you know what is really sad – this lack of prayer in the church that we see today – this putting not just on the back burner, BUT in the garage the POWERFUL weapon of prayer – has been a problem in the church for a very long time…hundreds of years… Fenelon a French writer of the late ...read more