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  • Annie Howard  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Oct 28, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,117 views

    Annie Howard In 1991 she was awarded one of President Bush’s “Thousand Points of Light” awards for her Prison Fellowship volunteer work in the Kentucky Correctional Institute for Women. Holds choir practice in the prison chapel, has an evening Bible study, hosts a dinner for 6 volunteers ...read more

  • Once, I Took The Kids Up To The Cabin Without ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Dec 29, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,456 views

    Once, I took the kids up to the cabin without Pam. The cabin is a rustic place with no running water, no electricity, but plenty of space for the kids to run and play. On the day that we were to come back home, I got them dressed in the morning, packed up the van, and loaded them in. I took a ...read more

  • Most Remarkable Are The Ndes [near Death ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2005
     | 1,386 views

    Most remarkable are the NDEs [Near Death Experiences] of little children. Diane Komp, an oncologist and professor of pediatrics at Yale University, did not start her adult life as a believer. “When I was in medical school,” she told Life magazine, “I was hanging out somewhere on that nebulous ...read more

  • Alexander Solzhenitsyn  PRO

    Contributed by John Gullick on Dec 22, 2000
    based on 98 ratings
     | 8,537 views

    Alexander Solzhenitsyn was a prisoner in Russia. he was on a program of hard labour and slow salvation. One day he felt like giving up. He felt his life could not make a difference. He sat down on a bench knowing that when he was spotted by a guard he would be ordered back to work when he failed ...read more

  • The Judge In The Criminal Case Of The State Vs. ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Jan 25, 2010
     | 3,491 views

    The judge in the criminal case of the state vs. Bob Jones said, “The defendant will rise as the charges are read.” Mr. Jones’s attorney stood and motioned for Mr. Jones to stand, but he remained seated. The judge then asked, "Mr. Jones, are you the defendant in this case?" "No sir, your honor, ...read more

  • A Child's Sincere Worship Heard In A Man's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,512 views

    A Child’s Sincere Worship Heard in a Man’s Dream A man was carried in a dream to a church. In his vision he saw the organist vigorously playing the organ, but no sound was heard. The choir and congregation began to sing, but their voices were not heard. Then the minister began, energetically, to ...read more

  • A Heart For ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 1, 2010
     | 6,326 views

    A Heart for Praise Louis Albert Banks tells of an elderly Christian man, a fine singer, who learned that he had cancer of the tongue and that surgery was required. In the hospital after everything was ready for the operation, the man said to the doctor, “Are you sure I will never sing again?” The ...read more

  • Oswald Chambers On Conviction Of Sin  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,729 views

    OSWALD CHAMBERS ON CONVICTION OF SIN Oswald Chambers: "Conviction of sin is one of the rarest things that ever strikes a man. It is the threshold of an understanding of God. Jesus Christ said that when the Holy Spirit came He would convict of sin, and when the Holy Spirit rouses the conscience and ...read more

  • Let Our Faith Be In God And Not In The Things Of This World.

    Contributed by Greg Burcham on Sep 2, 2016
     | 6,992 views

    “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.” Revelation 3:20 NKJV What a beautiful verse! Jesus declares His desire to be your Savior and friend. This verse comes at the end of Christ’s rebuke of ...read more

  • Lost Sheep

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Aug 9, 2019
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,058 views

    When the sheep strayed, the shepherd left the 99 and searched for the lost one. I was that lost sheep, I got saved at an early age, and loved the lord with all my heart. Everything was great in my life, I married the girl of my dreams, then my world fell apart. In 1968, I got a letter from ...read more

  • This Was Something That Blessed Me From Craig ...

    Contributed by Tunde Edu on Jan 15, 2008
     | 2,782 views

    This was something that blessed me from Craig Hill’s book, Deceived! Who me? Some of you have seen this small radios that can only operate in two bandwidths or range of frequencies, AM and FM. If set to AM you can only get certain stations that you will not get on FM and if you tune it to FM you ...read more

  • Do You Remember As A Kid Being On The Playground ...

    Contributed by Charles Whitmire on Jan 27, 2008
     | 1,502 views

    Do you remember as a kid being on the playground and choosing teams? I do... I hated it. Anytime we chose teams, I really hated it because I was small as a kid. I almost always got picked last. I wasn’t last, but I was one of the kids that was chose right near the end. “Okay, I’ll take Charles, you ...read more

  • Believing Isn't Just Seeing

    Contributed by Dennis Marquardt on Oct 18, 2000
     | 4,663 views

    BELIEVING ISN'T JUST SEEING A student wrote on a physics exam that he did not believe in the atom, so he did not write a paper on it like instructed. The professor called him up and asked him why he didn’t believe in atoms. The student’s response was, "I have never seen one, and no one else has ...read more

  • He Made His Worst Enemy His Best Friend!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jun 12, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,051 views

    In the days of the American Revolution there lived at Ephrata, Pennsylvania, a Baptist pastor by the name of Peter Miller who enjoyed the friendship of General Washington. There also dwelt in that town a man named Michael Wittman who was an evil-minded man who did all in his power to oppose this ...read more

  • Why Are You Weeping?

    Contributed by Samuel M on Feb 29, 2024
     | 712 views

    Note: – This a small dialogue between God and you. Why are you weeping? Dear ______, Is my grace not sufficient for you? Is my hand is not strong enough to lift you out of your valleys? Is my blanket of love not large enough to envelop you and your family? Are my feathers not enough to keep ...read more

  • Worship Is Showing Up

    Contributed by Rob Roy on May 22, 2024
     | 813 views

    How does Jesus know we love him, what is the proof? By your witness, your gifts, your tithes, your prayers or presence. Did you know I joined twitter? I think the day I did I read several tweets, but never tweeted, and that was long before the 2020 election, and long before I came to Mt. ...read more

  • George Barna's Research Of 1996 And 1997  PRO

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on Apr 30, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 6,111 views

    George Barna’s research of 1996 and 1997. 1. Many professing Christians believe that people are inherently good, that our primary purpose is to enjoy life and that our most important responsibility is to take care of our family. 2. 81% believe that the Bible teaches that God helps those who help ...read more

  • What Prayer Is…  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Jun 6, 2002
    based on 31 ratings
     | 2,530 views

    What Prayer Is… Prayer is coming into the presence of God… Prayer is entering the throne room of the KING of kings and LORD of lords… Prayer is taking our concerns to the one who cares for me Prayer is to stand on holy ground… Prayer is communicating with the creator of the world…(the one spoke ...read more

  • Authentic Worship  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 12, 2002
    based on 26 ratings
     | 5,926 views

    AUTHENTIC WORSHIP In his article ’Celebrating God in Authentic Worship’, pastor Glenn Wagner (Calvary Church, Charlotte, NC) points out: "I believe that one of the most evangelistic tools the church possesses, one desperately needed in today’s society, is authentic worship. People want to know, ...read more

  • In His Book "Good Morning Merry Sunshine" Chicago ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 3, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,520 views

    In his book "Good Morning Merry Sunshine" Chicago Tribune columnist Bob Greene chronicles his infoant daughter’s first year of life. When little Amanda began crawling he records: This is something I’m having trouble getting used to. I will be in bed reading a book or watching TV. And I will ...read more