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  • But What Am I Going To Do With A Verse Like ...

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 23, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,998 views

    But what am I going to do with a verse like 1Thessalonians 3:3? Well, there are several things I can do with it. I could just jump over it and try to find something more positive to think about. Have you ever thrown a rock across a pond or river and in such a way that it sort of skipped across ...read more

  • George Bernard Shaw Is Perhaps Most Renowned As A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
     | 1,640 views

    George Bernard Shaw is perhaps most renowned as a free thinker and liberal philosopher. In his last writings we read, “The science to which I pinned my faith is bankrupt. Its counsels, which should have established the millennium, led, instead, directly to the suicide of Europe. I believed them ...read more

  • Several Years Ago Johnny Carson Had Billy Graham ...  PRO

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 13, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,257 views

    Several years ago Johnny Carson had Billy Graham as a guest on The Tonight Show. At one point there was a lull in the conversation and Johnny said, “You know what, Billy? I bet if Jesus ever came back to earth, we’d do Him in again!” Billy Graham leaned forward in his seat, and said, “In the ...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

  • Listen To This Quote By British Justice Peter ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on May 30, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,768 views

    Listen to this quote by British Justice Peter Smith, that I found on Foxnews.com: "Merely because an author describes matters as being factually correct does not mean that they are factually correct. It is a way of blending fact and fiction together to create that well known model ’faction.’ The ...read more

  • Diana L. James' 3 Yr Old Grandson Visited With ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 17, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
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    Diana L. James’ 3 yr old grandson visited with her while his parents were on a weekend trip. In their home, it was their practice to bow their heads and pray out loud before each meal. And little Daniel watched every time his grandpa prayed. On the day his parents came to pick him up, they all ...read more

  • Every Celebration Of The Eucharist, In Fact, Is ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 21, 2009
     | 1,991 views

    "Every celebration of the Eucharist, in fact, is led by the Bishop, "either in person or through priests who are his helpers."(160) He is helped by a deacon, who has specific duties during the celebration: he prepares the altar, assists the priest, proclaims the Gospel, preaches the homily from ...read more

  • A Letter For Joe

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jun 8, 2010
     | 2,505 views

    A LETTER FOR JOE Joseph Parker was a popular preacher in London, England in the late 1800's. He was the pastor of the large City Temple. One Sunday as he was going to the pulpit a woman in the balcony tossed a piece of paper on the platform before him. He picked it up and read it. It contained ...read more

  • Defeated...

    Contributed by Patrick Nix on Jul 9, 2010
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     | 3,575 views

    DEFEATED... On June 15, 1815, as Napoleon came against England in the Battle of Waterloo, reports came back from the front lines... The last message before the fog rolled in: "Wellington Defeated." Later that day, their sorrow of defeat was transformed into the joy of victory when then were able ...read more

  • Muller: Scriptures Make Me Happy

    Contributed by Mark Tonkery on Jan 27, 2012
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    MULLER: SCRIPTURES MAKE ME HAPPY George Muller, who established many orphanages throughout England in the 1800’s, once said... "I believe that the one chief reason that I have been kept in happy useful service is that I have been a lover of Holy Scripture. It has been my habit to read the Bible ...read more

  • Billy Graham Describes An Experience He Had ...

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Oct 5, 2012
     | 2,297 views

    Billy Graham describes an experience he had walking down a street, and a drunk man recognized him, and accosted him, stinking of liquor, claiming “I became a disciple at one of your meetings”. Billy Graham said “he must have been one of my disciples. He certainly wasn’t a disciple of Jesus”. (I ...read more

  • Outa-Order

    Contributed by Tim Secrist on Oct 24, 2012
     | 2,125 views

    OUTA-ORDER A man pulled into a gas station, walked over to a soda machine, and stared at the sign, which read, "Soda: $2.00." "Two dollars for a soda--that’s incredible," the man said. "Wall, it ain’t really two dollars," said the attendant. "That machine’s broke. I put up an outa-order sign, ...read more

  • In Phillip Yancy's Book Entitled "Church: Why ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,637 views

    In Phillip Yancy’s book entitled “Church: Why Bother”? he quotes a Pulitzer Prize winning writer named Annie Dillard. She described Church Worship this way: Week after week I was moved by the pitiful worship service in which no follower of Christ cheered. We had fatigued Bible readings and a laggy ...read more

  • S. I. Mcmillen, In His Book "None Of These ...

    Contributed by Joel Santos on Aug 22, 2007
     | 2,515 views

    S. I. McMillen, in his book "None of These Diseases," tells a story of a young woman who wanted to go to college, but her heart sank when she read the question on the blank application that asked, "Are you a leader?" Being both honest and conscientious, she wrote, "No," and returned the ...read more

  • Are You Careless In The Way You Talk To Your Wife ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Oct 29, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,079 views

    Are you Careless in the way you talk to your wife or your husband? I read in a book on marriage that it takes 100 compliments to balance out ONE criticism from a husband or wife. I don’t know about you, but I’d have trouble coming up with 100 compliments! It’s a lot smarter --- guys --- to ...read more

  • I Heard About A Church That Had Bought A New ...

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Jan 10, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,608 views

    I heard about a church that had bought a new organ, and they invited a talented musician to play that organ during the dedication recital for that organ. The organist came and sat down at the organ to begin playing. And as soon as he touched one of the keys there was silence - nothing. A ...read more

  • A Human Example Of Faith

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
     | 3,862 views

    Let me give you a human example of faith. • You go to a doctor who you do not know. This doctor is a human, made of flesh and blood. • This doctor gives you a prescription you cannot read. • You take that prescription to a pharmacist you have never met. • The pharmacist gives you a chemical ...read more

  • Last January Our Family Went To Disney World. The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,007 views

    Last January our family went to Disney World. The kids loved it until we took them on one particular ride. Jordan was a little apprehensive when he read the name, “The Tower of Terror”. But I said to him, “Just go inside and see what happens.” He went inside and his attitude about Disney was ...read more

  • The Rev. Alan Redpath Tells Of A Lady Of His ...

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on Jun 26, 2008
     | 1,889 views

    The Rev. Alan Redpath tells of a lady of his acquaintance who has a little motto over her kitchen sink that reads as follows: “Divine service is conducted here three times daily.” This is the type of industry Christ honors. (1996, c1979). Encyclopedia of 7700 illustrations : A treasury of ...read more

  • More Than The Sum Of Their Parts

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 1,226 views

    MORE THAN THE SUM OF THEIR PARTS I once read the story is told of a horse pulling contest in Canada. The winning horse in the contest pulled 9,000 pounds The runner up pulled 8,000. Together you’d expect them to pull 17,000 lbs. but not so! When teamed together, they pulled 30,000 lbs – nearly ...read more

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