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  • There's Always Mountains

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Mar 23, 2009
     | 3,760 views

    THERE'S ALWAYS MOUNTAINS In the Broadway musical, The Scarlet Pimpernel, the 18th century (fictional) hero encourages his followers by reminding them of David vs. Goliath. The song goes: "David walked into the valley With a stone clutched in his hand He was only a boy But he knew someone must ...read more

  • A Christian Surgeon Once Said, "I Feel So Close ...

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Mar 31, 2009
     | 1,688 views

    A Christian surgeon once said, "I feel so close to God when I am operating that I don’t know where my ...read more

  • Saving Someone's Life

    Contributed by Curtis Donald, Sr. on May 21, 2009
     | 2,619 views

    SAVING SOMEONE'S LIFE I read an article on yesterday that was entitled 7 signs of a stroke. The writer suggested that knowing the signs of a stroke may save someone’s life. I want to tell us tonight that understanding both the symptoms of and the solution to living with low ...read more

  • Do You Trust God?

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jun 8, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 12,829 views

    DO YOU TRUST GOD? There was a Seinfeld episode where Kramer scoots into Jerry’s apartment where Jerry and George are talking, and he says "Do you guys want to have some fun!" George and Jerry say "Sure." And then Kramer says "Do you really want to have some fun? Or are you just saying you want to ...read more

  • Drink Deeply  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,450 views

    DRINK DEEPLY Picture this: You have just finished a ten-mile hike on a 95 degree day, and on the entire journey you haven’t had a thing to drink. Stumbling with thirst, you come to your father’s house and plea for water. With love and concern, he brings you a cold pitcher of water and a glass and ...read more

  • Risks: Audacity

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Sep 23, 2009
     | 1,845 views

    RISKS: AUDACITY General Robert E. Lee has been called "Audacity Personified," because he was ...read more

  • Wisdom Leads Us To Investigate And Know The True ...

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Oct 10, 2009
     | 1,803 views

    "Wisdom leads us to investigate and know the true facts about our faith. If a clock is wrong, we adjust it. It’s the sensible thing to do." ---Paul E. Little, ...read more

  • Safe As In Bed

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Oct 15, 2009
     | 1,557 views

    SAFE AS IN BED In the movie Gods and Generals, one of Stonewall Jackson’s staff officers asked him how he can be so peaceful and calm when there are bullets, shells, and death all around him? He responded, ...read more

  • Sure Of What We Hope For

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Oct 15, 2009
     | 1,899 views

    SURE OF WHAT WE HOPE FOR Saving faith has much assurance. Michael Faraday, the great scientist, was taken ill. When it became evident his sickness would soon result in his death, a group of fellow scientists came to see him--not so much to talk about science as to talk about death. One of them ...read more

  • Losing A Child

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Dec 4, 2009
     | 1,659 views

    When the parent loses a child they seek answers and beg to have things reversed, often rather than seeking God himself and his comfort. We are to try and look at things from His perspective, but most importantly we are to strengthen our faith in the fact that God uses all things for good, - for ...read more

  • We Can't Take Another's Medicine To Make Him Or ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2009
     | 2,818 views

    We can’t take another’s medicine to make him or her well A little girl, whom we will call Ellen, was some time ago helping to nurse a sick gentleman whom she loved very dearly. One day he said to her, “Ellen, it is time for me to take my medicine, I think. Will you pour it out for me? You must ...read more

  • According To The Associated Press,

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 28, 2009
     | 1,347 views

    According to the Associated Press, "Philippine troops went house to house Thursday threatening to use force to move hundreds of residents from the steaming slopes of a lava-spilling volcano. Some farmers begged to stay to guard their livestock while their families spent Christmas Eve in a shelter. ...read more

  • R. Eliezer The Great Declares: Whoever Has A ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 28, 2009
     | 942 views

    "R. Eliezer the Great declares: Whoever has a piece of bread in his basket and says. ’What shall I eat tomorrow?’ belongs only ...read more

  • Disappointment-----For Nine Years I Had Worked ...

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jan 16, 2010
     | 2,475 views

    DISAPPOINTMENT-----For nine years I had worked with the same group of men on a loading dock, loading and unloading trucks. It was hard physical work, but very mundane and we all found it quite boring. Since the work was so mindless, I would find myself in philosophical conversations everyday. I was ...read more

  • If I Survive, I'll Be Ok

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 27, 2010
     | 2,366 views

    IF I SURVIVE, I'LL BE OK John Ortberg tells the story of going to a dude ranch in Arizona at the instance of his wife who felt the vacation was not complete without "the exhilaration of a truly challenging horseback ride." (His exact words.) The first time he went out at the ranch, he did so with ...read more

  • You Have To Get In

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 27, 2010
     | 1,746 views

    YOU HAVE TO GET IN A trapeze artist once supposedly boasted that he could take a person seated in a wheelbarrow across a tightrope many hundreds of feet up between two tall buildings. "Who thinks I can do it?" he asked a crowd who had gathered to watch. One man raised his ...read more

  • Getting In/Out Of The Boat

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 27, 2010
     | 2,438 views

    GETTING IN/OUT OF THE BOAT In our life journey with God, there are moments when we are to get out of the boat because our faith and trust in the Lord needs to grow. But, there are also moments when we need to get back in the boat because we need to rest and be ...read more

  • Holding On

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Mar 18, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,901 views

    HOLDING ON Let me share a story from Chuck Swindoll. "Four guys decided to go mountain climbing one weekend. In the middle of the climb, one fella slipped over a cliff, dropped about 60 feet and landed with a thud on the ledge below. The other three hoping to rescue him yelled, 'Joe, are you ...read more

  • Open Your Eyes

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Mar 27, 2010
     | 1,596 views

    OPEN YOUR EYES My granddaughter was here yesterday. She is two years old. I pointed out some pelicans sitting on a pole, but for a long time she could not see them. She didn't know where to look. I should talk. I ask my wife sometimes "Where are the car keys?" She says "Have a girl look and ...read more

  • Reason At Rest

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 11, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,336 views

    "Faith is reason at rest with ...read more

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