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  • The World Wide Web Is Amazing All That ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jun 24, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,215 views

    The world wide web is amazing all that information being passed down phone lines coming down onto our screens from all over the world right into our homes, I don’t really know how it works, its mind boggling, But I know it does work and I enjoy it. Over the last few months in our house the ...read more

  • Preparing For Death

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Jan 7, 2008
     | 5,142 views

    Preparing For Death Several years ago, I was on staff with a fellow pastor who had been suffering with diabetes and its ill effects for most of his life. He was a single dad with two sons who were the same ages as two of my boys. His name was Mike, and we were close in age. Mike had lost an eye ...read more

  • Easter: New Creation  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,923 views

    Easter: New Creation The Easter Story is God taking a life which was being spent on self, the pleasures of this world, blinded by the devil, and turning it around to achieve all of His good purposes. The Word of God has some good news. The "New Creation" is living as a new man in Christ which ...read more

  • Body Of Christ, Citation: Billy Waters, Teacher ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jul 5, 2001
    based on 89 ratings
     | 3,565 views

    [Body of Christ, Citation: Billy Waters, Teacher Touch (Colorado Springs: Cook, 1999)] After an accident in which she lost her arm, a girl named Jamie refused to go to school or church for an entire year. Finally the young teen thought she could face her peers. In preparation, her mother called ...read more

  • When Almighty God, The Creator And Possessors Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Todd Hudnall on Dec 10, 2001
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,622 views

    When Almighty God, the creator and possessors of all things, came to earth, He left the riches of Heaven to become a man. More than anyone who ever lived, Jesus realized that earth was not His real home. He was simply a pilgrim, a sojourner, on the great mission of redemption. He didn’t come to ...read more

  • The Clearest Example That Shows The Meaning Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,244 views

    The clearest example that shows the meaning of baptizo is a text from the Greek poet and physician Nicander, who lived about 200 B.C. It is a recipe for making pickles and is helpful because it uses both words. Nicander says that in order to make a pickle, the vegetable should first be `dipped’ ...read more

  • A Man Was Driving Home From Work One Evening When ...  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Apr 23, 2002
    based on 52 ratings
     | 3,025 views

    A man was driving home from work one evening when he suddenly realized that it was his daughter’s birthday and he hadn’t yet bought her a gift. So, the man rushed off to the nearest toy store and asked the sales clerk, "How much is that Barbie in the window?" The sales clerk replied in a ...read more

  • And I Am One Of Them  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,583 views

    AND I AM ONE OF THEM In the third century St. Cyprian wrote to a friend named Donatus, "This seems a cheerful world, Donatus, when I view it from this fair garden under the shadow of these vines. But if I climbed some great mountain and looked out over the wide lands, you know very well what I ...read more

  • It Is Significant To Mention What Happened To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Raisbeck on Jul 15, 2003
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    It is significant to mention what happened to Smith Wigglesworth when he first received the ability to speak in tongues in Sunderland in 1907. He described this experience as follows: "She [Mrs Boddy, a minister’s wife] laid her hands on me and then had to go out of the room. The fire fell. It was ...read more

  • The Tv Series "China Beach" Was A Nostalgic ...

    Contributed by Norris Harris I on May 9, 2004
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    The TV series “China Beach” was a nostalgic retrospection on faces and reflections of the Viet Nam War era. It used the song “Reflections” as its theme. Some years ago I would know when “China Beach” was on because a few of my daughters used to exercise their vocal chords with a strange mixture of ...read more

  • During The Second World War, A Church In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bart Leger on Feb 2, 2005
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    During the Second World War, a church in Strasbourg was destroyed. After the bombing, the members of this particular church went to see what was left and found that the entire roof had fallen in, leaving a heap of rubble and broken glass. Much to their surprise, however, a statue of Christ with ...read more

  • You See, Our Presence Is Really The Best Way To ...

    Contributed by Todd Stiles on Dec 14, 2006
     | 1,191 views

    You see, our presence is really the best way to reveal our love. (Don’t worry, kids, I’m not encouraging your parents to boycott presents, but I do want to make a point.) And I can say this from experience, for when I was a kid our home was burglarized just before Christmas one year. Man, was I ...read more

  • The World-Famous Acrobat, Blondin, Was Born In ...

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Apr 5, 2007
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     | 1,202 views

    The world-famous acrobat, Blondin, was born in France in 1824. His real name was Jean Francois Gravalet. Over the years, he became famous throughout Europe and America. In London he once played a violin on a tightrope 170 feet above the ground. On this side of the Atlantic, he became famous for ...read more

  • As Joni Earickson Tada Puts It… The Message He ...

    Contributed by David Rumley on Apr 16, 2009
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    AS JONI EARICKSON TADA PUTS IT… The message He wanted to get across was that sin kills; Hell is real, but God is merciful, His kingdom can change you, and I am your passport. And anytime people missed that and started to come to Jesus simply to get their situations fixed, the Savior backed away. I ...read more

  • Our Will Is Who We Are

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 16, 2009
     | 1,475 views

    OUR WILL IS WHO WE ARE Watchman Nee: "A man’s will is his organ for decision-making. To want or not to want, to choose or not to choose are the typical operations of the will. "Our emotions merely express how we feel. Our mind simply tells us what we think, but our will communicates what we ...read more

  • The Definition Of A Bbq

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Jul 8, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,930 views

    THE DEFINITION OF A BBQ It’s the only type of cooking a "real man" will do. When a man volunteers to do the ’BBQ’ the following chain of events is put into motion: 1) The woman goes to the store. 2) The woman fixes the salad, vegetables, and dessert. 3) The woman prepares the meat for cooking, ...read more

  • Prayer For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2009
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     | 11,049 views

    Prayer for Compassion Then we can pray a prayer like David Mains prayed years ago. He was once pastor of the Circle Urban Church, an inner city church in Chicago, and one day, in the course of his ministry among such great need, he prayed, “Lord, let me see the world as you see it, and break my ...read more

  • Bruce Longenecker's Book,

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Nov 2, 2009
     | 2,124 views

    Bruce Longenecker’s book, “The Lost Letters of Pergamum” (pp. 165-166) illustrates their teaching in a story about a Nicolaitan (Kalandion) that attended the Pergamum church. Kalandion is visiting a Christian who has been imprisoned for his faith. “Kalandion had already visited him on several ...read more

  • Cost Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 31, 2010
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    Cost of Freedom At Hebron Baptist Church several years ago a speaker named Clebe McClary spoke. There was a patch where his left eye had once been. A hook extended from the artificial limb where a strong arm had once helped make him an outstanding athlete. He had been through countless surgeries to ...read more

  • Maybe If You Listened...  PRO

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jan 4, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,040 views

    "MAYBE IF YOU LISTENED..." In the middle of an argument, my Mum would say something like this - "Maybe if you LISTENED for a change, you would understand what I am trying to tell you!" So often I am not so much listening but simply waiting for the other person to finish so that I can get across my ...read more