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  • Nearness Of God

    Contributed by Bruce Lee on Jun 9, 2015
    based on 2 ratings
     | 8,682 views

    Acts 17:27 says, "He is not far from each of us." A little boy and his sister were playing outside. The boy said something ugly to his sister. She said, "God hears what you say." The boy said, "No, God didn’t hear me He is to far away." That’s how many people think of God. So, we rely upon our own ...read more

  • The Fellowship Of God  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Feb 20, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,709 views

    THE FELLOWSHIP OF GOD The New Bible Dictionary says: “In his essential life, God is a fellowship. This is perhaps the supreme revelation of God given in the Scriptures: it is that God’s life is eternally within himself a fellowship of three equal and distinct persons, Father, Son and Spirit, and ...read more

  • Finger Of God  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Aug 23, 2002
    based on 145 ratings
     | 4,455 views

    [Finger of God] An old deacon was leading in prayer using one of his stereotypical phrases, which was “Oh Lord, touch the unsaved with Thy finger.” As he intoned this phrase in this particular prayer, he stopped short. Other members came to his side and asked if ...read more

  • Grace Of God

    Contributed by Sunitha Justin on Dec 30, 2018
     | 6,514 views

    Once a man died & went to the gates of heaven. AS he was about to enter in to heaven, Peter stands by the gates and refuses to let him in. Peter says.. tell me why I should let you into heaven. You list out your reasons. I will score you. And If you score 100 points, then I will let you in. So ...read more

  • Many Say The Movie; "The Passion Of The Christ" ...

    Contributed by Rick Bezanson on Jul 11, 2008
     | 2,209 views

    Many say the movie; "The Passion of the Christ" is too violent. Yes, it is violent. But it also is historically very accurate. People complain about the graphic way Mel Gibson portrays a Roman scourging. But it is historically accurate. One witness to a Roman scourging gave this description: "The ...read more

  • A Man Sat Down To Supper With His Family, Saying ...

    Contributed by Stephen Wright on Jan 9, 2005
     | 2,362 views

    A man sat down to supper with his family, saying grace, thanking God for the food, for the hands which prepared it, and for the source of all life. But during the meal he complained about the freshness of the bread, the bitterness of the coffee and the sharpness of the cheese. His young daughter ...read more

  • O God, ...

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 9, 2010
     | 4,631 views

    "O God, Help!"—Spurgeon God's strongest saints realize their weaknesses, and appeal to Him for strength. One Sunday morning, as Charles H. Spurgeon passed through the door back of the pulpit in the Tabernacle, and saw the great crowd of people, he was overheard saying, "O God, help!" Strong as ...read more

  • The Love Of God

    Contributed by Chris Jordan on Feb 2, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,258 views

    THE LOVE OF GOD: A certain medieval monk announced he would be preaching next Sunday evening on "The Love of God." As the shadows fell and the light ceased to come in through the cathedral windows, the congregation gathered. In the darkness of the altar, the monk lighted a candle and carried it to ...read more

  • God The Rebuilder  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
    based on 17 ratings
     | 7,824 views

    GOD THE REBUILDER Three men are hiking and they come upon a large raging river. They need to get to the other side, but they don’t know how. The first man says, "God, give me the strength to cross this river." Poof! God gives him big arms and strong legs, and he swims across the raging river. It ...read more

  • The Love Of God

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Nov 11, 2004
     | 6,839 views

    The Love Of God A certain medieval monk announced he would be preaching next Sunday evening on “The Love of God.” As the shadows fell and the light ceased to come in through the cathedral windows, the congregation gathered. In the darkness of the altar, the monk lighted a candle and carried it to ...read more

  • God Is God. Because He Is God, He Is Worthy Of My ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2008
     | 2,395 views

    God is God. Because He is God, He is worthy of my trust and obedience. I will find rest nowhere but in His holy will, a will that is unspeakably beyond my largest notions of what He is up to. -Elisabeth Elliot Source: ...read more

  • Name Of God...?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 5, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
     | 6,461 views

    NAME OF GOD...? If you’re in Lake City, Fla., one of these days and happen to run into a 50-something fellow with a sandy moustache, a receeding hairline, and aviator glasses, you may be in the presence of I Am Who I Am. Really. But that’s because Columbia County Court turned down his first ...read more

  • God's Elect

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Aug 26, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,024 views

    GOD'S ELECT There is no indication anywhere in Scripture that when a man or woman first believes in Jesus for salvation, God says something like, "Oh, look! We hooked another one! Get out the book and write his name down!" God is not taken by surprise, God is not waiting for people to ...read more

  • If God Is Good

    Contributed by John Bright on Mar 1, 2025
     | 85 views

    There is a problem at the heart of Christianity. If God is good and loving why is there evil and suffering in the world? There is an old response when you are asked to do something: “I would if I could but I can’t so I won’t.” That response is like one of the ways our world tries to solve this ...read more

  • The Grace Of God

    Contributed by James Dina on Oct 25, 2020
     | 2,756 views

    THE GRACE OF GOD "But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which [was bestowed] upon me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me." (1 Corinthians 15:10) Grace can be defined as the love and mercy given ...read more

  • Dependent On God

    Contributed by Sidney Sumida on Oct 6, 2009
     | 4,388 views

    DEPENDENT ON GOD In the past few decades, there were some huge storms that hit our nation of which were Hurricane Pamela, and Hurricane Katrina, to name a few... (and, yes, not to bias about gender, there was big bad Hurricane Andrew, too). Here in the islands, we have had our share of storms as ...read more

  • Whatever Women Say In Public About Their ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2001
    based on 116 ratings
     | 1,021 views

    "Whatever women say in public about their willingness to share the burden of making a living, in private I hear something entirely different. Married women tell me they resent working, if their working is an absolute necessity. Even part-time work sometimes irritates them if their income ...read more

  • The Consummate Storyteller Charles Swindoll Says ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Hamby on Jul 24, 2001
    based on 51 ratings
     | 2,195 views

    The consummate storyteller Charles Swindoll says “ If the same thing happened to sleepers today, every church would have to build a morgue in the basement. There isn’t an experienced preacher who hasn’t faced the most incredible (sometimes hilarious ) slumbering saints in the pew. I’ve seen them ...read more

  • A Methodist Pastor Says To A Baptist Pastor, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Aug 4, 2001
    based on 407 ratings
     | 3,973 views

    A Methodist pastor says to a Baptist pastor, “If I immerse somebody just up to his ankles, it that enough?” “No,” answers the Baptist. “How about up to his knees?” “Nope.” “How about up to his shoulders?” “No sir!” “You mean I’ve got to get the water over the top of his head?” “That’s ...read more

  • The Old Evangelist, Charles Finney, Says, " A ...

    Contributed by Greg Yount on Nov 30, 2001
     | 1,813 views

    The old evangelist, Charles Finney, says, “ a person who is dishonest in little things ...read more