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  • When We Look Down At Earth  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 30, 2002
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     | 2,243 views

    WHEN WE LOOK DOWN AT EARTH On December 24, 1968 the world watched as Commander Frank Borman and his crew made history during the first manned flight to orbit the moon. The members of the Apollo 8 mission had an important message for the world that Christmas Eve -- they read from the biblical Book ...read more

  • A Wife Went With Her Friend To The Police Station ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bo Dunford on Apr 15, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
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    A wife went with her friend to the police station to report that her husband was missing! * When the policeman asked for a description, she said, “He’s 6 foot 2, has deep blue eyes, dark wavy hair, athletic build, well-groomed and sharply dressed, weighs 185 pounds .......” * “He’s ...read more

  • This Kind Of Sharing Means That I Will Be Hurt. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 18, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
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    This kind of sharing means that I will be hurt. Yes, from time to time. C.S. Lewis in the Four Loves wrote, “To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart ...read more

  • Dwight L. Moody Also Says It Well, "Happiness Is ...  PRO

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Jan 8, 2008
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     | 2,766 views

    Dwight L. Moody also says it well, “Happiness is caused by things that happen around me, and circumstances will mar it; but joy flows right on through trouble; joy flows on through the dark; joy flows in the night as well as in the day; joy flows all through persecution and opposition. It is an ...read more

  • A Story From World War Ii Illustrates This Point. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
     | 1,717 views

    A story from World War II illustrates this point. An American plane was flying a mission in Africa. Under the cloak of darkness they flew toward their destination of Benghazi in North Africa. A strong tail wind pushed the plane much faster than expected. When the instruments revealed they had ...read more

  • Me And My Father-In-Law Used To Have A Project We ...

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on May 29, 2008
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    Me and my father-in-law used to have a project we liked to work on together. It was with chickens. On several occasions we incubated some eggs. He had an incubator and I would care for it while the eggs were “cooking.” One of the key elements in hatching those eggs was temperature control If the ...read more

  • Fanny Crosby

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Dec 22, 2008
     | 2,980 views

    Fanny Crosby The great blind hymn-writer Fanny Crosby wrote over 8000 hymns. The doctor made a mistake while she was just 6 weeks old, and resulted in her blindness. But she came to put her trust in Christ and wrote the hymns we still sing: I Am Thine, O Lord; Jesus Is Tenderly Calling; To God ...read more

  • Paul Hammons ...

    Contributed by David Rumley on Apr 16, 2009
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    Paul Hammons says… We have a tendency to see the past as being better than what it was… The good old days really weren’t all that good. We forget about all the hardships: (The depression, no air conditioning, out houses, no running water). Back in the days before electricity, a tightfisted old ...read more

  • Q ...

    Contributed by C Jordan on May 16, 2009
     | 1,227 views

    QUOTE: “I tell the Lord my troubles and difficulties, and wait for Him to give me the answers to them,” said one man of God. “And it is wonderful how a matter that looked very dark will in prayer become crystal clear by the help of God’s Spirit. I think Christians fail so often to get answers to ...read more

  • Seeing The Heart  PRO

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Aug 9, 2011
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    SEEING THE HEART When everyone starts filing into work today what if you could just see the inward appearance? You would not see who is the nicest dressed or nicest looking. All you would see would be the same spirit of everyone BUT in that spirit you would see their heart. Their heart would ...read more

  • We Are His Hands And Feet.

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 27, 2023
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    After World War II, a group of German students volunteered to help rebuild an English cathedral that had been severely damaged by German bombs. As work progressed, they became concerned about a large statue of Jesus, whose arms were out-stretched and beneath which was the inscription: “Come unto ...read more

  • A Glimpse Of Easter

    Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Mar 11, 2023
     | 1,834 views

    On a hill, He is crying! On the cross, He is dying… Oh, see Him in agony! Behold Him in cruel pain! Listen to Him cry out again, “Father, why hast thou forsaken me?” For us, He is crucified! For us, He suffered and died, Taking our place at Calvary! He died the world to save! He was buried in a ...read more

  • Sarah Michelle Gellar, Star Of The Tv Show ...

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on Aug 3, 2003
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    Sarah Michelle Gellar, star of the TV show "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," said this "I consider myself a spiritual person. I believe in an idea of God, although it’s my own personal ideal. I find most religions interesting, and I’ve been to every kind of denomination: ...read more

  • To Illustrate The Need Christians Have For One ...

    Contributed by L. Paul Lafferty on Jun 27, 2005
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    To illustrate the need christians have for one another, I use a story my sister in law told me. If your hand get amputated for any reason and is not reconnected with the body, it does not go on and strive to live on it’s own. No, it dies. The same thing happens to us ...read more

  • The Passion Of The Christ

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
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    The Passion of The Christ won the top honor at the 13th annual Movieguide Faith & Values Awards. Mel Gibson’s film won the $50,000 Epiphany Prize for the most inspirational movie of ‘04. Each year the Templeton Foundation bestows the awards to films and television programs that are ...read more

  • You See, The Power Of Holiness Is God's Power At ...

    Contributed by Christopher Lanham on Nov 13, 2006
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    You see, the power of holiness is God’s power at work in us. It is not some spiritual battery pack that we recharge and discharge at our discretion. It is not the we become powerful in the Spirit, rather it is God’s Spirit that is powerful in us. The power of holiness is God himself in action. ...read more

  • You See, The Power Of Holiness Is God's Power At ...

    Contributed by Christopher Lanham on Nov 13, 2006
     | 2,070 views

    You see, the power of holiness is God’s power at work in us. It is not some spiritual battery pack that we recharge and discharge at our discretion. It is not the we become powerful in the Spirit, rather it is God’s Spirit that is powerful in us. The power of holiness is God himself in action. ...read more

  • The Greatest Disease In The West Today Is Not ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Feb 24, 2007
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    “The greatest disease in the West today is not TB or leprosy; it is being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for. We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair and hoplessness is love. There are many in the world who are dying for a little love. The poverty in ...read more

  • Reginald Bibby, The Canadian Guru Of Statistical ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jul 29, 2007
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    Reginald Bibby, the Canadian guru of statistical study, tells us in his book, “Restless Gods” that “People from British Columbia to Newfoundland are providing some interesting evidence of the existence of God, on something of an unconscious level. These kinds of findings point to a great ...read more

  • What We See Urged In The Nt Is Zeal, Which Is Not ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 23, 2008
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    What we see urged in the NT is zeal, which is not quite the same as the fad word "passion" (which implies the necessity of emotional exuberance and is emotionally driven) or "urgency" (which implies a desperate God and is usually guilt driven). Zeal is a spiritually driven energy grounded in a ...read more