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  • We Serve Jesus By Serving People. A Wealthy ...  PRO

    Contributed by Darryl Bell on Apr 17, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,587 views

    We serve Jesus by serving people. A wealthy American traveler visited a hospital in Southeast Asia. He walked in just as a young missionary nurse was cleaning the sores of a sick, dirty, elderly man who had been found lying in a gutter. The rich man said to the nurse, “I wouldn’t do that for a ...read more

  • A Classic Type, Common To Many Renaissance ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Kennicott on May 31, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,929 views

    "A classic type, common to many Renaissance paintings is the ’student.’ A favored follower, a protege or disciple, is always portrayed as very youthful, long-haired and clean-shaven...Throughout the Renaissance, artists portray St. John in this fashion. He is the ’disciple Jesus loved’ ....Only a ...read more

  • King David's Plea Is In Verse Seven Was  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Sep 10, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,228 views

    King David’s plea is in verse seven was “Cleanse me with hyssop and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.” King David needed cleansing from his sins and he knew it. He wasn’t messing about he wanted this issue sorted he knew in all his Kingly finery that the robes, the jewels, ...read more

  • The Paint Covered Its Beauty

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Jan 24, 2012
     | 2,219 views

    THE PAINT COVERED ITS BEAUTY A few years ago when I lived in Poland we were at a local museum which had a beautiful sculpture of Mary holding Jesus. For years it stood on a street corner before the city decided to clean it up and restore it. Up to that point no one thought it was anything special ...read more

  • Valued

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 4,170 views

    VALUED David Neeleman, JetBlue Airways CEO, meets 95% of new employees on their first work day. From day one he demonstrates he values them. He also sets aside one day each week to travel on JetBlue flights, where he serves beverages and cleans planes. In '02, JetBlue wanted to hire 2,000 team ...read more

  • Sulfur Caves  PRO

    Contributed by David Selleck on Nov 17, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,718 views

    Sulfur Caves In Southern Mexico lies the Cueva de Villa Luz, or Cave of the Lighted House. As you make your way to the cave you walk through a veritable paradise of tropical birds and lush rain forest. Underwater the cave is fed by 20 underground springs, beautiful watercourses which teem with tiny ...read more

  • On June 6, 1981, Doug Whitt And His Bride, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bud Rose on Nov 26, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 1,967 views

    On June 6, 1981, Doug Whitt and his bride, Sylvia, were escorted to their hotel’s fancy bridal suite in the wee hours of the morning. In the suite they saw a sofa, chairs, and table, but where was the bed? Then they discovered the sofa was a hide-a-bed, with a lumpy mattress and sagging springs. ...read more

  • No Good Deed Goes Unpunished!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,986 views

    NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED! China is enlisting armies of ducks to prevent a plague of locusts engulfing swathes of valuable cropland, but the birds will probably end up in restaurants, according to a June 11 Reuters dispatch. The Manasi locust station in the northwest is about to unleash 4,000 ...read more

  • Bruce Marchiano, In The Footsteps Of Jesus:  PRO

    Contributed by Rev Dr Randall M Deal Sr on Oct 31, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,419 views

    Bruce Marchiano, In the Footsteps of Jesus: Yes, Jesus smiled; yes, Jesus laughed. Jesus smiled wider and laughed heartier than any human being who has ever walked the planet. He was young. He radiated good cheer. Jesus was a man of such merriment, such gladness of heart, such freedom and ...read more

  • I Have A Treasure  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Nov 20, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,686 views

    I have a treasure which I prize, Its like I cannot find; There’s nothing like it on th earth, ‘Tis this–a quiet mind. But ‘tis not that I’m stupified, Or senseless, dull, or blind; ‘Tis God’s own peace within my heart That forms my quiet mind. I found this treasure at the Cross; ...read more

  • 2002 Poll On Uniqueness Of Christianity, ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Dec 12, 2002
    based on 63 ratings
     | 1,645 views

    [2002 Poll on Uniqueness of Christianity, Citation: "Faith in America," U.S. News & World Report (5-6-02), p. 42; source: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/features/religion_survey.htm] PBS’s Religion and Ethics Newsweekly/U.S. News & World Report poll conducted March 26–April 4, 2002 In a spring ...read more

  • Power Of Prayer  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 18, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 8,437 views

    1. Power of Prayer Story: From Preachers Stories a. A. T. Pierson relates the following story: "Some years ago in the great State of Minnesota, the Granary of the West, there came a scourge of grasshoppers that threatened to destroy the whole wheat crop. The Governor, who was a very devout ...read more

  • Pulling The Plow Themselves  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Mar 23, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,136 views

    Illus.: “Pulling the Plow Themselves” Shortly after the Korean War ended, two businessmen took a trip around the world. During their tour of Korea they traveled by bus with a missionary guide. In a field nearby they noticed a young boy pulling a plow. One of the businessmen commented on how poor ...read more

  • Brother James Bryan, A Presbyterian Minister In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,586 views

    Brother James Bryan, a Presbyterian minister in Birmingham, Alabama knew this. There were a lot of preachers who could preach better sermons from the pulpit, but none could match the sermons that Brother Bryan preached with his life. Like Jesus, Brother Bryan was known for his compassion and his ...read more

  • Sulfur Caves

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Dec 11, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,264 views

    Sulfur Caves In Southern Mexico lies the Cueva de Villa Luz, or Cave of the Lighted House. As you make your way to the cave you walk through a veritable paradise of tropical birds and lush rain forest. Underwater the cave is fed by 20 underground springs, beautiful watercourses which teem with tiny ...read more

  • Power Of Prayer Story: From Preachers ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 15, 2010
     | 2,588 views

    Power of Prayer Story: From Preachers Stories A. T. Pierson relates the following story: "Some years ago in the great State of Minnesota, the Granary of the West, there came a scourge of grasshoppers that threatened to destroy the whole wheat crop. The Governor, who was a very devout Christian, ...read more

  • I Thirst

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Apr 2, 2010
     | 3,838 views

    I THIRST "The sea is his, and he made it," and all fountains and springs are of his digging. He poureth out the streams that run among the hills, the torrents which rush adown the mountains, and the flowing rivers which enrich the plains. One would have said, If he were thirsty he would not tell ...read more

  • Hope Is

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Apr 25, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 12,874 views

    HOPE IS Hope is faith in the immutable promise that miracles prevail when the darkness tries to win-out with cries of despair. Hope is a gift from God that helps us yearn, and live a life that believes and moves with the pledge of a better tomorrow. And what’s more, hope springs-forth ...read more

  • Quotations On Pride

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,046 views

    QUOTATIONS ON PRIDE Pride is the only disease known to man that makes everyone sick except the one who has it. - "Uncle" Bud Robinson It is out of self-love that all other evil passions spring. - Alexander Whyte Pride is the ground in which all other sins grow. - William Barkley None are so ...read more

  • Conformity

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Feb 29, 2016
     | 5,908 views

    I first noticed this in leading people to Christ. They were beautiful before they were “church broke.” Great young converts often start out as radiant Christians and end up only as carbon-copy Baptists. Great young ministers start out as adorable mavericks, but after a business meeting or two and a ...read more

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