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  • What Do We Owe God? You Ask. Suppose He Sent ...

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jun 1, 2003
     | 1,784 views

    What do we owe God? You ask. Suppose he sent his bill. One hundred thousand dollars, For the Sun upon the hill; Two thousand For the little brook that runs along the way; Five thousand for the nighttime And Five thousand for the day; Six thousand for the little birds; That trill and chirp and ...read more

  • A Bar Of Steel

    Contributed by Clint Meade on Jun 3, 2007
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     | 1,440 views

    A bar of steel is worth just a few dollars. When it is forged into a set of wrenches, it is worth approximately $100. If that same bar of steel is made into many needles, it can be worth several hundred dollars. If it is made into fine surgical instruments, it is worth thousands of dollars. If ...read more

  • The Greatest English Poet Of The Eighteenth ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Dec 2, 2007
     | 1,670 views

    . The greatest English poet of the eighteenth century Alexander Pope penned these immortal words in his An Essay on Man: Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never IS, but always TO be blest: The soul, uneasy and confined from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come. [SOURCE: ...read more

  • The Importance Of Perspective  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 13, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,562 views

    THE IMPORTANCE OF PERSPECTIVE When I think of perspective I am often reminded of a conversation between me and my son in the summer he turned four. That spring, Mark had asked for a spot in the family garden to call his own. He turned the soil, broke the clumps, and planted his favorite ...read more

  • Water! Water!  PRO

    Contributed by Clarence Clough on Oct 5, 2012
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    "WATER! WATER!" After one of the great battles in the Civil War we were coming down the Tennessee River with a company of wounded men. It was in the spring of the year, and the water was not clear. You know that the cry of a wounded man is, "Water! Water!" especially in a hot country. I remember ...read more

  • Uh, That's "Maranatha"

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 1, 2012
     | 3,254 views

    UH, THAT'S "MARANATHA" An elderly Christian lady attended a Christian conference gathering, similar to Keswick/Spring Harvest etc. For her it was really the first time she had mixed with Christians from other denominations. This really blessed her and opened her eyes to the richness of Christian ...read more

  • Fixing My Face

    Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Aug 8, 2024
     | 564 views

    Illustration: Fixing My Face While on a hiking trip for the first time, Dad noticed his little boy kneeling at the spring looking at his distorted reflection in the water. He observed his son taking both hands and pushing his face this way and that. His dad said, “What’s wrong Son?” His son ...read more

  • The Hidden Mud And Leaves!" Ephesians 6:10-17 ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Oct 14, 2004
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    “The Hidden Mud and Leaves!” Ephesians 6:10-17 Key verse(s): 10: “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.” We moved to Beech Springs valley some sixteen summers ago now. We had been looking for a place that could afford us peace, quiet and some room for our growing family to ...read more

  • No Fire Without Heat And Smoke! (06.14.05--The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jun 12, 2005
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     | 2,822 views

    No Fire Without Heat and Smoke! (06.14.05--The Tie That Binds--1 John 4:19) It’s been hot here lately at Beech Springs. It has been unusually hot and humid. The beech woods understory that blankets our little valley are getting crisper under foot daily. The trilliums came and went and are withered ...read more

  • A Few Years Ago We Were At A Small Church In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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     | 1,862 views

    A few years ago we were at a small church in Piggott, Arkansas. I was watching TV one afternoon and they had this segment called “in the garden” – it was right before the first freeze of the season. He looks straight at the camera and says, “If you to have tulips in the spring – you must plant them ...read more

  • Turn To Me

    Contributed by Dale Hummel on May 2, 2008
     | 3,287 views

    TURN TO ME Dallas Willard in his book, Hearing God, tells the story of a businessman: Robert C. McFarlane was a well-known businessman in the Los Angeles area. He moved to California from Oklahoma in 1970, and within just a few days of his arrival--due to a disastrous misunderstanding with a ...read more

  • Sulfur Caves  PRO

    Contributed by David Selleck on Nov 17, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,840 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
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    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
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    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
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    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
     | 1,807 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
     | 1,739 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
     | 8,891 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
     | 4,363 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
     | 1,646 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