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  • While I Was In A Convenience Store This Past ...  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 10, 2002
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     | 2,917 views

    While I was in a convenience store this past week I noticed one of those tabloid newspapers with this bold headline: “Bible Prophecies the US Government Doesn’t Want You To Know”. You don’t need ...read more

  • Noted Bible Teacher E. Schuyler English Told Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,099 views

    Noted Bible teacher E. Schuyler English told of Michael Billester, a Bible distributor who visited a small hamlet in Poland shortly before World War II. Billester gave a Bible to a villager, who was converted by reading it. The new believer then passed the Book on to others. The cycle of ...read more

  • Battlefield Away From Home

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Sep 15, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,765 views

    BATTLEFIELD AWAY FROM HOME He cherished every letter that came from her. His deployment had started six long months ago. No end date was in sight. These were the days before emails and webcams. Those handwritten letters from his sweetheart was his only lifeline out of those trenches to back home. ...read more

  • Nicky Gumble Why And How Should I Read The ...

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Nov 18, 2002
     | 2,596 views

    Nicky Gumble Why and How should I read the Bible: “Sometimes God speaks to us in a very specific way. God spoke to me very clearly about my father after he died on January 21, 1981. I had become a Christian seven years earlier and my parents’ initial reaction was one of complete horror. Gradually, ...read more

  • Martin Luther Wrote, "I Study My Bible ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 1, 2001
    based on 65 ratings
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    Martin Luther wrote, “I study my Bible like I gather apples. First, I shake the whole tree that the ripest may fall. Then I shake each limb, and when I have shaken each limb, I shake each branch and every twig. Then I look under every leaf. I search the Bible as a whole like shaking the whole tree. ...read more

  • I Study My Bible Like I Gather Apples. First, I ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 1,311 views

    I study my Bible like I gather apples. First, I shake the whole tree that the ripest may fall. Then I shake each limb, and when I have shaken each limb, I shake each branch and every twig. Then I look under every leaf. I search the Bible as a whole like shaking the whole tree. Then I shake every ...read more

  • Sharpen The Ax

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Jun 5, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,403 views

    SHARPEN THE AX Back in the 1800’s a young man was looking for a job and went to the local logging company to apply for a job. The foreman asked him if he could cut a tree down with an ax. The young man said yes, and proceeded to take his ax, walk over to a tree and drop it like an old pro. The ...read more

  • Tune In

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 28, 2010
     | 1,520 views

    TUNE IN A traditional radio has a variable capacitor we know as a tuning dial. Its purpose is to help us tune into the right frequency and blot out competing stations. Nothing distinguishes the solid disciple of Jesus Christ like his willingness to tune into and follow his Lord, blotting out ...read more

  • William Tyndale On Romans

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 21, 2009
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    William Tyndale on Romans William Tyndale, the pioneer English Bible translator, wrote these famous words in his prologue to Romans (in the 1534 edition of the English New Testament): "Forasmuch as this epistle is the principal and most excellent part of the New Testament, and most pure [gospel]. ...read more

  • Christian Publishers And Retailers Report ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,800 views

    Christian Publishers and retailers report increased Bible sales in '07 fueled by audio editions Thomas Nelson's The Word of Promise audio project was the top-selling Bible at Christian retail in Q4 of '07, while Zondervan’s Inspired by ... The Bible Experience audio edition and derivative products ...read more

  • Christian Publishers And Retailers Report ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
     | 1,598 views

    Christian Publishers and retailers report increased Bible sales in 2007 fueled by audio editions. Thomas Nelson’s The Word of Promise audio project was the top-selling Bible at Christian retail in Q4 of 2007, while Zondervan’s Inspired by ... The Bible Experience audio edition and derivative ...read more

  • Knowing Scripture To Save Your Life

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 19, 2009
     | 1,648 views

    KNOWING SCRIPTURE TO SAVE YOUR LIFE Several years ago in Guatemala, a young Christian named Paulos had been arrested with a gang of robbers. In that place and in those days, anyone suspected of a crime, was immediately taken to an open field, ordered to dig a hole, and then toppled into the hole ...read more

  • The Best Bible Translation  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jan 30, 2004
    based on 16 ratings
     | 3,162 views

    [Illustration] Four ministers were discussing the pros and cons of various Bible translations and paraphrases. Eventually each stated which version, in his opinion, was the best. The first minister said he used the King James because the Old English style is beautiful and produces the most reverent ...read more

  • Writer Amos Wells Reflected Our Need For Thorough ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 2,071 views

    Writer Amos Wells reflected our need for thorough Bible study in this verse: I supposed I knew my Bible, Reading peacemeal, hit or miss, Now a bit of John or Matthew, Now a snatch of Genesis, Certain chapters of Isaiah, Certain Psalms (the twenty-third), Twelfth of Romans, first of Proverbs ...read more

  • There It Is, The Word Forsake. It Sounds Painful. ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jun 6, 2003
     | 1,462 views

    There it is, the word forsake. It sounds painful. It produces a mid-air collision with a courtroom gavel that says, “Divorced,” and an emergency room doctor that says, “Dead.” The word means, “to let one down, to desert, abandon, leave in a lurch, leave one helpless.” Kenneth Wuest helps us with ...read more

  • Bible Literate

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 3,502 views

    BIBLE LITERATE Americans are among the world’s most ’Bible-literate’ people with Spaniards, French and Italians among the least, claims a Catholic Biblical Federation study. The 9-country poll (U.S., Britain, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Russia, Italy, Spain and Poland) found Americans are ...read more

  • Leave The Bones  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,333 views

    LEAVE THE BONES A clergyman took a seat in a dining car on a train traveling along the Hudson River. Opposite him was an atheist who, seeing his clerical collar, started a discussion. "I see you are a clergyman." "Yes," came the reply. "I am a minister of the gospel." "I suppose you believe the ...read more

  • Graham: I Would Read The Bible More

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
    based on 1 rating
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    GRAHAM: I WOULD READ THE BIBLE MORE In an interview with Newsweek on 14 Aug 2006, Billy Graham, then aged 88, was asked what would he do if he could live his life over again. The article writes: If he had his life to live over again, Graham says he would spend more time immersed in Scripture and ...read more

  • Various Studies Conducted By Yale, John Hopkins ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on May 15, 2001
    based on 197 ratings
     | 3,770 views

    Various studies conducted by Yale, John Hopkins and other groups have documented the following; The absence of a father is a stronger factor than poverty in contributing to juvenile delinquency. In 48 cultures around the world crime rates were highest among adults who as children had been raised ...read more

  • The New York Times Reported A Study About The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Christopher Roberts on Dec 6, 2001
    based on 21 ratings
     | 3,369 views

    The New York Times reported a study about the diminishing belief in the devil among Americans. Two-thirds of Americans do not believe in the devil as a living entity. In a randomly selected survey of over 1,000 Americans, pollsters asked whether they agreed that Satan is “not a living being, but ...read more