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  • Rebecca Cory Is A Standup Comic. She Is Best ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Sep 30, 2006
     | 752 views

    Rebecca Cory is a standup comic. She is best known for her appearance on NBC’s “Last Comic Standing”. I do not vouch for her brand of comedy because I have never heard her personally. I mention her because her routine is apparently quite engaging and she draws large ...read more

  • Botanists Say That Trees Need The Powerful ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 2,315 views

    "Botanists say that trees need the powerful March winds to flex their trunks and main branches, so that the sap is drawn up to nourish the budding leaves. Perhaps we need the gales of life in the same way, though we dislike enduring them. A blustery period in our fortunes is often the prelude to a ...read more

  • Someone (Hugh Black) Has Put It This Way: "At The ...

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Feb 14, 2007
     | 1,773 views

    Someone (Hugh Black) has put it this way: “At the end of life we shall not be asked how much pleasure we had in it, but how much service we gave in it; not how full it was of success, but how full it was of sacrifice; not how happy we were; not how ambition was gratified, ...read more

  • Back To The Future

    Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Jan 26, 2010
     | 4,078 views

    Back to the Future Most of us may remember a movie by this same title. In fact there were several "Back to the Future" sequels. In the movie starring Michael J. Fox and Claudia Wells, after traveling back in time, they found that the only way to return to the future was to recreate the system and ...read more

  • The Other Side Of Islam  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Mavis on Oct 30, 2001
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,798 views

    THE OTHER SIDE OF ISLAM As Dr. Samuel Schlorff, an expert on Islam with Arab World Ministries puts it, "The truth is that there is another side to Islam, a side that embraces violence ’in the way of Allah.’ . . . It holds that all men are created to live in submission to Allah, as prescribed by ...read more

  • D. Bonnie Ricks States "…learn What Being Set ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 10, 2005
     | 2,125 views

    d. Bonnie Ricks states “…Learn what being set apart really means... It means leading a life that is a reflection of Jesus Christ. It means demonstrating with your life that life in Jesus makes a difference. It means showing people through your actions what the love of God really means. It means ...read more

  • Robert A. Cook, Former President Of King's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
     | 2,398 views

    Robert A. Cook, former president of King’s College in New York, told a true story from the early years of his ministry. He had been receiving some rather pointed criticism, and he sought the counsel of a friend, pastor Harry A. Ironside. Pouring out his heart, Dr. Cook asked what he should do ...read more

  • Younger Children 800% More Likely To Receive ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 9, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,852 views

    Younger Children 800% More Likely To Receive Christ: Barna Research reports teens between ages 14 and 18 have only a 4% likelihood of accepting Christ compared to kids ages 5 through 13 who have a 32% probability. This challenges the widely held notion that the teen-age years are a prime time for ...read more

  • Now, What Areas Is The Holy Spirit Fully Engaged ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Dec 2, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,867 views

    Now, what areas is the Holy Spirit fully engaged in? Each person is concerned about one or several issues in life: (a) Everyone wants to be loved. (b) Everyone wants his or her life to count. (c) Life is empty without Jesus Christ. (d) Many sitting here today are loaded down with guilt. (e) ...read more

  • One Of The First Verses Of Scripture That ...

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Oct 20, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,278 views

    "One of the first verses of Scripture that Dawson Trotman, founder of the Navigators, encouraged me to memorize was 2 Timothy 2:2. This is like a mathematical formula for spreading the gospel and enlarging the church. Paul taught Timothy; Timothy shared what he knew with faithful men; these ...read more

  • No Short Cuts For ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 4, 2010
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    No Short Cuts For Revival Finally, there are no shortcuts when it comes to revival. The church desperately needs revival, but it is not going to come by quick and easy methods. Evan Roberts prayed for eleven years before the Welsh Revival broke out, and his ministry during that remarkable time ...read more

  • An Example Of Grace

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Aug 23, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,274 views

    AN EXAMPLE OF GRACE I just received a letter from a friend who just initiate a prison ministry in my home church, Viorica Negosanu… The first inmate she encountered was a lady, a doctor who murdered her best friend, cut her in pieces and spread them all over the city. She got life sentence. Now ...read more

  • Invitation Needed

    Contributed by William L. Vincent on Aug 6, 2011
     | 4,562 views

    INVITATION NEEDED I have recently been contacted by a Pastor in Nigeria who is wanting us to come and preach a crusade there. But you cannot just fly into Nigeria; you have to be invited. The local Pastor has to send an official letter of invitation, that letter must state what I would be visiting ...read more

  • And Just Like A Bird Needs To Have Both Wings ...

    Contributed by John Tung on Apr 25, 2007
     | 1,201 views

    And just like a bird needs to have both wings working together and be equally well for it to fly strongly, so a church needs to have both wings – the internal and external ministries – be working and be equally well for a church to soar strongly and far. Recently in the news in Stafford County ...read more

  • Spiritual Leadership

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Sep 9, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,096 views

    Spiritual Leadership Samuel Logan Brengle said: Spiritual leadership is not won by promotion, but by prayers and tears. It is attained by much heart-searching and humbling before God; by self-surrender, a courageous sacrifice of every idol, a bold, uncompromising, and uncomplaining embracing of ...read more

  • The Music/Worship Leader Of A Large Church Led ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Nov 6, 2007
     | 1,897 views

    The music/worship leader of a large church led fantastic worship services and choirs. Out of 800 people there were 200 in choir. Each Sunday morning he would receive a note from the same person. The note was always critical telling him where he had failed to lead worship. Imagine every Sunday, ...read more

  • Rick Warren ("Purpose Driven") Accurately ...  PRO

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Mar 4, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,561 views

    Rick Warren (“Purpose Driven”) accurately observes: “We can measure our servant’s heart by how we respond when others treat us like servants. How do you react when you’re taken for granted, bossed around, treated as an inferior…? Unfortunately, a lot of our service is often self-serving. We serve ...read more

  • Community

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on May 4, 2008
     | 5,562 views

    COMMUNITY God calls us to enter into community, which means to be engaged in each other's lives and experiences. It's showing up at the funeral; it's taking time to visit at the hospital; it's making a point of going to the concert performance. The lesson here teaches that we are (or should be) ...read more

  • Intercessory Prayer

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Apr 19, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,681 views

    Richard Foster in his book "Prayer: Finding the Hearts True Home", says that intercession is a way of loving others. Intercessory prayer is selfless prayer, even self-giving prayer. "Intercessory prayer is priestly ministry, and one of the most challenging teachings in the New Testament is the ...read more

  • Pentecost And Babel Contrasted

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Nov 15, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,136 views

    Pentecost was a reversal of the judgment at the Tower of Babel when God confused man’s language (Gen. 11:1-9). God’s judgment at Babel scattered the people, but God’s blessings at Pentecost united the believers in the Spirit. At Babel, the people were unable to understand each other, but at ...read more