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  • Arabian Horses Go Through Rigorous Training In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Visneskie on Feb 5, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,634 views

    Arabian horses go through rigorous training in the deserts of the Middle East. The trainers require absolute obedience from the horses, and test them to see if they are completely trained. The final test is almost beyond the endurance of any living thing. The trainers force the horses to do without ...read more

  • Many Years Ago, A Day Was Dawning On A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Apr 6, 2004
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     | 1,449 views

    Many years ago, a day was dawning on a battlefield in northern France, through a fog so thick that no one could see more than a few yards from the trenches. In the night the Germans had drawn back their lines a little and the French had gone forward. But between the two positions a lonely ...read more

  • Too Afraid To Plant  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 12, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,153 views

    TOO AFRAID TO PLANT A Georgia farmer, ragged and barefooted, was standing on the steps of his tumbledown shack. A stranger stopped for a drink of water and just to pass the time of day he asked: "How is your cotton coming along?" he asked. "Ain’t got none," replied the farmer. "Did you plant ...read more

  • Just A Couple Weeks Ago, A Sweet Lady In Our ...

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Oct 10, 2004
     | 1,679 views

    Just a couple weeks ago, a sweet lady in our church family stood before the congregation to share her story. She had been raised in a sound Christian home and had received proper instruction as well as all the comforts a modest home could provide. Although she acknowledged that she was loved by her ...read more

  • General Ulysses S. Grant Had A Man Who Was A True ...

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Oct 20, 2004
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    General Ulysses S. Grant had a man who was a true friend to him like this. His name was John A. Rawlins. He was the General’s chief of staff. It was to Rawlins that Grant gave his pledge that he would abstain from alcohol. When he broke his pledge, Rawlins went to Grant and with great ...read more

  • Rick Warren Writes In "The Purpose Driven Life," ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Nov 30, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 11,655 views

    Rick Warren writes in “The Purpose Driven Life,” “I have been at the bedside of many people in their final moments, when they stand on the edge of eternity, and I have never heard anyone say, “Bring me my diplomas! I want to look at them one more time. Show me my awards, my medals, that gold watch ...read more

  • Jesus Did Not Ride Into Jerusalem On A White ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Stevenson on Dec 26, 2004
    based on 9 ratings
     | 4,316 views

    Jesus did not ride into Jerusalem on a white stallion, leading His forces against the Roman Empire. And He doesn’t work that way today, either. He comes in a spirit of gentleness. And then He was arrested and dragged before the Sanhedrin and later before Pilate. He was falsely accused, mocked, ...read more

  • One Of My Favorite Cartoon Strips Is "Frank And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 16, 2005
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    One of my favorite cartoon strips is “Frank and Earnest.” Frank is in the courtroom standing before the judge who says to him, “It’s ‘guilty’ or ‘not guilty.’ You can’t plead ‘I gotta be me.’” The cartoon is humorous because it touches a reality in our culture which places the need for ...read more

  • After Dying, There Were Three Friends, Robert, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Chip Monck on Mar 1, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
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    After dying, there were three friends, Robert, Sam and Tim who woke up outside of heaven. And St. Peter says that before any can enter, they have to pass through a muddy bog. All those who pass through this muddy bog sink in proportion to the amount of unconfessed sins they had when they died. ...read more

  • To Seek To Earn, Merit, Or Purchase Salvation Is ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lou Nicholes on May 25, 2005
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     | 3,633 views

    To seek to earn, merit, or purchase salvation is to insult the Giver. Imagine yourself invited to a banquet in the White House by the president of the United States. You are seated at a table that is filled with the choist foods. Every effort is made to give you a most enjoyable evening. At the end ...read more

  • Joseph Bayley Writing In, The Last Thing We Talk ...

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on Jun 13, 2005
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    Joseph Bayley writing in, The Last Thing We Talk About, used these words to describe what we’ve all felt. “This frustrates us, especially in a time of scientific breakthrough and exploding knowledge, that we should be able to break out of earth’s environment and yet be stopped cold by death’s ...read more

  • Without The Grace Of God  PRO

    Contributed by Robbie Bankens on Aug 9, 2005
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,869 views

    There is a need and a place for programs. If I told you that the programs did not help me, then I would be lying to you, because they did. But Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous could not keep me clean and sober alone! Without the Grace (the unmerited favor) of God, those programs ...read more

  • While D.l. Moody Was Attending A Convention In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
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    While D.L. Moody was attending a convention in Indianapolis on mass evangelism, he asked his song leader Ira Sankey to meet him at 6 o’clock one evening at a certain street corner. When Sankey arrived, Mr. Moody asked him to stand on a box and sing. Once a crowd had gathered, Moody spoke briefly ...read more

  • What Makes A Good Church?  PRO

    Contributed by Al Edmonds on Dec 27, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
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    "WHAT MAKES A GOOD CHURCH?" If all the lazy folks will get up, And all the sleeping folks will wake up, And all the discouraged folks will cheer up, And all gossiping folks will shut up, And all the dishonest folks will confess up, And all the estranged folks will make up, And all the ...read more

  • Jackie Robinson

    Contributed by Scott Maze on Feb 15, 2007
     | 2,344 views

    Jackie Robinson was the first black major-league baseball player. He was the victim of racial hatred nearly everywhere he played baseball. There were fast balls thrown at his hear and curses and slurs hurled at him from the dugouts and stands. One day, playing at home in Brooklyn, Jackie ...read more

  • Gentle Dogmatism  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 18, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,650 views

    GENTLE DOGMATISM We have gotten accustomed to the blurred puffs of gray fog that pass for doctrine in churches and expect nothing better. From some previously unimpeachable sources are now coming vague statements consisting of a milky admixture of Scripture, science, and human sentiment that is ...read more

  • All I Need To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
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    ALL I NEED TO KNOW A Sunday school teacher gave his class an assignment to learn the 23rd Psalm by next Sunday, because each was going to recite it to the whole church. A little boy named Bobby, just couldn’t get it all in his head, he struggled all week long. Finally Sunday comes and the church ...read more

  • A Gentle Dogmatism

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Aug 11, 2009
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    A GENTLE DOGMATISM A. W. Tozer said, "We have gotten accustomed to the blurred puffs of gray fog that pass for doctrine in churches and expect nothing better. From some previously unimpeachable sources are now coming vague statements consisting of a milky admixture of Scripture, science, and ...read more

  • Revelation At The Front Door

    Contributed by Tyler Edwards on Sep 22, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,535 views

    REVELATION AT THE FRONT DOOR A new pastor was visiting the homes of some of the people in his congregation. He came to one house and he knocked but there was no answer. He could see the lights were on and it seemed very obvious that someone was home, so he knocked again. When there was no ...read more

  • Heroic Love

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 10, 2009
     | 1,829 views

    HEROIC LOVE St. Gianna Molla stands out as another fool for Christ. She conceived a child and then discovered a grave medical problem. A doctor herself, "A few days before the child was due, although trusting as always in Providence, she was ready to give her life in order to save that of her ...read more