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  • Max Jarman Asked In His Book, A Business Man ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Apr 1, 2003
    based on 33 ratings
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    Max Jarman asked in his book, A BUSINESS MAN LOOKS AT THE BIBLE, "Is the Bible the real word of God? The answer a man gives to that question can have a lot to do with his life. The kind of life a person leads, the actions he takes, the mental security he finds are determined by the basic beliefs ...read more

  • I Was Watching A Recent Program On Tv About ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 3, 2003
     | 3,030 views

    I was watching a recent program on TV about trying to reconstruct the chariot’s of the Assyrian army. One of the many problems they discovered was getting the yoke for the horses just right. The yoke they built would hurt the horses and cause them to flinch and run into each other. The ...read more

  • I'm Told That In A Museum In Greenwich Village, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Sep 4, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
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    I’m told that in a museum in Greenwich Village, Detroit, MI, there is a huge steam locomotive. Beside this complicated machine, there is a sign showing boiler pressure, size, the number of wheels, horsepower, lengths, weight and so on. The bottom line indicates that 96% of the power generated was ...read more

  • The Devil Is Not Impersonal Like Stones Or ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Oct 27, 2003
     | 2,017 views

    The devil is not impersonal like stones or bureaucracies; he is a non-person. The Devil has become all that God is not; he is not beyond personality—he is without it. His purpose in creation is not to destroy God; he knows that he cannot do that. He wants to draw us into the vortex of ...read more

  • Have You Ever Seen A Straight River? Canals Are ...  PRO

    Contributed by W F on Sep 21, 2004
    based on 36 ratings
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    Have you ever seen a straight river? Canals are straight, but all rivers seem to be crooked. We call it “meandering.” Why are rivers crooked? Because the natural tendency of a river is to take the easiest way around any obstacle. So rivers are always crooked, and they always run downhill. Some ...read more

  • I'm Told That In A Museum In Greenwich Village, ...

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 28, 2004
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    I’m told that in a museum in Greenwich Village, Detroit, MI, there is a huge steam locomotive. Beside this complicated machine, there is a sign showing boiler pressure, size, the number of wheels, horsepower, lengths, weight and so on. The bottom line indicates that 96% of the power generated was ...read more

  • Win Arn, A Leading Church Consultant Conducted A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Martin Kim on Oct 5, 2004
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    Win Arn, a leading church consultant conducted a survey: He surveyed members of nearly a thousand churches asking the question, “Why does the church exit?? The results? Of the church members surveyed, 89 percent said, “The church’s purpose is to take care of my family’s and my needs.? For many, ...read more

  • A Survey Was Done Of Boys Before Father's Day. ...

    Contributed by Fred Mueller on Dec 16, 2004
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    A survey was done of boys before Father's Day. The surveyors asked what the most important things about a father were. The answers were things like, he plays catch with me. He shows me his work. He takes me on errands with him. Every single answer in the top ten had to do with a father ...read more

  • I Found A Little Poem By An Anonymous Author That ...

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Aug 27, 2005
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    I found a little poem by an anonymous author that sounds so familiar, it’s as if I could have written it. It says: “Lord, I’m so discouraged, I don’t know what to do; I have so many burdens, And I gave them all to you. But you didn’t take them, Jesus, will ...read more

  • When You Go Through The Fire You Will Develop ...

    Contributed by Miguel Monge Jr. on Dec 11, 2006
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    When you go through the fire you will develop godly character, patience, understanding how God works and knowing his timing, trust, confidence in God and his ability to keep you in any circumstance, a deeper relationship with God!!! You see, God is the God of Purpose and he intends to bring you ...read more

  • I've Never Met A Man, I Don't Care What His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "I've never met a man, I don't care what his condition, in whom I could not see possibilities. I don't care how much a man may consider himself a failure, I believe in him, for he can change the thing that is wrong in his life anytime he is prepared and ready to do it. Whenever he develops the ...read more

  • World's Population Growing

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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    WORLD’S POPULATION GROWING World population is projected to reach 7 billion only 4 years from now. The world added its 6 billionth resident in 1999; today its population is approximately 6.7 billion. World population growth is slowing down; it took about 12 years for the world population to rise ...read more

  • S.d. Gordon On Who The Great People ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 4, 2009
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    S.D. Gordon on Who The Great People Are Let me share the words of S.D. Gordon. "The great people of the earth today are the people who pray. I do not mean those who talk about prayer; nor those who say they believe in prayer; nor yet those who can explain about prayer; but I ...read more

  • Coming Home

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 4, 2010
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    COMING HOME Have you ever been coming back home on a trip that seemed to last forever? You say, oh if I were already home. Imagine someone in the depth of sin, desperately wanting to be out of its bondage, yet not even hoping that things could ever change. Dear sir, I am glad I can ...read more

  • On Self-Control

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 14, 2011
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    ON SELF-CONTROL Daniel Akst in a secular article called, "Whose in Charge Here?" wrote: "Life in modern Western cultures is like living at a giant all-you-can-eat buffet offering more calories, credit, sex, intoxicants, and just about anything else one could take to excess than our forebears ...read more

  • Kenya Miracle

    Contributed by Dr. Nicholas M. Muteti on Jun 14, 2011
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    KENYA MIRACLE There is a precious family in a certain church in Kenya. Years ago, when the mother and the two young daughters were saved, they were returning home after baptismal service. They were rejoicing as they approached the door. All were singing. The father was a fearful demon-possessed ...read more

  • Freedom "For"  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 28, 2011
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    FREEDOM "FOR" From Robert Youngs: I have on my table a violin string... it is free. I twist one end of it and it responds. It is free. But it is not free to do what a violin string is supposed to do--produce music. So I take it, fix it in my violin and tighten it until it is taut. Only then ...read more

  • Our Guide Home

    Contributed by Perry Greene on May 3, 2012
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    OUR GUIDE HOME A certain guide in the deserts of Arabia never lost his way. He carried a homing pigeon with a fine cord attached to his leg. If he doubted which path to take or if he was caught in a sand storm, he would release the bird. The pigeon would fly in the direction of home. The guide was ...read more

  • Jesus' Birth

    Contributed by Kevin Barron on Dec 29, 2012
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    Steve McGuire, our retired county judge, mentioned to me the other day that when someone wishes him “Merry Christmas,” he will sometimes tell them, “I wish you a happy birthday for Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior!” He has seen, like all of us need to see, that Christmas was not just the lights ...read more

  • A Certain Minister Was Demonstrating On What ...

    Contributed by Samson Musyoki on Sep 25, 2007
     | 1,851 views

    A certain minister was demonstrating on what giving is. He showed true givers from the ‘hardcore’. the story goes that there are those who are like the sponge. You need to squeeze a sponge with water, a bit and it will give you everything! There are also those who are the stones in the quarries. ...read more