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  • Sorry You're Too Late

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 3, 2012
     | 2,713 views

    A young man, after a revival service, came up to the visiting evangelist and they were getting ready to put up everything for the night. The young man had left after the invitation, under conviction, he had returned at the conclusion of the service and went up to the evangelist and he said, "Sir, ...read more

  • Pilate Made A Choice

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 3, 2012
     | 2,919 views

    Pilate made a choice. Rather than ask for God's grace, he asked for a bowl. Rather than invite Jesus to stay, he sent him away. Rather than hear Christ's voice, he heard the ...read more

  • Mary Illustrates

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 4, 2012
     | 2,249 views

    Mary illustrates that hungry heart that wants to understand the depth of this great salvation. --John ...read more

  • Joseph Reminds Us

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 4, 2012
     | 3,775 views

    Joseph reminds us that the call of God isn’t always easy or conventional, but it is always right – and God will give us the courage to follow if we’re willing to obey. ...read more

  • The Shepherds Didn't Just Talk

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 4, 2012
     | 2,056 views

    The shepherds didn't just talk about what they saw, but about the life-changing "good news" they heard. It was indelibly written on their hearts. Joyful worship and witness like that of the shepherds is the result of personal experience ...read more

  • The Joy That I Pursue

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 4, 2012
     | 2,877 views

    "The joy that I pursue is not the hope of getting rich with things from you. I have not come to you for your things, but for yourself. And this desire I now intensify and demonstrate by giving up things, in the hope of enjoying you more, not things. By giving to you what you do not need, and what I ...read more

  • Above All, Don't Lie To Yourself.

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 6, 2012
     | 2,376 views

    “Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having ...read more

  • It Is Not Peter's Faith That Fails, But His ...

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 6, 2012
     | 2,867 views

    It is not Peter's faith that fails, but his courage. After his failure he weeps bitterly, because he really does love his Lord. --David ...read more

  • Jesus Had A Cup In His Hand, Not A Sword, But ...

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 6, 2012
     | 2,498 views

    Jesus had a cup in his hand, not a sword, but that cup was His scepter. He was in complete control. --Brian Bell, ...read more

  • Happy Is That Christian Who Cares For Nothing So ...

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 6, 2012
     | 1,663 views

    Happy is that Christian who cares for nothing so much as to be holy and loving like his Master, while he lives, and a companion of his Master when he ...read more

  • There Are 2 Ways Of Handling Pressure

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 6, 2012
     | 2,915 views

    There are 2 ways of handling pressure: One is illustrated by a bathysphere, the miniature submarine used to explore the ocean in places so deep that the water pressure would crush a conventional submarine like an aluminum can. Bathyspheres compensate with plate steel several inches thick, which ...read more

  • Leonard Sweet On Beauty

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Jan 3, 2013
     | 2,529 views

    "Beauty is the scent of God on the universe, a keyhole-peek of the kingdom in the here and now and a ...read more

  • Trung's Story

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Jan 3, 2013
     | 2,623 views

    TRUNG'S STORY To Dinh Trung was arrested more than 25 times for preaching the gospel in rural Vietnam. During his 24th imprisonment, in 1991, he was deprived of food for 12 days. He said: "In prison, I worshipped the Lord a lot, praying and singing in a room by myself. My room was the prison ...read more

  • Stressed Santa

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Jan 6, 2013
     | 3,048 views

    STRESSED OUT SANTA A shopping mall Santa Claus in California had a meltdown after refusing to cuddle a bawling toddler, calling the mother evil and ripping off his beard and costume in front of startled children. Kelly Fornatoro, 33, said she told Santa her 19 month old son, Brian, would stop ...read more

  • Bonhoeffer On Christmas

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Jan 6, 2013
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     | 5,840 views

    BONHOEFFER ON CHRISTMAS Dietriech Bonhoeffer was a pastor and theologian who spoke out against Hitler and the Nazis. As a result he was arrested, imprisoned and then executed just hours before the Allies liberated the concentration camp where he was held. While there, he wrote a series of ...read more

  • Healing House: "I Thought You Were Dead."  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Jan 6, 2013
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,871 views

    HEALING HOUSE: "I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD." Healing House is in Kansas City, Ks. It's a home for drug addicts started by a woman named Bobbie Jo. Bobbie Jo had been walking the streets for many years but then someone cared enough to share the Gospel with her and she was born again. At the same time, ...read more

  • Lee Dye On New Year's Resolutions

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Jan 6, 2013
     | 3,478 views

    LEE DYE ON NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS Lee Dye writes, “It’s that time of year again when we resolve to get off our duffs and run around the block more often, maybe even cut back on tall of those things which we know we aren’t supposed to eat, or drink or smoke. Ah yes, New Year’s Resolutions which for ...read more

  • Fallen World

    Contributed by Tim White on Feb 15, 2013
     | 3,200 views

    FALLEN WORLD Crime rate, growth in atrocities of crime, world tension, wars (and as the Bible predicted, rumors of wars), growth and mutation of illnesses, viruses and diseases. Our great grandparents had not concept of Aids. Our nation’s founders never heart of Ebola, the flesh eating disease. ...read more

  • Monogamy Syndrome  PRO

    Contributed by Tim White on Feb 15, 2013
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,153 views

    MONOGAMY SYNDROME Where at one time, having sexual relations outside marriage was considered liberating, current studies show that it damages one's ability to trust, affecting future relationship, one's respect for self, affecting every decision and diminishing the value of right decisions, and ...read more

  • God Is Absolute

    Contributed by Tim White on Apr 4, 2013
     | 2,470 views

    GOD IS ABSOLUTE If we bought a new piano or a new organ and moved it into the sanctuary, we would need to tune it, or everything else, typically. The impression is that there are differences in how the instruments are tuned. If the new piano is tuned a little higher than the old equipment, then ...read more