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  • Some Years Back As You Traveled Along I-10 In ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on Mar 15, 2002
    based on 29 ratings
     | 1,813 views

    Some years back as you traveled along I-10 in Louisiana there was a large billboard which would catch your eye. It stood high above the city just as you started up the Mississippi River bridge. On it was a picture of Jesus Christ hanging on the cross of Calvary, head bowed. The caption underneath ...read more

  • Lew Wallace, The Famous General And Literary ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 24, 2002
    based on 34 ratings
     | 1,706 views

    Lew Wallace, the famous general and literary genius, was at one time a known atheist. For two years, he studied in the leading libraries of Europe and America, seeking information that would forever destroy Christianity. While writing the second chapter of a book he planned to write, he suddenly ...read more

  • Tradition Has It That Michelangelo Was Teaching ...

    Contributed by William Yates on Mar 18, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,065 views

    Tradition has it that Michelangelo was teaching some art students one day. He walks over to one of his students and then starts painting on his canvass. He then hands the student the brush. The student is awestruck. He asks: "How can I finish what you have started?" "Let this inspire you to finish ...read more

  • Who Are Evangelicals? Gallup Has At Times Asked ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 3, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,616 views

    Who Are Evangelicals? Gallup has at times asked 3 qualifying questions to make the determination; have you had a born-again experience committing yourself to Jesus Christ, have you tried to encourage someone to believe in Christ, and do you believe the Bible is the actual word of God? 22% of ...read more

  • George Gallup Says "North America Is The Only ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,599 views

    George Gallup says “North America is the only continent where Christianity is not growing.” The American Society of Church Growth reports that in ’98, half of churches in America did not add one new member through “conversion growth.” Fuller Seminary has discovered that “It takes 3 people in a ...read more

  • Mobilization Is Not Filling Slots," Claims Carol ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,832 views

    “Mobilization is not filling slots,” claims Carol Davis, veteran church leadership trainer, “Mobilization is activating the incredible capacity of Christ’s church to serve the purposes of God in our own generation. Mobilization happens when I’m being used as an activator. I listen to and watch for ...read more

  • In A "Peanuts" Cartoon Strip, Good Old Charlie ...  PRO

    Contributed by Danny Rogers on Oct 9, 2006
    based on 13 ratings
     | 5,195 views

    In a "Peanuts" cartoon strip, good old Charlie Brown says to Linus, "Life is just too much for me. I’ve been confused from the day I was born. I think the whole trouble is that we’re thrown into life too fast. We’re not really prepared." Linus asks, "What did you want . . . a chance to warm up ...read more

  • Wayne A. Lamb In 100 Meditations On Hope, Shares ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Apr 15, 2007
     | 1,571 views

    Wayne A. Lamb in 100 Meditations on Hope, shares this story: “In the midst of a storm, a little bird was clinging to the limb of a tree, seemingly calm and unafraid. As the wind tore at the limbs of the tree, the bird continued to look the storm in the face, as if to say, ‘Shake me off; I sill ...read more

  • Wayne A. Lamb In 100 Meditations On Hope, Shares ...  PRO

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Apr 16, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,793 views

    Wayne A. Lamb in 100 Meditations on Hope, shares this story: “In the midst of a storm, a little bird was clinging to the limb of a tree, seemingly calm and unafraid. As the wind tore at the limbs of the tree, the bird continued to look the storm in the face, as if to say, ‘Shake me off; I sill ...read more

  • George Macleod "I Simply Argue That The Cross Be ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
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    George MacLeod "I simply argue that the cross be raised again at the center of the market place as well as on the steeple of the church, I am recovering the claim that Jesus was not crucified in a cathedral between two candles: But on a cross between two thieves; on a town garbage heap; At a ...read more

  • Martin Luther Had A Dream In Which He Stood On ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on May 1, 2008
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    Martin Luther had a dream in which he stood on the day of judgment before God Himself, and Satan was there to accuse him. When Satan opened his books full of accusations, he pointed to transgression after transgression of which Luther was guilty. As the proceedings went on, Luther's heart sunk in ...read more

  • The Emblem Of Suffering And Shame

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on May 29, 2008
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    THE EMBLEM OF SUFFERING AND SHAME Crucifixion was a form of execution that the Romans had learned from the Persians. The Persians had developed a method of crucifying victims by impaling them on a pole. Later cultures developed different methods of crucifixion, And Rome employed several of them. ...read more

  • If I Profess With The Loudest Voice And ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 23, 2008
     | 1,562 views

    “If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the word of God except precisely that little point which the world and the Devil are at that point attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing Christ. Where the battle rages, there the ...read more

  • Glo-Christians

    Contributed by Chris Surber on May 22, 2009
     | 2,261 views

    GLO-CHRISTIANS My wife and I recently obtained a fish tank for the family to enjoy. Among the fishes we placed inside of the tank are a handful of genetically engineered bright colored fish called GLOfish. It is engineered from a common aquarium fish; a Zebra fish. These little fish have had ...read more

  • Thomas Merton: "The Gospel Looks To A Future ...

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 2, 2011
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    Thomas Merton: "The Gospel looks to a future event that is still not fulfilled - the full revelation of the Glory and the Reign of Christ. He reigns already, but his reign is not yet manifest as it will be. "Yet this brings with it another temptation: the false news of those who have too much of ...read more

  • Select The Greatest Gift

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Dec 11, 2011
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    SELECT THE GREATEST GIFT Even people of this world know the value of a thoughtful gift. When Pastor John Bisagno was working as chaplain to the Houston Oilers, the players gave him an autographed football which every player had signed inscribed with a Scripture from the Bible. Whenever he looks ...read more

  • The Story Is Told - Out Of Ww 2 & The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tony Klinedinst on Aug 9, 2002
    based on 14 ratings
     | 1,406 views

    ILL. The story is told - out of WW 2 & the holocaust that took the lives of millions of people - of Solomon Rosenberg & his family. It is a true story. Solomon Rosenberg & his wife & their 2 sons & his mother & father were arrested & placed in a Nazi concentration camp. It was a labor camp, & the ...read more

  • For Joachim Neander Praise Was Evoked By ...  PRO

    Contributed by Karl Eckhoff on Aug 26, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 2,802 views

    For Joachim Neander praise was evoked by life-changing memories from his youth. To say he was a rebel is probably an understatement. Most of his youth was spent with little regard for God and His Word. Sometimes he even outrightly mocked the Word of God and those who preached it. Neander and ...read more

  • Imagine That The American Economy Was Going To Be ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on Aug 6, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,604 views

    Imagine that the American economy was going to be changed entirely to Euros – and the day the switch came, dollars would be worthless And you didn’t know when the change would happen. The smartest thing to do would be to start changing your dollars into Euros, keeping just enough to live on. Then ...read more

  • Have You Ever Been Really Thirsty? When You're ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,568 views

    Have you ever been really thirsty? When you’re really thirsty, you’ll about drink anything as long as it’s wet – because you’re thirsty. I once read a newspaper article about how a criminal on the run gave himself up because he was thirsty. The police had apparently surrounded this man so that ...read more