Contributed by Brian Menear on Apr 1, 2007
How many of us have to go down that far before we decide we need to change our direction?
Many people find the story of Jonah being swallowed by a whale hard to believe. How many think it’s just a story made up to Illustrate something?
There is an account of a whaling ship in 1891 called the Star
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Nickolas Kooi on Sep 7, 2017
“You shall not steal,” the Seventh Commandment. Not only do we not take what is not ours, we actually help to improve and protect the possessions and income of other people. I had this done to me a few weeks. I was finishing up something at home on a Friday, and Dawn came to pick me up in the
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Lutheran
Contributed by Glenn Durham on Sep 30, 2008
In the 1500s, Martin Luther wrote "The Bondage of the Will" to defend the Biblical teaching of the depravity of our nature and our slavery to sin. Luther's work was in answer to the writings of Erasmus on free will. Of Erasmus' defense of free will, Luther wrote: "Your book struck me as so
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2003
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ILL: Early African converts to Christianity were earnest and regular in private devotions.
Each one reportedly had a separate spot in the thicket where he would pour out his heart to God.
Over time the paths to these places became well worn.
As a result, if one of these believers began to
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Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jan 31, 2009
A man drove by our house an offered to fertilize the lawn for $6. When I went to pay him, he clarified the cost was $6 per bag and it would take many bags to cover the lawn. A bag of fertilizer does little. In the same way, a church that does not spread out does little. Trouble caused the church
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Pentecostal
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To realize how God is excellent and Mighty In Power, very simple.
Go to a place near you that is called Nature "Tourist Spot" or "Tourist destination", you will see the beauty of creation not even touch by human hands..
I.e Niagara Falls, Grand Canyon, Banff, El Nido Palawan,
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Evangelical Free
Contributed by Hal Seed on Aug 21, 2008
CHRIST: AN ALL-ACCESS PASS
Mark and Susie Alderson have been attending New Song since what we call our "portable days." In the early days of the church, we would pack a trailer full of equipment, unload it at a local school, hold church there, and then pack up and put the trailer away.
Mark is
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Baptist
Contributed by Andrew Chan on Jan 25, 2002
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Vacationing in Arizona, a group of British tourists spots a cowboy by the side of the road, with his ear to the ground. "What’s going on?" they asked.
"Two horses, one grey- one chestnut, are puliing a wagon carrying 2 men" the cowboys says.
"One man is wearing a red shirt and the other a black
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Evangelical Free
Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jun 6, 2003
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Vacationing in Arizona, a group of British tourists spots a cowboy by the side of the road, with his ear to the ground.
"What’s going on?" they asked.
"Two horses, one gray-one chestnut, are pulling a wagon carrying 2 men,” the cowboy says.
"One man is wearing a red shirt and the other a black
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Stephen Wright on Oct 10, 2004
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Years ago the gospel was preached to a number of tribes in Central Africa. Many people responded to the message and received new life in Christ. Since they had no church building where they could gather for a time of prayer, they cleared a central spot in the jungle for that purpose. Soon
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Baptist
Contributed by Shane Rodriguez on Nov 11, 2004
In England about 2 to 3 miles off the coast there is a place so deep that all the dissolved sewage of London is released there. Each day of the week except Sunday, a ship loaded with garbage goes to the spot and pumps all of the filth of the city into the depth of the sea. the remarkable thing is
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Baptist
Contributed by Donny Granberry on Jun 22, 2007
*ILLUSTRATION*
On October 31, 1983, a Korean airliner departed on a flight from Anchorage, Alaska to Seoul, South Korea.
Unknown to the flight crew, the flight navigation system computer contained a degree-and-a-half routing error.
At the point of takeoff it was unnoticeable, but as the 747 flew
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Assembly Of God
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