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Isaiah's Prophecies And The Dead Sea Scrolls

Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Jan 14, 2017

There was a time when skeptics claimed that the prophecies in Isaiah 53 were too detailed, too specific, too accurate to be mere coincidence. I agreed. But then the skeptics argued that the ONLY logical explanation was that Isaiah was written after the gospels and patterned the suffering Servant ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 53:1-12

Tags: Prophecy, Reliability Of Bible, Fulfilled Prophecy, Dead Sea Scrolls

Denomination: Baptist

Susie The Savior  PRO

Contributed by Ken Pell on Mar 30, 2013

SUSIE THE SAVIOR The story is told of a certain 9-year-old who is sitting at his desk in school when all of a sudden there is a puddle between his feet, and the front of his pants are wet. He thinks his heart is going to stop, because he knows when the boys find out, he'll never hear the end of ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 53:4-5

Tags: Atonement

Denomination: Nazarene

The First And Last "All"

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2010

THE FIRST AND LAST "ALL" After a mission service, the preacher of the evening was hurrying away to a late train. He had just three minutes to catch it when he saw a man running after him. "Oh, sir," he said breathlessly as he came up, "Can you help me? I am very anxious about my salvation." ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 53:6

Tags: Evangelism How To

Mother Sheep Sacrifices Her Life To Save Her Lamb ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2010

Mother Sheep Sacrifices Her Life to Save Her Lamb from a Tiger William Faulkner tells the story of a mother sheep who had warned her little ones, “Do not go near the river, for a bad tiger lives there, and he will kill and eat you.” One lamb kept toying with the thought that the grass near the ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 53:6

Tags: Sacrifices

Traveling Couple Misspells Destination In Gps And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 10, 2009

Traveling Couple Misspells Destination in GPS and Ends Up in Wrong Place Last July the BBC news reported on how a couple from Sweden typed Carpi into their GPS when they meant Capri. Their GPS did what it was suppose to and took them 400 miles off course. A tourism official in Carpi said, "Capri ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 53:6

Tags: Parable Lost Sheep

The Beltway Of Grief And Guilt

Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 31, 2009

THE BELTWAY OF GRIEF AND GUILT Just a few days ago we celebrated, if that’s the right word, the thirtieth anniversary of something we all love to hate. Imagine observing the anniversary of something that has cost us dearly in dollars and also in blood and tears. Something we cannot live without, ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 53:4

Tags: Guilt

Give-Away Christmas  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009

GIVE-AWAY CHRISTMAS Richard Myers tells the story of being a reservist and being called back to active duty in Fort Monmouth, NJ, canceling his Christmas plans with his family in IN. Feeling low, he turned on the radio and heard an appeal from the Post Office for volunteers to answer letters ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 53:1-12

Tags: Christmas

God's Promise To Christ

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008

God's Promise to Christ There are many truths to grasp in Isaiah 53. A truth worth grasping today is found in Isaiah 53:10, "But the Lord was pleased to crush Him, putting Him to grief. If He would render Himself as a guilt offering. He will see His offspring, He will prolong His Days, and ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 53:10

Tags: Covenant

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Nietzsche Said "A Man Can Undergo Torture If He ...

Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Sep 25, 2007

Nietzsche said “A man can undergo torture if he knows the way of life,” but Christian Reger said, "here at Dachu, I learned something far greater. I learned to know the who of my life. He was enough to sustain me then, and is enough to sustain me still.” Christian Reger was a minister with the ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 53:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

A Wealthy Man And His Son Loved To Collect Rare ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

A wealthy man and his son loved to collect rare works of art. They had everything in their collection, from Picasso to Raphael. They would often sit together and admire the great works of art. When the Vietnam conflict broke out, the son went to war. He was very courageous and died in battle while ...read more

Scripture: John 14:6, John 14:6, Isaiah 53:4-10

Tags: Faith, Patriotism, Love, Jesus, Peace, Resurrection, God, Vision, America, Salvation, Hope, Quit, Presence, Trinity, Enough, Significance, Soldier, Bitterness, Fulfillment, Veterans, Correction, Don't Give Up  (view more)  (view less)

It Was 1741, And An Old Man Was Wandering The ...

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 6, 2007

It was 1741, and an old man was wandering the streets of London. His name was George Frederick Handel. At this point, he was angry at life. His mind kept going back to the time when he was famous and had the applause of royalty and the elite of London. But now his mind was full of despair and ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 53:1-12

Denomination: Methodist

It Was The Winter Of 1926, An Age Where ...

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 3, 2006

It was the winter of 1926, an age where narrow-mindedness and bigotry still had power in many places. A woman from Chicago named Thelma Goldstein decided to go to Florida for her first real vacation. She was not familiar with the area, and she unknowingly drove to a restricted hotel in North ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 53:3-5

Tags: Vacation

Denomination: Methodist

There Was A Certain Professor Of Religion Named ...  PRO

Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Nov 9, 2004

There was a certain Professor of Religion named Dr. Christianson, a studious man who taught at a small college in the Western United States. Dr. Christianson taught the required survey course in Christianity at this particular institution. Every student was required to take this course his or ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 53:5, John 3:16-17

Tags: Promises Of God, Forgiveness In Jesus

Denomination: Baptist

According To The Chicago Tribune, On June 22, ...  PRO

Contributed by Jeff Simms on Nov 7, 2004

According to the Chicago Tribune, on June 22, 1997, parachute instructor Michael Costello, forty-two, of Mt.Dora, Florida, jumped out of an airplane at 12,000 feet altitude with a novice skydiver name Gareth Griffith, age twenty-one. The novice would soon discover just how good his instructor was, ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:21, Isaiah 53:4-6, Daniel 1:1-2:20

Tags: Jesus Christ

Denomination: Baptist

More Than One Hundred And Thirty Years Ago, God ...  PRO

Contributed by James O. Davis on Nov 2, 2003

More than one hundred and thirty years ago, God called a man named John Williams to go to the South Pacific Island of Aramonda as a missionary. John Williams, and his friend Mr. Harris, set sail one day to take the Gospel message to a cannibalistic tribe that had never heard about Jesus Christ as ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 53:5

Tags: Faith, Christian Disciplines, Evangelism How To

Denomination: Assembly Of God

After A Forest Fire In Yellowstone National Park, ...  PRO

Contributed by James Botts on Sep 10, 2002

After a forest fire in Yellowstone National Park, forest rangers began their trek up a mountain to assess the damage. One ranger found a bird literally petrified in ashes, perched statuesquely on the ground at the base of a tree. Startled by the eerie sight, he knocked over the bird with a stick. ...read more

Scripture: Psalms 17:8, Isaiah 53:1, Psalms 91:4

Tags: Christian Disciplines, God's Provision

Denomination: Baptist