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  • The Same Lighting And Thunder That Lights Up ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jul 17, 2008
     | 4,527 views

    "The same lighting and thunder that lights up the sky and brings the rain is the same lightning and thunder that ...read more

  • Focusing On The Light

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 24, 2010
     | 3,310 views

    FOCUSING ON THE LIGHT "We were on shipboard," relates a captain's wife, "lying in a Southern harbor. We were obliged, first to make our way ashore. The waves were rolling heavily. I became frightened at the thought of attempting it, when one man came to me, saying, 'Do not be afraid: I will take ...read more

  • Guiding Light

    Contributed by Joe Bertone on Aug 20, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,083 views

    GUIDING LIGHT Do you remember this intro? “And now, The Guiding Light.” It is an old one. According to Guinness Book of World Records The Guiding Light was the longest running drama of all time. It came on the air in January 25, 1937 five days after President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s second ...read more

  • The Lights Of Home  PRO

    Contributed by Frank Ellis on Apr 15, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,747 views

    THE LIGHTS OF HOME In his memoirs, Chronicles of Wasted Time, Malcolm Muggeridge tells of events that took place in Africa in 1943. He was forty years old but his experience of those four decades had been of progressive disillusionment. After Cambridge he spent three years in India, which ...read more

  • Not The Only Light!  PRO

    Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000
    based on 118 ratings
     | 4,782 views

    NOT THE ONLY LIGHT! On July 06, 2000, Hugh Downs the guest host on the Larry King Live Show lead a round table discussion on the questions, "Who is Jesus? And why is there such a fascination with that question now?" Among his guests was Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Dean of Oxford L’chaim Society. During ...read more

  • Steward Of The Light  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Elmore on Jan 17, 2002
    based on 27 ratings
     | 5,831 views

    STEWARD OF THE LIGHT In the nineteenth century, lighthouses on the U.S. coasts were tended by lighthouse keepers and their families. If a man who tended the light took ill or became disabled, often the work was picked up by his wife or children. Such was the case of Hosea Lewis. Having become, ...read more

  • A New Light  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 20, 2002
    based on 45 ratings
     | 4,403 views

    A NEW LIGHT One of the greatest tragedies for people would be to live in darkness when they could live in the light… Rose Crawford had been blind for 50 years. Then she had an operation in an Ontario hospital. She said, “I just can’t believe it,” as the doctor lifted the bandages from her ...read more

  • Light The Night  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 21, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,767 views

    LIGHT THE NIGHT- It’s a night of darkness. It’s a night of evil. It’s a night the Devil claims as his own. It’s called —“The Festival of the Dead,” better known as Halloween. Occultists honor this night. Christians abhor this night, for it dishonors God and pays tribute to Satan. On the other ...read more

  • The Purpose Of The Light  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2005
    based on 21 ratings
     | 10,687 views

    THE PURPOSE OF THE LIGHT "There is an old story about a lighthouse keeper who worked on a rocky stretch of coastline. Once a month he would receive a new supply of oil to keep the light burning so that ships could safely sail near the rocky coast. One night, though, a woman from a nearby village ...read more

  • Blinded By The Light  PRO

    Contributed by Harley Jay Nickless on Oct 8, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,661 views

    Blinded by The Light The first thing that blinds us to God’s Truth is the blinding effect of God’s Word Itself. Here’s how it works. High Beams Have you ever had the experience of driving down a dark road at night, come to the crest of a hill only to be blasted by the brilliant high beam lights ...read more

  • No Light On The Runway

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Sep 20, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,916 views

    NO LIGHT ON THE RUNWAY Consider the experience of a friend of mine, who was a recreational pilot when he was younger. On one occasion, he flew his single-engine plane toward his home base at a small country airport. Unfortunately, he waited too long to start back and arrived in the vicinity of ...read more

  • Light The Night

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jun 17, 2009
     | 3,090 views

    LIGHT THE NIGHT Years ago the mayor of Toronto launched a campaign called, "Light the Night." The ideal was for residents to leave their lights burning over-night in order to discourage crime. Every believer is to be involved in God’s "Light the Night" campaign. So then, my beloved, just as you ...read more

  • Always In The Light

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 2, 2009
     | 4,534 views

    ALWAYS IN THE LIGHT In his book The Best Is Yet To Be, Henry Durbanville told the story of a little girl in London who won a prize at a flower show. Her entry was grown in an old cracked teapot and had been placed in the attic window of a rundown tenement house. When someone asked how she managed ...read more

  • A Light In The Darkness  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 8,655 views

    A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS In 1963, my grandfather was serving as the Senior Minister of West End United Methodist Church in Nashville. West End is situated right across the street from Vanderbilt University, and has always been a wealthy, predominately white church. One communion Sunday, a black ...read more

  • The Spirit Is A Light

    Contributed by Michael Buckingham on Aug 8, 2011
     | 2,862 views

    THE SPIRIT IS A LIGHT If there was no light, we would all be as blind people, we could see no colours, all would be dark inside. We wouldn’t be able to read this Bible if there was no light. You see the Christian life is like a journey. And God has given us a road map, which is the Bible. Now ...read more

  • Deacons And Lights

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Oct 7, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,536 views

    DEACONS AND LIGHTS In our church, we have someone that does the maintenance and replaces light bulbs and things like that. They do not want their pastor to do this for two good reasons: 1) I know very little about maintenance, and my church knows that I know very little. 2) They don't want the ...read more

  • Looking At The Light

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 6, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,824 views

    LOOKING AT THE LIGHT A pastor told a story of a man in his congregation who had lost literally hundreds of thousands of dollars. He owed everybody. One day the pastor asked him, "How in the world are you even surviving? How can you smile? How can you be enthusiastic about Jesus and about life when ...read more

  • Let There Be Light

    Contributed by Herbert Armstrong Bosantog on Nov 6, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,853 views

    LET THERE BE LIGHT When God said, "Let there be LIGHT". There was LIGHT! And that LIGHT is still EXPANDING. Kolb and Turner wrote, "Since the UNIVERSE has a finite age, and LIGHT travels at a finite speed, there may be events in the past whose LIGHT has not had time to reach us." There were ...read more

  • Light In The Darkness  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Angus on May 20, 2013
    based on 2 ratings
     | 9,309 views

    LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS Some of you may be familiar with the name Catherine Marshall. She was a wonderful Christian author who wrote such classics as Christy, which became a television series. There was an occasion in her life when she felt as if the flame of God’s love had gone out. It started ...read more

  • Reflecting The Light  PRO

    Contributed by Everette Pafford on Feb 27, 2014
    based on 6 ratings
     | 7,609 views

    REFLECTING THE LIGHT A well-known Bible teacher has just finished speaking to a large class of business people on the Christians' responsibility to be light in the world. He had emphasized the as believers we all have the obligation to reflect the Light in the world, the Lord Jesus. After the ...read more