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  • Absentees In The Upper Room

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 9, 2014
     | 5,098 views

    ABSENTEES IN THE UPPER ROOM Written by Dr. Larry Petton One of the curious questions I have always had concerns the people who actually saw Christ after His resurrection. I would love to have been part of that group to see Jesus in His glorified, resurrected body! But, for some reason, that ...read more

  • The Two Upper Rooms

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 24, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,934 views

    In his book Life Looks Up, Charles Templeton remarks how ironic it is that the course of human history has been affected so positively and negatively by events that have occurred in two small upper rooms. One of them is a drab apartment in London's Westside, dirty, curtain less, with stacks of ...read more

  • In A Locked Upper Room On That First Easter, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,441 views

    In a locked upper room on that first Easter, “Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, "Peace be with you." When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. John 20:19b-20. Some years back, before skin-grafts were a ...read more

  • Down At The Upper Room, Sometimes There Are Guys ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 13, 2009
     | 1,082 views

    Down at the Upper Room, sometimes there are guys down there that are simply repulsive. Most aren’t that bad. But there are a few. I remember Danny. He has passed on. But Danny was quite a case. He stank. He peed himself and the urine odor was enough to make you wretch. This is not an exaggeration. ...read more

  • Upper Lip

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,508 views

    Upper Lip One evening several college students spread limburger cheese on the upper lip of a sleeping fraternity brother. Upon awakening the young man sniffed, looked around, and said, “This room stinks” He then walked into the hall and said, “This hall stinks” Leaving ...read more

  • The Room  PRO

    Contributed by Ely Lambert on Aug 19, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,718 views

    The Room In that place between wakefulness and dreams, I found myself in the room. There were no distinguishing features save for the one wall covered with small index card files. They were like the ones in libraries that list titles by author or subject in alphabetical order. But these files, ...read more

  • The Room

    Contributed by Fred Sigle on Jun 7, 2007
     | 1,600 views

    THE ROOM (I DO NOT KNOW THE AUTHOR) In that place between wakefulness and dreams, I found myself in the room. There were no distinguishing features except for the one wall covered with small index card files. They were like the ones in libraries that list titles by author or subject in ...read more

  • Dr. Maxie Dunnam Is One Of The Outstanding ...  PRO

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Feb 9, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,735 views

    Dr. Maxie Dunnam is one of the outstanding evangelical leaders in the United Methodist Church that I deeply admire. Maxie is the current Chancellor of Asbury Theological Seminary and her former President. He served the Upper Room Fellowship as their world editor and was the founding International ...read more

  • The Animal Called An Ermine That Inhabits Upper ...

    Contributed by Kostas Emmanouilidis on Jan 8, 2009
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    The animal called an ermine that inhabits upper northern Europe. Its hair is snow white. When hunters find its nesting ground, its home, they smother it with tar, which is pitch black, then when the hunting dogs chase the ermine, it will run to its home but not enter it so that it will not ...read more

  • Hotel Room ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
     | 1,577 views

    HOTEL ROOM THEFT Thefts from hotels and motels have reached 500 million dollars a year and probably more. Hotel managers count on one of every three guests stealing something. In a recent year, 4,600 Bibles were lifted from New York City hotel rooms. Professional thieves frequently strip motel ...read more

  • No Room For The Great

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jul 27, 2010
     | 2,258 views

    NO ROOM FOR THE GREAT In "A Hunger for God", John Piper says, "If you don’t feel strong desires for the manifestation of the glory of God, it is not because you have drunk deeply and are satisfied. It is because you have nibbled so long at the table of ...read more

  • Safe Rooms

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 22, 2011
     | 4,083 views

    SAFE ROOMS Lynne and I and the family were moving to Tulsa from Missouri and were looking at potential homes. One thing we came across was a house with a 'safe room' or actually only a 'safe closet'. A closet, which served as a coat closet near the front door, was built with steel walls and a ...read more

  • No Room In The Inn

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 20, 2020
     | 1,670 views

    People have no room for Christ because they are full of themselves, full of their own will, full of their own cares, and full of their own sinfulness. They feel they have no time or no need for the Lord. People may deny Christ and scorn Him. Yet, every time they write the date of the year, they are ...read more

  • No Room Giving?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Nov 26, 2022
     | 667 views

    NO ROOM… THE SAD STORY CONTINUES… In the early 70’s Linda and I were at my Mom and Dad’s for Christmas. We had no children. My Dad pastored 65 years, 42 in Frankfort, Ky. There were 5 of us children. We had a traditional spot where we all sat around the tree. Mom, my wife and my sister distributed ...read more

  • If Other Do Not Encourage Us, Let Us Encourage ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 4,068 views

    "If other do not encourage us, let us encourage ourselves in the Lord. How much He encouraged others On the stormy lake, and in the upper room. He spoke words of cheer to the ...read more

  • When Preachers Get Together, Someone May ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Jul 21, 2007
     | 1,202 views

    When preachers get together, someone may comment, “That will preach.” Inspiration for a sermon comes from many people and places. A few weeks ago in our Academy for Christian Training and Service one of our readings for reflection came from the book YEARING TO KNOW GOD’S WILL by Danny E. Morris, ...read more

  • Our Churches Today Need To Be A Spiritual House. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Oct 7, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,283 views

    Our churches today need to be a spiritual house. Many times our churches have become a social house where as one old preacher said: We traded our upper room into the board room, the fire of the Holy Spirit for a warm heater, our prayer meetings for chicken dinners, ...read more

  • The Magi Carried Gifts From Afar And Came To ...

    Contributed by Ned Bartlebaugh on Oct 21, 2007
     | 1,988 views

    The magi carried gifts from afar and came to worship the newborn baby. King Herod said he wanted to worship the baby. Though Herod and the magi uttered the same word, worship, their intentions were different. King Herod did not plan to worship the child. He wanted to be all ...read more

  • Bible Is All About Jesus

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on May 7, 2011
     | 1,406 views

    BIBLE IS ALL ABOUT JESUS The university library in Kansas is home to a very unusual Bible. At first it looks very ordinary, but when the gilt edges are slightly parted, it reveals a picture of Christ with his disciples in the upper room. Underneath the picture are the words; "It is myself, handle ...read more

  • Start Making Room

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 28, 2006
     | 1,207 views

    Quote from, “Your Best Life Now!” “God has so much in store for you, too. Start making room for it in your thinking. Conceive it on the inside. Start seeing yourself ...read more