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  • Covetousness And The Emperor's New Grove

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2013
     | 3,723 views

    COVETOUSNESS AND THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROVE In Disney's thirty-ninth animated film, "The Emperor's New Groove," self-proclaimed "King of the World" Kuzco (COOS-coh), who had an evil female advisor named Yzma (EEZ-muh), made plans to demolish an entire village to build a new water park. At the highest ...read more

  • Quotations On Attitude

    Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on May 3, 2013
     | 2,105 views

    "Places and circumstances never guarantee happiness. You must decide within yourself whether you want to be happy." (Robert J. Hastings) "The last of human freedoms is to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances." (Victor Frankl) "Let this same attitude and purpose and [humble] ...read more

  • A Knock On The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2013
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,896 views

    A KNOCK ON THE DOOR An old woman ran out of money, and couldn't pay any of her bills. The landlord was threatening to throw her out if she didn't pay her rent soon. She had only a few candles to keep her warm. And one cold day she was warming her hands over a candle. Just then a knock came at her ...read more

  • Overloaded

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2013
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    OVERLOADED In the book, Overload, by Dr. Richard Swenson, he discusses one of the main reasons our lives have too much anxiety and stress. He says that most of us are just plain overloaded. Think about it. (1) We are overloaded with commitments. We don’t know how to say no. And as a result we meet ...read more

  • Who Shot The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2013
     | 3,910 views

    WHO SHOT THE DEER? A lawyer, a doctor, and a preacher went deer hunting together when along came a big buck. The three of them all shot at the same time, and immediately the buck dropped to the ground. They all rushed up to examine the deer, but couldn't determine whose shot had actually killed ...read more

  • Dads: Out Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2013
     | 3,496 views

    DADS: OUT OF THE FRAME A little boy whose father was away from home a great deal because he was a high ranking military official with great national security duties, was seen standing staring at his father's picture on a shelf at home. The little boy's mother had placed several pictures of her ...read more

  • The Cost To Cure Rebellion

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2013
     | 4,723 views

    THE COST TO CURE REBELLION "It cost God nothing, as far as we know, to create nice things, but to convert our rebellious wills, it cost Him crucifixion." C.S. Lewis (From a sermon by ...read more

  • Mark Twain: An Enemy And A Friend

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2013
     | 4,848 views

    AN ENEMY AND A FRIEND Mark Twain, "It takes your enemy and your friend working together to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you and the other to get the news to ...read more

  • Abraham Lincoln And Criticism

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2013
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    ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND CRITICISM A practicing lawyer loved to attack his opponents through scathing letters printed in newspapers. In 1842, he ridiculed the wrong man. James Shields did not take kindly to the anonymous writer who lampooned him in the Springfield Journal. Mr. Shields tracked down ...read more

  • The Mirror Of The Fundamentals  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2013
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     | 4,164 views

    THE MIRROR OF THE FUNDAMENTALS Ravi Zacharias tells the story of a man who went to School in Wheaton with Billy Graham and later entered into politics. He was a popular man and rose to become the Prime Minister of Canada. In the process of going down that way, to fame, to popularity and power, he ...read more

  • Quotes On The Gospel

    Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on May 2, 2013
     | 3,503 views

    "The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life. It cannot be grasped by reason and memory only, but it is fully understood when it possesses the whole soul and penetrates to the inner recesses of the heart." --John Calvin "The Gospel that represents Jesus Christ, not as a system of ...read more

  • A Husband And His Wife Were Sound Asleep When ...

    Contributed by Daniel Cabrera on May 2, 2013
     | 3,669 views

    A husband and his wife were sound asleep when suddenly the phone rang. The husband picked up the phone and said, "Hello? How in the world would I know? What do I look like, a weatherman?" He then slammed the phone down and settled into bed. "Who was that?" ...read more

  • Light Of The ...

    Contributed by Gordon Weatherby on May 2, 2013
     | 13,676 views

    LIGHT OF THE WORLD Jesus stated that we are to be the "Light of the World", and that a city set on a hill cannot be hidden. In the Canadian province of New Brunswick there is a church building on Deer Island that for many years has served as a physical light house to the fishermen of that ...read more

  • Hudson Taylor's Example

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2013
     | 4,308 views

    HUDSON TAYLOR'S EXAMPLE Years ago the communist government in China commissioned an author to write a biography of Hudson Taylor with the purpose of distorting the facts and presenting him in a bad light. They wanted to discredit the name of this consecrated missionary of the gospel. As the author ...read more

  • Three Ways Out

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2013
     | 4,186 views

    THREE WAYS OUT Sir Harry Lauder was a British entertainer who proved highly popular throughout the English speaking world both before, during and after World War One. During World War One Lauder worked tirelessly to organize and recruit performers for shows given to troops serving abroad. When ...read more

  • Martyrdom Of John ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2013
     | 3,895 views

    MARTYRDOM OF JOHN DENLEY One day, on the way to visit some friends, John Denley was stopped and searched by the authorities, who found his written confession of faith. Denley believed the Church was built upon the apostles and prophets, with Christ as its head, and that the present state church, ...read more

  • Road Signs Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 30, 2013
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,878 views

    ROAD SIGNS OF THE FAITH The problem Israel faced is a problem people have faced down through the ages. During World War II, during the Battle of the Bulge, there was a group of German soldiers who dressed themselves in the uniforms of the Allies. These German soldiers used American military ...read more

  • Henry Ford: Resisting ...

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Apr 30, 2013
     | 3,170 views

    HENRY FORD: RESISTING CHANGE Back in 1912, Ford Motor Co. had a production manager named William Knudsen - considered one of the best in his field. Knudsen became convinced that the Model T (which had been in production for 4 years now) had to be updated. But, the only problem was - Henry Ford ...read more

  • Fool

    Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Apr 28, 2013
     | 4,187 views

    FOOL D.L. Moody was preaching once and got a note before he preached. All that was on the note was the word "Fool". He stepped up to the front and said, "This is interesting. I usually get letters from people without a name on it. ...read more

  • Error Vs. Person In Error

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 26, 2013
     | 2,658 views

    ERROR VS. PERSON IN ERROR This love and good will, to be sure, must in no way render us indifferent to truth and goodness. Indeed love itself impels the disciples of Christ to speak the saving truth to all men. But it is necessary to distinguish between error, which always merits repudiation, and ...read more

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