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  • Frenzied Pace Of Life

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 31, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,794 views

    FRENZIED PACE OF LIFE A lot of these same gods are still worshipped in America today, aren't they? Our culture also seems to bow down to the idol of busyness. In her book called, "Not So Fast: Slow-Down Solutions for Frenzied Families," Ann Kroeker writes this: "America, the land of the ...read more

  • Difficult People Are Like Tools  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 25, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,182 views

    Difficult People Are Like Tools Some difficult people are like the tools in your tool shed: A. Measuring tape: These people always let us know that we don’t quite measure up. These perfectionists feel compelled to set the standards for everyone else. In short, they judge by their own ...read more

  • Sinatra's Fear And Worry

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 13, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,226 views

    SINATRA’S FEAR AND WORRY Frank Sinatra’s daughter, Tina Sinatra, recalls her father’s unceasing drive to succeed and make money, even when his health was at risk: His health was in tatters and his life mired in financial wrangles, but my father refused to stop giving concerts. "I’ve just got to ...read more

  • Bible: Life Support

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Oct 29, 2010
     | 1,693 views

    BIBLE: LIFE SUPPORT I didn’t always go to church; in fact, I didn’t start attending anywhere regularly until I was in the ninth grade. But I wasn’t exactly a stranger to church. Occasionally, this friend or that one would invite me to go to Sunday School. I remember one time -- I must have been ...read more

  • How Do You Know You're Saved?

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Apr 15, 2011
     | 2,022 views

    HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU'RE SAVED? When I ask some people if they're saved, they sometimes answer, "Well I think so" or "I hope so." What if someone came up to me and asked, "Pastor Sligh, are you married?" Suppose I say, "Well, I think so." You say, "Now wait a minute. You either are or you aren't. I ...read more

  • I Wish I Could Live Life Over Again

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Jun 14, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,108 views

    I WISH I COULD LIVE LIFE OVER AGAIN I remember when I was an assistant pastor in TN visiting a man who had lived his whole life in sin and selfishness. He finally came to the Lord in his sixties. When he was diagnosed with cancer, I went to visit him at his home shortly before his death. The day ...read more

  • The Big Announcement

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 1, 2011
     | 3,470 views

    THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT We hear good news in lots of different ways, and I am glad that we got to hear the Easter story told by some of our children this morning. There is something about hearing a child tell this great story that gives it new power. I can no longer hear the Resurrection story ...read more

  • The Boston Marathon

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 19, 2015
     | 6,136 views

    Around here in Boston, Patriots Day is famously known for “The Boston Marathon” in which runners from all over the world participate. I watched with keen interest as the gun shot went off for the 116th Boston Marathon. Upmost in every ones mind was the question “Who will get the grand prize worth ...read more

  • Judging God's Mirror

    Contributed by David Goering on Sep 1, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,998 views

    Suppose a young couple woke up in the morning after a good night sleep and the husband looked in the mirror on the dresser and became very angry at the reflection because of what he saw... his hair was disheveled and he had a sleep wrinkle that ran down the one side of his face, so he took his ...read more

  • Be Someone's Consistent Help  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Dietz on Sep 20, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,996 views

    Be Someone's Consistent Help Paul, in his letter to the Hebraic Christians, makes this point: "…exhort one another daily, while it is called Today, lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin." [Hebrews 3:13] I will be the first to admit that when it comes to the inner-workings ...read more

  • A Very Cold Winter

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,757 views

    A VERY COLD WINTER It was autumn, and the Indians on the remote reservation asked their new Chief if the winter was going to be cold or mild. Since he was an Indian Chief in a modern society, he had never been taught the old secrets. When he looked at the sky, he couldn't tell what the weather was ...read more

  • Kneeling With Runkie

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,577 views

    KNEELING WITH RUNKIE Have you heard the story of the incident that took place in a Church youth group in Akron, Ohio, at Christmas time? What took place started a tradition in that church, a pattern for us to follow. The high school boy's name was Howard, but he was best known as "Runkie". He had ...read more

  • Anti-Semitic Henry Ford

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 3, 2022
     | 874 views

    It was a sweltering August day in 1937 when the Cohen brothers entered the posh Dearborn, Michigan, offices of Henry Ford, the car maker. "Mr. Ford," announced Norman Cohen, the eldest of the three. "We have a remarkable invention that will revolutionize the automobile ...read more

  • Literal Hell

    Contributed by Joe Bertone on Jul 23, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,014 views

    LITERAL HELL When it comes to believing in hell I think of the story of Dr. Maurice Rawlings a noted and celebrated coronary care doctor, who writes of his conversion to belief in a literal hell in Beyond Death’s Door. In 1977 he was giving a stress test to a man who was having chest pains. In the ...read more

  • So Many Valuable Possessions  PRO

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Sep 26, 2012
    based on 12 ratings
     | 4,332 views

    SO MANY VALUABLE POSSESSIONS Waylon Prendergast, 37, of Tampa, Florida, committed a spur-of-the-moment robbery while on his way home from a late-night drinking session. A very inebriated Mr. Prendergast forced his way into the house through an open upstairs window, filling a suitcase with cash and ...read more

  • Declaration Of Dependence

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Sep 11, 2011
     | 2,762 views

    DECLARATION OF DEPENDENCE The Declaration itself laid the groundwork for our freedom as a Nation: And that declaration was to be based upon the nation’s faith in God. It was quite literally a declaration of “Dependence upon God.” In the first two sentences of the Declaration of Independence - ...read more

  • The Beginning Of Marilyn Manson

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Feb 27, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,521 views

    THE BEGINNING OF MARILYN MANSON Brian Warner started going to church with a friend years ago. Brian was a skinny pizza faced nerdy looking kid that nobody liked. He was also a loner who looked out of place most of the time. The youth group took a trip to an amusement park one weekend and when ...read more

  • Hymns Of The Laodicean Church  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 4, 2001
    based on 374 ratings
     | 4,705 views

    Hymns Of The Laodicean Church (God’s Frozen People) The Laodicean Church announces publication of "Church Songs," whose title, according to the editor, was chosen because "We didn’t want to turn anybody off with threatening words that no one understands anymore like ’worship’ or ’hymn.’ People in ...read more

  • 8-Watt Abilities  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 29, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,961 views

    8-WATT ABILITIES In 1972, NASA launched the exploratory space probe Pioneer 10. According to Leon Jaroff in Time, the satellite’s primary mission was to reach Jupiter, photograph the planet and its moons, and beam data to earth about Jupiter’s magnetic field, radiation belts, and atmosphere. ...read more

  • On February 19, 1979, A Small Plane Crashed Into ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lynn Floyd on Apr 21, 2002
    based on 46 ratings
     | 1,181 views

    On February 19, 1979, a small plane crashed into Ontario Peak in the San Gabriel Mountains, and a ten-hour story of death, courage, and survival began. The passengers of that Cessna 172 included the pilot, a young woman, an attorney, and his eleven-year-old son. The pilot and the attorney were ...read more

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