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  • In The Movie, Brokendown Palace, Alice (Blonde ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 22, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,671 views

    In the movie, Brokendown Palace, Alice (Blonde played by Claire Danes) convinces her best friend, Darlene (Brunette played by Kate Beckinsale) to go to Bangkok to celebrate their high school graduation. There an attractive Australian man befriends them and persuades them to join him in Hong Kong. ...read more

  • Worship First: Of The 6 Foundational Faith ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,220 views

    Worship First: Of the 6 foundational faith practices- worship, evangelism, discipleship, fellowship, stewardship and compassionate service—most churchgoers embrace wor-ship. A new Barna survey reveals that 75% of all adults, and 92% of churched adults; say it’s very important to them to worship ...read more

  • Significant Finds: Researcher George Barna Lists ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2006
     | 1,797 views

    Significant Finds: Researcher George Barna lists the fol-lowing as his most notable findings in ’00. (1) Only 4% of born again adults are certain of the existence of absolute moral truth. (2) 94% of black adults rank having a close, personal relationship with God as a top life priority, com-pared ...read more

  • What Are The "Priorities" At Your House?  PRO

    Contributed by David Parks on Sep 18, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,169 views

    WHAT ARE THE "PRIORITIES" AT YOUR HOUSE? WHAT PRIORITIES WILL BE ESTABLISHED IN OUR CHILDREN WHEN THE FOLLOWING HAPPEN? 1. We are early for the game but late to the worship. 2. We see to it that our children do their homework but never check to seek if Bible lessons are completed, 3. They are not ...read more

  • About 20 Years Back, I Had A Dream Of Going To ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 3, 2007
     | 601 views

    About 20 years back, I had a dream of going to India as a missionary. I’d visited there several times and felt a calling to work with the South India Church of Christ Mission. I was especially close to a young preacher named Ragu. But that vision died when Susan and I got our request for Visa’s ...read more

  • Charlene Cothran Is The Publisher Of Venus ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 17 ratings
     | 5,067 views

    Charlene Cothran is the publisher of Venus Magazine, which is a periodical for lesbians of African descent. She recently announced on the magazine’s web site that she has become a Christian and has rejected the lesbian lifestyle she had been living. Cothran said that as a magazine publisher she ...read more

  • Birdy, Birdy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,349 views

    Birdy, Birdy One of my favorite memories of my time serving as a youth pastor, was in the mid 1980’s when I took a group of teenagers to a nursing home in Arkadelphia, AR. While there, we sang songs to the residents, we shared a testimony of how Christ touched our life, and then, a young man in ...read more

  • Deliverance Showed God's Protection

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,670 views

    DELIVERANCE SHOWED GOD'S PROTECTION (V. 28a) God spared Joseph’s life, and through these adverse circumstances, that are recorded in our text, God is overseeing his safety. This is the sovereign purpose of God at work. The Midianites and the Ishmeelites only saw Joseph as a business opportunity ...read more

  • Can You Imagine How Embarrassing It Would Be If ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,822 views

    Can you imagine how embarrassing it would be if we had to stand up and say what we believe based on our game plan for life. I believe in God the Father, maker of heaven and earth who is not worthy of me making two hours of week in my schedule to pray or talk to and to attend church. I believe in ...read more

  • The Queen Of England Was A Teen When World War Ii ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,293 views

    The queen of England was a teen when World War II broke out. When she was old enough she asked her father, King George VI, to let her join the army and serve her country as others were doing. Her father allowed her to join the Auxiliary Territorial Service as a private. She had a superior officer ...read more

  • Bought To Be Freed

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jul 27, 2008
     | 2,263 views

    BOUGHT TO BE FREED A young girl was being sold at auction one day. She was a beautiful girl, tall and slender. The bidding was keen, and quickly mounted higher and higher until at last only two men were left bidding for her ownership: the one a low, uncouth foul-mouthed fellow who raised his bid ...read more

  • I Can Hear You, The Rest Of The World Can Hear ...

    Contributed by Ronald Courtney on Sep 13, 2008
     | 2,181 views

    “I can hear you, the rest of the world can hear you and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon.” (President George W. Bush September 14, 2001 Ground Zero) For the last six years we have paused, on a personal level and on a national level to remember the events of ...read more

  • Disaster Struck Me One Day When I Was A Boy. I ...

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Oct 16, 2008
     | 2,206 views

    Disaster struck me one day when I was a boy. I don’t know where in the world my little sister came back to the house real dirty and smelly. Some type of dark sticky slimy stinky substance was all over her and she was crying up loud. She had tried to get rid of it by using her dirty hand and as you ...read more

  • Joseph's Deliverance Showed God's Protection. (V. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
     | 2,711 views

    Joseph’s deliverance showed God’s Protection. (V. 28a) God spared Joseph’s life, and through these adverse circumstances, that are recorded in our text, God is overseeing his safety. This is the sovereign purpose of God at work. The Midianites and the Ishmeelites only saw Joseph as a business ...read more

  • On January 8, 1956 Jim Elliot, Along With Four ...

    Contributed by Steve Gallimore on Dec 14, 2008
     | 1,974 views

    On January 8, 1956 Jim Elliot, along with four other missionaries was killed while trying to bring this Good News of Christ to the Waodoni people of the Auca Indians in Ecuador. In his journal published in a book titled SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY, Jim wrote these words: “One doesn’t learn to speak a ...read more

  • Joseph’s Deliverance Showed God’s Protection. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 1,764 views

    Joseph’s deliverance showed God’s Protection. (V. 28a) God spared Joseph’s life, and through these adverse circumstances, that are recorded in our text, God is overseeing his safety. This is the sovereign purpose of God at work. The Midianites and the Ishmeelites only saw Joseph as a ...read more

  • Teach Him To Walk, But Not Where  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,486 views

    TEACH HIM TO WALK, BUT NOT WHERE A rehabilitation counselor took an early retirement to spend the rest of his life preaching. One day, while addressing an audience, he told of how - early in his career - he found a young boy with several birth defects. He arranged financial and medical help. ...read more

  • Wesley's Peace  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,307 views

    WESLEY'S PEACE Although Charles Wesley had been engaged in preaching the gospel with much diligence and earnestness, he did not know what it was to enjoy peace with God until he was in his thirtieth year. Being laid low by an alarming illness, and seeming as if he were going to die, a young ...read more

  • Your God Is Too ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009
     | 2,660 views

    YOUR GOD IS TOO SAFE The words that Mark Buchanan wrote of his own experience in his book entitled "Your God Is Too Safe." He wrote that when he was saved, "I hit the ground running. Immediately, I volunteered for everything, anything, that I felt vaguely interested in and marginally qualified ...read more

  • Let Me Just Say That When In My Mother’s ...

    Contributed by Jim Blevins on May 14, 2009
     | 2,262 views

    Let me just say that when in my mother's house, you do not have to worry about ever moving if you don't want too. I grew up not doing anything around the house. Oh, I worked outside some but my mom was a perfectionist and still is, so we kids never had to do anything because we exploited her desire ...read more

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