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  • Remember The Mission

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
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     | 6,467 views

    REMEMBER THE MISSION In 1629, when the favorite wife of Indian ruler Shah Jahan died, he ordered that a magnificent tomb be built as a memorial to her. The shah placed his wife's casket in the middle of a parcel of land, and construction of the temple literally began around it. But several years ...read more

  • Company Changes Cake Mix Recipe That Was Too Easy ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 29, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,400 views

    Company Changes Cake Mix Recipe That Was too Easy in order to Increase Sales Years ago a cake mix company put together a cake mix that was a big flop. The instructions said all you had to do was add water and bake. The company couldn’t understand why it didn’t sell, until their research discovered ...read more

  • We Need Christ In Good Times And Bad

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2011
     | 2,462 views

    WE NEED CHRIST IN GOOD TIMES AND BAD Presbyterian minister of the 19th century, J. R. Miller, once wrote that "We need Christ just as much in our bright, prosperous, exalted hours as in the days of darkness, adversity, and depression. We are quite in danger of thinking that religion is only for ...read more

  • Love Your Neighbour

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Oct 12, 2021
     | 1,556 views

    Canadian Folk singer (and believer) Bruce Cockburn wrote this song for his church in San Franciso. The story is told in Christianity Today, October 12, 2021. ORDERS; (Bruce Cockburn) The just the merciful the cruel The stumbling well-intentioned fool The deft the oaf the witless pawn The golden ...read more

  • Too Big To Miss  PRO

    Contributed by Billy Kryger on Aug 14, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,730 views

    “Too Big To Miss” The story’s told in the Bible about a mighty king. And how when he was just a little boy he played around with a sling. Well he got up early one morning and before the sun had set that day, a nasty ol’ giant had lost his head and his body lay cold on the clay. When David went ...read more

  • There's A Scene In The Movie, Harry Potter And ...

    Contributed by Maurice Schaus on Feb 11, 2008
     | 1,973 views

    There’s a scene in the movie, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone where the main character, Harry Potter, encounters an enchanted mirror, the mirror of Erised. Earlier in the book we learned that Harry’s parents died when he was only a baby, and he was raised by his Aunt Petunia and Uncle ...read more

  • The Value Of The Rock

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,670 views

    THE VALUE OF THE ROCK There is an old story told of an occasion in 1799 when a twelve year old boy named Conrad Reed skipped church and went fishing in Little Meadow Creek on the family farm near Fayetteville, North Carolina. In an attempt to spear a fish young Conrad Reed missed but his spear ...read more

  • Not Allowed To Die  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Apr 22, 2012
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    NOT ALLOWED TO DIE Back in March of 2008, the mayor of a city in SW France had a problem. It seems his village was running out of space. Not in housing, nor in the retail district, nor even at City Hall. It seems they were running out of space... in the cemetery. There was no room for any more ...read more

  • There's A Story Told - And I Take It To Be A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 18, 2000
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    There’s a story told - and I take it to be a parable because I hope it’s not true - of a country church which had a creeper - perhaps an ivy plant - growing up by the porch doorway. Over the doorway was a text carved in stone, "We preach Christ crucified". Over the years the plant grew steadily ...read more

  • As A Young Pastor, I Worked At A Feed Processing ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jerry Steen on May 16, 2002
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    As a young pastor, I worked at a feed processing plant in Celina, Ohio. Each night when I went home, my boys would look at me and say, "Boy, dad, you sure are dusty!" I grumbled within myself, but smiled at them and said, "Yes, I sure am dusty" On a Saturday morning, I started washing my car. As ...read more

  • Unamuno, The Spanish Philosopher, Tells About The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Dow on Jul 9, 2002
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    Unamuno, the Spanish philosopher, tells about the Roman aqueduct a Segovia, in his native Spain. It was built in 109 A.D. For eighteen hundred years, it carried cool water from the mountains to the hot and thirsty city. Nearly sixty generations of men drank from its flow. Then came another ...read more

  • Johnny Cash Once Did An Album Called "American ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Aug 29, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
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    “Johnny Cash once did an album called “American Recordings.” On the album cover is a picture of two dogs. One dog is black with a white stripe. The other dog is white with a black stripe. The two dogs are meant to say something about to say something about Johnny Cash. In an interview with ...read more

  • In His Book, The Yoke Of Christ, Elton Trueblood ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Oct 13, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,260 views

    In his book, The Yoke of Christ, Elton Trueblood quotes a letter from a school girl who probes the depth of her soul. She writes, "I’ve been thinking much this year about the importance of caring, of the passion of life. I’ve often realized that it takes courage to care. Caring is dangerous. It ...read more

  • British Children's Answers To Church School ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
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    British Children’s Answers To Church School Questions: Noah’s wife was called Joan of Ark. The fifth commandment is Humor thy father and mother. Lot’s wife was a pillar of salt by day, and a ball of fire at night. When Mary heard she was to be the mother of Jesus, she went off and sang the ...read more

  • The English Anglican Evangelist George Whitefield ...

    Contributed by Peter Bines on Sep 14, 2006
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    The English Anglican evangelist George Whitefield was preaching at Moorfields fair in 1742. As he did so stones, dirt, rotten eggs and pieces of dead cat were thrown at him from the crowd. He vividly describes a group who were intent on putting an end to his preaching: ‘…having got a large pole for ...read more

  • Reformation's Two Martins

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 2, 2007
     | 1,927 views

    Reformation’s Two Martins At the beginning of the Reformation, Martin of Basle came to a knowledge of the truth, but, afraid to make a public confession, he wrote on a leaf of parchment: "O most merciful Christ, I know that I can be saved only by the merit of thy blood. Holy Jesus, I acknowledge ...read more

  • In His Took Elton Trueblood Quotes A Letter From ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,778 views

    In his took Elton Trueblood quotes a letter from a school girl who probes the depth of her soul. She writes, "I’ve been thinking much this year about the importance of caring, of the passion of life. I’ve often realized that it takes courage to care. Caring is dangerous. It leaves you open to hurt ...read more

  • Reformation's Two Martins

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,209 views

    Reformation’s Two Martins At the beginning of the Reformation, Martin of Basle came to a knowledge of the truth, but, afraid to make a public confession, he wrote on a leaf of parchment: “O most merciful Christ, I know that I can be saved only by the merit of thy blood. Holy Jesus, I acknowledge ...read more

  • How Is A Hard Heart Turned Soft? Only By God ...

    Contributed by Colin Bain on Nov 18, 2007
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    How is a hard heart turned soft? Only by God performing cardiac surgery. A heart transplant. Most hearts that are medically transplanted in our hospitals today, are because the owners forgot that they were to keep healthy. They took their eyes off the good food and were distracted by the fatty and ...read more

  • Praying For Them For Years

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on May 3, 2008
     | 1,756 views

    PRAYING FOR THEM FOR YEARS David Stone is a preacher I know, and his mother changed my prayers for my children. She says that from day one she prayed that God would just surround them with an envelope of protection from Satan. But... she also prayed from day one for the girl that one day Dave ...read more