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  • Giving To Missions  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 26, 2001
    based on 21 ratings
     | 3,257 views

    GIVING TO MISSIONS Americans give $700 million per year to mission agencies. However, they pay as much for pet food every 52 days. A person must overeat by at least $1.50 worth of food per month to maintain one excess pound of flesh. Yet $1.50 per month is more than what 90 percent of all ...read more

  • John Foster In One Of His Books Tells How He Came ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 14, 2003
    based on 44 ratings
     | 818 views

    John Foster in one of his books tells how he came into his home in this country one day in the thirties to find his daughter in tears before the radio set. He asked her why and found that the news bulletin had contained the sentence – “Japanese tanks entered Canton today.” Most people would hear ...read more

  • Inasmuch As The Great Father Has Given Us This ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,161 views

    Inasmuch as the great Father has given us this year an abundant harvest of Indian corn, wheat, peas, beans, squashes, and garden vegetables, and has made the forests to abound with game and the sea with fish and clams, and inasmuch as he has protected us from the ravages of the savages, has spared ...read more

  • He Declares That He Was An Eyewitness To The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,150 views

    He declares that he was an eyewitness to the majesty of Jesus Christ. There is more to the word ‘eyewitness’ than the way we commonly use the word. Here is what William Barclay wrote about it. “In the Greek usage of Peter’s day this was a technical word. We have already spoken about the Mystery ...read more

  • Through The Son  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 11,531 views

    Following the Civil War, a dejected confederate soldier was sitting outside the grounds of the White House. A young boy approached him and inquired why he was so sad. The solider related how he had repeatedly tried to see President Lincoln to tell him why he was unjustly deprived of certain lands ...read more

  • Most Respected Name

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,138 views

    MOST RESPECTED NAME When Salvation Army founder William Booth was dying, there were some legal matters to tend to. The lawyer said to Mrs. Booth, "If you can get him to sign these papers the will will be executed much more smoothly." The problem was that he was drifting in and out of ...read more

  • There Was Excitement All Through The Orphanage, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
     | 2,559 views

    There was excitement all through the orphanage, for a lady had come to take little Jane home with her. The girl was sort of nervous about the thought of becoming the kind ladies child, "Do you want to go with me and be my child?" the lady asked her in a gentle tone. The little girl said,” I don’t ...read more

  • B ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 28, 2008
     | 1,446 views

    Backsliding: Dear Lord! accept a sinful heart, Which of itself complains, And mourns, with much and frequent smart, The evil it contains. There fiery seeds of anger lurk, Which often hurt my frame; And wait but for the tempter’s work, To fan them to a flame. Legality holds out a bribe To ...read more

  • Leeches In Burma Fall Off Traveler In Herbal ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 23, 2009
     | 3,690 views

    Leeches in Burma Fall Off Traveler in Herbal Bath William Arnot wrote this: "A traveler in Burma, after fording a certain river, found his body covered all over by a swarm of small leeches, busily sucking his blood. His first impulse was to tear them from his flesh: but his servant warned him that ...read more

  • Nfl Players Are Some Of The Strongest Most ...

    Contributed by Roger Miller on Apr 27, 2010
     | 1,471 views

    NFL Players are Some of the strongest most disciplined athletes in the world-and exactly who you would want to walk with you down a dark alley! But look at Michael Vick and Big Ben and you know for a fact they are weaklings against sin! They are a worthless savior! It is a reminder that all ...read more

  • The World Wide Web Is Amazing All That ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jun 24, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,092 views

    The world wide web is amazing all that information being passed down phone lines coming down onto our screens from all over the world right into our homes, I don’t really know how it works, its mind boggling, But I know it does work and I enjoy it. Over the last few months in our house the ...read more

  • One Famous Business Man: About A 100 Plus Years ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,730 views

    ONE FAMOUS BUSINESS MAN: ABOUT A 100 PLUS YEARS AGO A YOUNG MAN HAD TO LEAVE HOME BECAUSE HIS FAMILY COULD NOT AFFORD TO FEED AND HOUSE HIM. ON HIS WAY TO HIS FUTURE HE MEET AN OLD FRIEND WHO WAS CAPTAIN OF A CANAL BOAT. THE CAPTAIN ASKED WHERE HE WAS OFF TO. HE REPLIED, “I DON’T KNOW.” HE TOLD HIM ...read more

  • Braveheart: "I Don't Want To Lose Heart"  PRO

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 2, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,495 views

    BRAVEHEART: "I DON'T WANT TO LOSE HEART" Braveheart (2:12:34 - 2:14:30) is the story of Scotland’s pursuit of freedom from the tyranny of the English under the leadership of William Wallace, played by Mel Gibson. Leading up to this scene was a battle where Wallace and his men were fighting the ...read more

  • More Like ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2010
     | 3,186 views

    More Like Jesus What then is it to be more like Jesus in righteousness and faithfulness. Consider the story of: William Howard Doane (who) was a wealthy nineteenth-century industrialist who entered the business world at age sixteen and was president of his own manufacturing company by age ...read more

  • Teach Discipline?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jun 18, 2021
     | 1,783 views

    PARENTS MUST LEARN AND TEACH WHAT GODLY SELF DISCIPLINE CAN DO FOR THEIR HOME AND FOR THEIR CHILDREN. COME LET US CONSIDER WHAT SELF DISCIPLINE CAN DO TO CHANGE THE VALUE OF ONE’S DAILY LIFE… (Unknown, adapted) Place a guitar in my hands and it is worth $300. Put a guitar in the hands of B.B. ...read more

  • You May Have Heard The Story About Evangelist ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ted Sutherland on Feb 17, 2001
    based on 111 ratings
     | 3,026 views

    You may have heard the story about evangelist Dwight L. Moody who was quite perturbed when a brother in Christ at one of his meetings continued to pray on and on and on. The man became so lost in his own eulogy on the Almighty that people in the audience became restless. As Moody saw no end in ...read more

  • There Are Advantages To Being Able To See. For ...  PRO

    Contributed by Howard Flynn on May 17, 2001
    based on 120 ratings
     | 4,022 views

    There are advantages to being able to see. For example, when I was a seminary student, I went to apply for a driver license. The clerk at the Department of Motor Vehicles asked me to read a line on the eye chart. I responded by reading a series of what I thought the correct letters were. To this, ...read more

  • By The Twelfth Day Of The Siege Of The Alamo In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 16, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,436 views

    By the twelfth day of the siege of the Alamo in 1836, Travis knew that time was running out. That Saturday evening, as the sun began to set, he stood before the tired group of Texans who had gathered in the courtyard of the Alamo chapel. He offered them the chance to escape the fortress before it ...read more

  • The Perfect Church  PRO

    Contributed by James Chandler on Jun 29, 2003
    based on 20 ratings
     | 4,182 views

    The Perfect Church Mavis Williams If you should find the perfect church Without one fault or smear, For goodness sake! Don’t join that church; You’d spoil the atmosphere. If you should find the perfect church Where all anxieties cease Then pass it by, lest joining it You’d mar the masterpiece. If ...read more

  • Winning People For God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 3, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,231 views

    WINNING PEOPLE FOR GOD One Sunday evening, William Booth was walking in London with his son, Bramwell, who was then 12 or 13 years old. The father surprised the son by taking him to a tavern! The place was crowded with men and women. Some of them were drunk. Some of them were loud. And the air was ...read more