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  • You Are Probably Aware That Corrie Ten Boom, ...

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Jan 4, 2008
     | 3,060 views

    You are probably aware that Corrie ten Boom, along with her sister and father, were sent to Ravensbruck, a Nazi concentration camp, for hiding Jews. Her sister and father died there, but Corrie was released, due to a “clerical error.” And the Kingdom of God is better off for it. Corrie ten Boom ...read more

  • Jonathan Edwards' ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 2, 2008
     | 1,811 views

    Jonathan Edwards’ Conversion One day when Jonathan Edwards was at home in his father’s house; some hindrances kept him from going to church one Sunday with the family. A couple of hours with nothing to do sent him listlessly into the library; the sight of a dull volume with no title on the leather ...read more

  • What's Up With Jesus?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,075 views

    WHAT’S UP WITH JESUS? Renowned theologian Karl Barth was lecturing to a group of students at Princeton when a student asked him, "Sir, don’t you think that God has revealed himself in other religions and not only in Christianity?" With a modest thunder he stunned the crowd, replying, "No, God has ...read more

  • Skepticism About The Virgin Birth  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,940 views

    SKEPTICISM ABOUT THE VIRGIN BIRTH A group of Bible scholars have unanimously agreed that Jesus had a human father, but they are uncertain who it was. Thus, according to these scholars, Jesus was not born of a virgin, was not conceived by the Holy Spirit, was and is not literally the Son of God, ...read more

  • Maclaren On Facing Death

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,183 views

    MACLAREN ON FACING DEATH The great 1800s Scottish preacher Alexander MacLaren said: "Many of us cling to life with a desperate clutch, like some poor wretch pushed over a precipice and trying to dig his nails into the rock as he falls. Some of us cling to it because we dread what is beyond, and ...read more

  • What The Cross Displayed  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,372 views

    WHAT THE CROSS DISPLAYED Author Henri Nouwen tells the story of a family he knew in Paraguay. The father, a doctor, spoke out against the military regime there and its human rights abuses. Local police took their revenge on him by arresting his teenage son and torturing him to death. Enraged ...read more

  • An Outward Expression Of An Inward Experience

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on May 11, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,656 views

    AN OUTWARD EXPRESSION OF AN INWARD EXPERIENCE David Ring was born with cerebral palsy. He had complications at birth and he was technically dead for 18 minutes after delivery. No oxygen reached his brain and a portion was permanently damaged. His family’s story was catastrophic – his father had ...read more

  • She Refused The Abortion....

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Oct 28, 2019
     | 1,951 views

    Pam and her husband Bob were serving as missionaries to the Philippines and praying for a fifth child. Pam contracted amoebic dysentery, an infection of the intestine caused by a parasite found in contaminated food or drink. She went into a coma and was treated with strong antibiotics before they ...read more

  • A Superior Love

    Contributed by David Tack on Sep 18, 2024
     | 603 views

    “The strenuous Christian mandate to extend unconditional love towards those that hate you is a fatiguing duty for the soldiers of the cross of Christ! In the heat of a damning spiritual warfare, when the spiritual defensive battlefronts are diminishing, the fleshly armaments derived from the human ...read more

  • President Nixon Once Told About Talking To ...

    Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Nov 8, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 9,559 views

    President Nixon once told about talking to Winston Churchill’s son; he told him how much he admired the prime minister’s great ability at giving “extemporaneous” speeches. Churchill’s son replied, “Oh, yes. I’ve watched my father work for hours preparing those ...read more

  • The Element H2o (Water) Has Three Unique ...

    Contributed by Neil Partington on May 24, 2005
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     | 3,651 views

    The element H2O (water) has three unique forms. Water can be in the form of a liquid, the form we see coming out of the kitchen faucet. It can be in the form of a solid, like ice. And it can be in the form of a gas, when water boils. Whether it’s a gas, a solid, or a liquid- it’s ...read more

  • One Sunday In A Midwest City, A Young Child Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,260 views

    One Sunday in a Midwest city, a young child was "acting up "during the morning worship hour. The parents did their best to maintain some sense of order in the pew but were losing the battle. Finally, the father picked the little fellow up and walked sternly up the aisle on his way out. Just before ...read more

  • Lifelong A New National Fatherhood Initiative ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 3, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,298 views

    Lifelong A new National Fatherhood Initiative survey finds 88% of Americans believe marriage should be a lifelong commitment and 89% agree “all things being equal, it is better for children to be raised in a household that has a married mother and father.” Also, 71% reject the statement: “Either ...read more

  • If We Are To Maintain The Great Heritage Which ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,006 views

    "If we are to maintain the great heritage which has been bequeathed to us, we must be like-minded as the fathers who created it. We must not sink into a pagan materialism. We must cultivate the reverence which they had for the things that are holy. We must follow the spiritual and moral leadership ...read more

  • Ten Commandments, Children

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,959 views

    Ten Commandments, Children It’s like one little Sunday School boy who knew nothing of forgiveness… A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with her five and six-year-olds After explaining the commandment to "honor" your Father and Mother, she asked, "Is there a commandment ...read more

  • One Out Of Three Children In The United States ...

    Contributed by Kent Kessler on Aug 30, 2007
     | 1,559 views

    One out of three children in the United States are growing up without a father present in the home. Last year in a number of major U.S. cities more children were born out of wedlock than within. The American home is in crisis. Very serious diseases are affecting and infecting our home life. Things ...read more

  • Christians And Non-Christians. Believers And ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 11, 2007
     | 2,050 views

    Christians and non-Christians. Believers and non-believers. Sinners saved and lost. That is really the only significant difference between men, and I use the word ‘men’ generically; you have heard His words with ears of faith and been declared right with Him or you have heard His words with ears ...read more

  • College Students, Including Young Women, Are Far ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008
     | 1,092 views

    College Students, including young women, are far more accepting of pornography than their parents, a shift related to easy access to Internet porn. Most young women in the study said they personally did not use it, but nearly half said viewing X-rated material was an acceptable way to express ...read more

  • The Frantic Side Of Christmas

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 29, 2008
     | 1,729 views

    THE FRANTIC SIDE OF CHRISTMAS Christmas Eve was a hectic day. Father was worried with bundles and burdens. Mother's nerves reached the breaking point more than once. The little girl seemed to be in the way wherever she went. Finally, she was hustled up to bed. As she knelt to pray, the ...read more

  • When We Use The Name Of God, We Aren't Talking ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Dec 2, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,713 views

    When we use the name of God, we aren't talking about the peanut farmer down the road. We're not talking about the person who picks up our trash, nor even our father and mother. Trivialize the names of those people if you will, but don't trivialize God. Flippantly ...read more