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  • How Linus Deals With Problems: Run ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 29, 2009
     | 5,371 views

    How Linus Deals With Problems: Run away Remember the cartoon series, Peanuts? In one of the scenes, Linus and Charlie Brown are walking along and chatting with one another. Linus says, “I don’t like to face problems head on. I think the best way to solve problems is to avoid them. In fact, this is ...read more

  • Rights Vs. Responsibilities, Owners Vs. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 8, 2009
     | 4,330 views

    Rights vs. Responsibilities, Owners vs. Stewards While scouting locations for a popular TV series, an advance team came upon the perfect site for an action scene—an impressive house with a beautiful, large, lush, green lawn. The script called for the cars to be spinning out of control and crashing ...read more

  • Man Can Tame Beasts Like The Dolphin Flipper, But ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 16, 2009
     | 3,480 views

    Man Can Tame Beasts like the Dolphin Flipper, but not the Tongue The tongue is not only like an uncontrolled fire. It is also like an untamed beast. Every type or species of the four classifications of animals have been subdued or tamed by man. At creation man was given "dominion over the fish of ...read more

  • Go Back! You're Too Young

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 21, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,415 views

    GO BACK! YOU'RE TOO YOUNG Wilbur E. Nelson told the story of his father who was the senior elder in his church for many years. He said: "When I was a boy, eleven years of age, an evangelist held a series of meetings in our church. One night he asked every Christian to come forward and also asked ...read more

  • Lee Strobel Story

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 3,685 views

    LEE STROBEL STORY I have been fascinated by the testimony and story of Lee Strobel. Lee was a journalist for the Chicago Tribune. By his own testimony he was ruthless. He liked his high end lifestyle of work, travel and partying. By his own admission he was an atheist. He had no time for his ...read more

  • Last Year, A Particularly Dark Film Came Out ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 16, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,886 views

    Last year, a particularly dark film came out entitled Children of Men. It is about the world in the year 2027 where no children have been born for 18 years. Imagine a world like that. A world with no need for toys. Churches with no children or youth. The doors of Kenyon College closing ...read more

  • His Last Convert  PRO

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on Apr 21, 2003
    based on 27 ratings
     | 3,117 views

    HIS LAST CONVERT There where a lot of notable wealthy people on the Titanic in 1912. But the most notable passenger on the Titanic was someone that most of the world has never heard of before. He was a man by the name of John Harper. He was a plan ordinary Pastor from the city of Glasgow, ...read more

  • Forgive And Forget

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Feb 15, 2012
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    FORGIVE AND FORGET There's a wonderful story about the cardinal of the Philippines, named, oddly enough, Cardinal Sin. When Cardinal Sin was a bishop, a young woman in his parish claimed that she had visions of Jesus. Bishop Sin was given the task of determining if these visions were authentic. He ...read more

  • Dr. James Dobson Reports The Findings Of An ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Moore on Mar 21, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,245 views

    Dr. James Dobson reports the findings of an interesting study done on school children recently in his film series "Focus on the Family." A group of educators decided to remove the chain-like fences from around the school playgrounds. They believed the fences promoted feelings of confinement and ...read more

  • A Severe Rash Prompted A Man From A Rural Area To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 22, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,227 views

    A severe rash prompted a man from a rural area to come to town to be examined by one of my colleagues. After the usual history-taking followed by a series of tests the physician advised the patient that he would have to get rid of the dog that was evidently causing the allergic reaction. As the man ...read more

  • During The Second World War A Certain City Church ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2002
    based on 10 ratings
     | 1,384 views

    During the second world war a certain city church in London was all set out for harvest thanksgiving. In the center of the gifts was a sheaf of corn. The service was never held, for, on the Saturday night, a savage air raid laid the church in ruins. The months passed and the spring came, and ...read more

  • Albums Dying

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 2,270 views

    ALBUMS DYING Last year, digital singles outsold plastic CDs for the first time. So far in '07, sales of digital songs have risen 54%, to roughly 189 million units, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Digital album sales are rising at a slightly faster pace, but buyers of digital music are purchasing ...read more

  • Here Is A Persistent Legend In Connection With ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 8, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
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    here is a persistent legend in connection with the building of Solomon’s temple that perfectly illustrates this prophecy. The stones for the temple were prepared in advance in a nearby quarry. As they were needed, they were raised up to the building site. One day the workers in the quarry sent up a ...read more

  • The Borg

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Apr 6, 2013
     | 1,990 views

    The Borg There is a mortal enemy in the Star Trek series called, “The Borg.” Every trekkie knows about them. Whether you follow the Next Generation, or the Voyager series you know about these ghastly characters. In fact, TV Guide rated them as the #4 worst villains of their top 100. “The Borg” are ...read more

  • I Need More Crosses  PRO

    Contributed by Rob Morton on Jun 5, 2001
    based on 132 ratings
     | 4,471 views

    I NEED MORE CROSSES One Sunday a minister was finishing up a series on marriage. At the end of the service he was giving out small wooden crosses to each married couple. He said, "Place this cross in the room in which you fight the most and you will be reminded of God’s commands and you ...read more

  • An Older Minister Recently Told Me He Spent The ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Parks on Aug 15, 2002
    based on 43 ratings
     | 2,053 views

    An older minister recently told me he spent the first fifteen years of his ministry answering the question “Did God create the heavens and the earth?” only to realize the people were really asking, “Why did God create me?” Source: Fenton, G. 1999. Your ministry’s next chapter. The pastor’s soul ...read more

  • Sometimes The Cup Of Iniquity Is Full And The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,961 views

    Sometimes the cup of iniquity is full and the people are ripe for judgment. In such a case it may happen as it did in the flourishing and extraordinarily beautiful city of Messina, Sicily, the third largest city in Italy. In the early morning of December 28, 1908, the city was almost entirely ...read more

  • Haven: The Real You

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Sep 25, 2011
     | 1,425 views

    HAVEN: THE REAL YOU What is in you is what comes out and always reveals the REAL you. In fact, that which you say yes to is the tell-tale sign of what is inside you. It is the litmus test of whether you are walking in the Spirit or in the "flesh. What's inside comes out. My wife and I watch a ...read more

  • The Test Of Getting To The ...

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Feb 24, 2009
     | 2,564 views

    THE TEST OF GETTING TO THE TEST In the late 1980’s I was interviewing at various corporations in the San Francisco Bay Area for a position in one of the fast track executive programs that were being offered to recent college graduates, of which I was one. In many of these corporations I would go ...read more

  • In 1903, W.c. Handy Was Waiting For A Train In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,318 views

    In 1903, W.C. Handy was waiting for a train in the town of Tutwiler, Mississippi. The train was late and so he fell asleep on the hard wooden bench of the station. He was awakened by an old raggedy man scratching the strings of an old guitar. He was singing about “goin’ to where the Southern cross ...read more

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