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  • Two Horses  PRO

    Contributed by Bob Soulliere on Jan 12, 2007
    based on 29 ratings
     | 4,534 views

    Two Horses ~ Author Unknown Just up the road from my home is a field, with two horses in it. >From a distance, each looks like every other horse. But if you stop your car, or are walking by, you will notice something quite amazing. Looking into the eyes of one horse will disclose that he is ...read more

  • How God's Children Change, Citation: Craig ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on May 3, 2001
    based on 172 ratings
     | 5,460 views

    [How God’s Children Change, Citation: Craig Barnes, author and pastor of National Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C.; from sermon "The Blessed Trinity" (5-30-99)] When I was a child, my minister father brought home a 12-year-old boy named Roger, whose parents had died from a drug overdose. ...read more

  • Helen Keller Was 1 ½ Years Old When She Became ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,235 views

    Helen Keller was 1 ½ years old when she became seriously ill, modern day drs feel she probably had scarlet fever or meningitis. Due to her illness she lost her sight and hearing. She became a blind, deaf, mute. People say she was out of control as a child. She threw constant temper fits, ate like a ...read more

  • King George And Queen Elizabeth And Then Princess ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Nov 24, 2007
     | 2,493 views

    King George and Queen Elizabeth and then Princess Elizabeth set the example of being great leaders of and role models for their people by being servants. The Rev. Dr. John C. Maxwell is an honored pastor in the Wesleyan Church Dr. Maxwell and founder of two companies world renowned EQUIP and ...read more

  • Do Unto Others

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,935 views

    DO UNTO OTHERS There is a story about a rather legalistic Seminary student who wanted to have a Scriptural basis for everything he did. He felt he was on solid ground if he could quote the Bible, book, chapter and verse to okay his actions. He did all right with that until he began to fall in ...read more

  • For Those Of You Who Weren't Here A Couple Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
     | 1,520 views

    For those of you who weren’t here a couple of weeks ago - before he became a preacher John Newton was a wicked man. If there was something evil he could do... and he could figure out a way to do it… he did it. In fact, his wickedness was so obvious, that when his ship, the Greyhound, was caught in ...read more

  • The April 2008 Newsletter From Timberdoodle (A ...

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Apr 8, 2008
     | 1,182 views

    The April 2008 Newsletter from Timberdoodle (a supplier for homeschooling families) noted a problematic teaching in a Children’s Study Bible used in Sunday school. Referring to Matthew 3.12, the footnote said, “This means that Jesus will come to separate the good people from the bad people, saving ...read more

  • The Names By Which God Reveals Himself

    Contributed by Bruce Montgomery on Apr 21, 2008
     | 2,717 views

    THE NAMES BY WHICH GOD REVEALS HIMSELF We make our first mistake in attempting to define God or describe God if we think of "God" as a common noun rather than a personal noun. "God" is a name, the way of addressing a person. Names are important. One of the first things we want to discover ...read more

  • Walking In The Confidence Of God  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,832 views

    Walking in the Confidence of God Self-existent Christians can walk in confidence because this God is self-existent: John 1:1-3 says, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made; without Him ...read more

  • Flawed Individuals On A Rescue Mission  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,927 views

    FLAWED INDIVIDUALS ON A RESCUE MISSION The author of the book entitled, "The Word and Power Church: What Happens When A Church Seeks All God Has to Offer," Doug Banister, writes, "The Spring of 1940 found Hitler’s panzer divisions mopping up French troops and preparing for a seige of Great ...read more

  • There Is A Story About A Rather Legalistic ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2008
     | 2,396 views

    There is a story about a rather legalistic Seminary student who wanted to have a scriptural basis for everything he did. He felt he was on solid ground if he could quote the Bible, book, chapter and verse to okay his actions. He did all right with that until he began to fall in love with a ...read more

  • A. According To A Usa Today Article, In 2003 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
     | 1,302 views

    A. ACCORDING TO A USA TODAY ARTICLE, IN 2003 AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT #316 WITH 68 PASSENGERS SAT ON THE RUNWAY AT NEW YORK’S JFK AIRPORT, WHILE GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES TRIED TO DETERMINE IF A WOMAN ON BOARD WAS LEAVING THIS COUNTRY AGAINST HER WILL. B. SHE AND HER HUSBAND HAD SERVED AS ...read more

  • Jesus Is The Total Package  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,764 views

    JESUS IS THE TOTAL PACKAGE Last week the Minnesota Timberwolves traded the superstar Kevin Garnett to the Boston Celtics in exchange for seven players. What does it feel like to know that you are worth seven men? Obviously KG, as he’s known among NBA fans, must be pretty good. He is. He's the ...read more

  • God Did Not Walk Away

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 3,118 views

    GOD DID NOT WALK AWAY Simon Wiesenthal wrote The Sunflower in 1969. It speaks of the pain he experienced at the hands of the Nazis during WWII. He describes being taken from a Nazi death-camp to a makeshift hospital. He was ushered by a nurse to the side of a Nazi soldier, who asked to have a ...read more

  • Children On Silence  PRO

    Contributed by Carl Greene on Feb 16, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,804 views

    CHILDREN ON SILENCE Author Kathleen Norris used to play a game with elementary-school children in which she would make a deal with them. "First you get to make noise," she would bargain, "and then you’ll make silence." The time of noise was always predictably chaotic -- shouting, pounding and ...read more

  • Springing Into Action  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,144 views

    SPRINGING INTO ACTION On the day President Obama was inaugurated, Eliot Swainson happened to be in Washington, D.C. The city authorities had expected record numbers of people to attend the inauguration, so they asked for assistance from other cities to help with crowd control. Metro Officer ...read more

  • View Everyone As God's Creation  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,870 views

    VIEW EVERYONE AS GOD’S CREATION Presbyterian biblical scholar/ minister/author Carl Howie tells about an incident that took place in a New York subway. It was winter, and an especially cold and bitter night. Very few people were on the subway at that hour. At each station, the train would screech ...read more

  • Take Time To By Holy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
     | 4,776 views

    TAKE TIME TO BY HOLY Let me begin with what little I could glean concerning this hymn and its author: For many years, the only information known about this gospel song was what Ira D. Sankey wrote in his autobiography. Sankey (1840-1908) was the well-known gospel singer and hymn writer who ...read more

  • Integrity And Faithfulness In Work Yields Peace ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
     | 5,563 views

    Integrity and Faithfulness in Work Yields Peace of Mind The late great American Methodist clergyman and author, Rev. Charles Livingstone Allen (1913 - 2005), told this story in his sermon entitled "How To Sleep Well On A Windy Night:" "A boy went to a farmer and asked to be given a job as a hired ...read more

  • Pastor Li De Xian (Shee-An) Was Arrested 13 Times ...

    Contributed by Rick George on Oct 29, 2009
     | 2,763 views

    Pastor Li De Xian (Shee-an) was arrested 13 times in six months for "illegal preaching" to his congregation of 100. During his first arrest he was drug outside, brutally beaten, repeatedly kicked in the stomach and groin before his congregation. Upon arrival at the police station, he was beaten ...read more