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  • Under New Management

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Jan 2, 2008
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     | 2,471 views

    Under New Management A certain Army man had been a heavy drinker for 35 years. For all those years he had been angry; angry with everyone and everything. Finally, he encountered Christ and his whole life changed. He was speaking once before a group of medical people. He told them of his ...read more

  • Out Of The Depths

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
     | 3,325 views

    OUT OF THE DEPTHS Author Bernard Anderson in Out of the Depths speaks of this remembering the multitudes and the house of God and makes a worthy observation. He says, "This is not a longing for a one-to-one relationship with God in mystic solitude. The poet yearns to be surrounded by the believing ...read more

  • Men Today Are Far More Involved With Their ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,825 views

    "Men today are far more involved with their families than they have been at virtually any other time in the last century," says Michael Kimmel, author of Manhood in America: A Cultural History. In the late '70s, sociologists found the average dad spent about a third as much time with his kids as ...read more

  • Who Wrote The Bible?

    Contributed by Ronnie Knight on May 9, 2008
     | 1,845 views

    WHO WROTE THE BIBLE? There are only five beings who could have written the Bible. These beings are good men, bad men, devils, angels, or God. It stands to reason that bad men and devils would not have written the Bible because through out its pages they are condemned for their sinfulness to ...read more

  • Famous Last Words

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Aug 23, 2008
     | 3,035 views

    Famous Last Words P.T. Barnum - 1891: "How were the receipts today at Madison Square Garden?" Humphrey Bogart - 1942: "I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis." Writer, Oscar Wilde - 1900: he died saying, "Either that wallpaper goes or I do." Lady Nancy Astor - 1964: "Am I dying, ...read more

  • In A Market-Driven Age We Are Accustomed To ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 23, 2008
     | 1,494 views

    “In a market-driven age we are accustomed to think of every church having a special niche, of every visitor as a prospective customer, and every aspect of worship designed to satisfy the consumers. Paul was reminding the Galatians that the gospel was not a product to be peddled on the marketplace ...read more

  • Hell Should Break Your Heart

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2009
     | 1,756 views

    HELL SHOULD BREAK YOUR HEART It is difficult for any of us to receive a hard truth, however necessary it may be for us to hear it. But it is always much easier to hear it if it is told in love. Pastor and author Ray Stedman tells of a congregation that had dismissed its pastor. Someone asked a ...read more

  • The Devil's Counterfeit Initially Looks Like The ...

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jul 27, 2010
     | 2,183 views

    The devil’s counterfeit initially looks like the real thing. But its fake. • A counterfeit faith stops when man’s capacity ends – a Biblical faith begins where man stops. • A counterfeit faith depends of appearance, coercion, and deception – a Biblical faith depends on the reliability of Christ • ...read more

  • God Is Not A Genie

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 4, 2010
     | 1,754 views

    GOD IS NOT A GENIE She was ferocious and yet frail. When I told her that I was a Chaplain she took the opportunity to bombard me with accusations and questions. "What is the use of prayer if God is going to let those 29 miners die anyway? All those good people prayed around the clock for those ...read more

  • Need ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2012
     | 4,011 views

    NEED PROTECTION? Police sharpshooters were called to a scene in Rochester, NY. They surrounded a car because they noticed there was a man in the back seat with a rifle. The police attempted to negotiate with him but he wouldn’t respond. So they watched and waited. There was no movement. Finally, ...read more

  • I Work For Christ.

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Sep 6, 2012
     | 2,847 views

    "I WORK FOR CHRIST." Howard Hendricks, sat in a plane that was delayed for takeoff. After a long wait, the passengers became more and more irritated. Hendricks noticed how gracious one of the flight attendants was as she spoke with them. After the plane finally took off, he told the flight ...read more

  • 10,000 Hours

    Contributed by Hal Seed on Nov 9, 2012
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     | 4,457 views

    10,000 HOURS Author Malcolm Gladwell found that the one thing that made people better at whatever it was they were working on was the time they spent with that thing or activity or pursuit. In a study of college music majors, he found that those who had put in a 4 to 6 thousand hours on their ...read more

  • Be Prepared

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 15, 2019
     | 6,277 views

    BE PREPARED A few minutes before 8 AM on Sunday, December 7, 1941, Japanese carrier-based airplanes struck Pearl Harbor. In a raid lasting less than two hours, they sank or seriously damaged eight battleships and 13 other naval vessels. Almost 200 American aircraft were destroyed, and approximately ...read more

  • Not Loving The World

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Jul 30, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,474 views

    It was very late Wed. Night of last week. I had only just finally gotten to relax after working on sermons all day and helping my friends a little with their move. So my plan was, while I was working some more on my sermons, to listen to a documentary about John Foxe, the author of Foxes Book of ...read more

  • I Don't See The Evidence

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Mar 31, 2022
     | 1,809 views

    I was with a friend talking to a new acquaintance when she began touting the virtues of a weight loss book she had read a few years earlier. “It will completely change your relationship with food,” she exclaimed, insisting he take down the name of the book and its author. I saw the man glance at ...read more

  • Christmas Suicide Myth

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 3, 2024
     | 534 views

    It is a myth that suicide rates increase during the holidays. It is true that deaths rise around Christmas and New Year’s Day. Authorities are not sure why, but some suspect it is because people delay addressing health concerns until after the holidays and/or because hospitals, nursing homes, and ...read more

  • A.w. Tozer Reconciles The Sovereignty Of God And The Will Of Man

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Nov 10, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 587 views

    A. W. Tozer attempts to reconcile God's sovereignty and man's freewill: An ocean liner leaves New York bound for Liverpool. Its destination has been determined by proper authorities. Nothing can change it. This is at least a faint picture of sovereignty. On board the liner are scores of ...read more

  • Medicine For ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
     | 2,801 views

    “Medicine for America” “Peculiar People” Titus 2:14 says, “[Christ] …gave Himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for Himself a people that are His very own, eager to do what is good.” The King James Bible says the Lord will purify unto Himself a “peculiar people.” ...read more

  • Two Men, Two Soils  PRO

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jan 28, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,066 views

    TWO MEN, TWO SOILS Two of the men have impacted my life. Both of them died of cancer. For many years one of these men allowed his CIRCUMSTANCES to harden him towards those in his family and towards God. I thought my dad was about as far away from God as he could be. He seemed to be represented ...read more

  • God's Word Has Power

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,487 views

    GOD'S WORD HAS POWER In an interview about his book The Folly of Prayer (IVP, 2009), author and pastor Matt Woodley shared a story about his friend Theresa. She had married the man of her dreams, but soon after that dropped into the pit of a deep depression. Everything went dark in her mind and ...read more