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  • The Year Was 1772, And A Baptist Preacher Serving ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Hensley on Jan 26, 2001
    based on 99 ratings
     | 2,761 views

    The year was 1772, and a Baptist preacher serving a small country church was called to pastor a large, more prestigious church in London, England. As the story goes, John Fawcett delivered his farewell sermon and packed up his family’s earthly possessions, ready to go. It was the tears of his ...read more

  • Spurgeon In His Commentary On Ps. 126 Said, "The ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 31, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,109 views

    Spurgeon in his commentary on Ps. 126 said, “The church must not only keep this seed in the storehouse, for such as come to inquire for it, but must also send her sowers forth to cast it among those who are ignorant of its value, or too indifferent to ask for it. “The church must not sit weeping ...read more

  • Guard Your Name

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 21, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,762 views

    Guard Your Name You got it from your father, it was all he had to give So it’s yours to use and cherish, for as long as you may live. If you lose the watch he gave you, it can always be replaced. But a black mark on your name, son, can never be erased. It was clean the day you took it, and a ...read more

  • World War Ii Had Ended. On September 2, 1945 ...  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 30, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 853 views

    World War II had ended. On September 2, 1945 General Douglas MacArthur spoke to the world from the Battleship Missouri anchored in Tokyo Bay, “Today the guns are silent...the skies no longer rain death...the seas bear only commerce...men everywhere walk upright in the sunlight. The entire world is ...read more

  • A "Powerful" ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
     | 5,367 views

    A "POWERFUL" GROANER One day in the middle of the woods, a hawk, a lion, and a skunk were arguing about which one was the most powerful. The hawk said it was because he could fly down and catch his dinner so quickly they could not get away. The lion said he could run the fastest and had the ...read more

  • Senator Mark Hatfield, Former Governor Of Oregon ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,288 views

    Senator Mark Hatfield, former Governor of Oregon and U.S. Senator for 30 years visited India and toured Calcutta with Mother Teresa. They visited the so-called "House of Dying," where sick children are cared for in their last days, and the dispensary, where the poor line up by the hundreds to ...read more

  • The Free-Food Tree

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 7, 2011
     | 2,002 views

    THE FREE-FOOD TREE One year, a tree on the campus of Green Acres Elementary School, near Santa Cruz, California, bore strange fruit—mostly sandwiches, but sometimes a cookie, a cupcake, an apple or an orange. It came into full bearing from a seed planted by teachers Sophie Farrar and Sandra Enz, ...read more

  • The Fingerprints Of God

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 28, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,691 views

    THE FINGERPRINTS OF GOD The stars are God's fingerprints. The sun is a mere smidgen of his radiance. The moon is to remind us that he doesn't sleep at night. The vastness of space proclaims the infinity of his wisdom, while the sand pebble indicates his thoroughness with the puniest details. The ...read more

  • I Was Hungry

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Mar 9, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 739 views

    Charles Allen has a satirical comment on bearing one another's burdens: "I was hungry, and you formed a humanities club and discussed my hunger. I was imprisoned, and you crept off quietly to your chapel in the cellar and prayed for my release. I was naked, and in your mind you ...read more

  • Cheap Grace Is The Preaching Of Forgiveness ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Dec 14, 2004
    based on 19 ratings
     | 4,131 views

    “Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession, absolution without personal confession. Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace ...read more

  • On The Sunday Before Ash Wednesday This Year, The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Caley on May 5, 2003
    based on 13 ratings
     | 5,166 views

    On the Sunday before Ash Wednesday this year, the central dining facility in Camp Udairi (Kuwait) caught fire, flames quickly spread to engulf all five tents and completely destroyed them in less than 30 minutes. After the smoke cleared, and all units checked the status of their soldiers, it was ...read more

  • Islam's Reach  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 3, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,462 views

    ISLAM'S REACH Islam has rapidly grown to become the second largest religion in the world, with almost one billion adherents – nearly one in every five persons on earth. In the United States there are presently more Muslims than ...read more

  • Martin Luther Understood This When He Wrote, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 13, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,476 views

    Martin Luther understood this when he wrote, "The maid who sweeps her kitchen is doing the will of God just as much as the monk who prays. The Christian shoemaker does his Christian duty not by putting little crosses on the shoes, ...read more

  • No Trespassing

    Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Oct 7, 2011
     | 2,884 views

    NO TRESPASSING "No Trespassing" sign in West Texas, with the ranchers name signed in blood red next to the warning: "STOP. I know you’re thinking about crossing this gate. What you should know is that if the ...read more

  • H. Richard Niebuhr Summarized The Core Of Liberal ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 18, 2002
     | 1,362 views

    H. Richard Niebuhr summarized the core of liberal theology in a single sentence: “A God without wrath brought men without sin into a kingdom without judgment through the ministrations of a Christ with a cross.” Michael G. Moriarty, The ...read more

  • In The Midst Of Enemies

    Contributed by Dale Harlow on Jan 14, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,684 views

    Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote; Jesus Christ lived in the midst of his enemies. At the end all his disciples deserted him. On the cross he was utterly alone, surrounded by evildoers and mockers. For this cause he had come, to bring peace to the enemies of God. So the ...read more

  • A Little Boy Was In A Relative's Wedding. As He ...  PRO

    Contributed by Edwin Amundson on Jul 26, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,492 views

    A little boy was in a relative’s wedding. As he was coming down the aisle he would take two steps, stop, and turn to the crowd alternating between the bride’s side and the groom’s side. While facing the crowd, he would put his hands up like claws and roar...so it went, step, step, ROAR, step, ...read more

  • Branded  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 14, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,933 views

    BRANDED Phillip Keller wrote in his book “A Shepherd Looks at the 23rd Psalm,” about buying his first thirty sheep. He wrote: “Each shepherd has his own distinctive earmark which he cuts into one of the ears of his sheep. In this way, even at a distance, it is easy to determine to whom the sheep ...read more

  • A Little Boy Was In A Relative's Wedding. As He ...  PRO

    Contributed by Aaron Burgess on Oct 14, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,283 views

    A little boy was in a relative’s wedding. As he was coming down the aisle he would take two steps, stop, and turn to the crowd (alternating between bride’s side and groom’s side). While facing the crowd, he would put his hands up like claws and growl. So it went, step, step, GROWL, step, step, ...read more

  • 17 Words  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 17, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,046 views

    17 WORDS According to the Atlanta Journal "The Ten Commandments contain 297 words. The Bill of Rights is stated in 463 words. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address contains 266 words. A recent federal directive to regulate the price of cabbage contains 26,911 words." In the Greek, John 1:1 contains 17 ...read more

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