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  • Love God, Love ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 19,055 views

    LOVE GOD, LOVE PEOPLE James Moore tells about a man named George. George was a peacemaker with a big heart and wonderful sense of humor. Everyone loved George at church, and he was respected at the hospital where he worked. The reason why so many people loved George was because he was always kind ...read more

  • One Sunday, A Monk Was Invited To Speak About ...  PRO

    Contributed by Francis Neil Jalando-On on Nov 3, 2000
    based on 134 ratings
     | 2,827 views

    One Sunday, a monk was invited to speak about the ‘love of God.’ He waited until it is dark and proceeded in the altar with a lighted candle. He first illumined the crown of thorns then the two hands that are nailed after that he continued to light the spear wound in the side and lastly he put the ...read more

  • There Is A Huge Bridge Being Built Over The Water ...

    Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Nov 4, 2004
     | 2,162 views

    There is a huge bridge being built over the water way between Brunswick GA. and St. Simons Island. It is a beautiful thing and I love to see it. Some people a deathly afraid of bridges. ... The world’s most important bridge was built in A..D. 30 at Golgotha ...read more

  • The Candle

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Feb 7, 2010
     | 2,293 views

    The Candle We light this candle the Easter vigil service each year as a reminder that the light of Jesus has defeated the darkness of sin. Now if you notice, this candle isn't as tall as it was. What has happened to all that wax? (take answers) As the candle gives ...read more

  • We Can't Be A Servant If We Think We're In ...

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Sep 18, 2007
     | 1,516 views

    We can’t be a servant if we think we’re in charge. There’s an old blues song by B.B. King called, “Paying the Cost to Be the Boss.” Jesus is calling us to something different when we carry the cross and follow him. We’re “paying the cost to not be the boss.” Being a ...read more

  • The Word Of God Is A Treasure ...

    Contributed by Mark Roper on Jun 1, 2008
     | 4,081 views

    The Word of God is a treasure Map Their was a wonderful movie from 1963 “It’s a Mad Mad world” It was about a madcap cross-country rush to find buried treasure marked by the letter “W”. It was four palm trees leaning that resemble the W. At the W the treasure was found. We have a ...read more

  • It Was A Dark And Stormy Night When A Lady Was On ...

    Contributed by Amy Bickel on Aug 6, 2008
     | 2,082 views

    It was a dark and stormy night when a lady was on a boat crossing Lake Michigan. The lightning, thunder, and rain made her very nervous. She saw jagged rocks jutting above the surface of the lake. In fear, she asked the captain, “Do you know where all the rocks are ...read more

  • Dietrich Bonhoeffer Studied For One Year In New ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,104 views

    Dietrich Bonhoeffer studied for one year in New York City’s Union Theological Seminary. He was extremely discouraged by the preaching he heard there; he chastises, “One may hear sermons in New York upon almost any subject; one only is never handled, namely, the gospel of Jesus Christ, of ...read more

  • In 1893, Engineer George Ferris Built A Machine ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 14, 2001
    based on 10 ratings
     | 1,363 views

    In 1893, engineer George Ferris built a machine that bears his name-the Ferris wheel. When it was finished, he invited a newspaper reporter to accompany him and his wife for the inaugural ride. It was a windy July day, so a stiff breeze struck the wheel with great force as it slowly began its ...read more

  • I Think That It Safe To Say That Sometimes We ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 3, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 1,489 views

    I think that it safe to say that sometimes we have the same kind of feelings about the church like Goldilocks had about the bears’ home. On the one hand, we love the church and can’t live without her. On the other hand, we find sermons boring, the music either too old or too new, the people too ...read more

  • Freed From Death—communion Meditation  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 8, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 1,934 views

    FREED FROM DEATH- COMMUNION MEDITATION Paul Lee Tan writes about a horrible Roman practice: "The Romans sometimes compelled a captive to be joined face-to-face with a dead body, and to bear it about until the horrible effluvia [vapors] destroyed the life of the living victim. Virgil describes ...read more

  • Our Hope Of Rescue  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 13, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,109 views

    OUR HOPE OF RESCUE Did you see the story on CNN this past Sunday of the rescued POWs? When Kenneth Krueger pulled his big rig in front of former POW Shoshana Johnson’s home and began whooping and blowing on the horn, I understood the joy and relief that she was alive and would be home soon. ...read more

  • There Is A Story About A Story About Vladimir ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Apr 27, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,518 views

    There is a story about a story about Vladimir Nabokov, the Russian writer who wrote Lolita, and Pale Fire. One summer Nabokov and his family were staying with some friends in Alta, Utah. While there Nabokov took the opportunity to enlarge his collection of butterflies and moths. One evening at ...read more

  • Leslie Parrot Has This To Say About Friendship ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 31, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,965 views

    Leslie Parrot has this to say about friendship from the book Relationships: Friends make the ordinary-running errands or eating lunch, for example-extraordinarily fun. And good friends ease our pain and lighten our heavy load….Not only are friends good for the soul but for the body as well. ...read more

  • Prayer Is The Link  PRO

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Sep 9, 2004
    based on 13 ratings
     | 3,749 views

    ILLUSTRATION... Prayer is the link by AB Simpson Prayer is the link that connects us with God. It is the bridge that spans every gulf and bears us over every abyss of danger or of need. How significant is this picture of the New Testament church: Peter in prison, the Jews triumphant, Herod ...read more

  • It Seems That Stephen Had A Good Reputation That ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Nov 13, 2005
     | 3,335 views

    It seems that Stephen had a good reputation that suited him well for selection to this program. There is an important lesson for us here. It is that our character and reputation count for something in the life and ministry of the church. ‘Why is that?’ you ask. Two reasons: First our character is ...read more

  • Prayer Is The Link That Connects Us With God. It ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,056 views

    Prayer is the link that connects us with God. It is the bridge that spans every gulf and bears us over every abyss of danger or of need. How significant is this picture of the New Testament church: Peter in prison, the Jews triumphant, Herod supreme, the arena of martyrdom awaiting the dawning of ...read more

  • Illustration Of Light And Darkness

    Contributed by Scott Epperson on Nov 4, 2006
     | 5,111 views

    Illustration of Light and Darkness Somebody has got to tell the world about Jesus and the worlds eternal fate. Imagine walking into a cave and seeing all of the pit wholes and drop-offs and seeing the danger and possibilities of death and then some one turning off all the lights and imagine the ...read more

  • Then There Are The Thorns Which Jesus Says Are ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on May 19, 2009
     | 2,171 views

    Then there are the thorns which Jesus says are the wealth and cares of the world. Providing for your family, working, spending, the economy, getting more stuff, getting the stuff paid for and so on are all part of the tension of living in this world while being a proper steward of our blessings. ...read more

  • God Calls Busy People  PRO

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 12,656 views

    GOD CALLS BUSY PEOPLE In the Bible, God never goes to the lazy or the idle when He needs men (or women) for His service. He goes to those who are already at work — the busy person: — Moses was busy with his flock at Horeb. — Gideon was busy threshing wheat by the winepress. — Saul was busy ...read more