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  • The Word Grace Is Unquestionably The Most ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
     | 1,485 views

    The word Grace is unquestionably the most significant ...read more

  • There Was A Man Who Was Born On August 19, 1843 ...  PRO

    Contributed by Doug Lyon on Sep 11, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,156 views

    There was a man who was born on August 19, 1843 near Clinton, Michigan. When he was 17 years old he moved to his sister’s home in Tennessee where he enlisted in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He got out of the army a year later in 1862 and he went to St. Louis to study law. On ...read more

  • Old Leaf  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Mavis on Dec 8, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,331 views

    OLD LEAF A little boy opened the big family bible. He was fascinated as he fingered through the old pages. Suddenly, something fell out of the Bible. He picked up the object and looked at it. What he saw was an old leaf that had been pressed between the pages. "Mama, look what I found." the boy ...read more

  • What Archaeology Has Done," Says Josh ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 8, 2001
    based on 57 ratings
     | 1,372 views

    "What archaeology has done," says Josh [McDowell], "is to verify some of the history contained in the Bible. For instance, two of the cities mentioned in the Bible, Sodom and Gomorrah, have been for many years considered mythological by the intellectual community. However, recent excavations at ...read more

  • Top 5 Signs Your Church Is Too Contemporary  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Mavis on Nov 1, 2001
    based on 15 ratings
     | 2,385 views

    TOP 5 SIGNS YOUR CHURCH IS TOO CONTEMPORARY: 5. At the annual meeting, you play Survivor to elect new leaders 4. When asked what church things begin with "J", the youth in church shout "Java" before "Jesus" 3. When asked, "Who wrote the Bible?" most members say "Eugene Peterson" 2. To be ...read more

  • An Old Country Preacher Was Challenged By A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,196 views

    An old country preacher was challenged by a highly educated agnostic. The skeptic asked, “Why do you Christians constantly claim assurance of victory in the battle of eternity?” The old preacher replied: “Well, Son, it says in the beginning of my Bible that God was in charge when time started up. ...read more

  • A Walk By Faith

    Contributed by Barry Edmondson on Aug 10, 2008
    based on 1 rating
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    A WALK BY FAITH I have a friend in Alaska. Some years ago he was a rising executive in a large, influential business. Then God spoke to him to quit his job and go to full-time Bible college. He did so, with no guarantees and no looking back. After he finished Bible college, to the amazement of ...read more

  • A Relative Of A Christian Sister Of Mine Once ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jul 22, 2009
     | 1,538 views

    A relative of a Christian sister of mine once told her that it might be in God’s plan for her (my sister) to suffer or to be deprived of things, but it wasn’t God’s plan for her. His plan for her, it seemed, was that she be healthy, wealthy and wise. She even went so far as to say that the ...read more

  • Nothing Grows Under A Banyan Tree." This South ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Oct 27, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,843 views

    "Nothing grows under a banyan tree." This South Indian proverb speaks of leadership styles. The banyan is a great tree. It spreads its branches, drops air-roots, develops secondary trunks and covers the land. A full grown banyan may cover more than an acre of land. Birds, animals, and humans find ...read more

  • Who Is Leading People To Christ? Recent Barna ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
    based on 1 rating
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    Who Is Leading People To Christ? Recent Barna research finds that among Christians who embraced Christ before their teen years, half were led to Christ by their parents, with another 20% by some other friend or relative. 7% accepted Jesus in response to a minister’s personal prompting and 12% cited ...read more

  • Ultimately, When Your Friends Close Their Eyes ...

    Contributed by Kent Tucker on Jan 15, 2007
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    Ultimately, when your friends close their eyes for the last time here on earth, where will they open their eyes? At a funeral, you usually hear that the deceased is in a better place now. Well, there are two places out there. One is better and one is not. It is what they do with Christ that will ...read more

  • He Still Loves ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jul 21, 2008
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    “He Still Loves Us” It is said that one of the most distinguished statesmen of the times of the American Revolution was once a hopeless drunkard. He had been engaged to a beautiful girl, but his indulgence had compelled her to break the engagement and sever herself from his influence, which was ...read more

  • Slide 9) The First Conviction Is ‘there Are ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 4, 2008
     | 1,324 views

    (Slide 9) The first conviction is ‘there are things that are better than money.’ He names ‘good health, a cultivated intelligence, a clear conscience, and a sympathetic heart.’ He goes on to say, ‘There are some things that we can do without, and one of these is wealth. But there are some things we ...read more

  • Father's Day Is Almost Upon Us And It Reminded Me ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jun 13, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,214 views

    FATHER’S DAY IS ALMOST UPON US and it reminded me of a story I read about a dad who really understood his role. Some years ago, in a military academy, the students mutinied, probably a reaction to the hard demands of such an environment. The students had struck in everything: lessons, study ...read more

  • Many People Have Been Richly Blessed By What They ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on May 3, 2010
     | 2,683 views

    Many people have been richly blessed by what they learned at their mother’s knee. Consider John and Charles Wesley. Their names would probably never have lighted the pages of history if it hadn’t been for their godly mother who taught them that the law of love and Christian witness was to be their ...read more

  • Stepping In His Big Tracks

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Jan 4, 2012
     | 1,618 views

    STEPPING IN HIS BIG TRACKS I remember once when we had a two-foot snow in Smyrna, Tennessee— something rare even then. I’d gone out into the snow early that morning and it was really futile, because the snow was so deep and so soft that when I stepped down into the snow, the snow went so far up my ...read more

  • Facing The Music

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 19, 2012
     | 3,079 views

    FACING THE MUSIC Many years ago a man wanted to play in the Imperial Orchestra, but could not play a note. Since he was, however, a person of great wealth and influence, he demanded to be allowed to join the orchestra so that he could perform in front of the king. The conductor agreed to let him ...read more

  • Mystery

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Jun 19, 2020
     | 2,596 views

    Paul talks about a Mystery hidden in God. Let me tell you about a great mystery story: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior, was a doctor. As such he was very interested in the use of ether. In order to know how his patients felt under its influence, he once had a dose administered to himself. As he was ...read more

  • Mystery

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Sep 13, 2020
     | 1,393 views

    Paul talks about a Mystery hidden in God. Let me tell you about a great mystery story: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior, was a doctor. As such he was very interested in the use of ether. In order to know how his patients felt under its influence, he once had a dose administered to himself. As he was ...read more

  • Humility

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Jun 27, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,465 views

    The Western meaning of humility derives from the usage of the Hebrew speaking Jews, Latin speaking Romans and the Greeks, in particular Greek speaking Christians of the first century. In all three languages the word used to describe humility means "low", as in low to the ground: the ...read more