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  • Southeast Christian Church In Louisville Was A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Dillinger on Jun 3, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,196 views

    Southeast Christian church in Louisville was a church of 150 about 40 years ago. A church very much like ours except in a larger city. The church wanted to be a church that was known for dreaming God’s dream. They developed a motto for the next 40 years. “Our dreams need to be so big that they ...read more

  • A Minister Was Speaking About All The Things ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Greene on Jan 23, 2006
    based on 18 ratings
     | 1,740 views

    A minister was speaking about all the things money can’t buy. “Money can’t buy happiness, it can’t buy laughter and money can’t buy love” he told the congregation. Driving his point home he said, “What would you do if I offered you $1,000 not to love your mother and father?” A hush fell over the ...read more

  • How Many Of You Saw The Movie ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,267 views

    Illustration: How many of you saw the movie Garfield? Well before Garfield hit the big screen, he was in the Newspaper. In one particular strip Garfield is lying in his box and his owner, Jon, walks up and says, "Are you Depressed, Garfield? Garfield, doesn’t answer him, he just gives him one of ...read more

  • We Can See An Illustration Of What Jesus' Death ...

    Contributed by Neil Richardson on Mar 12, 2008
     | 3,182 views

    We can see an illustration of what Jesus’ death accomplished for us when we put both our hands out in front of us. They are both lit by the light above. But if a large black book is placed above one hand, this hand is now in darkness. This represents our sin. Jesus is represented by the ’sinless’ ...read more

  • Plug-In Pollution

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,458 views

    PLUG-IN POLLUTION The expected introduction of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles could cut U.S. gasoline use but could also increase air pollution in some areas. A plug-in's lower tailpipe emissions may be offset by smokestack emissions from the utility plants supplying electricity to recharge the ...read more

  • Ome Problems Have Simple And Quick ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 20, 2008
     | 807 views

    ome problems have simple and quick solutions. “Our patient in the hospital was a big, burly former officer. Just after surgery, and still half out of it, he became agitated and confused, tearing at his IVs and trying to escape his bed. The nurses gamely attempted to keep him calm, but were losing ...read more

  • God's Great Love

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jul 21, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,549 views

    GOD'S GREAT LOVE One time a father wanted to teach his son the lesson of God's great goodness. He took him to the top of a high hill and pointed northward over Scotland, southward over England, eastward over the ocean, westward over hill and valley, and then sweeping his arm around the whole ...read more

  • What God Looks Like

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on Jun 16, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,229 views

    WHAT GOD LOOKS LIKE A preacher once asked the preschoolers in Sunday school to draw pictures of God. He intended to use them as an illustration for his Sunday sermon. Toward the end of class the children were excited to show him their work. They came up with rainbows and men with big hands. ...read more

  • When To Begin Influencing One's Child For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2010
     | 2,784 views

    When to Begin Influencing One’s Child For Christ In a mothers’ meeting there was a big discussion on the theme: “How early in a child’s life ought one to begin to influence him toward God?” After a much spirited debate, a visiting grandmother was asked to make a comment. In essence, she said: “I ...read more

  • Sound Theology

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 9, 2011
     | 3,937 views

    SOUND THEOLOGY In a Peanuts cartoon Lucy and Linus are staring out the window, watching it rain. Lucy says, "Boy! Look at it pour. What if it floods the whole world?" Linus, "It won't. In Gen. 9, God promised Noah that would never happen again. The sign of that promise is the rainbow." Lucy, ...read more

  • Don't Miss The Point About Christmas!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 21, 2020
     | 2,396 views

    In December 1903, after many attempts, the Wright brothers were successful in getting their “flying machine” off the ground. Thrilled, they telegraphed this message to their sister Katherine: “We have actually flown a plane 120 feet. Will be home for Christmas.” Katherine hurried to the editor of ...read more

  • Several Years Ago In The Movie Hoosiers, Gene ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tom Dooley on May 11, 2001
    based on 93 ratings
     | 2,784 views

    Several years ago in the movie Hoosiers, Gene Hackman played the part of Norman Dale, a former college coach with a tainted past who was hired to coach a rural high-school basketball team from Hickory, Indiana. Coach Dale leads the team all the way to the state finals. On the day of the ...read more

  • I¡¦m Afraid Of Spiders. Have Been All My Life. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Jun 22, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
     | 2,729 views

    I¡¦m afraid of spiders. Have been all my life. I come by it honestly, though, through my dad. In fact, all 3 of us boys and my dad are afraid of spiders. My dad can capture rattlesnakes with a forked stick, then cook and eat them. He has no problem with blood or worms. But spiders are ...read more

  • Our Faith In The God Of Creation Is Not Blind Or ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jan 16, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,646 views

    Our faith in the God of Creation is NOT blind or without reason. As Believers we don’t need to fear looking at the evidence around us. Allan Rex Sandage is the leading Observation Cosmologist in the world by pretty much all accounts. He spent his career quantifying the expanse of the universe, ...read more

  • Bruce Wilkinson Shares This Thought In His Book ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 9, 2007
     | 1,033 views

    Bruce Wilkinson shares this thought in his book The Dream Giver: i. What keeps people from embracing and pursuing their God-given Dreams? I’ve noticed five common but deadly misconceptions: 1. “I don’t have a Dream.” 2. “I have to invent my Dream.” 3. “I have a Dream, but it’s not that ...read more

  • Chuck Swindoll Tells This Story: Marian ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,442 views

    Chuck Swindoll tells this story: Marian Anderson, the great contralto who won worldwide acclaim, didn’t simply grow great; she grew great simply. In spite of her fame, she remained a beautiful model of humility. A reporter interviewing Miss Anderson once asked her to name the greatest moment in her ...read more

  • The True Christian Never Has To Give Up Anything ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Nov 27, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,232 views

    “The true Christian never has to give up anything (of course I am not speaking of sins), but there are a lot of things that will give him up. They will go one by one. There will be no grief. It will be the way childish occupations are abandoned. “I never had to give up playing with tops and ...read more

  • Egyptian Astronomer Ptolemy In The 2nd Century ...

    Contributed by Bret Toman on May 20, 2010
     | 2,821 views

    Egyptian astronomer Ptolemy in the 2nd century postulated that the earth was the center of the universe, that the earth was still, that other planets orbited and other planets rotated, but the earth not. The universe revolved around the earth. It made sense, and people believed it. For 1400 years. ...read more

  • Giving It Back One More Time

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 9, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,586 views

    GIVING IT BACK ONE MORE TIME Years ago the Crown Prince of India gave to Queen Victoria the most precious thing he had. He was a child prince and he gave to the Queen of England, the "coroner diamond". The coroner diamond is perhaps the most famous diamond of all history. Do you know how big it ...read more

  • A Texas-Sized Sword

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 24, 2011
     | 3,776 views

    A TEXAS-SIZED SWORD In 2000, we drove across the country from Maryland to California and back. On our return, we blew past this Great Big Cross along the highway in Texas. By the time we saw the exit, we had passed it and continued our journey home. The image of that great big cross stuck in my ...read more

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