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  • America's 25 Most Influential Evangelicals ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,538 views

    America’s 25 Most Influential Evangelicals according to Time magazine are: Rick Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Life, and pastor of the 22,000-member Saddleback church. Howard & Roberta Ahmanson, financiers, founders of Fieldstead & Co., a private philanthropic organization. David Barton, ...read more

  • Many Years Ago A Painter By The Name Of Stenburg ...

    Contributed by W F on Apr 6, 2007
     | 3,863 views

    Many years ago a painter by the name of Stenburg lived in Dusseldorf Germany. He was searching for a model to portrait. He chose a gypsy girl from the street, her name was Pepita. It was the first time for her to be invited to an artist’s studio. Her amazed eyes rounded here and there and suddenly ...read more

  • The One Thing That Has Always Impressed Me About ...

    Contributed by Tyler Edwards on Jun 24, 2009
     | 3,014 views

    The one thing that has always impressed me about beggars is that they know how to make money. I don’t mean that to be insulting I really don’t it is impressive. I remember a few years ago I was in my office working and this car pulled up. A couple came in and asked if we could help them out with ...read more

  • Tending Your ...

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jan 9, 2010
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     | 1,284 views

    TENDING YOUR GARDEN Suppose 2 women were planting a vegetable garden. On the same day, they prepared the earth and planted their seeds. One then neglected her garden and waited for her vegetables to grow. The other woman worked in her garden regularly. She put cages around the young tomato ...read more

  • More Like ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2010
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    More Like Jesus What then is it to be more like Jesus in righteousness and faithfulness. Consider the story of: William Howard Doane (who) was a wealthy nineteenth-century industrialist who entered the business world at age sixteen and was president of his own manufacturing company by age ...read more

  • Tending Your ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2010
     | 3,877 views

    Tending Your Garden Suppose 2 women were planting a vegetable garden. On the same day, they prepared the earth and planted their seeds. One then neglected her garden and waited for her vegetables to grow. The other woman worked in her garden regularly. She put cages around the young tomato plants, ...read more

  • God Uses Tragedy To Draw Couple To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 28, 2010
     | 3,899 views

    God Uses Tragedy to Draw Couple To Himself Cathy’s story: A few years ago a woman and a man who were living together started coming to the church I pastor. She had gotten pregnant and was expecting. Though they weren’t saved, they were beginning to seek the Lord. I was much in prayer for them. When ...read more

  • Phantom Guilt

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 9, 2010
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     | 3,577 views

    PHANTOM GUILT Amputees often experience some sensation of a phantom limb. Somewhere, locked in their brains, a memory lingers of the nonexistent hand or leg. Invisible toes curl, imaginary hands grasp things, a "leg" feels so sturdy a patient may try to stand on it. For a few, the experience ...read more

  • Prayer Transforms A Workplace  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2011
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     | 4,490 views

    PRAYER TRANSFORMS A WORKPLACE Brandon A. Bradley told his story in Pray! Magazine some time back about an opportunity in his life: "I am a surgical assistant--the surgeon's right-hand man. At one point in my career, I lost my passion. I wanted a job with spiritual significance, and I prayed for ...read more

  • Consecrated To God From Youth

    Contributed by Samuel Reyes on Apr 9, 2012
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    CONSECRATED TO GOD FROM YOUTH “Los más grandes hombres de la iglesia cristiana fueron vidas consagradas a Dios desde su juventud. -Juan Wesley era un estudiante en Oxford cuando fundó el Club Santo. -Martin Lutero tenía 27 años cuando abrazo el pasaje y fue inspirado en todo su ministerio por el ...read more

  • The Pastor From ...

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Mar 23, 2013
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    THE PASTOR FROM KENYA Ramez Attalah, general director at The Bible Society of Egypt, attended an international conference or Christian leaders in 1974. He was thrilled to be with top-notch leaders from around the globe—sharing and reading interesting papers on important subjects--but the most ...read more

  • What's Most Important To You?

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Mar 27, 2018
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    Next to Billy Graham, Rick Warren and Joel Osteen are probably to most recognizable ministers in America. Warren is the author of the top selling hardcover book of all time, The Purpose Driven Life. It sold 30 million copies. Speaking about his "purpose driven" success, in 2005 Warren told U.S. ...read more

  • Something For Nothing?

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Jan 13, 2020
     | 3,765 views

    Several years ago, I had to make an urgent flight across the country. Because the only airport with those kinds of connections was a good ways away, I took advantage of a shuttle service. Considering the cost of fuel and parking alone, I figured I could get a ride from the northern terminal all ...read more

  • Do You Have A "chip On The Shoulder"?

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 15, 2020
     | 3,139 views

    Hebrew scholar Gensenius, says that the meaning of the Old Testament word for "meekness" involves "a lowly, pious, and modest mind, which prefers to bear injuries rather than return them." Meekness is not only the opposite of pride, but of stubbornness, fierceness, and ...read more

  • Pearl

    Contributed by Bala Samson on Jun 23, 2020
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    From where do you get pearls? Have you wondered? Do they grow on trees? Can they be found under earth? No…no… Pearls come from a living sea creature: the oyster. Rare, gorgeous round jewels that are not found under the sea, inside the oysters. How is the pearl produced inside the pearl? A ...read more

  • Brandon A. Bradley Told His Story In Pray ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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     | 2,864 views

    Brandon A. Bradley told his story in Pray magazine last year: “I am a surgical assistant—the surgeon’s right-hand man. At one point in my career, I lost my passion. I wanted a job with spiritual significance, and I prayed for that. Imagine my shock when God led me to a position in plastic surgery. ...read more

  • Did You Ever Notice That There Are Certain ...

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on Apr 28, 2008
     | 1,622 views

    Did you ever notice that there are certain things the Lord doesn't want us to miss? That's the way I feel about Randy Pausch's "Last Lecture." It was simply impossible to miss. I think the first person to email the link to me was Jim Turk, our music director. He sent it with the words, "This ...read more

  • I Believe Many Of Us Need Cut Loose The ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 21, 2008
     | 1,544 views

    I believe many of us need cut loose the “Christian Bill of Rights” today. You may be thinking but “Pastor I did not know there was such a thing! What are they?” Well glad you asked here are the Christian Bill of Rights: a. We Christians have the right to seek God and ask Him to tell us what we ...read more

  • Should We Evangelize Jewish People?

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Sep 16, 2008
     | 1,548 views

    SHOULD WE EVANGELIZE JEWISH PEOPLE? The men who have come to Galatia believe they have the answer to a dilemma that has come upon the early church: what to do with the non-Jews who were entering the church. See, at the very beginning of the creation of the church in Acts chapter 2, all those who ...read more

  • Never Quit Growing

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Feb 9, 2022
     | 2,147 views

    GROWTH IS ESSENTIAL OR ONE WILL GET STAGNATE AND BEGIN A DECREASE. Growth is essential to long term survival. We must learn to take advantage of opportunities and take risk. GROWTH: improve, increase, develop, mature, progressive development, MATURITY, AGE, SIZE, WEIGHT, HEIGHT. 2 Peter 3:18 ...read more