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  • A Drastic Change  PRO

    Contributed by Aaron Burgess on Jan 14, 2002
    based on 26 ratings
     | 5,783 views

    A DRASTIC CHANGE Dr. Bernard Nathanson was the leading abortion doctor in the United States in the 1970’s. He had campaigned vigorously for the legalization of abortion and he himself had performed 60,000 abortions. He even believed his intentions were good and that he was doing a righteous ...read more

  • Obesity Or Poverty  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 25, 2002
    based on 14 ratings
     | 2,802 views

    OBESITY OR POVERTY A February 2002 issue of National Geographic says the Worldwatch Institute has issued its annual State of the World report. Almost every global environmental indicator has worsened over the last ten years and the gap between rich and poor has gotten wider. Over 1 billion ...read more

  • Our Nation's Godly Heritage  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 28, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,286 views

    OUR NATION’S GODLY HERITAGE One of America’s well-known Colonial Americans began his career as a school teacher, using the Bible as his most valued textbook. Noah Webster was born in Connecticut and came of age during the American Revolution. He was educated at Yale University, and when he lacked ...read more

  • Don't Ever Say "No"  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 6, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
     | 2,104 views

    DON'T EVER SAY "NO" When Allied troops captured a young American fighting for the Taliban in Afghanistan, last year a major American newspaper wrote the following: “The parents of John Walker Lindh, the child of privilege turned Taliban terrorist didn’t put their foot down when he announced that ...read more

  • As A Two And Three-Year Old I Used To Gather All ...  PRO

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Apr 23, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,937 views

    As a two and three-year old I used to gather all my stuffed animals together and stand up on box and begin to “preach” to them. My Mom called me her “little preacher boy.” As a child God put within my imagination the dream of being a preacher. As a teenager I began to pursue my divine-daring ...read more

  • John Stafford Tells About An Old Well That ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ray Ellis on Jan 27, 2004
    based on 15 ratings
     | 4,777 views

    # John Stafford tells about an old well that stood outside the front door of their family farm house in New Hampshire. The water from the well was remarkably pure and cold. No matter how hot the summer or how severe the drought, the well was always a source of refreshment and joy. The faithful ...read more

  • Story: The Habits And Customs Of The Eskimos Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Mar 2, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 8,768 views

    Story: The habits and customs of the Eskimos of North Alaska have been remained very much the same for 500 years, until very recently. They had to depend on catching the polar bear for meat, for clothing – the bear’s fur, for fat for cooking, and for tools, the bear’s bones and ...read more

  • The Wichita Eagle Newspaper Recently Ran An ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Aug 1, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,214 views

    The Wichita Eagle newspaper recently ran an interesting story. There was a pond in the middle of a housing development that was kept stocked with fish. Evidently, a child had thrown a toy basketball and it rolled into the pond. One of the residents saw the ball bouncing around in a strange ...read more

  • You Know, When I Was A Little Boy My Mother ...

    Contributed by Mizraim Esquilin on Oct 8, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,798 views

    You know, when I was a little boy my mother taught us to sing a song that was written by Civilla Martin. Although many hymn books says that it was C. Gabriel who wrote this song, a deep historical investigation shows that Miss Martin was visiting a very close friend that was dying. This lady ...read more

  • One Day Billy And Ruth Graham Were Driving ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 31, 2004
    based on 22 ratings
     | 5,904 views

    One day Billy and Ruth Graham were driving through a long stretch of road construction. They had numerous slowdowns, detours, and stops along the way. Finally they reached the end of all that difficulty, and smooth pavement stretched out before them. This sign caught Ruth’s attention: "End of ...read more

  • I Can Remember In My Very Early Bible College ...

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Feb 20, 2005
     | 1,367 views

    I can remember in my very early Bible college days, how that a love for the Word of God begin to develop within my own life. I had one particular instructor, Kelsey Griffin, who really turned me on to the power of the Word of God. I can remember sitting up night and night and poring over ...read more

  • Small Church Study: A Barna New Survey Discovered ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,246 views

    Small Church Study: A Barna new survey discovered that small churches (defined as average weekend attendance of 100 or fewer adults) are more likely than either mid-sized (301-999 adults) or large churches (1000 or more adults) to draw people who are not college graduates and are more likely to ...read more

  • House Church Growth: A New Barna Group Study ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006
     | 2,342 views

    House Church Growth: A new Barna Group study finds 9% of U.S. adults attend a house church during a typical week, vs. 1% in ‘96. 10% report attending a house church at least once a month. It is estimated more than 70 million adults have at least experimented with a house church. The survey revealed ...read more

  • The Teddy Bear Lady

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 11, 2009
     | 1,864 views

    THE TEDDY BEAR LADY Most of the people at Chicago’s Children’s Hospital did not know her name. They just knew her as the sweet elderly lady in the red suit who wanted to make sure that every sick child had a teddy bear to hug and caress. She kept bringing the stuffed animals, purchased with her ...read more

  • Planet Of The Year

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 19, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,644 views

    PLANET OF THE YEAR Time Magazine in 1989 celebrated not the Person of the Year but the Planet of Year. It was a wakeup call for me and convicted me and my faith. "Through most of his 2 million years or so of existence, man has thrived in earth's environment -- perhaps too well.... The reason is ...read more

  • Hurricane Katrina--Fema Leadership ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2009
     | 3,788 views

    Hurricane Katrina--FEMA Leadership Failure On August 31, 2005, FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) regional director Marty Bahamonde emailed the FEMA director regarding the situation in New Orleans immediately following Hurricane Katrina. Bahamonde wrote: “Sir, I know that you know the ...read more

  • New Partner In Law Firm Encouraged With Words, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 5, 2009
     | 1,950 views

    New Partner In Law Firm Encouraged with Words, "You’re One of Us" [YOU’RE ONE OF US] A new partner in the law firm was discouraged. The senior partners had set extremely high standards and had coached him carefully. He did well in some minor trials, but he lost his first big case. The partners ...read more

  • Work For The Glory Of God

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 20, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,926 views

    Mark is a young businessman who does business in China. Each time he has gone to China, he has asked God to reveal to him whom he might speak to on behalf of Jesus. What might happen if every one of you went to work praying for God to reveal to him whom he might speak to on behalf of Jesus. You’re ...read more

  • Knots In Your Life

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 21, 2011
     | 2,330 views

    KNOTS IN YOUR LIFE The Baxter boys, Paul and John, liked to play in the woods near their home. They like the woods because they always found something they had never seen before. That's the way it was when they discoverd the tree with the knot tied in it. The knot was about halfway up the tree. ...read more

  • Separation From Your Love

    Contributed by Michael Buckingham on Jun 24, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,122 views

    SEPARATION FROM YOUR LOVE I remember once there was girl I loved so much in my youth, I thought that we would be together forever, and I thought that I could never live without her! But now I hardly ever think about her... the truth is that I really can live without her. So what changed between ...read more