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  • A. Here Are A Series Of Quotes From The Founding ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 3, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,768 views

    a. Here are a series of quotes from the Founding Fathers warning us not to forsake the Bible and its teachings these quotes are form the same website above and from lectures by Peter Marshall on Restoring America: “The very men who WROTE the Constitution admit that this nation and its Judicial ...read more

  • The Importance Of Church In The Face Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 4, 2010
     | 4,544 views

    The Importance of Church in the Face of Disillusionment The church has fallen on tough times. Sadly, some of the negative perceptions are the church’s fault. Stories of sexual abuse by a few ministers and avarice and greed by others have tarnished the testimony of the church. I am convinced that ...read more

  • Spiritual Atheist?

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jul 27, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,293 views

    SPIRITUAL ATHEIST? Let’s think about this. Good equals Godly? Good equals spiritual? How exactly does being good and being spiritual parallel? I give a man on the street a warm meal and a place to stay. That’s a good thing. How is giving a man a warm meal and a place to stay a spiritual ...read more

  • Worship At A Garbage Dump

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 21, 2012
     | 6,015 views

    WORSHIP AT A GARBAGE DUMP Imagine a town built atop an active landfill. That is "Garbage City" in Cairo, Egypt, longtime home to an impoverished, marginalized community of Coptic Christians for whom life is only going to get harder. The so-called Zabbaleen have been the trash collectors of Cairo ...read more

  • What Is The Biggest Problem In The Church?

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 1, 2008
     | 2,322 views

    WHAT IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IN THE CHURCH? Relevant Magazine, in their May-June 2008 issue, asked a bunch of church leaders this question: "Faith: What is the biggest problem facing the church today?" Here are some of their response from pages 73, 74: a. Shane Claiborne: "One of the most dangerous ...read more

  • My Son, Dan, Was Pulling Out Of His Apartment ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 17, 2009
     | 2,878 views

    My son, Dan, was pulling out of his apartment complex on his way to school, when suddenly wham, a car hits him going 40 miles an hour about a foot in front of where he was sitting in our Mini-van. The next 15 to 20 minutes he was out. He awoke up confused wondering “Where am I?” and “What is ...read more

  • Mary Had A Little Lamb  PRO

    Contributed by Gary Macdonald on Nov 1, 2001
    based on 56 ratings
     | 4,927 views

    - Mary had a little Lamb, His fleece was white as snow. And everywhere that Mary went, The Lamb was sure to go. He followed her to school each day, When it wasn’t against the rules. He made the children laugh and play, To have a Lamb at school. Then the rules were changed one day, Against ...read more

  • Not Long Ago I Was Meeting A Friend For Breakfast ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Feb 20, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
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    Not long ago I was meeting a friend for breakfast at a local restaurant. Out the window I saw a lady walking across the lane of traffice in the parking lot, when a car nearly hit her. She entered the restaurant, looked at me and said, “Jesus Christ! That lady almost ran me over!” So I said, ...read more

  • Several Years Ago In The Boston Marathon There ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jan 15, 2005
    based on 16 ratings
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    Several years ago in the Boston marathon there was a woman named Rosie Ruiz who competed.. and cheated, by riding a bus, winning the prestigious race. The problem with Rosie is that she completed the marathon faster than anyone had ever done it before. When she finished people stared at her in ...read more

  • John Wesley Had A Great Contemporary In God's ...

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jan 4, 2005
     | 1,474 views

    John Wesley had a great contemporary in God’s service in the evangelical revival in the 18th century. His name was George Whitfield. They were great friends from their days at Oxford but were divided in their theology. Wesley was Arminian but Whitfield followed Calvin and there was some ...read more

  • Rejection Is In The Eye Of The Beholder

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Oct 2, 2006
     | 4,805 views

    Rejection is in the Eye of the Beholder A young salesman became discouraged because he had been rejected by so many customers he approached. He asked a more experienced salesman for some advice. “Why is it that every time I make a call on someone I get rejected?” “I just don’t understand that,” ...read more

  • One Of My Favorite Songs Right Now Is A Song By A ...

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Jun 5, 2009
     | 2,400 views

    One of my favorite songs right now is a song by a man named Jeremy Camp. It’s entitled "There will be a Day." I want to share the first verse and chorus with you in closing today. It goes like this: I try to hold on to this world with everything I have But I feel the weight of what it brings, ...read more

  • Who Would You Quote In Outer ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2009
     | 3,736 views

    Who Would You Quote in Outer Space? On Christmas Day 1968, the three astronauts of Apollo 8 circled the dark side of the moon and headed for home. Suddenly, over the horizon of the moon rose the blue and white earth, garlanded by the glistening light of the sun against the black void of space. ...read more

  • Kunta Kinte

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Jan 25, 2010
     | 2,333 views

    Kunta Kinte Our greatest sin is trying to deal with our sin-guilt by some form of denial. These various forms of denial think that we can escape and run away from our guilt. We imagine that freedom is within our power. Kunta Kinte tried to escape. He tried to mentally escape by refusing to ...read more

  • Baptized Cucumbers  PRO

    Contributed by Thomas Donelan on Oct 12, 2010
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,246 views

    BAPTIZED CUCUMBERS What is this (a cucumber), and what is this (a pickle?) No, it is a baptized Cucumber! A few thoughts on this: 1. When those cucumbers are put in that pickling jar and covered with the pickling juice and sealed, they do not get any more juice, they are heated and stored for ...read more

  • The Love Of Christ Alone

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 22, 2010
    based on 1 rating
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    THE LOVE OF CHRIST ALONE When Hudson Taylor was director of the China Inland Mission, he often interviewed candidates for the mission field. On one occasion, he met with a group of applicants to determine their motivations for service. "And why do you wish to go as a foreign missionary?" he asked ...read more

  • Tancho And The Bell

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 21, 2011
     | 1,766 views

    TANCHO AND THE BELL The Emperor Charlemagne wanted to have a magnificent bell cast for the church he had built. An artist named Tancho was employed by the church to make it. He was furnished, at his own request, with a great quantity of copper, and a hundred pounds of silver for the purpose. He ...read more

  • The Ultimate

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Feb 1, 2012
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    THE ULTIMATE In the early 1970s the Dallas Cowboys had a star running back named Duane Thomas who was kind of a head case. One year the Cowboys made it to the Super Bowl and someone asked Duane Thomas what he thought about playing in the "ultimate game." He replied "If this is the Ultimate Game, ...read more

  • The Secret Of Seabiscuit

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 25, 2012
     | 4,939 views

    THE SECRET OF SEABISCUIT In 1938, a year of monumental turmoil, the number one newsmaker was not Franklin Roosevelt or Adolf Hitler, in fact it wasn't even a person. It was an undersized, crook-legged racehorse owned by a bicycle repairman turned automobile magnate and trained by a virtually mute ...read more

  • Being Self

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Feb 29, 2016
     | 8,614 views

    A little boy named Adam wanted to be like his friend Bobby. Adam loved the way Bobby walked and talked. Bobby, however, wanted to be like Charlie. Something about Charlie’s stride and accent intrigued him. Charlie, on the other hand, was impressed with Danny. Charlie wanted to look and sound like ...read more