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  • Remember Me At Home  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 11, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 1,657 views

    REMEMBER ME AT HOME “By profession, I am a soldier and take great pride in that fact. But I am prouder, infinitely prouder, to be a father. A soldier destroys in order to build. The father only builds, never destroys…It is my hope that my son, when I am gone, ...read more

  • Faith Is Not An Opinion, But A Certitude. The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,372 views

    "Faith is not an opinion, but a certitude. The substance of things hoped for, says the Apostle not the phantasies of empty conjecture. You hear the substance. You may not dispute on the faith as you please; you may not wander here and there through the wastes of opinion, the byways of error. By ...read more

  • A New Road Before Usa New Road To Take, A New ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,541 views

    "A new road before usa new road to take, A new dream to dream, and a new life to make. A new star to followa new faith to hold, A new world to build, on the dust of the old. A New Year is here with a message for all, A message of Hope, though the shadows may fall. The ...read more

  • You Are Not Going To Have The Laugh On Me By ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 2,146 views

    "You are not going to have the laugh on me by luring me into resolutions. I know my weaknessesI shall continue to be pleasant to insurance agents, from sheer lack of manhood; and to keep library books out over the date and so incur a fine. My only hope, you see, is resolutely ...read more

  • The Definition Of Me

    Contributed by Scott Berry on Jul 21, 2011
     | 2,312 views

    THE DEFINITION OF ME Quote from the movie 'Spanglish' - "I've been overwhelmed by your encouragement to apply to your university and your list of scholarships available to me. Though, as I hope this essay shows, your acceptance, while it would thrill me, will not define ...read more

  • Growing Up

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Jan 21, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,142 views

    I am not what I might be, I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I wish to be, I am not what I hope to be. But I thank God I am not what I once was, and I can say ...read more

  • The Uppertaker

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
     | 3,466 views

    THE UPPERTAKER Alexander MacLaren said, "The primitive church thought more about the Second Coming of Jesus Christ than about death or about heaven. The early Christians were not looking for a cleft in the ground called a grave but for a cleavage in the sky called Glory. They were watching not for ...read more

  • The Law And The Gospel Way

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2010
     | 3,668 views

    THE LAW AND THE GOSPEL WAY Charles Finney stated, "Ever more the Law and consequences of breaking it must prepare the way for the Gospel. To overlook this in instructing souls is almost certain to result in false hope, the introduction of a false standard of Christian experience, and to fill the ...read more

  • Three Bones In ...

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 6, 2010
     | 2,328 views

    THREE BONES IN CHURCH ILLUS: TAN-9022. Three “Bones” In Church Church members may be divided into three classes in a mere skeleton outline: wishbones, jawbones, and backbones. The wishbones are always languidly hoping that their church will somehow grow without their effort; the jawbones talk ...read more

  • From One Turkey To Another

    Contributed by James Snyder on Nov 23, 2019
     | 2,095 views

    As a child, my favorite holiday was Christmas, second only to my birthday. These holidays were important because of the gifts I received. Oh, did I look forward to those holidays and all the presents I was going to delight in. And delight, I certainly did to the extreme. Then slowly things ...read more

  • Whoever Gets The Son, Gets All The Father Has!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 3, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,298 views

    Years ago, there was a very wealthy man who, with his devoted young son, shared a passion for art collecting. Together they traveled around the world, adding only the finest art treasures to their collection. Priceless works by Picasso, Van Gogh, Monet and many others adorned the walls of the ...read more

  • The Best Gift

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,964 views

    THE BEST GIFT Bobby was getting cold sitting out in his back yard in the snow. Bobby didn't wear boots; he didn't like them, and anyway he didn't own any. The thin sneakers he wore had a few holes in them, and they did a poor job of keeping out the cold. Bobby had been in his backyard for about ...read more

  • During The Revolutionary War, A Loyalist Spy ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,184 views

    During the Revolutionary War, a loyalist spy appeared at the headquarters of Hessian commander Colonel Johann Rall, carrying an urgent message. General George Washington and his Continental army had secretly crossed the Delaware River that morning and were advancing on Trenton, New Jersey where the ...read more

  • During The Revolutionary War, A Loyalist Spy ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 2,206 views

    During the Revolutionary War, a loyalist spy appeared at the headquarters of Hessian commander Colonel Johann Rall, carrying an urgent message. General George Washington and his Continental army had secretly crossed the Delaware River that morning and were advancing on Trenton, New Jersey where the ...read more

  • In January 2001 Nairobi Police Raided The Home ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,282 views

    In January 2001 Nairobi police raided the home of a former university lecturer and his wife to find their six children emaciated and starving. The kids were ages 2-11 and could not stand up they were in such a bad state. Their legs were stick thin, their hair was falling out and they were all ...read more

  • Four Christmases

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 7, 2009
     | 1,294 views

    FOUR CHRISTMASES Four Christmases is a movie (I haven’t seen it) about one couple who has to go to 4 Christmas celebrations; One for her mother, one for her father, one for his mother, one for his father because all of them are divorced. Does anyone see a problem with this? However, for many ...read more

  • Ten Reasons Why I Never Wash My Hands!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Mar 25, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,064 views

    "Ten Reasons Why I Never Wash." 1. I was forced to wash my hands as a child. 2. People who wash their hands are hypocrites--they think they’re cleaner than others. 3. There are so many kinds of soap, I could never decide which was right. 4. I used to wash my hands, but it got ...read more

  • I Don't Know About You But I Was Here At 9:30 ...

    Contributed by Jesse Bennett on Dec 6, 2008
     | 1,931 views

    I don’t know about you but I was here at 9:30 this morning and when I came to open the door I didn’t see a line of people waiting outside for me to open the door so they could come into God’s house and worship. A when we gathered to study God’s word there were less than ___ in Sunday School class. ...read more

  • A Sweet Attraction  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 13, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
     | 4,411 views

    A SWEET ATTRACTION In 1994, when Rick and Maureen Barker lost their little 5 year-old Rickey to a long term illness, a rare disorder of his digestive tract, they needed hope. They needed a picture of the eternal perspective we have in Christ. And the hope they needed came in a most unusual ...read more

  • The Power Of Doubling

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Feb 19, 2021
     | 1,127 views

    COME HOME PRODIGAL! COME HOME! COME IN HOPE! COME IN JOY! GOD HAS A BONUS FOR HIS CHILDREN. Zechariah 9:12 Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee; By faith we are prisoners, prisoners that are filled with a hope out ...read more