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  • Answered Prayer—with Cattle  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 4, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,067 views

    “Answered Prayer—With Cattle” Shortly after Dallas Theological Seminary was founded in 1924, it almost came to the point of bankruptcy. All the creditors were going to foreclose at noon on a particular day. That morning they met in the president’s office for prayer that God would provide. In ...read more

  • The Mush God  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2002
    based on 21 ratings
     | 4,070 views

    THE MUSH GOD The Mush God has been known to appear to millionaires on golf courses. He appears to politicians at ribbon-cutting ceremonies and to clergymen speaking the invocation on national TV at either Democratic or Republican conventions. The Mush God has no theology to speak of, being a ...read more

  • As Long As We Are In This World, The Physical ...  PRO

    Contributed by Chad Wright on May 11, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,263 views

    As long as we are in this world, the physical heart will need help. Science has found one avenue to attempt to help the heart. It has been making great strides on creating and implementing an artificial heart. The world’s first recipient, Robert Tools, lived for 151 days after his artificial heart ...read more

  • In 1858 A Sunday School Teacher, Mr. Kimball, Led ...  PRO

    Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 21, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 4,259 views

    In 1858 a Sunday School teacher, Mr. Kimball, led a Boston shoe clerk to give his life to Jesus Christ. The clerk was Dwight L. Moody who became an evangelist. In 1879 while preaching in England the heart of a pastor named F.B. Meyer was set on fire, who later came to an American college campus to ...read more

  • It Beats Hell!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 6, 2002
    based on 10 ratings
     | 6,648 views

    IT BEATS HELL! It is said that Abe Mulky, who became the Texas Evangelist, went to an old-fashioned revival and was under deep conviction. He went home and said to his wife, "Mandy, what shall I do? I am lost. I am miserable. But you know we have gained our possessions crookedly and if I get ...read more

  • In 1912, 39 Year Old, Rev. John Harper A Scottish ...  PRO

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Apr 7, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 6,068 views

    In 1912, 39 year old, Rev. John Harper a Scottish preacher was making a transatlantic trip to preach at the Moody Church in Chicago. As fate would have it the vessel he choice was the Titanic. We all know the story about the disaster but do you know the story of John Harper? Harper like many ...read more

  • We Use Lures When We Go Fishing. A Lure Is ...

    Contributed by Peter Schmidt on Nov 20, 2003
     | 2,849 views

    We use lures when we go fishing. A lure is something that is supposed to look good to the fish you are trying to catch. When I was growing up, I had a lure that looked like an injured fish. The fish was bent a little, right at the bend there was a reddish spot that was supposed to look like a ...read more

  • A Certain Man Was Troubled With Dizzy Spells. He ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Gabriel on Mar 18, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 4,630 views

    A certain man was troubled with dizzy spells. He went from one doctor to another and none could tell him what the problem was. He tried everything, it seemed. Finally, it was bothering him so much he started to lose weight, and he couldn’t sleep at night. He became a nervous wreck and his health ...read more

  • Ruth Tucker Tells The Story Of Kari Torjesen ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brad Bailey on Aug 2, 2004
    based on 14 ratings
     | 2,109 views

    Ruth Tucker tells the story of Kari Torjesen Malcolm, who served for 15 years as a missionary to the Philippines. Kari was an MK (missionary kid) who grew up in China: "As a teenager, she was confined for a time during World War II in an internment camp, and there she discovered a deep truth that ...read more

  • Last Year About This Time Our Tennessee Titans ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Nov 1, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,690 views

    Last year about this time our Tennessee Titans were involved in a heart wrenching defeat in the Super Bowl. All season they had fought back from deficits to win and it appeared as though they were going to pull off another comeback victory over the Rams. Unfortunately they came up about a yard and ...read more

  • Let Me Read To Something Written By Oscar Wilde. ...

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Apr 10, 2006
     | 2,211 views

    Let me read to something written by Oscar Wilde. Oscar Wilde was a playwrite in the 19th century who was one of the leaders of the Decadence Movement of his era. In modern use, decadence is often defined as a decline in or loss of excellence, obstructing the pursuit of ideals. It is typified by ...read more

  • Many People Find Doing God's Will Hard. Rosa ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Feb 18, 2007
     | 1,424 views

    Many people find doing God’s will hard. Rosa Parks found it hard when she was arrested on December 1, 1955 for refusing to give her bus seat to a white man. It is difficult to imagine such an arrest taking place today, just a little over 50 years later. But that is because her simple act of ...read more

  • Here Is A Persistent Legend In Connection With ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 8, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,498 views

    here is a persistent legend in connection with the building of Solomon’s temple that perfectly illustrates this prophecy. The stones for the temple were prepared in advance in a nearby quarry. As they were needed, they were raised up to the building site. One day the workers in the quarry sent up a ...read more

  • On Profanity And Ungodly Language

    Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Apr 17, 2010
     | 2,744 views

    ON PROFANITY AND UNGODLY LANGUAGE Profanity and crude language are becoming more common on prime-time television programs. Many writers and producers seem to be intent on pushing the limits of how much immoral and offensive speech the public will allow. Profane and vulgar language is noise ...read more

  • Overcoming Evil With Good  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,840 views

    OVERCOMING EVIL WITH GOOD Watchman Nee, the Chinese evangelist, tells this true story. A poor, Christian Chinese farmer had rice fields high in the mountain. Every day he spent hours pumping water into the rice paddies; but when he returned to the fields the next morning, he would find that his ...read more

  • Washington And Madison On God's Law  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,263 views

    WASHINGTON AND MADISON ON GOD'S LAW James Madison, the primary author of the Constitution of the United States, said this: ’"We have staked the whole future of our new nation NOT upon the power of government; far from it. We have staked the future of all our political constitutions upon the ...read more

  • We Need More Wilberforces

    Contributed by Merv Budd on May 2, 2011
     | 1,974 views

    WE NEED MORE WILBERFORCES In the middle of the eighteenth century, Christians became increasingly concerned about the slave trade. They amassed information on the inhumane treatment of the slaves and believed that eventually they could generate sufficient public support to overcome the slave trade ...read more

  • Boss: Mark Dever On The Four Aspects Of ...

    Contributed by Tim White on May 7, 2011
     | 3,209 views

    BOSS: MARK DEVER ON THE FOUR ASPECTS OF LEADERSHIP B=Boss. The leader "reproves, rebukes, and exhorts with all longsuffering and doctrine." There is a delicate balance in local churches between pastoral authority (Hebrews 13) and congregational authority (Matthew 18). The pastors must exercise ...read more

  • Why Should I Let You Into Heaven?

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Aug 5, 2011
     | 1,732 views

    WHY SHOULD I LET YOU INTO HEAVEN? If you were to die today and God were to ask you, 'Why should I let you into my heaven?' what would you say?" Over the years I would have to say that 85% of the answers I get are "I have tried to be a good person, I have tried to be a good parent, I have tried to ...read more

  • Persistent Sowers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,923 views

    PERSISTENT SOWERS During a particular drought several years ago, much of the seed that had been planted did not come up. The seed that did produced runty plants that promised a scanty yield, if any at all. Grass burned up in the intense heat, and the cattle nearly starved. Many farmers were forced ...read more