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  • Praying The 23rd Psalm  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 15, 2003
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     | 4,154 views

    PRAYING THE 23rd PSALM Because Thou art my Shepherd, I commit my needs to Thee. Provide green pastures for me to lie in, Lead me beside still waters. Restore my soul when I’m empty, Lead me in right paths for Your name’s sake. Be with me in danger when I walk, Through the valley of the shadow of ...read more

  • The Gods Had Given Me Almost Everything. But I ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 14, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,496 views

    The gods had given me almost everything. But I let myself be lured into long spells of senseless and sensual ease...Tired of being on the heights, I deliberately went to the depths in search for new sensation. What the paradox was to me in the sphere of thought, perversity became to me in the ...read more

  • Some Nine Year Old Children Were Asked What They ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lynn Floyd on Jan 19, 2004
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,584 views

    Some nine year old children were asked what they thought of death and dying. Jim said, “When you die, they bury you in the ground and your souls goes to heaven, but your body can’t go to heaven because it’s too crowded up there already.” Judy said, “Only the good people go to heaven. The other ...read more

  • Anyone Who Knows The History Of The Adventist ...  PRO

    Contributed by Adam Deibert on May 7, 2004
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,820 views

    Anyone who knows the history of the Adventist church knows that our founders started out believing they knew when Jesus would return. As they studied the prophecies of the Word of God, they became convinced that His return was imminent. When it didn’t happen as expected – that day we mark as the ...read more

  • They Were Sitting On The Back Porch Of The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 6, 2004
    based on 12 ratings
     | 1,676 views

    They were sitting on the back porch of the parsonage and the man said, "Pastor, I’ve got something to tell you. I’ve never told this to a soul, it’s extremely difficult to tell you this now, but my wife and I have had a fight almost every day for the past 30 years of our marriage." The pastor was ...read more

  • The Church  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Dec 13, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
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    The church is not: * An ark for the saving of a select few. * A ferryboat to take effortless passengers to the shores of heaven. * A life insurance company, with no obligation on policy holders except the payment of a small annual premium. * A social set, welcoming certain people and ...read more

  • My Friends We Are Living In A Generation That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,869 views

    My friends we are living in a generation that has forgotten what this country was founded upon and the price it has cost throughout history to keep this country free. We have forgotten that 231 years ago the landscape of the world was changed, both politically and physically. Of those day’s ...read more

  • The Web-Slinging Superhero Has Gone And Done It ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jul 1, 2007
     | 1,170 views

    The web-slinging superhero has gone and done it again! Spiderman 3 opened on May 6, 2007 and on opening night grossed in excess of a staggering M$151 US – and climbing! This movie was different from Spider 1 and 2 in that Peter Parker, a.k.a. Spiderman, was forced to deal with what the overview ...read more

  • While Taking A Prisoner From A Guelph, Ontario, ...

    Contributed by Norman Lawrence on Jul 3, 2007
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    While taking a prisoner from a Guelph, Ontario, correctional center to be arraigned on charges of attempted armed robbery, police constable John Bolton noticed a cross around the neck of the convict. Knowing the man was not religious, he took a closer look. The prisoner attempted to conceal ...read more

  • The Tongue

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Sep 17, 2007
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    “The Tongue” A biblical writer said, “The tongue can no man tame.” A Greek philosopher asked his servant to provide the best dish possible. The servant prepared a dish of tongue, saying: “It is the best of all dishes, because with it we may bless and communicate happiness, dispel sorrow, remove ...read more

  • Everyone Is A Unique Creation Of An Almighty ...

    Contributed by James Chandler on Feb 17, 2008
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    Everyone is a unique creation of an almighty God. Everyone: the church is for everyone. Believer and unbeliever Rich and poor Red, yellow, black and white Old and young Extroverted and introverted Unique: We are all different. Different personalities Different Strengths ...read more

  • I Want You To Know That God Is Alive And Well In ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Feb 27, 2008
     | 1,926 views

    I want you to know that God is alive and well in the world today. Let me say that again. God is alive and well in the world today. Every day, “Over 30,000 Chinese accept Christ.” More people accept Christ in China every 3 days, than the entire population of Deltona. “In spite of the brutal ...read more

  • W.d. Metzger

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Apr 20, 2008
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    W.D. METZGER He was the town drunk in Fairfield, Texas. He was married to Janie, who was a School teacher, and he was an embarrassment to her and many others. People would have to walk around him as he lay passed out in the streets. In a revival in Freestone County in 1939, in the same ...read more

  • Frogs In A Cream Bowl

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Apr 29, 2008
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    FROGS IN A CREAM BOWL Two frogs fell into a deep cream bowl. One was an optimistic soul. But the other took the gloomy view. "We’ll drown," he lamented without much ado, and with a last despairing cry, he flung up his legs and said "Goodbye." Quote the other frog with a steadfast grin, "I can’t ...read more

  • I Remember A Year Ago When A Doctor Told Me, ...

    Contributed by Brien Sims on Jun 18, 2008
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    "I remember a year ago when a doctor told me, 'You have an illness from which you won't recover.' I walked out to where I live, five miles from Portland, Oregon, and I looked across at that mountain that I love. I looked at the river in which I rejoice, and I looked at the stately trees that are ...read more

  • On January 1, 1863, Abraham Lincoln's ...

    Contributed by Tim White on Apr 25, 2009
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    On January 1, 1863, Abraham Lincoln’s Proclamation of Emancipation was made official and came into law. It proclaimed all slaves in the United States free men. However, not all slaves were living free on January 2nd. In the North and Midwest, Irish slaves were set free soon after this date. ...read more

  • Paul Says:

    Contributed by John Akosile on Jun 1, 2009
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    Paul says: "Our sufficiency is of God, who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life." The true ministry is God-touched, God-enabled, and God-made. The Spirit of God is on the preacher in anointing ...read more

  • The Bible Found Me  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,812 views

    THE BIBLE FOUND ME Campell Morgan had already enjoyed some success as a preacher by the time he was 19 years old. But then he was attacked by doubts about the Bible. The writings of various scientists disturbed him. As he read their books and listened to their debates he became more and more ...read more

  • Warning Against Gossip, Suspicion And Mistrust

    Contributed by Rickey Bennett on Aug 18, 2009
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    WARNING AGAINST GOSSIP, SUSPICION AND MISTRUST Charles Spurgeon, in his lecture titled "The Blind Eye and the Deaf Ear" warns of the effect that suspicion has on a person and on the church. "Avoid with your whole soul that spirit of suspicion which sours some men’s lives, and to all things from ...read more

  • Spurgeon On Truth

    Contributed by C Vincent on Sep 22, 2009
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    SPURGEON ON TRUTH Spurgeon quote: "We are one in Christ; let us be friends with one another; but let us never be friends with one another’s error. If I be wrong, rebuke me sternly; I can bear it, and bear it cheerfully and if ye be wrong, expect the like measure from me, and neither peace nor ...read more