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  • Years Ago, A Large Statue Of Christ Was Erected ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on May 9, 2008
     | 2,284 views

    Years ago, a large statue of Christ was erected high in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile. Called "Christ of the Andes," the statue symbolizes a pledge between the two countries that as long as the statue stands, there will be peace between Chile and Argentina. Shortly after the ...read more

  • All He Ever Wanted Was More. He Wanted More ...

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on May 8, 2010
     | 1,867 views

    All he ever wanted was more. He wanted more money so he turned inherited wealth into a billion dollars worth of assets. He wanted more fame so he broke into the Hollywood scene and soon became a film producer and star. He wanted more thrills so he designed, built and piloted the fastest airplane in ...read more

  • The Key To Happiness...?

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Feb 7, 2012
     | 2,381 views

    THE KEY TO HAPPINESS...? Want to be happy? A 26-year study of Germans suggests it’s not that hard: • Marry someone who’s not neurotic. • Focus more on friends and family, less on material goods. • Get involved in making the world a better place. • Have a job but also enough time for ...read more

  • Martin Sheen's Faith

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Mar 2, 2012
     | 3,211 views

    MARTIN SHEEN'S FAITH Former Hollywood bad boy Martin Sheen says watching his son, Charlie Sheen, lead a similarly decadent life fills him with remorse. He worries that he learned to be a father too late. He particularly regrets his failure to share his faith. "I never lost my faith," Sheen says. ...read more

  • Watch Your Mind And Mouth

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jan 5, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,705 views

    Titus 3:9 But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain. 10 A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject; 11 Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of ...read more

  • Pastor Brenda Snedden Tells The Story Of Trying ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Nov 13, 2001
    based on 45 ratings
     | 2,131 views

    Pastor Brenda Snedden tells the story of trying to rid a mouse in her bedroom with the contents of a fire extinguisher. White powder goes everywhere in the bedroom but the mouse survives the attack. Her husband finally arrives home and walks into the bedroom with a look of shock on his face. She ...read more

  • Etiquette Nowadays Often Demands Of A Christian ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 4, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,521 views

    “Etiquette nowadays often demands of a Christian that he should not ’intrude’ his religion on company. Out with such etiquette! It is the etiquette of hell! True courtesy to my fellow’s soul makes me speak to him, if I believe that his soul is in danger. How many, my dear friend, were you ever the ...read more

  • Nothing Else  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 14, 2003
    based on 20 ratings
     | 3,545 views

    NOTHING ELSE In his book, I Shall Not Want, Robert Ketchum tells about a Sunday school teacher who asked her group of children if any of them could quote the entire twenty-third psalm. A little four-and-a-half-year-old girl was among those who raised their hands. A bit skeptical, the teacher ...read more

  • A Missionary In Africa Experienced Great ...  PRO

    Contributed by Stephen Wright on Oct 9, 2005
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     | 3,009 views

    A missionary in Africa experienced great difficulty in trying to translate the Gospel of John into the local dialect. He faced the problem of finding a word for believe. He continued to do his best, but he always had to leave a blank space when he came to that particular word. Then one day a runner ...read more

  • Believing Things ‘on Authority' Only Means ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
     | 460 views

    Believing things ‘on authority’ only means believing them because you have been told them by someone you think trustworthy. Ninety-nine percent of the things you believe are believed on authority. I believe there is such a place as New York. I could not prove by abstract reasoning that there is ...read more

  • Bible Reading Improves Quality Of Life: For ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,297 views

    Bible Reading Improves Quality Of Life: For many believers this is an understatement of the obvious. However, for the general American population it’s big news. A recent Tyndale House study of randomly selected adult Americans revealed: 90% of frequent Bible readers say they feel at peace all ...read more

  • Faith Related Internet Use 64% ( 82 Million ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,842 views

    Faith Related Internet Use 64% ( 82 million people) of Internet users use it for faith-related reasons. The most popular spiritually-related online activities measured by the Pew Internet & American Life Project:: 38% of the U.S.’s128 million Internet users have sent/received email with spiritual ...read more

  • Believing Things 'on Authority' Only Means ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,994 views

    Believing things ’on authority’ only means believing them because you have been told them by someone you think trustworthy. Ninety-nine percent of the things you believe are believed on authority. I believe there is such a place as New York. I could not prove by abstract reasoning that there is ...read more

  • D ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
     | 1,703 views

    DISMOUNT The famed preacher of the 19th Century, Charles Spurgeon, used to tell of a road which had been cut in red marble. It was so smoothly polished that, even when it was free of its usual thin coating of snow, it was dangerous in the extreme. Even though steps were hewn and rough marks made ...read more

  • Spiritual Muscle

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 19, 2009
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    SPIRITUAL MUSCLE I was visiting Pink at the nursing home. His legs had been like sticks, because he could have no therapy until his sore healed. Skin hung down, and he had no muscle. But now he is getting rigorous therapy; the skin has tightened, and muscle is now beginning to form. That’s ...read more

  • Gold In Heaven

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Jun 16, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,162 views

    GOLD IN HEAVEN There was a rich man who was distressed on hearing he could take none of his riches to heaven. He pleaded with God to make an exception. Finally, God said, "Okay, whatever you can fit into a garbage bag can be brought in." The man immediately thought of gold. He joyfully went and ...read more

  • Rich As A King

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 9, 2003
     | 3,589 views

    RICH AS A KING History books are filled with wealthy people who were practically destitute compared to me. I have triple-tracked storm windows; Croesus did not. Entire nations trembled before Alexander the Great, but he couldn’t buy cat food in bulk. Czar Nicholas II lacked a compound-miter ...read more

  • There Is An Enlightening Japanese Legend Of A ...

    Contributed by Eric Peloquin on Jun 7, 2005
    based on 1 rating
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    There is an enlightening Japanese legend of a stonecutter named Hasnu. While carving a stone one day he grew miserably weary, and in his weariness began to wish for easier work, and more money. Seeing the king ride by on his horse, he thought he would like to be king. At once his wish was ...read more

  • Why Is It That The Vast Majority Of Christian ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 2,975 views

    "Why is it that the vast majority of Christian believers remain largely unexposed to Christian learning--to historical-critical studies of the Bible, the content and structure of the great doctines, to two thousand years of classic works on the Christian life, to basic disciplines of theology, ...read more

  • A Builder Or A Wrecker

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,395 views

    A Builder Or a Wrecker As I watched them tear a building down A gang of men in a busy town With a ho-heave-ho, and a lusty yell They swung a beam and the side wall fell I asked the foreman, "Are these men skilled, And the men you’d hire if you wanted to build?" He gave a laugh and said, ...read more