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  • This Is The Land Of Sin And Death And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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     | 1,783 views

    This is the land of sin and death and tears...but up ...read more

  • Strauss On The Death Of Jesus

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Feb 19, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,982 views

    STRAUSS ON THE DEATH OF JESUS The German skeptic David Friedrich Strauss, who spent most of his life arguing against the fundamental truths of Christianity, famously discounted this theory in his book, The Life of Jesus for the People. He wrote: "To conceive of a man hanging on a Roman cross in a ...read more

  • Life After Death  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 21, 2011
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     | 3,867 views

    LIFE AFTER DEATH A boss asked one of his employees, "Do you believe in life after death?" "Yes, sir," replied the new employee. "I thought you would," said the boss. "Yesterday after you left to go to your ...read more

  • Delivering Death Notices

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Mar 30, 2011
     | 2,176 views

    DELIVERING DEATH NOTICES When I lived in Albuquerque I was trained by the Albuquerque Police Department to deliver death notifications to people in town. The Police Department used local preachers wearing suits with Police Chaplain badges instead of sending uniformed officers because it was ...read more

  • Come Sweet Death

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 5, 2011
     | 4,593 views

    COME SWEET DEATH The picture is indelibly etched on my memory, I'm sure because at the time the incident seemed so bizarre, so peculiar. The scene was an elementary school talent show; all of us had been groomed and polished and persuaded that we had some talent or another to display before our ...read more

  • Life After Death  PRO

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Mar 8, 2012
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     | 3,571 views

    LIFE AFTER DEATH It's good to remember what stories you have told so that they don't come back to haunt you. A young man's boss asked him, "Boy, do you believe in life after death?" "Yes, sir," the young man answered. The boss said, "Well that's good, because about a ...read more

  • Instructions Are Life Or Death

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2012
     | 4,631 views

    INSTRUCTIONS ARE LIFE OR DEATH Imagine with me if you can. You're rafting down the Ocoee, splashing through a huge rapid when all of a sudden, you find yourself flying over the front of the boat. You're tossing and turning in the waves, and your mind and body are telling you to get stabilized. Our ...read more

  • They Did Not Fear Death  PRO

    Contributed by Bill Sullivan on May 9, 2012
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    THEY DID NOT FEAR DEATH Many of you have read Foxe's Book of Martyrs. It’s certainly not light bedtime reading, but is nevertheless inspiring and relevant as we look at this passage of scripture this morning. It’s important to remember that each of the apostles suffered persecution, and most ...read more

  • Faithful Unto Death

    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on May 29, 2012
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    FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH When Mt. Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, the city was buried for 1700 years. When it was rediscovered, artifacts left a detailed picture of what was happening in the city at the time. For example, archeologists could identify the time by the clothes people were wearing, the produce ...read more

  • Is It Death Or Really Life?

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 11, 2015
     | 5,020 views

    Robin Norwood in her book, “Why Me? Why This? Why Now?” writes, “A very wise old fried of mine who has just celebrated his 100th birthday said to me about a recent news broadcast he recently heard about 73 people losing their lives in a plan crash: “Don’t they know we can’t lose our lives? We can ...read more

  • The Death Of Common Sense

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on May 19, 2016
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     | 5,140 views

    THE DEATH OF COMMON SENSE Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable ...read more

  • The Death Of Billy Graham

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 11, 2018
     | 2,480 views

    It is indisputable that Billy Graham was the biggest name in Christendom for the last half-century. A few numbers that speak to the span of his influence: - 2.2 billion – the number of people who heard him preach (in person and broadcasts). - 185 – the number of countries and territories where ...read more

  • Victory Over Death

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,797 views

    VICTORY OVER DEATH The arch of the gospel rests upon these two great pillars: the death of Christ and the bodily resurrection of Christ. Paul defines the gospel: "For what I received I pass on to you as first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that He was ...read more

  • The Death Of The Pillsbury Doughboy

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Dec 22, 2022
     | 1,270 views

    Veteran Pillsbury spokesman, Pop N. Fresh, the Pillsbury Doughboy, died yesterday of a severe yeast infection. He was 71. Known to friends as Brown-n-Serve, Fresh was an avid gardener and tennis player. Fresh was buried in one of the largest funeral ceremonies in recent years. Dozens of ...read more

  • What Is Death Like

    Contributed by John Hamby on Jun 1, 2026
     | 68 views

    In his book “A Man Called Peter” Peter Marshall tells the story of a little boy he knew who was suffering from a terminal illness. At first, he didn’t understand what was happening to him, but as the months passed, and he had to stay inside while his friends went outside to play, the truth ...read more

  • At The Lake Near My Home There Was An Old Tree ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,114 views

    At the lake near my home there was an old tree that was truly majestic. It was 70 feet tall and set right at the water’s edge. It provided shade to generations of fishermen and was home to countless squirrels and birds over the years. In the fall its colorful leaves were glorious to gaze upon. By ...read more

  • Imagine Being Near A Mountain Lake. Sometimes ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Feb 20, 2002
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     | 1,905 views

    Imagine being near a mountain lake. Sometimes early in the morning when the lake is perfectly calm, the reflection of the mountains is magnificently duplicated and mirrored on the lake’s surface. The interesting thing is that if you were to take on little flat stone and skip it across the surface ...read more

  • A Man Went Fishing On The Susquehanna River, Near ...

    Contributed by Tom Doubt on Jun 30, 2003
     | 2,607 views

    A man went fishing on the Susquehanna River, near Harrisburg, PA. in the spring time. The water was raging, so rather than rowing, he tied his boat to a tree and let the rope out so the boat could get offshore. The line untied from the tree and the boat was swept away, only to be dashed to pieces ...read more

  • It Was A State Campground Near Old Walker Mine ...

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 14, 2003
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    It was a state campground near Old Walker Mine in late September. My father and I pulled in about 11:30 at night and setting up camp what I remember most was the night sky. It was black, not dark but black. The stars were clearer, huge, close and more brilliant than I’d ever seen them or could ...read more

  • Near Cripple Creek, Colorado, Gold And Tellurium ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Dec 27, 2003
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     | 1,629 views

    Near Cripple Creek, Colorado, gold and tellurium occur mixed as tellurite ore. The refining methods of the early mining camps could not separate the two elements, so the ore was thrown into a scrap heap. One day a miner mistook a lump of ore for coal and tossed it into his stove. Later, while ...read more