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  • The Best Way For Anyone To Know How Much He Ought ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,142 views

    The best way for anyone to know how much he ought to aspire after holiness is to consider not how much will make his present life easy, but to ask himself how much he thinks will make him easy at the hour of death.” - William Law “Didst thou oftener think of thy death than of thy living long, ...read more

  • Forgiving One Another — The Monkey Trap

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Feb 10, 2008
     | 4,748 views

    Forgiving One Another -- the Monkey Trap >>I used this as a children’s sermon to open the worship services<< I’m going teach to you something this morning. I’m going to show you how to catch a monkey! Do any of you have wild monkeys running around your neighborhood? Well, in case there ever is ...read more

  • How Much Land?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,706 views

    HOW MUCH LAND? In his 1886 short story "How Much Land Does a Man Need?" Leo Tolstoy shows how a continual desire for more can ultimately cause us to lose everything. The main character of the story is a peasant named Pahóm, who at the beginning can be heard complaining that he does not own ...read more

  • Do You Remember Bubba Smith? He Retired ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Nov 13, 2001
    based on 112 ratings
     | 3,803 views

    ILL. Do you remember Bubba Smith? He retired from professional football a few years ago. Then, after he retired from playing football, Bubba Smith started making beer commercials. He was the guy who tore the top off of beer cans, & engaged in the argument about whether it is less filling or ...read more

  • There's A Story About A Wealthy Christian Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Apr 13, 2002
    based on 265 ratings
     | 2,351 views

    There’s a story about a wealthy Christian who somehow got obsessed with the idea of taking some of his wealth to heaven. Now he knew the Bible clearly teaches that you can’t take it with you. But so obsessed was he with this desire that he just prayed & prayed & prayed that God would give him ...read more

  • Someone Tells The Story Of A Boy Who Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Jun 24, 2003
    based on 19 ratings
     | 3,036 views

    Someone tells the story of a boy who was rebelling against his dad constantly. This boy was destroying his own life by his rebellion, but he refuse to heed his father’s words. One day, the dad said to the boy, "I want to show you what you’re doing to your life. I’m going to put a wooden post ...read more

  • And Starting Today, You Are Beginning To Turn ...  PRO

    Contributed by Peter Schmidt on Nov 13, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,769 views

    And starting today, you are beginning to turn into adults. While your parents still are going to make a lot of choices for you, you are just beginning that Phase where you begin to make some life-changing decisions. You will learn that mom and dad won’t always be there to tell you what to do. I’m ...read more

  • An Invitation (And A Rejection Form)  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2004
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,315 views

    AN INVITATION (AND A REJECTION FORM) Dearest (your name), You are cordially invited to come and enjoy the delicious banquet of my salvation. Serving will begin at My House and will continue for eternity. I’d love for you to come and get to know Me personally–and join my Family. This feast is ...read more

  • A Man Went To A Barbershop To Have His Hair Cut ...  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on May 27, 2006
    based on 13 ratings
     | 3,300 views

    A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation. They talked about so many things and various subjects. When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said: "I don’t believe that God ...read more

  • 3 Men Were Walking On A Beach One Afternoon ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,920 views

    : 3 men were walking on a beach one afternoon when they came across an old lamp. The first man picked it up and began to rub it and out popped a genie. The genie said I am here to give each of you one wish each. The first man did not hesitate he said I want a million dollars – POOF, instantly a ...read more

  • Could You Imagine? Tuna And Crackers Every Day?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Aug 31, 2007
     | 1,256 views

    COULD YOU IMAGINE? TUNA AND CRACKERS EVERY DAY? A. There was a hard working young man. He was very poor. He worked long and hard and saved his money. He met a beautiful young woman and fell in love. He later asked for her hand in marriage, and a few years later after saving and working all the ...read more

  • Moses Did Not Describe A Parity Covenant

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 9, 2008
     | 1,495 views

    Moses Did Not Describe A Parity Covenant. Par – an equality; on the same level. “Because of his extensive self-study and experience, his knowledge is on a par with those who earned degrees.” When you pay par value for a bond, you pay the face amount, neither discounted nor appreciated. Parity – ...read more

  • Love God, Love ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 17,084 views

    LOVE GOD, LOVE PEOPLE James Moore tells about a man named George. George was a peacemaker with a big heart and wonderful sense of humor. Everyone loved George at church, and he was respected at the hospital where he worked. The reason why so many people loved George was because he was always kind ...read more

  • 8 Reasons You Should Not Expect An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
     | 1,277 views

    8 REASONS YOU SHOULD NOT EXPECT AN INHERITANCE I read an article in the New York Times recently that should sober anyone who is planning on receiving an inheritance. It was titled, “8 Reasons You Should Not Expect an Inheritance.” 1. People live longer and people who live longer spend more of ...read more

  • When I Was In High School I Was A Very Lazy ...

    Contributed by Tyler Edwards on Apr 16, 2009
     | 2,987 views

    When I was in high school I was a very lazy person. I was a walking, talking illustration of what sloth looks like. Classes didnt challenge me. I found I could get good grades whether I paid attention or not, so I chose the latter. I spent a greater portion of most of my classes drooling on the ...read more

  • To Be A Peace-Maker

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Aug 28, 2012
     | 4,565 views

    TO BE A PEACE-MAKER In the 1920s there was a serious conflicts between England and Ireland. Ireland wanted to be an independent nation. They did not mind being part of the United Kingdom, they wanted to govern themselves. That organization that was there as a resistance against the British ...read more

  • Basic Training

    Contributed by John Telgren on Feb 11, 2017
     | 5,916 views

    I hated shining shoes in Basic Training. There were other things I would rather be doing instead of sitting on the floor with a brush and mounds of cotton balls stained with black Kiwi shoe polish! If our boots and dress shoes were not perfect we paid for it dearly! During one of our trips to the ...read more

  • The Power Of Doubling

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Feb 19, 2021
     | 940 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

  • Pardoned Fugitive

    Contributed by Roger Byrd on Jul 17, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,070 views

    He was an unlikely criminal. In the difficult days after World War I, many veterans like Robert Elliot Burns had taken to “riding the rails” in search of work. A native of New Jersey, Burns had found the times very trying so when a friend told him of a job, he immediately agreed. The problem was ...read more

  • Patience Makes It Happen

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 12, 2023
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     | 795 views

    "The history books are full of stories of gifted persons whose talents were overlooked by a procession of people until someone believed in them. To name a few ... "Einstein was four years old before he could speak and seven before he could read". Einstein became one of the greatest ...read more

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