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  • When Things Get Smelly!

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Aug 22, 2021
     | 1,132 views

    When I was around eight, we were visiting some cousins out on the farm and as all kids back then we played tag. I went zipping around the barn and stepped in a slick patty. I fell, slid and rolled through a copious amount of bovine excrement. When I was able to stand up I went to the porch and ...read more

  • Don't Mention It  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Leiter on Feb 18, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,484 views

    DON'T MENTION IT Francis MacNutt quotes theologian Walter Wink in his book “Deliverance from Evil Spirits" and writes: "...if you want to bring all talk to a halt in shocked embarrassment, every eye riveted on you, try mentioning angels, or demons or the devil. You will quickly be appraised for ...read more

  • C. S. Lewis Said That

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Mar 29, 2009
     | 1,057 views

    C. S. Lewis said that “the devil laughs when he sees us overcome by pride: “He is perfectly content to see you becoming chaste and brave and self-controlled provided, all the time, he is setting up in you the Dictatorship of Pride… For Pride is spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of ...read more

  • I Have Heard The Statement Of Couples Being 'soul ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Jul 10, 2009
     | 1,024 views

    I have heard the statement of couples being ’soul mates’, but I believe when two believers filled with the same Holy Spirit are married, it is God who has joined them together and no one, including the devil should be able to break that tie. In this outline we share a simple message around the ...read more

  • Grey Hairs

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
     | 1,515 views

    GREY HAIRS A little girl sat on the bed pestering her mum with questions while mum was in a hurry to get changed and go out. Watching her mother looking in the mirror and plucking out the grey hairs on her head she asked, "Mummy, why do you have some grey hairs?" Her mother replied, "Because ...read more

  • Changing Audiences

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 31, 2010
     | 2,171 views

    CHANGING AUDIENCES We have let the world define greatness for us. Our society has built itself on the philosophy of the devil instead of on the wisdom of God. As long as we believe Satan’s big lie that our lives are insignificant unless we are on top, we will live in constant state of ...read more

  • The Holy War By John ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 27, 2012
     | 4,489 views

    THE HOLY WAR BY JOHN BUNYAN John Bunyan wrote another classic besides Pilgrim’s Progress. It was a book called The Holy War. The focus of the story was the capture of a city called Mansoul. In it Diabolus (the devil) has taken it and the battle rages as the Prince Emmanuel works to recapture it. ...read more

  • We Died Before We Came Here

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Nov 6, 2022
     | 958 views

    When James Calvert went as a missionary to the cannibals of the Fiji Islands, the captain of the ship sought to turn him back, crying out “You will lose your life and the lives of those with you if you go among such savages” Calvert only replied, “We died before we came here.” In ...read more

  • J B Priestley Wrote A Powerful Play, 'they Came ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jun 22, 2001
    based on 104 ratings
     | 2,054 views

    J B Priestley wrote a powerful play, ’They Came to a City’ in which he portrayed the disillusionment of those who entered it. The city’s splendid buildings dedicated to commerce and the arts celebrate human genius and human glory. They look fine on the glossy pages of books that tourists take ...read more

  • Supernatural Realities Ignored By Current ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,367 views

    Supernatural Realities Ignored by Current Culture Francis MacNutt quotes theologian Walter Wink in his book “Deliverance from Evil Spirits" and writes: "...if you want to bring all talk to a halt in shocked embarrassment, every eye riveted on you, try mentioning angels, or demons or the devil. You ...read more

  • God's Wood And God's Iron

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 13, 2010
     | 3,641 views

    GOD'S WOOD AND GOD'S IRON Famed evangelist, Billy Kelly, received a donation of some Jack Daniel's aging barrels. He used them to make lemonade at his Greer Baptist Camp Meeting. He quipped that he didn't know if where from the Spirit or the spirits, but that they sure had enjoyed wonderful ...read more

  • Fail In Order To Succeed

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jul 15, 2017
     | 4,448 views

    An old axiom says that failure is the stepping stone to success. Are we afraid of failure? The road to success is paved with failures. Before the farmer in the Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13) had a successful crop he failed in three areas. We fail in these same areas. We allow the devil to snatch ...read more

  • Snake Eggs

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 15, 2019
     | 2,021 views

    SNAKE EGGS There are some things that strike terror in the hearts of most of us. For most of us a poisonous snake causes our bodies to shake with fear. Can you imagine being trapped in a small room with 1000 deadly vipers? That is not a very pleasant thought, but we as humans let Satan sow snake ...read more

  • Martin Luther Had A Dream In Which He Stood On ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on May 1, 2008
     | 3,255 views

    Martin Luther had a dream in which he stood on the day of judgment before God Himself, and Satan was there to accuse him. When Satan opened his books full of accusations, he pointed to transgression after transgression of which Luther was guilty. As the proceedings went on, Luther's heart sunk in ...read more

  • If I Profess With The Loudest Voice And ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 23, 2008
     | 1,330 views

    “If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the word of God except precisely that little point which the world and the Devil are at that point attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing Christ. Where the battle rages, there the ...read more

  • The Wrong Guy  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2002
    based on 19 ratings
     | 2,416 views

    THE WRONG GUY Determined to avenge the assault of their young fourteen year old girlfriend, ten young people raced away from the hospital with a description of her assailant: an Hispanic man driving a red vehicle. Then by deception, the group of vigilantes lured young Leonel Cifuenies, a ...read more

  • Philosophical Arguments Can Be Very Confusing And ...

    Contributed by Nigel Heath on Aug 12, 2009
     | 1,971 views

    Philosophical arguments can be very confusing and also very convincing. ILLUSTR RC Sproul quotes some research that reveals: ‘Over 90% of students entering college in USA are convinced of, and committed to the relativity of truth’ = That there is no objective reality. What is actually being ...read more

  • He Keeps Knocking On The Door

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Oct 28, 2011
     | 4,420 views

    HE KEEPS KNOCKING ON THE DOOR Despite their self-sufficiency, and despite their self-deception and despite their lukewarmness, Jesus is patiently knocking on the door of the Laodicean church anyway--knocking on a door of people who made Him sick! Isn’t that amazing? I remember a lady in our ...read more

  • The First Sermon I Ever Preached Was In ...

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Nov 12, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,063 views

    The first sermon I ever preached was in Yerington, Nevada in 1988. It stands as the worse sermon in recorded history. There was about 20 people present in that little desert church to hear me. I said everything I intended say in about 5 minutes. Then, I said it again and looked back down at my ...read more

  • On April 1, 2007, Knievel Announced To A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Dec 11, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,451 views

    On April 1, 2007, Knievel announced to a worldwide audience that he ’believed in Jesus Christ’ for the first time. He professed his personal faith in Christ to more than 4,000 people who gathered inside the Crystal Cathedral for Palm Sunday services in Orange County, California, and to millions via ...read more

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