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  • A Student Once Purchased A New Mechanical Pencil. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ron Crow on Mar 7, 2003
    based on 46 ratings
     | 1,632 views

    A student once purchased a new mechanical pencil. After some time he found himself in the middle of an important test, and his pencil ran out of lead! There was a great deal of frustration and anguish as he wasted precious minutes going around to other students trying to borrow another pencil. ...read more

  • Recently We Asked A Lady How It Was That She ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Sep 15, 2004
     | 925 views

    Recently we asked a lady how it was that she became a Christian. She’s actively involved in church and loves the Lord, but we knew that her parents weren’t church-goers. She said that one Sunday when she was 10 years old, she walked to a church down the block from her house and just went in. An ...read more

  • 24 Year Old Danny Simpson Was Sentenced To 6 ...  PRO

    Contributed by W F on Sep 16, 2004
    based on 14 ratings
     | 708 views

    24 year old Danny Simpson was sentenced to 6 years in jail for robbing a bank. Danny got 6 years in the clink for stealing $6,000. But the gun he used in the robbery ended up in a museum. The .45 caliber Colt semi-automatic turned out to be an antique made in 1918 by the Ross Rifle Company. His ...read more

  • Everybody Longs For Freedom. But For Many ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 29, 2004
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,969 views

    Everybody longs for freedom. But for many people its pursuit leads to bondage. The greatly loved Bible teacher Henrietta Mears knew the secret of true freedom, and she wanted her students to know it too. With young people in mind, she said, "A bird is free in the air. Place a bird in the water ...read more

  • Years Ago A Young Man Began A Small Cheese ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Santos on Jan 24, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,103 views

    Years ago a young man began a small cheese business in Chicago. He failed. He was deeply in debt. “You didn’t take God into your business. You have not worked with Him,” said a Christian friend to him. Then the young man thought, “If God wants to run the cheese business, He can do it, and I’ll work ...read more

  • How Mosaics Evangelize: Researcher George Barna ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,689 views

    How Mosaics Evangelize: Researcher George Barna says recent Barna Group research finds that Mosaics (adolescents through 20’s) are much more likely to share their faith through ongoing discussions with friends and through e-mail and instant message conversations than older adults. He advises ...read more

  • U.s. Individuals Out Give G8: The G8 Has Proposed ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,847 views

    U.S. Individuals Out Give G8: The G8 has proposed to cut debt among some African nations by giving up to $40 billion. That is a lot of money, but far less than the $249 billion given to charity by individuals, and corporations in ’04. Of this, $88 billion went to religious organizations. The Barna ...read more

  • Religious Beliefs: In '03 A New Harris Poll ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,057 views

    Religious Beliefs: In ’03 A new Harris Poll reveals that, while the majority of Americans say they believe the basic concepts of the Bible, there’s also a growing acceptance of other religious beliefs—even among those who call themselves "Christian." · 89% believe in miracles. · 68% believe in the ...read more

  • Passages Which Record Cases Of Actual Apostasy, 1 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 3,219 views

    Passages which record cases of actual apostasy, 1 Timothy 1:19,20; 2 Timothy 2:17, 18; 4:10; 2 Peter 2:1,2. But there is no proof that the persons mentioned were true believers. The Bible itself teaches that there are persons who profess the faith and yet are not of the faith, Romans 9:6; 1 John ...read more

  • The Famous Agnostic Thomas Huxley Was Once ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 2,649 views

    The famous agnostic Thomas Huxley was once lovingly confronted by a very sincere Christian. This believer stressed to Huxley that he was not in any way impugning Huxley’s sincerity. Nevertheless, might it not be possible that mentally the great scientist was color blind? That is, some people cannot ...read more

  • Social Justice, Contrary To Conventional Wisdom, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 1,732 views

    Social Justice, contrary to conventional wisdom, is more actively supported by evangelicals than mainline Protestants finds Calvin College research fellow Stephen Monsma. Of 500 welfare-to-work programs studied, 96 were Protestant programs, 61 sponsored by evangelical churches vs. 35 by mainlines. ...read more

  • Neglect Of Community

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jun 15, 2009
     | 4,409 views

    NEGLECT OF COMMUNITY "If God designed the Church to function like a body with every member ministering in the power of the Holy Spirit to other members, in regular interpersonal relationship, then would it be surprising to find that the neglect of this regular interpersonal, spiritual ministry ...read more

  • No Money- No Learning – But ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2009
     | 2,532 views

    “No Money- No Learning – But Joy” A prayer meeting was being held at a mission chapel. A poor worker came and kneeled at the altar. He could not understand even the simple Gospel message. While others were rejoicing, he kept on saying, “Jesus! Jesus! Jesus” which was all the prayer he knew. Soon ...read more

  • Change

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 7, 2010
     | 7,806 views

    Bound by Tradition Warren Wiersbe tells us, “Over the years I have seen churches . . . flounder and almost destroy themselves in futile attempts to embalm the past and escape the future. Their theme song was, ‘As it was in the beginning, so shall it ever be, world without end, Amen.’ Often I’ve ...read more

  • Miracles: The Two Boxes

    Contributed by Michael Walther on Jun 7, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,117 views

    MIRACLES: THE TWO BOXES Ron Nash spoke to a group of Russian scientists who had been taught all their lives that there is no such thing as miracles. He put two cardboard boxes in front of them. The first box was closed. Ron said, "This is the way you see the world. The box represents the material ...read more

  • What's That?

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 12, 2011
     | 1,609 views

    WHAT'S THAT? What a tragedy if Clark Kent never knew that he was Superman? Can we imagine Clark Kent on his deathbed, looking down and muttering, "What’s that big 'S' on my T-shirt? Superman? What’s that?" How sad! All his life he could have been catching speeding bullets and leaping tall ...read more

  • Keeping Jesus In A Cradle

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Dec 25, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,433 views

    KEEPING JESUS IN A CRADLE The World prefers to keep Jesus in a cradle where He is innocent and powerless. the dare not allow Him to be Lord and God much less our suffering servant. When the Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci went to China in the 16th century, he brought samples of religious art to ...read more

  • Faith Must Be Positive

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 14, 2012
     | 1,882 views

    FAITH MUST BE POSITIVE "Honesty does not come from out of nowhere. It is a product of your moral convictions. But what do you do when your convictions are challenged? It is faith that gives you the strength to go on believing. Though I am a Christian, I respect the religions of others, and I think ...read more

  • Jesus Was Never Interested In Having Fans. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kevin Karhoff on Feb 11, 2013
    based on 12 ratings
     | 4,165 views

    "Jesus was never interested in having fans. When he defines what kind of relationship he wants, "Enthusiastic Admirer" isn’t an option. My concern is that many of our churches in America have gone from being sanctuaries to becoming stadiums. And every week all the fans come to the stadium where ...read more

  • Tweeners!

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Aug 12, 2019
     | 3,008 views

    "Too many Christians are “’tweeners”: they live between Egypt and Canaan, saved but never satisfied; they live between Good Friday and Easter, believing in the Cross but not entering into the power and glory of the Resurrection. It is clear, then, that the believer cannot deliberately be ...read more