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  • I Loved You Enough  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Landry on May 11, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,747 views

    I Loved You Enough “You don’t love me!” How many times have your kids laid that one on you? Someday when my children are old enough to understand the logic motivation a mother, I’ll tell them: · I loved you enough to bug you about where you were going and what time you would get home. · I loved ...read more

  • David Ireland Wrote A Book Titled Letters To An ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 16, 2002
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,305 views

    David Ireland wrote a book titled Letters to an Unborn Child. Ireland was dying from a crippling neurological disease when he discovered that his wife was pregnant. Knowing that he would never see his own child, he took up his pen to write all that he would never have a chance to say. In those ...read more

  • Joe Bailey In His Book "A View From A Hearse" ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jun 18, 2002
    based on 35 ratings
     | 9,431 views

    Joe Bailey in his book "A View From a Hearse" tells of the day his boy died of cancer. He had returned to the clinic to thank them for their kindness and care of his son. As he spoke to the receptionist, she motioned toward a woman whose son was playing quietly with toys in the waiting area. "He ...read more

  • I Began To Understand God's Omnipotent Power," ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 5,256 views

    "I began to understand God’s omnipotent power," Struecker said. "He was orchestrating every single bullet that was fired that night. ... The peace that I had was not only for my own life, but for the lives of my soldiers. If any of them were to get shot, then that was part of God’s sovereign plan." ...read more

  • 12 Rules For Raising Delinquent Children

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jul 8, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 565 views

    TWELVE RULES FOR RAISING DELINQUENT CHILDREN (HOUSTON, TEXAS POLICE DEPT., 1960) 1. Begin with infancy to give the child everything he wants. In this way he will grow up to believe the world owes him a living. 2. When he picks up bad words, laugh at him. This will make him think he's cute. ...read more

  • So Often, It Seems Like People And Even Churches ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 21, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,724 views

    So often, it seems like people and even churches want grace without responsibility. With forgiveness comes a responsibility to be forgiving. Our response comes through the ability to confess our love to Jesus and confess our shortcomings, our flaws, and our sins. It is the response to grace that ...read more

  • Legacy: The Amazing Randi

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Apr 26, 2009
     | 3,990 views

    LEGACY: THE AMAZING RANDI How many of you have heard of "The Amazing Randi?" He was a stage magician, "mentalist," and escape artist (in the tradition of Houdini). He once escaped from a block of ice and once escaped from a straitjacket while hanging upside-down over Niagara Falls. He once broke a ...read more

  • God's Will And The Tablecloth

    Contributed by John Perry on Apr 8, 2010
     | 2,784 views

    GOD'S WILL AND THE TABLECLOTH It happened in 1948, just a few days before Christmas. A flash flood ravaged a small town, leaving a gaping hole in the wall of an old church building--right behind the pulpit. The young pastor knew there was no time to fix the damage and decided to make the best of ...read more

  • I Love You ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 10, 2010
     | 904 views

    I Love You Enough “You don’t love me!” How many times have your kids laid that one on you? Someday when my children are old enough to understand the logic motivation [of] a mother, I’ll tell them: ü I loved you enough to bug you about where you were going and what time you would get home. ü I ...read more

  • King Tut Vs. William Borden

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 31, 2012
     | 2,877 views

    KING TUT VS. WILLIAM BORDEN In 1922 Howard Carter discovered the burial chamber of King Tutankhamen. King Tut had died at around age 19 and his tomb had been untouched for over 3000 years. Buried with him were solid gold chariots and thousands of golden artifacts. His gold coffin was found within ...read more

  • Pastoral Search Committee Of The First Lukewarm ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 30, 2012
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,786 views

    PASTORAL SEARCH COMMITTEE OF THE FIRST LUKEWARM CHURCH I was recently contacted by a pulpit committee that was interested in my ministry. I met with Chairman of the Disenchanted, Bro Tepid. He described his church; First Lukewarm Church of the Apathetic. “Nothing too boring, nothing too exciting. ...read more

  • Deeper

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 18, 2020
     | 2,391 views

    Hebrews 13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. WE NEED A GREATER REVELATION OF WHO JESUS IS. DEEPER, DEEPER --- MORE, MORE ABOUT JESUS. WE CAN FIND THE GREATER THAN… My Mom ...read more

  • The Rope Held By Adela Rogers St. Johns  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,450 views

    THE ROPE HELD by ADELA ROGERS ST. JOHNS Sometimes on sunny days, when I could see my way and feel the pathway firm under my feet, I wondered--Would the rope hold if the worst happened? A bent old man brought me that telegram which in war years hung like a suspended sword over the heart of every ...read more

  • James Abram Garfield Was Born November 19, 1831, ...

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Aug 6, 2005
     | 2,390 views

    James Abram Garfield was born November 19, 1831, in a log cabin in the back woods of Ohio. His father died at the age of 2. Young James somehow earned enough money to go to college. He graduated from college in 1856, and he became a professor and president of Hiram College in Ohio, the college of ...read more

  • A Man Was Watching A Little Tv On Sunday Instead ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
     | 1,877 views

    A man was watching a little TV on Sunday instead of going to church, He was watch a Church service in Atlanta honoring one of its senior pastors who had been retired many years...... The retired minister was 92 at that time and he wondered why the Church even bothered to ask the old gentleman to ...read more

  • A Possible Method Of Evangelism  PRO

    Contributed by Howard Parnell on Sep 20, 2002
    based on 41 ratings
     | 6,030 views

    A POSSIBLE METHOD OF EVANGELISM A Christian man owned a barber shop. One night, at a revival meeting, the barber felt greatly burdened to do more with his testimony for Christ. The next evening, the barber began attending a "soul winners class" at his church. He attended faithfully every night ...read more

  • Conclusion... The Matrix ...  PRO

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Aug 24, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,525 views

    CONCLUSION... The Matrix (http://www.ozsermonillustrations.com/frames/truth_&_error_frameset.htm) One of the great films of 1999 was The Matrix, starring Keanu Reeves. It’s a futuristic sci-fi movie, where the world has been taken over by computers. The computers need the energy that comes from ...read more

  • Crosses Are Heavy  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 11, 2002
    based on 26 ratings
     | 4,629 views

    CROSSES ARE HEAVY In March of 1997, Scott Mathews wanted the young people of Carthage, Missouri to understand the love of God. The theme for youth group that month was, “The Cross.” So they built a 500 lb, 8 by 14 foot redwood cross. It took ten students to move it. Crosses are heavy, you ...read more

  • Leslie B. Flynn Told A Delightful Little Story ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,619 views

    Leslie B. Flynn told a delightful little story about how some children worked long and hard on their own little cardboard shack. It was to be a special spot - a clubhouse - where they could meet in solemn assembly or just laugh, play games, and fool around. As they thought long and hard about their ...read more

  • Now, It's Probably Pretty Safe To Assume That ...

    Contributed by Matthew Sullivan on Mar 30, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,751 views

    Now, it’s probably pretty safe to assume that most everyone here today knows about Extreme Makeover Home Edition. Because just a couple weeks ago, that was the only thing anyone in town seemed to talk about. Extreme Makeover Home Edition was the biggest conversation of the area because their ...read more