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  • Wonderful Burden

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 12, 2007
     | 3,174 views

    Wonderful Burden One morning R. C. Chapman, a devout Christian, was asked how he was feeling. “I’m burdened this morning!” was his reply. But his happy countenance contradicted his words. So the questioner exclaimed in surprise, “Are you really burdened, Mr. Chapman?” “Yes, but it’s a wonderful ...read more

  • Surgery For The "New Born"

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 23, 2007
     | 2,181 views

    Surgery for the “New Born” Several years ago an orthopedic surgeon performed an operation on my son to repair a torn ACL. The operation didn’t restore his knee to its original condition, but it did allow him to walk, even though he still experiences pain from time to time. Recently my wife had ...read more

  • Three Sons Left Home, Started Careers And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 7, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,468 views

    Three sons left home, started careers and prospered. Getting back together, they discussed the gifts that they were able to give their elderly mother for her 70th birthday. The first said, “I built a huge house for Mom.” The second said, “I sent her a Mercedes with a driver.” The third smiled ...read more

  • Spiritual Values In Collegians A Ucla Study ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008
     | 1,516 views

    Spiritual Values in Collegians A UCLA study found college juniors are more likely to be engaged in a spiritual quest compared to when they first entered college as freshmen. The study showed 41.2% of freshmen in ’04 reported they considered developing a meaningful philosophy of life “very ...read more

  • Americans Are Sleeping Less Than They Did 20 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
     | 3,422 views

    Americans Are Sleeping Less than they did 20 years ago, and about 50 to 70 million people nationwide suffer from chronic sleep loss and sleep disorders, reports the CDC. 10% of adults report not getting enough rest or sleep in any of the previous 30 days. Only 29.6% say they got enough rest or ...read more

  • Mary Had The Little Lamb  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 21, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,502 views

    Mary Had The Little Lamb Mary had the little Lamb, who lived before His birth; Self-existent Son of God, from Heaven He came to Earth. (Micah 5:2) Mary had the little Lamb; see Him in yonder stall— Virgin-born Son of God, to save man from the Fall. (Isaiah 7:14) Mary had the little Lamb, ...read more

  • Who Is God The Father?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
     | 5,850 views

    WHO IS GOD THE FATHER? In 2006, a sociologist at Baylor University released a study done by the Gallup organization that identified four views people had of God. 31.4 percent believe in an "Authoritarian God," a God who is angry at humanity’s sins. 23 percent believe in a "Benevolent God" who is ...read more

  • What Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
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    WHAT IS SIN? Sin, as defined by a new Ellison Research study, is something almost always considered wrong, particularly from a religious or moral perspective. Out the 30 behaviors studied, adultery was most often described as a sinful behavior by American respondents (81%). Next was racism (74%); ...read more

  • Telegraph Reports: April 08 ...

    Contributed by C Vincent on Feb 13, 2009
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    Telegraph reports: April 08 UK § Murders of children by other children have tripled in three years, as more of the nation’s youth get drawn into a deadly world of guns and knives. § The number of killings in which both victim and assailant were under 18 has jumped from 12 in 2005 to 37 last year, ...read more

  • Wooden's Attitude

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 20, 2009
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    WOODEN'S ATTITUDE Coach John Wooden at U.C.L.A. won 665 games in 27 seasons and 10 NCAA titles during his last 12 seasons, including 7 in a row from 1967 to 1973. His UCLA teams also had a record winning streak of 88 games, four perfect 30-0 seasons, and won 38 straight games in NCAA Tournaments. ...read more

  • Invisible Christians

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
     | 1,891 views

    INVISIBLE CHRISTIANS More Americans are acquainted with a gay or lesbian person than an evangelical, according to a recent Ellison Research study. Only 24% of all Americans who say they are not evangelical know an evangelical person very well, and 40% have never known any evangelicals at all, even ...read more

  • Radical Revival

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
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    RADICAL REVIVAL Dr. J. Edwin Orr states, "I am convinced that more work for God could be done in six months of revival than in sixty years of any other kind of effort." If we as a church begin doing the work we are appointed with a touch of the radical, we will see more done in six months of ...read more

  • The Best Help You Can Get

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jul 21, 2009
     | 2,016 views

    THE BEST HELP YOU CAN GET Most of you have probably heard about the terrible bus wreck Sunday morning (July 12, 2009) involving the Youth Group from FBC in Shreveport. They were on their way to a camp in Macon, Georgia. One of the students was killed. Today Candy G. forwarded an email from one of ...read more

  • Battlefield Away From Home

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Sep 15, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,870 views

    BATTLEFIELD AWAY FROM HOME He cherished every letter that came from her. His deployment had started six long months ago. No end date was in sight. These were the days before emails and webcams. Those handwritten letters from his sweetheart was his only lifeline out of those trenches to back home. ...read more

  • A Simple Hose Clamp Causes Failure Of Balloon's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 9, 2009
     | 4,597 views

    A Simple Hose Clamp Causes Failure of Balloon’s Attempt to Circle the Earth Piccard and Richard Conniff writes in National Geographic that on January 12, 1997, two Swiss men, Bertrand Piccard and Wim Verstraeten, set out to be the first to CIRCLE THE EARTH in a balloon. Their aircraft was called ...read more

  • Hindu Finally Understands The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 12, 2009
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    Hindu Finally Understands the Incarnation The story is told of Hindu who was being witnessed to by Christian missionaries. He wondered at this strange concept he was told of that was called the incarnation—the claim the missionaries made that the Great God who created the world entered human ...read more

  • A Farmer Plants Sour Apples Near Edge Of Orchard ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 3, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,488 views

    A Farmer Plants Sour Apples Near Edge of Orchard To Camouflage The Sweet Ones in the Middle A farmer repeatedly invited his neighbor to come over to his orchard and pick some apples and make fresh, sweet apple cider. The neighbor kept turning down the offer. Finally, the farmer asked why the ...read more

  • Daddy, Are You There?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 7, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,817 views

    DADDY, ARE YOU THERE? Oh how blessed it is to know that when the times of pain come and when our hearts become broken, we have Someone to whom we can turn that will give us Strength and that will keep us Safe. Only Jesus does that! A little girl and her father were returning from the funeral of ...read more

  • How A Paralytic Faces ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2009
     | 3,527 views

    How a Paralytic Faces Temptation We are often moved by people who have great stories of courage in difficult circumstances. It takes a certain resolve to be able to stand in the face of suffering or danger and not give an inch. “A man in Dundee, Scotland, was confined to bed for forty years, having ...read more

  • Nfl Player's Loyalty And Commitment To His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2009
     | 3,905 views

    NFL Player’s Loyalty and Commitment to His Wife One of the greatest statements of a husband’s love is when he protects his wife regardless of the cost to himself. Joseph’s story is the story of one such man. When Chris Spielman played for the Buffalo Bills, he was everything a middle linebacker ...read more