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  • Spiritual Satisfaction: 87% American Adults Are ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
     | 3,581 views

    Spiritual Satisfaction: 87% American adults are able to identify an activity that brings them the greatest degree of spiritual satisfaction or fulfillment. 23% named attending church services and events as their most fulfilling spiritual activity. 12% indicated spending time with their family ...read more

  • My Dad And My Brothers As Served In The Marine ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Sep 19, 2006
     | 1,376 views

    My Dad and my brothers as served in the Marine Corps. I always wanted to, but the Lord, in His wisdom, saw fit to keep me from passing the physical. Even though I was never able to get into the military, I was impressed about one important focus the Marines had. They always kept in mind what was ...read more

  • A Man In Phoenix Called His Son In New York On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
     | 1,469 views

    A man in Phoenix called his son in New York on Christmas Eve and says, “I hate to ruin your day, but I have to tell you that your mother and I are divorcing; 45 years of misery is enough – I cannot take it any more!” The startled son replies, “Pop what are you talking about, you and mom are so in ...read more

  • I Actually Typed Into Google The ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 1, 2007
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     | 1,407 views

    Illustration: I actually typed into Google the words “I hate my life!” 1. I was shocked how many I hate my life websites came up! 2. Here is the opening page of one website: You’re having a bad day. We want to know about it. Maybe your agony exceeds ours. That could be interesting. Because ...read more

  • Three Chefs Were Working In A Restaurant One Day, ...

    Contributed by Richard Sharp on Nov 9, 2007
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    Three chefs were working in a restaurant one day, when their kitchen supervisor approached them with an order, and instructions on how to properly prepare it. The first chef looked at the instructions, and said "You can show a recipe to 100 different people, and each of them get a different ...read more

  • There Is A Delightful Scene In Prince Caspian, ...

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Apr 14, 2008
     | 1,935 views

    There is a delightful scene in Prince Caspian, the second book in the Chronicles of Narnia Series. The children are trying to find their way to Caspian’s camp, and they come to the edge of a deep gorge. The way ahead isn’t clear, but then Lucy cries out, “Look! Look! Look!” “Where? What?” ...read more

  • Growth Types

    Contributed by Stephen Evoy on May 11, 2008
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    GROWTH TYPES George G. Hunter III has a shrewd mind after God's heart, and he has identified several areas of growth that must all occur in a working church: - Internal Growth: this kind of growth takes place in the lives of people who are already coming to the church. When ...read more

  • Charles Oakley On Tenacity

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 14, 2009
     | 1,536 views

    CHARLES OAKLEY ON TENACITY Charles Oakley, forward for the New York Knicks and an NBA All-Star, has a reputation for being one of basketball’s best rebounders. It’s his toughness, however, that has probably contributed the most to his outstanding sports career. While other professional players ...read more

  • Shopkeeper Seeks Revenge On Bitter ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 5, 2009
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    Shopkeeper Seeks Revenge on Bitter Rival What you believe about Jesus determines what you do with him. Two shopkeepers were bitter rivals. Their stores were directly across the street from each other, and they would spend each day keeping track of each other’s business. If one got a customer, he ...read more

  • My Parents Had A Grapevine In The Backyard. They ...

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Dec 4, 2009
     | 2,789 views

    My parents had a grapevine in the backyard. They just let it grow and some of the branches grew up and intertwined around this big evergreen tree about 20 feet in the air, others grew through the cedar hedge that was beside it. Some of these branches must have been forty feet long, but they never ...read more

  • Don't Just Know Scripture—let It Change You

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Feb 16, 2010
     | 1,791 views

    DON'T JUST KNOW SCRIPTURE--LET IT CHANGE YOU A father shared an experience he and his wife had with their young children. They began as a family to memorize Scripture, one verse a week. They kept the verses on cards in the middle of the table, and discussed their meanings when they recited the. ...read more

  • Darwin Kissed And Cried Over Evolution

    Contributed by Michael Walther on Jun 20, 2011
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    DARWIN KISSED AND CRIED OVER EVOLUTION Shortly after Charles Darwin and his wife Emma were married, Emma wrote Charles a letter. In her letter Emma warned Darwin about believing things that can’t be proved and of recognizing the limitations of our minds... That there are things "which if true are ...read more

  • Give It To Get It

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Aug 18, 2008
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    Give It to Get It I have the opportunity to hang out with alcoholics and addicts that are working on recovery. And it is truly amazing to see how they often serve one another. You see for those in recovery serving those who are still suffering in terms of sharing the greatest thing that they have, ...read more

  • I Can't Remember When I Was Saved!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jul 12, 2023
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     | 875 views

    If you have not realized it yet, over time you are going to forget some things. I think of the two older men that were playing golf. One had trouble seeing and other had trouble remembering. The one with a seeing problem said to the other, "Now, watch my ball, for I can’t see where it ...read more

  • Lamb Over Me

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 8, 2011
     | 2,420 views

    "LAMB OVER ME" In his book “Eternity in their Hearts”, Don Richardson a Missionary writes of cultural compasses in other cultures and their language that point to one and only one person, Jesus, preparing the way for the Gospel to be heard. He tells the story of Robert Morrison who landed in ...read more

  • If God Had Voice Mail  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 12, 2002
    based on 29 ratings
     | 8,760 views

    If God had Voice Mail Most of us have now learned to live with "voice mail" as a necessary part of our daily lives. But have you ever wondered what it would be like if God decided to install voice mail? Imagine praying and hearing the following: ...read more

  • Two Horses  PRO

    Contributed by Bob Soulliere on Jan 12, 2007
    based on 29 ratings
     | 3,961 views

    Two Horses ~ Author Unknown Just up the road from my home is a field, with two horses in it. >From a distance, each looks like every other horse. But if you stop your car, or are walking by, you will notice something quite amazing. Looking into the eyes of one horse will disclose that he is ...read more

  • A. Seven Years Ago, A Little Girl Named Keri Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,159 views

    A. SEVEN YEARS AGO, A LITTLE GIRL NAMED KERI WAS PLACED IN FOSTER CARE, AFTER SUFFERING EXTREME ABUSE AND NEGLECT AT HOME. "KERI WAS A ZOMBIE," RECALLS HER FOSTER MOTHER. "SHE DIDN’T TALK AT ALL." B. AT THE SAME TIME, AN OLDER COUPLE, NAMED ELMER AND MARJORIE DAVIS WERE DEEP INTO RETIREMENT ...read more

  • The Wise Farmer Can Usually Depend On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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    "...the wise farmer can usually depend on expected timetables of seedtime and harvest. Not so in the spiritual life. One of the greatest frustrations in the Christian ministry, and principal cause for 'weariness in well doing' is the inability to calculate the spiritual outcome of faithful labors ...read more

  • Higher Standard Of God

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jul 6, 2009
     | 2,096 views

    HIGHER STANDARD OF GOD Paul very much emphasized that we are responsible to others. Not responsible for them but to them. We are held to a high standard (at least we should be) by our own conscience, by others, and by God. Too often we make excuses such as not knowing that something was ...read more

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