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  • When The Devil Showed Up At Church

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Oct 15, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 165 views

    A few minutes before the services started, the townspeople were sitting in their pews and talking. Suddenly, Satan appeared at the front of the church. Everyone started screaming and running for the front entrance, trampling each other in a frantic effort to get away from evil incarnate. Soon ...read more

  • Origin Of Taps  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 24, 2001
    based on 224 ratings
     | 10,975 views

    Origin of Taps - “Reportedly, it all began in 1862 during the Civil War when Union Army Captain Robert Ellicombe was with his men near Harrison’s Landing in Virginia. The Confederate Army was on the other side of the narrow strip of land. During the night, Captain Ellicombe heard the moans of a ...read more

  • Where Were You  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 9, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,577 views

    WHERE WERE YOU "Where were you Lord When my heart was breaking in two?" "I was there", the Lord said, "Holding it together for you." "Where were you Lord When fear showed its face to me?" "I was there," the Lord said, "Protecting you from its grasp and keeping you free." "Where were you Lord When ...read more

  • There Was An Old Seminary Professor Who Was Well ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ernest Flores on Feb 12, 2004
    based on 9 ratings
     | 1,495 views

    There was an old seminary professor who was well know for his unusual and insightful gimmicks that he would use in his teachings. All the students looked forward to them every day. One day, he asked the class to take out pieces of paper and to draw a picture of someone they most would like to ...read more

  • A. W. Tozer In His Priceless Book The Root Of The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on Jun 13, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 7,631 views

    A. W. Tozer in his priceless book The Root of the Righteous shares the story of Rutherford who could shout in the midst of serious and painful trials, “Praise God for the hammer, the file, and the furnace.” The hammer is a useful tool, but the nail, if it had feeling and intelligence, could ...read more

  • A Few Weeks Ago I Thought I Was Going Out Of My ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jan 14, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,916 views

    “A few weeks ago I thought I was going out of my mind. At the time I didn’t realize I was experiencing a form of an "Anxiety Attack." My heart raced with fear as thoughts came to my mind of all the things I hadn’t accomplished that day. And the fear of failing the people around me made me want to ...read more

  • Psa 17:1 A Prayer Of David. Hear, O Lord, My ...

    Contributed by Steven Cannon on Feb 13, 2007
     | 1,522 views

    Psa 17:1 A prayer of David. Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer-- it does not rise from deceitful lips. May my vindication come from you; may your eyes see what is right. Though you probe my heart and examine me at night, though you test me, you will find ...read more

  • The Humans Do Not Start From That Direct ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Feb 16, 2007
     | 1,170 views

    “The humans do not start from that direct perception of Him which we, unhappily, cannot avoid. They have never known that ghastly luminosity, that stabbing and searing glare which makes the background of permanent pain to our lives. If you look into your patient’s mind when he is praying, you will ...read more

  • John Bevere In His Book "The Bait Of Satan" Says, ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 17, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,191 views

    John Bevere in his book “The Bait of Satan” says, “Our response to an offense determines our future (page 4). i. Paul understood this principle clearly and this is why he warns this church against the spirit of offense and those who practice it. ii. John states, “Many are unable to function ...read more

  • Roy Anthony Borges Was Sentenced To A Term Of 45 ...  PRO

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Mar 5, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,352 views

    Roy Anthony Borges was sentenced to a term of 45 years in a Florida penitentiary for robbery. He has become a Christian and is a law clerk in the prison library. Roy tells this story in an article he wrote for DISCIPLESHIP JOURNAL and MEN OF INTEGRITY magazine in 1998: “Where the strong prey on ...read more

  • The World's A Better Place Because...  PRO

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Apr 26, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,763 views

    THE WORLD'S A BETTER PLACE BECAUSE... The worlds a better place because a German monk named Martin Luther did not say, "I don't do doors." The world's a better place because an Oxford don named John Wesley didn't say, "I don't do preaching in fields." The world's a better place because Moses ...read more

  • Power Of The Flesh  PRO

    Contributed by Daniel Olukoya on Apr 17, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,997 views

    POWER OF THE FLESH A certain man was in very big trouble. He was sacked from five jobs. When he could not feed his family again, his wife ran away, leaving him with three daughters. To worsen his sorrow, his first daughter became pregnant while in form three. When he tried to beat her, she said, ...read more

  • Frenzied Pace Of Life

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 31, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,808 views

    FRENZIED PACE OF LIFE A lot of these same gods are still worshipped in America today, aren't they? Our culture also seems to bow down to the idol of busyness. In her book called, "Not So Fast: Slow-Down Solutions for Frenzied Families," Ann Kroeker writes this: "America, the land of the ...read more

  • I Was Speaking To Someone About New Zealand A ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on May 15, 2010
     | 1,773 views

    I was speaking to someone about New Zealand a couple of days ago and how when we went there we had explored the colourful natural volcanic areas of Rotorua - bubbling mud, steaming ground and geysers, huge volcanic craters and weird and wonderful rock formations. Although it was beautiful the smell ...read more

  • Tozer: God's Tools

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 21, 2011
     | 5,584 views

    TOZER: GOD'S TOOLS A.W. Tozer once talked about God's tools: "The HAMMER is a useful tool. But the nail, if it had feeling and intelligence, could present another side of the story. For the nail knows the hammer only as an opponent a brutal, merciless enemy who lives to pound it into submission, ...read more

  • One Rascal Among Honest Men

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 19, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,986 views

    ONE RASCAL AMONG HONEST MEN A king visited a slave ship, and there was a slave galley where they chain men to the oars and they row and a man beats the drum and another man has a lash to make them row. And they would take the prisoners of the state and put them to use, pulling on the oars. The ...read more

  • Under The Influence

    Contributed by Greg Nance on Apr 13, 2012
     | 4,489 views

    UNDER THE INFLUENCE David Kupelian's book The Marketing of Evil, published in 2005, is an eye-opening study of what we face today. I wish every parent would read it. Does anyone here remember what happened to Robert Bauman in 1980? He was elected in 1973 as representative of the First ...read more

  • Torpedo Approaching  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,308 views

    TORPEDO APPROACHING Allow me to tell you a story about a young man named Bill, who joined the Navy, when World War II began. One night his ship came into Boston, and he decided to visit his former pastor and friend, Rev. Stidger. During their visit together, Rev. Stidger said, "Bill, tell me the ...read more

  • The Power Of Doubling

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Feb 19, 2021
     | 935 views

    COME HOME PRODIGAL! COME HOME! COME IN HOPE! COME IN JOY! GOD HAS A BONUS FOR HIS CHILDREN. Zechariah 9:12 Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee; By faith we are prisoners, prisoners that are filled with a hope out ...read more

  • Rejoice, We Conquer!

    Contributed by Roger Byrd on Jul 18, 2021
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,612 views

    In the year 490 B.C., the Persian Army, seeking to invade Greece, landed a large force 26 miles outside of Athens. The huge army disembarked from their warships and gathered on the plains of a place called Marathon. There they prepared to attack the Greek Army and establish their presence in ...read more

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