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  • Testimony Of Charles Spurgeon  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,066 views

    TESTIMONY OF CHARLES SPURGEON Charles Spurgeon, credited as the greatest preacher in the history of the English World, read a copy of Pilgrim’s Progress while plundering through his grandfather’s belongings. Through this book he became aware of his sinfulness and depravity. He carried this guilt ...read more

  • Buried Treasure

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2011
     | 6,460 views

    BURIED TREASURE In 1992 volunteers from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, excavating in Caesarea dug up 99 gold coins that had been stashed in a makeshift safe beneath the floor of what was once a private dwelling. Caesarea is considered one of Israel’s richest archaeological sites in that ...read more

  • Setting Your Faith Aside

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Oct 4, 2011
     | 1,987 views

    SETTING YOUR FAITH ASIDE Have you ever thought you could separate from God ... just for a little while ... and then later on turn back to God? Unfortunately we all do this ... in big ways or small ways. Any time we decide to live a life INDEPENDENT of God, we run a big risk. I remember a ...read more

  • Lamb Over Me

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 8, 2011
     | 3,040 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

  • I Owe My Life Twice

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Dec 17, 2011
     | 2,487 views

    I OWE MY LIFE TWICE A wealthy English family once invited friends to spend some time at their beautiful estate. The happy occasion was almost plunged into a terrible tragedy on the first day. Because the children went swimming, and one of them got into deep water and started drowning. ...read more

  • Do Not Slander. What Is Slandering? It Can Be ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 26, 2012
     | 3,820 views

    Do not slander. What is slandering? It can be called many things such as: backstabbing, mud-slinging, bad-mouthing, and it could also include condemning someone. Whatever it is, it doesn’t sound good from the pages of scripture. ILL.- William Cowper (English poet) said, “He that slanders me paints ...read more

  • Depression

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Aug 14, 2014
     | 5,164 views

    The World woke up to the shocking News on August 13th 2014. The King of Comedy-Robin Williams- who lit so many smiles in many a countenance of his “global audience” had apparently committed suicide due to severe depression. For some time now his apparently happy face had masked a heavy heart ...read more

  • Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Death

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 24, 2025
     | 151 views

    Paul writing from a prison cell and probably knowing that he would soon die by the sword writes to the Philippians, “I give thanks to my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German pastor imprisoned in 1943 for his political and Christian opposition to the Nazi regime, was ...read more

  • Luther: Asleep In Christ

    Contributed by David Dunn on Nov 1, 2025
     | 164 views

    (Martin Luther quotes about death.) “What is our death but a night’s sleep? For as through sleep all weariness and faintness pass away… so at the Last Day we shall rise again as if we had only slept a night.” Source: It’s widely reproduced in quotation databases such as AZ Quotes and Luther’s ...read more

  • Greater Love Hath No Man That This, That A Man ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 3,553 views

    "Greater love hath no man that this, that a man lay down his life for his friends" (John 15:13). "When we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son" (Romans 5:10). When nations are engaged in deadly strife, it is common for patriots to declare that he who gives his life for ...read more

  • The Story Of Isaac ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
     | 3,726 views

    THE STORY OF ISAAC WATTS A young boy complained to his father that most of the church hymns were boring and old-fashioned, with tiresome words that meant little to his generation. His father challenged him with these words: "If you think you can write better hymns, why don’t you?" The boy ...read more

  • The Wrong Guy  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2002
    based on 19 ratings
     | 2,737 views

    THE WRONG GUY Determined to avenge the assault of their young fourteen year old girlfriend, ten young people raced away from the hospital with a description of her assailant: an Hispanic man driving a red vehicle. Then by deception, the group of vigilantes lured young Leonel Cifuenies, a ...read more

  • The Rhone River Begins Its Journey In The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 9, 2002
    based on 48 ratings
     | 3,145 views

    The Rhone River begins its journey in the Switzerland Alps, some 5000 feet above sea level. It is one of the most important commercial waterways in France, stretching more than 500 miles in length. The river that glistens and sparkles through France, however, is much different than it was at its ...read more

  • A Story Is Told About Four Preachers Who Were ...  PRO

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Nov 22, 2002
    based on 66 ratings
     | 1,662 views

    A story is told about four preachers who were debating what the best Bible translation was. The first argued that the KJV was best. It showed that God’s word would endure from generation to generation; the poetry and Old English was beautiful to read. The KJV teaches us to revere the ...read more

  • The First Christmas Card  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 15, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,577 views

    THE FIRST CHRISTMAS CARD The first Christmas card ever produced had its own disturbing qualitites. It was designed by an English artist named John Calcott Horsley in 1843, after he was commissioned for the task by Sir Henry Cole, a businessman from Bath, England. There were 1,000 of the ...read more

  • God Comes First  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 30, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
     | 3,900 views

    GOD COMES FIRST If you’ve never been, I suggest you go sometime to Jamestown, VA. It is one of the earliest English-speaking settlements in the new world, & it has been carefully restored so that we can see what life was like 350 years ago. At Jamestown, you’ll discover many interesting things ...read more

  • What Does That Mean?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 30, 2003
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,739 views

    WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? Victor, a man in Jeanette Hoessel’s English-as-a-second language course, came from El Salvador. He asked her one day, "What does C-section mean?" Since Jeanette’s three children had been delivered by Caesarian section, she felt confident with her explanation, but Victor’s face ...read more

  • John Maxwell Tells A Story That Illustrates The ...  PRO

    Contributed by William Jewett on Nov 2, 2000
    based on 123 ratings
     | 3,723 views

    John Maxwell tells a story that illustrates the importance of a positive attitude. A newly married woman insisted on going to the California desert so she could be near her soldier husband. The only place the couple could find to live was a rundown shack near an Indian village. The daytime heat was ...read more

  • I Came Across A Poem Recently, Written By A Guy ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,867 views

    I came across a poem recently, written by a guy by the name of Ezra Pound. It is called “Ballad of the Goodly Fere”. It is written from the perspective of one of the men who followed Jesus. It makes more sense if you know that “fere” is an Old English word that means ‘mate’. Have we lost the ...read more

  • The Lord Provides

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 5,096 views

    Who do you belittle? Someone with less money, who can’t speak clearly Someone who does not speak English? With a disability? God says be there for those at risk Because, You could be AT RISK ANYTIME Reality is any of us could lose everything People here have and listen to their lessons Elderly ...read more