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  • Feb. 23, 2007, Nashville, Tenn. - A Rare, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,089 views

    Feb. 23, 2007, NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A rare, 184-year-old copy of the Declaration of Independence was found by a bargain hunter at a Nashville thrift shop. Michael Sparks, a music equipment technician, is selling the document in an auction March 22nd at Raynors’ Historical Collectible Auctions in ...read more

  • Staying In Our Assigned Scope

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Jul 9, 2024
     | 2,746 views

    I was sitting on my deck at home one day this week having a brief devotional with the Lord. I looked up into a tree and saw a very small bird, a tiny yellow finch. I looked at him, and he looked at me. He was perched there without a care in the world, feeling safe and sound on his God-given turf. ...read more

  • What's Your Reaction When You Go To The Home Of A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Aug 2, 2004
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     | 2,214 views

    What’s your reaction when you go to the home of a peer and it’s nicer than yours? Are you devastated? Bitter? Do you drive home and say to your wife, "Did you see that house? It’s so elaborate! They’re the same age that we are and yet they have twice the house we do. They must of inherited their ...read more

  • Guard Duty

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,563 views

    GUARD DUTY When I was in the U.S. Army, I remember we had to pull guard duty many times. The purpose of guard duty was to ensure that other soldiers, equipment, or areas were protected from the enemy. I can recall that in basic training, or boot camp, we had to memorize three General Orders and ...read more

  • Christian Television And Radio Reaches Across The ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Nov 3, 2007
     | 1,001 views

    Christian television and radio reaches across the airwaves to nearly every home, with late night, all night and almost any-time-of-the-day viewing. Our bookshelves feature the hottest and greatest materials from the latest and most celebrated authors. We have worship experiences with top-notch ...read more

  • Who Do You Rely On?  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Nov 25, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,396 views

    WHO DO YOU RELY ON? In "Point Man", Steve Farrar tells about a photographer for a national magazine who was assigned to take pictures of a great forest fire. He was advised that a small plane would be waiting to fly him over the fire. The photographer arrived at the airstrip just an hour before ...read more

  • Many Of These Rules For Evaluating The Behavior ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 8, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,586 views

    Many of these rules for evaluating the behavior and social skills of children in public schools are exemplery for how Christians should behave in the church family: Caring Cooperative Respectful Classroom • Being inclusive • Thoughfful, kind• Recognize feelings• Understand others’ feelings • ...read more

  • Richard M. Nixon Served As The 37th President Of ...

    Contributed by Scott Maze on Feb 15, 2007
     | 1,687 views

    Richard M. Nixon served as the 37th president of the United States. He was a polarizing figure who won the presidential office by a landslide and then later resigned in disgrace just 21 months later. His disgrace culminated with the Democratic party getting their man, Jimmy Carter, into the White ...read more

  • It Had Been A Long Hard Winter In The Rockies. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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    It had been a long hard winter in the Rockies. The snow piled deeper and deeper. The temperature dropped below zero and stayed there. The rivers froze over. People were suffering. The Red Cross used helicopters to fly in supplies. After a long hard day, as they were returning to their base, the ...read more

  • Understanding The Spiritual Gifts By Dr. Dale A. ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 13, 2011
     | 3,616 views

    Understanding The Spiritual Gifts By Dr. Dale A. Robbins 1. The ministry of Spiritual Gifts originates in the New Testament, commissioned by our Lord Jesus Christ. After He established His church on the earth and ascended to Heaven, Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to equip His church with power and ...read more

  • Out Of Ink?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 19, 2012
     | 3,622 views

    OUT OF INK? According to MSNBC, The British Medical Journal recently reported the case of a 76-year-old woman who visited her doctor complaining of stomach problems. When the scans came back, doctors were amazed to see a long object in her stomach. It was a pen! The woman remembered having put a ...read more

  • Death Steals From Us

    Contributed by Jeffrey Rowe on Dec 29, 2012
     | 3,252 views

    Death steals from us in this life by suddenly separating us from the people and things we’ve come to care about. It robs us. A little while back, our church office building was broken into by thieves who took some of our equipment. Personally I’ve had my car broken into a couple of times. I’m ...read more

  • Also Put On Gentleness. The Word Is "Meekness". ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Also put on gentleness. The word is “meekness”. That’s not weakness, it’s strength under control. When I was working in dairy farm construction, our crew put in a comfort-stall barn for an Amish family in Indiana. There were children all over the place ranging in age from older teens to toddlers. I ...read more

  • A Farmer Went Into His Banker And Announced That ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,555 views

    A farmer went into his banker and announced that he had bad news and good news. "First, the bad news...""Well," said the farmer, "I can’t make my mortgage payments. And that crop loan I’ve taken out for the past 10 years -- I can’t pay that off, either. Not only that, I won’t be able to pay you the ...read more

  • Wireless Internet Access Devices Appear To Be ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
     | 2,497 views

    Wireless Internet access devices appear to be giving the porn-at-work phenomenon a boost even as employers are more aggressive about using blocking software. About 65% of U.S. companies used such software in ’05, finds an American Management Association survey, up from 40% in ’01. When it comes to ...read more

  • It's Too Late To Do Anything!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 8, 2020
     | 2,221 views

    Here is an illustration of these two basic approaches to righteousness: SAVIOR or SELF? An Englishman by the name of Ebenezer Wooten had just concluded a preaching service in the village square. The crowd had dispersed, and he was busily engaged in loading the equipment. A young man approached ...read more

  • This Year I Received An Email Listing "25 ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 15, 2010
     | 997 views

    This year I received an email listing “25 Things About To Become Extinct In America.” Yellow Pages - This year will be pivotal for the global Yellow Pages industry. The falloff in usage of newspapers and print Yellow Pages could even reach 10% this year -- much higher than the 2%-3% fade rate ...read more

  • Commander Hansen Had No Idea How Or Why His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,669 views

    Commander Hansen had no idea how or why his outpost was being attacked. The outpost where he was stationed was suddenly up against a very powerful enemy... one he had never encountered before. Oh, he had heard of them, sure, but he never expected that he would meet them head on. They had been at ...read more

  • Transformation  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 18, 2002
    based on 50 ratings
     | 7,233 views

    TRANSFORMATION The motor home has allowed us to put all the conveniences of home on wheels. A camper no longer needs to contend with sleeping in a sleeping bag, cooking over a fire, or hauling water from a stream. Now he can park a fully equipped home on a cement slab in the midst of a few pine ...read more

  • Crooked On The Lot  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,273 views

    CROOKED ON THE LOT The Jewish leaders had rejected salvation. The builders had rejected the very cornerstone of the temple, and stumbled over the rock. Growing up, there was a vacant lot next to our house. One day, a bunch of equipment and workers from Philyaw Construction showed up—and built a ...read more