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  • Too Smart For Hell  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 6, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,891 views

    TOO SMART FOR HELL According to U.S. News & World Report, 78% believed in Heaven and believed they were going there. Only 60% believed in Hell, but only 4% believed they were going there. In the same article, the Rev. Mary Kraus observed "My congregation would be stunned to hear a sermon on ...read more

  • Art Thou Sunk In Depths Of Sorrow Where No Arm ...  PRO

    Contributed by Clyde Grimes on Jan 7, 2003
    based on 31 ratings
     | 2,606 views

    Art thou sunk in depths of sorrow where no arm can reach so low? There is One whose arms almighty reach beyond thy deepest woe. God th’Eternal is thy refuge, let it still thy wild alarms; Underneath thy deepest sorrow are the everlasting arms. Underneath us—Oh, how easy! We have not to mount on ...read more

  • Three Dollars Worth Of God  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 12, 2003
    based on 17 ratings
     | 2,273 views

    THREE DOLLARS WORTH OF GOD I would like to buy $3.00 worth of God, please. Not enough to explode my soul or disturb my sleep, but just enough to equal a cup of warm milk or a snooze in the sunshine. I don’t want enough of Him to make me love a black man or pick beets with a migrant. I want ...read more

  • My Mom Was An Amazing Creature! She Had Eyes In ...

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on May 25, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,343 views

    My Mom was an amazing creature! She had eyes in the back of her head (“Don’t you look at me that way!”); the wisdom (and wrath!) of a Supreme Court Justice (used when I took away a sled from my kid brother); and an eternal tenderness for her kids that is still felt today (she always ended her phone ...read more

  • A Certain Courthouse In Ohio Stands In A Unique ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,671 views

    A certain courthouse in Ohio stands in a unique location. Raindrops that fall on the north side of the building go into Lake Ontario and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, while those falling on the south side go into the Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico. At precisely the point of the peak of the roof, ...read more

  • Do You Remember The Feelings Of Disappointment ...  PRO

    Contributed by Phillip Weaver on Apr 9, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,493 views

    Do you remember the feelings of disappointment Dorothy and her friends had when the Great and Magnificent Wizard of Oz was exposed behind the curtain? Do you remember that scene? The Wizard spoke with much sound and fury, but seemed to have little substance once the curtain was pulled back. Did ...read more

  • When A Calvinist Says That All Things Happen ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 3,019 views

    When a Calvinist says that all things happen according to the predestination of God, he speaks the truth, and I am willing to be called a Calvinist. But when an Arminian says that when a man sins, the sin is his own, and that if he continues in sin, and perishes, his eternal damnation will lie ...read more

  • Praise Him

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 4,824 views

    Praise Him for the incarnation, for the word made flesh. I will not sing of shepherds watching flocks on frosty nights, or angel choristers. I will not sing of a stable bare in Bethlehem, or lowing oxen, wise men trailing star with gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Tonight I will sing praise ...read more

  • Three Dollars Worth Of God

    Contributed by John Price on Jan 17, 2007
     | 3,470 views

    THREE DOLLARS WORTH OF GOD Tim Hansel once said in His book “ When I relax I feel guilty” I would like to buy $3.00 worth of God, please. Not enough to explode my soul or disturb my sleep, but just enough to equal a cup of warm milk or a snooze in the sunshine. I don’t want enough of Him to make ...read more

  • Louis Pasteur, The Pioneer Of Immunology, Lived ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,685 views

    Louis Pasteur, the pioneer of immunology, lived at a time when thousands of people died each year of rabies. Pasteur had worked for years on a vaccine. Just as he was about to begin experimenting on himself, a 9-year-old, Joseph Meister, was bitten by a rabid dog. The boy’s mother begged Pasteur to ...read more

  • Faith And Human Knowledge

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Oct 10, 2009
     | 3,328 views

    FAITH AND HUMAN KNOWLEDGE Billy Graham said, "Millions of people today are searching for a reliable voice of authority. The Word of God is the only real authority we have. His Word sheds light on human nature, world problems and human suffering. But beyond that, it clearly reveals the way to God. ...read more

  • Salt Water And Self

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 8, 2011
     | 5,109 views

    SALT WATER AND SELF I watched a movie once, where several men were left drifting aimlessly on the ocean, in a small lifeboat, after a terrible shipwreck. The sun was hot and their rations were low--soon they ran out of fresh water. One night while the others were sleeping, one man drank from ...read more

  • Whitening Fast

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Feb 13, 2012
     | 3,384 views

    WHITENING FAST When Dr. Rees was waiting to preach, a friend commended to him, "You sure are whitening fast!" He got up and said this from the pulpit: "There is a little white flower that comes up through the earth at this season of the year - sometimes it comes up through the snow and frost; but ...read more

  • Fountain Of Youth

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Oct 28, 2008
     | 4,518 views

    Fountain of Youth There is a legend of a Fountain of Youth believed to be in Florida. The legend has different variations of regaining one's youth. Some say must you drink the water, while others suggest if you bathe in the water it will restore your youth. Some records date back to the 15th ...read more

  • See Life As A Squint! (09.13.05--Heavenly ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Sep 11, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,719 views

    See Life as a Squint! (09.13.05--Heavenly Citizens!--Romans 8:25) What is easily taught but not soon learned: easily preached, but not soon believed: good advice, but not easily followed: well spoken but hard to do?. The answer? Patience. If there is one thing that none of us is capable of doing ...read more

  • When I Was A Child Growing Up In North Central ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Sep 17, 2009
     | 1,785 views

    When I was a child growing up in North Central California, my favorite time of year was winter. While it seldom snows in the San Joaquin Valley, the great agricultural valley which runs nearly the full length of the State of California, only a little more than an hour’s drive away from Modesto are ...read more

  • A Closing Story Tells Of A Man Who Did Repent And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Dec 4, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,737 views

    A closing story tells of a man who did repent and found joy in his life. Not too many years ago newspapers carried the story of Al Johnson, a Kansas man who came to faith in Jesus Christ. What made his story remarkable was not his conversion, but the fact that as a result of his newfound faith in ...read more

  • Let's Get Back To The Hot Topic Of Music: Gordon ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 22, 2009
     | 1,498 views

    Let’s get back to the hot topic of music: Gordon MacDonald stated, “…A piece of music can summon tears of sadness or feelings of incredible joy and well-being. Every culture (perhaps each generation) appears to have developed its own unique musical forms and expressions-the bundling together of ...read more

  • Would You Join Our Church If We Paid Your Debt?

    Contributed by David Vanlandingham on Feb 14, 2010
     | 2,482 views

    WOULD YOU JOIN OUR CHURCH IF WE PAID YOUR DEBT? What do you think would happen if we put out the word that on April 1, 2010, all of the debts of every member of the League St. Church of Christ would be paid off by an anonymous benefactor (maybe a Bill Gates, etc)? Would that excite you just a ...read more

  • Obedience Is What ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 13, 2010
     | 8,522 views

    OBEDIENCE IS WHAT MATTERS "… If two angels in heaven were given assignments by God at the same time, one of them to go and rule over the greatest nation on earth and the other to go sweep the streets of the dirtiest village, each angel would be completely indifferent as to which one got which ...read more