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  • So Personal  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
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     | 3,469 views

    SO PERSONAL The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in 1982. In the first 15 years, 54,000 items were left at the Wall. It still takes almost an hour every night, [and much longer on Memorial Day,] to collect all the mementos-a teddy bear, a photo of a soldier's grandchild, a letter from a ...read more

  • Stanley Jones In His Book Liberating Ministry ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 1,506 views

    Stanley Jones in his book Liberating Ministry from the Success Syndrome writes: "Prayer is surrender--surrender to the will of God and cooperation with that will. If I throw out a boathook from the boat and catch hold of the shore and pull, do I pull the shore to me, or do I pull myself to the ...read more

  • Previously In Bethlehem...

    Contributed by Bob Gillchrest on Dec 29, 2008
     | 2,834 views

    PREVIOUSLY IN BETHLEHEM... In order to fix such a mess and to bring the presence of God back into the midst of His chosen people, you have to understand the back story. In the world of drama, every character in a play, or in a television show or movie, has a back story. This is what happened ...read more

  • Chuck Swindoll: Joseph's Life Story

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 2, 2009
     | 5,971 views

    Chuck Swindoll: In the fifty chapters of Genesis Joseph’s life story takes up one-fourth of the chapters. His life can be divided up into three sections: • Birth to Seventeen Years (Genesis 30:24-37:2) o During this time Joseph’s family was is transition-everyone was unsettled, on the move. A ...read more

  • Shock In Heaven

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 3, 2009
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     | 5,309 views

    SHOCK IN HEAVEN I was shocked, confused, bewildered as I entered Heaven’s door, Not by the beauty of it all, by the lights or its décor. But it was the folks in heaven who made me sputter and gasp; the thieves, the liars, the sinners, the alcoholics, the trash. There stood the kid from 7th ...read more

  • Training In Godliness

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Sep 10, 2010
     | 4,745 views

    TRAINING IN GODLINESS Our daughter-in-law has participated at times in triathlon competitions. The triathlon is an endurance event in which you swim a certain distance, ride your bike a certain distance, and finally, and without resting, run a certain distance. It is a very demanding test of your ...read more

  • God Can Shake Anyone

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Aug 24, 2011
     | 1,956 views

    GOD CAN SHAKE ANYONE Yesterday around 2:00 pm I had to take some pain medicine for my shoulder. Being a hypochondriac is no fun!! About two minutes after I took the medicine my chair started to shake. I felt my pulse, thinking maybe the medicine was causing some weird reaction. I know I’m weird. ...read more

  • Object Lesson: Lego Bricks

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 26, 2012
     | 6,705 views

    OBJECT LESSON: LEGO BRICKS When you came in you received Lego building blocks of differing sizes and shapes. I’ve got a challenge for you; I want you to build something with your Lego blocks but there is one condition, you cannot use anybody else’s Lego block. Now what can you build with one Lego ...read more

  • Who Churchill Wants To Be  PRO

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Jan 7, 2013
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    WHO CHURCHILL WANTS TO BE Winston Churchill once attended a formal banquet in London, where the dignitaries were asked the question, "If you could not be who you are, who would you like to be?" Naturally everyone was curious as to what Churchill, who was seated next to his beloved Clemmie, would ...read more

  • Baptistry

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 13, 2014
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    Bob Russell wrote of a church who, years ago, bickered over the use of a piano. Some wanted to use a piano during Sunday worship, others did not. The disagreement grew sharp, and the church divided into two sides over the issue. One Sunday, when members arrived for church, they discovered a new ...read more

  • Not Ordinary

    Contributed by T.j. Conwell on Apr 18, 2017
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    When we describe our kitchen to other people we always talk about new appliances, or new counters, or even our new silverware. But, we never describe the wall color to someone. The reason is simple: it is ordinary. Everyone has it, it’s not worth mentioning, and so we don’t even consider ...read more

  • Through The Eyes Of A 3-Year-Old

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Jul 18, 2017
     | 6,707 views

    Rena was 3 years old when she went to her first baptismal service. It was new for her and a bit mystifying. As events transpired, she looked up at her father with surprise in her eyes, “Daddy, he pushed that guy under the water? Why did he do that?” The father tried to quietly answer her question ...read more

  • Romans Road To Salvation

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Jun 24, 2019
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    The Romans Road to Salvation 1. I consider myself a good person. All have sinned & fall short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23 2. Is sin that big of a deal? The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23 3. Why would Jesus die in my ...read more

  • I Am More Alive Than Ever - D. James Kennedy

    Contributed by Timothy Lueking on Apr 3, 2023
     | 1,484 views

    D. James Kennedy wrote a book called "Skeptics Answered" and in this book, he made this observation that has always stuck with me. It reminds me of a quote from D.L. Moody many years before. Kennedy wrote, "There will, in fact, come a time when some of you will probably be standing ...read more

  • Love

    Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on Nov 23, 2024
     | 1,177 views

    There was a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind. She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He was always there for her. She told her boyfriend, “If I could only see the world, I would marry you.” One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her. When the bandages came off, ...read more

  • Quincy, Massachusetts (Reuters) -- It Was The Tip ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
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     | 1,585 views

    QUINCY, Massachusetts (Reuters) -- It was the tip of a lifetime for Chicago waitress and mother of two Colleen Gallagher. Feeling blue in the midst of a dull shift at the Windy City’s swank Excalibur Club, Gallagher’s fortunes took a sudden turn for the better when John Boc, chief executive of ...read more

  • Is It Still Alive?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 9, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
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    IS IT STILL ALIVE? The Lundy-Smiths are a remarkable family from inner-city New Orleans. Susie Mae Lundy and husband, Willie J. Smith, a Baptist pastor, raised nine successful children. According to FORTUNE magazine, the parents set an entrepreneurial example built around commitment, faith and ...read more

  • Tim Bowden, In His Book One Crowded Hour About ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Henes on Jun 22, 2004
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    Tim Bowden, in his book One Crowded Hour about cameraman Neil Davis, tells about an incident that happened in Borneo during the confrontation between Malaysia and Indonesia in 1964. A group of Gurkhas from Nepal were asked if they would be willing to jump from transport planes into combat against ...read more

  • This Reminds Me Of Two Elderly Sisters Who Lived ...  PRO

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 12, 2006
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    This reminds me of two elderly sisters who lived in Arcadia during my youth ministry days. One named Alpha, was always sick with some sort of ailment or another, the other, named Virginia, still worked in a county office even though she was in her late 70’s and never seemed to suffer from any kind ...read more

  • We Need To Understand That When We Share Our ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
     | 1,018 views

    We need to understand that when we share our faith, we cannot get discouraged when others do not accept Christ, because there are those in this world that will NEVER accept Christ… I recently read an account of a young Christian in the military who tells about sharing his faith with another ...read more