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  • On Your Knees  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Henes on Jun 22, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,820 views

    In Touch and Live, George Vandeman wrote: "A young stranger to the Alps was making his first climb, accompanied by two stalwart guides. It was a steep, hazardous ascent. But he felt secure with one guide ahead and one following. For hours they climbed. And now, breathless, they reached for those ...read more

  • Joke: I Am Reminded Of The Story Of The Fellow ...

    Contributed by Larry Jacobs on Aug 12, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,742 views

    JOKE: I am reminded of the story of the fellow that always fell asleep during the pastor’s sermon. The wife had decided to keep him awake - so she took a large hat pin with the intention of sticking him with it when he nodded off. Sure enough, right in the middle of the pastor’s message, he ...read more

  • I End With A Legend That I Read In A Book ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jelle Horjus on Nov 1, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,297 views

    I end with a legend that I read in a book somewhere. After Jesus had resurrected and ascended to heaven, the angels welcomed Him with great honour and gathered around Him. They had all kind of questions about his death, resurrection and ascension. ‘What was it all about?’ they asked him. ‘The ...read more

  • Bible Fact & Fiction: Tyndale House In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 1,869 views

    Bible Fact & Fiction: Tyndale House in cooperation with the Barna Research Group discovered the following about American adults: · 80% name the Bible as the most influential book in human history. · 58% believe the Bible to be totally accurate in all it teaches. · 91% of all households own at least ...read more

  • Confusing Beliefs: Although A Statement Passed By ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
     | 2,504 views

    Confusing Beliefs: Although a statement passed by the Presbyterian Church (USA) 2001 General Assembly affirmed salvation through Jesus, recent survey results from the denomination reveal some puzzling beliefs among its clergy and laity. The survey found that at least 70% of members, elders and ...read more

  • In 1979 I Was Living In A Town Called Te Aroha In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ian Johnson on May 15, 2006
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,072 views

    In 1979 I was living in a town called Te Aroha in New Zealand, We had a wind storm which destroyed many homes- one gust was so strong that it wound the wind meter off the scale (over 200 MPH) no one believed their home would be damaged when they built them but that night over 50 homes were ...read more

  • Rabbi Eckstein Also Testifies To The Willingness ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Nov 25, 2006
     | 1,625 views

    Rabbi Eckstein also testifies to the willingness of Israeli citizens to unashamedly help others. This should free us as Christians from our hesitant inhibitions in reaching the lost for Jesus. “. . . Israelis are not too shy, embarrassed, inhibited, or intimidated to stand out in a crowd and ...read more

  • On Helping Your Brother

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 20, 2009
     | 2,118 views

    ON HELPING YOUR BROTHER Every poor and distressed man had a claim on me for pity, and, if I can afford it, for active exertion and (financial) relief. But a poor Christian has a far stronger claim on my feelings, my labors, and my property. He is my brother, equally interested as myself in the ...read more

  • Those Who Have Been Married For More Than A Few ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 8, 2010
     | 2,325 views

    Those who have been married for more than a few days, and those who counsel young married people, realize that one of the greatest fears of a young wife–and of a young husband, too, if they’ll admit it–is of abandonment. “Will he come home? Will she realize some difficult truth about me and ...read more

  • Prayer And The Continental Congress

    Contributed by Curtis Emerson on Jun 8, 2010
     | 3,077 views

    PRAYER AND THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS We need to remember Rev. Jacob Duché who, at the first meeting of the Continental Congress in Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia on September 7, 1774, was asked to come and open that session with prayer. "He read from the 35th Psalm and prayed for three hours. John ...read more

  • An Odd Number

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
     | 1,173 views

    AN ODD NUMBER A real Christian is an odd number anyway. He feel supreme love for One whom he has never seen. Talks familiarly every day to Someone he cannot see. He expects to go to heaven on the virtue of Another, empties himself in order that he might be full, admits he is wrong to he can be ...read more

  • Mr. Goodness And Mr. Mercy

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 31, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,640 views

    MR. GOODNESS AND MR. MERCY A faithful Christian lady told the preacher on her death bed that she felt like two demons were always around her. She said that when she died she felt like those demons were going to escort her to hell. The preacher was disturbed and couldn't understand her terrors. ...read more

  • Cruel Christians

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2011
     | 4,155 views

    CRUEL CHRISTIANS During the Spanish conquest of Mexico under Hernando Cortez in the early 1500s, a resistance leader named Hatney was captured after a fierce battle and sentenced to be burned alive. After tying him to the stake, his captors urged him to become a Christian so that at his death his ...read more

  • Let The River Flow

    Contributed by William Akehurst on Nov 25, 2011
     | 2,553 views

    LET THE RIVER FLOW Maryland’s Conowingo Hydroelectric Dam on the Susquehanna River is a great architectural feat. We can drive across the Dam and see the high water on one side and the lower level rapids and flow of water on the other. This dam was not built to contain a raging river and dam up ...read more

  • On Your Knees

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on May 1, 2012
     | 1,989 views

    ON YOUR KNEES A young stranger to the Alps was making his first climb, accompanied by two stalwart guides. It was a steep, hazardous ascent. But he felt secure with one guide ahead and one following. For hours they climbed. And now, breathless, they reached for those rocks protruding through the ...read more

  • Silent Cal

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 7, 2012
     | 4,244 views

    "SILENT CAL" President Calvin Coolidge was a man of few words, and the words he spoke were often blunt. A female journalist once told him, "Mr. President I made a $100 bet with another journalist that I could get you to say more than three words. Would you care to comment?" Calvin Coolidge smiled ...read more

  • Picking And Choosing  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 28, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,585 views

    PICKING AND CHOOSING An extremely nervous patient came to his dentist for root canal surgery. He was brought into the examining room and made comfortable in the reclining dental chair. The dentist then injected a numbing agent around the patient's tooth, and left the room for a few minutes while ...read more

  • Eastern Religious Beliefs About Hell

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 28, 2012
     | 2,781 views

    EASTERN RELIGIOUS BELIEFS ABOUT HELL Buddhists believe in 7 "hot hells" which await the evildoers - each flanked by 4 torture chambers that include a fiery pit and a quagmire. Tibetan Buddhists also speak of eight cold hells and certain "Frontier" hells for those guilty of lesser sins. Hindus ...read more

  • Creation Shows The Glory Of God!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 2, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,868 views

    "The stars are God's fingerprints. The sun is a mere smidgen of His radiance. The moon is to remind us that He doesn't sleep at night. The vastness of space proclaims the infinity of His wisdom, while the sand pebble indicates His thoroughness with the puniest details. The lion hints ...read more

  • Samuel Logan Brengle Was One Of The Truly Great ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 4,335 views

    Samuel Logan Brengle was one of the truly great leaders of the Salvation Army. A man of scholarship as well as of singular spiritual power, he outlined the road to spiritual authority and leadership in these challenging words: "It is not won by promotion, but by many prayers and tears. It is ...read more