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  • A Religious Assumption  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 30, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,658 views

    A RELIGIOUS ASSUMPTION In America, unlike any other country of the time, the Founders envisioned a land where people of all faiths could worship God without fear of persecution. The freedom to worship would, in turn, cultivate the piety and virtue necessary for the success of ...read more

  • An Inadequate Constitution  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 30, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,541 views

    AN INADEQUATE CONSTITUTION For most of our history we have remained a religious people. From the very first moment that Americans officially declared themselves before the world to be one people, they appealed to the “Creator” and the “Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God.” From the brave ...read more

  • Our Nation's Godly Heritage  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 28, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,835 views

    OUR NATION’S GODLY HERITAGE One of America’s well-known Colonial Americans began his career as a school teacher, using the Bible as his most valued textbook. Noah Webster was born in Connecticut and came of age during the American Revolution. He was educated at Yale University, and when he lacked ...read more

  • Erma Bombeck Wrote This Essay Entitled, When God ...  PRO

    Contributed by Aaron Burgess on Sep 26, 2002
    based on 30 ratings
     | 3,583 views

    Erma Bombeck wrote this essay entitled, When God Created Women. “By the time the Lord made mothers, he was into his sixth day of working overtime. An Angel appeared and said "Why are you spending so much time on this one?" And the Lord answered and said, "Have you seen the spec sheet on her? She ...read more

  • An End In Mind  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 19, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,882 views

    AN END IN MIND Dr. Ari Kiev of Cornell University observed that from the moment people decided to concentrate all their energies on a specific objective, they began to surmount the most difficult odds. He concluded, "The establishment of ...read more

  • Held Hostage In The New Year  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 23, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,951 views

    HELD HOSTAGE IN THE NEW YEAR The new year started off rather uniquely for a "nameless" woman in Laingsburg, Michigan. She heard "angry, accented voices" coming from her living room. Fearing her husband was being held hostage by terrorists, she hid in a bathroom closet and whispered to the police ...read more

  • I Am The New Year  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 23, 2002
    based on 40 ratings
     | 5,966 views

    I AM THE NEW YEAR I am the new year. I am an unspoiled page in your book of time. I am your next chance at the art of living. I am your opportunity to practice what you have learned about life during the last twelve months. All that you sought and didn’t find is hidden in me, waiting for you to ...read more

  • Getting Past Your Past  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 23, 2002
    based on 42 ratings
     | 7,628 views

    GETTING PAST YOUR PAST Consider Charles Colson, the aide to Richard Nixon who was sent to jail for Watergate. As as a result of his experience as a convicted felon, Colson founded Prison Fellowship, now the world’s largest Christian outreach to prisoners and their families. Prison Fellowship has ...read more

  • Lord Use My Time  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 23, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,018 views

    LORD USE MY TIME Lord I have time I have plenty of time All the time that you give me The years of my life The days of my years The hours of my days They are all mine Mine to fill, quietly, calmly, But to fill completely, up to the brim, To offer them to you, that of their insipid water You may ...read more

  • So Far Behind  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 23, 2002
    based on 20 ratings
     | 3,864 views

    SO FAR BEHIND The cartoon character Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes once said, “God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I’m so far behind I’ll never die.” SOURCE: Matthew Rogers in "Making ...read more

  • The Government Already Has!!  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Chambers on Jan 29, 2003
    based on 19 ratings
     | 3,547 views

    THE GOVERNMENT ALREADY HAS!! The Lord spoke to Noah and said, “Noah in six months I am going to make it rain until the whole world is covered with water and all the evil things are destroyed. But, I want to save a few good people and two of every living thing on the planet. So I want you to ...read more

  • Somebody Said  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2004
    based on 40 ratings
     | 4,034 views

    SOMEBODY SAID Somebody said it takes about six weeks to get back to normal after you’ve had a baby. Somebody doesn’t know that once you’re a mother, normal is history. Somebody said you learn how to be a mother by instinct. Somebody never took a three-year-old shopping. Somebody said being a ...read more

  • Call Home Often  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 22, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 4,265 views

    CALL HOME OFTEN Max Lucado in his book "In the Eye of a Storm" talks about traveling from one speaking engagement to another. He had traveled from San Antonio to Boston and had spoken at a gathering in Boston. Then he was flying on to Edmonton, Canada to fulfill a speaking engagement there. When ...read more

  • A Better World In The New Year  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 22, 2004
    based on 21 ratings
     | 7,820 views

    A BETTER WORLD IN THE NEW YEAR There was an article a few years ago in which a man gave his idea of a perfect world. He said, "In a perfect world you would feel as good at 60 as you did at 17. And you would be as smart at 60 as you thought you were at 17." "In a perfect world professional ...read more

  • An Ever-Rolling Stream!" Genesis 6: 1-3 Key ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Dec 30, 2004
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,011 views

    “An Ever-Rolling Stream!” Genesis 6: 1-3 Key verse(s): 3: “Then the Lord said, ‘My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for hie is mortal; his days will be a hundred and twenty years.’” “It can wait until tomorrow!” Despite that old adage, “Never put off to tomorrow the things that you can do ...read more

  • Value In Work, Or Motherhood?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,553 views

    VALUE IN WORK, OR MOTHERHOOD? In a May 2005 report, USA Today says mothers enjoy their work as mothers, but they would like to feel more valued. 1 in 5 mother’s who took the survey say they feel less valued by society since becoming a mother. The survey was conducted by the University of ...read more

  • God, Can You Help Me Mother?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2005
    based on 10 ratings
     | 2,620 views

    GOD, CAN YOU HELP ME MOTHER? Elisa Morgan, President of the Christian mother’s organization called MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) International, writes: “I’m probably the least likely person to head a mothering organization. I grew up in a broken home. My parents were divorced when I was 5. My ...read more

  • The Daffodil Story.  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 18 ratings
     | 3,655 views

    The Daffodil Story. Several times my daughter had telephoned to say, "Mother, you must come to see the daffodils before they are over." I wanted to go, but it was a two-hour drive from Laguna to Lake Arrowhead. "I will come next Tuesday," I promised a little reluctantly on her third call. Next ...read more

  • A Modern Medical Miracle

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Aug 23, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,224 views

    *Jesus worked medical miracles yesterday, and He can do the same thing today! Sometimes we have the privilege of seeing Him do it. When I worked for the Air Force in the late 70’s, one of my best friends was a Captain named Bill. *We got a call from Bill out of the blue, in the Fall of 1993. He ...read more

  • Why We Celebrate The 4th  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 24, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,875 views

    WHY WE CELEBRATE THE 4TH But there is a reason why we celebrate on the 4th and we can’t forget that! It was the day the day the colonies declared their independence from England. Freedom was declared in some famous words of the Declaration of Independence, which starts: We hold these truths to be ...read more

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