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  • Una Historia Impactante La De Charles Templenton, ...

    Contributed by Fernando Ocampo on Oct 27, 2010
     | 2,043 views

    Una historia impactante la de Charles Templenton, un elocuente predicador, compañero de púlpito y amigo de Billy Graham quien, en el recorrido de la vida cristiana y el ministerio, llegó a un momento en donde sus cuestionamientos acerca de Dios tornó su corazón hacia la dureza. Templenton no ...read more

  • Wanting What You Have

    Contributed by Spencer Miller on Mar 10, 2013
     | 2,948 views

    WANTING WHAT YOU HAVE The story was told of a young preacher who was rejected by the other associate ministers of the Church he attended. They said very little to him and would often talk behind his back. One day he went to the pastor and expressed his intentions of leaving the Church and seeking ...read more

  • Mtv Gave Us Our First Ever "Reality Show", A ...

    Contributed by Jay Winters on May 30, 2015
     | 2,996 views

    MTV gave us our first ever "reality show", a thing called "The Real World" that came out in 1992. The first "Real World" cast sought to show us what happens when you put seven strangers in a house together, and quote, "people stop being polite, and start being real". And the world sat there, glued ...read more

  • Sometime Immediate Responses Are The Best Way To ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Mar 29, 2008
     | 944 views

    Sometime immediate responses are the best way to deal with a situation. I remember being a young Marine at Infantry training school in the coastal mountains of San Diego – I know it sounds like such tough duty just a few miles from the beaches of San Diego, California! Trust me, it was more ...read more

  • I Don't Remember  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Dec 31, 2008
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,744 views

    "I DON'T REMEMBER." Some will accept that they are going to heaven but not that they are forgiven while they still live on this earth. Bruce Larson tells the true story of a Catholic priest living in the Philippines, a much-loved man of God who once carried a secret burden of long-past sin buried ...read more

  • Contagious Anger

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 12, 2009
     | 4,737 views

    CONTAGIOUS ANGER Baseball coach Billy Martin told about hunting trip he had in Texas with baseball legend Mickey Mantle. Mickey had a friend who would let them hunt on his ranch. When they reached the ranch, Mickey told Billy to wait in the car while he checked in with his friend. Mantle’s friend ...read more

  • Anointing With Oil In The Name Of The Lord

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Apr 13, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 393 views

    "Anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord " (James 5:14) - This literally reads "after having oiled him." Whether this anointing is to be done before or during the praying is not clear from the Greek text. OIl most likely refers to olive oil. What does the oil signify? ...read more

  • Jill Stanek Is A 44 Year Old Nurse Who Worked ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rich Young on Jan 21, 2001
    based on 142 ratings
     | 5,115 views

    JILL STANEK IS A 44 YEAR OLD NURSE WHO WORKED FOR SEVERAL YEARS AT THE CHRIST HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER IN OAK LAWN, ILLINOIS, A CHICAGO SUBURB. SHE CHOSE THIS HOSPITAL BECAUSE OF ITS CHRISTIAN NAME, HOPING THAT SHE WOULDN’T HAVE TO FACE SOME OF THE ETHICAL DILEMMAS REGARDING ABORTION THAT SHE ...read more

  • You Better Watch Out, You Better Not Cry, You ...  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Weber on Mar 23, 2001
    based on 262 ratings
     | 6,495 views

    "You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout, I’m telling you why, Santa Claus is coming to town. He’s making a list, checking it twice, gonna find out who’s naughty and nice, Santa Claus is coming to town. He sees you when you’re sleeping. He knows when you’re awake. He knows ...read more

  • In December 1994 Syndicated Columnist Bob Greene ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jan 15, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,228 views

    In December 1994 syndicated columnist Bob Greene told the inspiring story of Rob Mouw. Rob played on the soccer team in his senior year at Wheaton Christian High School. In the final seconds of a big game against favored Waubonsie Valley, with his team behind by one goal, Rob was dribbling the ball ...read more

  • One Sunday Morning An Old Cowboy Entered A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,680 views

    One Sunday morning an old cowboy entered a church just before services were to begin. Although the old man and his clothes were spotlessly clean, he wore jeans, a denim shirt and boots that were very worn and ragged. In his hand he carried a worn out old hat and an equally worn out bible. The ...read more

  • Mary Jane Hansen Relates The Following: "Several ...

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Dec 13, 2007
     | 916 views

    Mary Jane Hansen relates the following: “Several months ago, I was involved in a traffic accident while driving along a major roadway in a shopping mall parking lot. My car was hit by a driver coming out of an aisle, resulting in $2,100 damage to the rear right-hand door. When I reported the ...read more

  • Works-Driven Rituals

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,546 views

    WORKS-DRIVEN RITUALS Every year a great throng of people make pilgrimage to the Shrine of Guadalupe in Mexico, a site where supposedly the Virgin Mary once stood...however unlikely that is. They go there hoping to get her attention, and to get her to intervene for them with her son Jesus. They ...read more

  • So Many People Believe They Can Be Right With ...

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Dec 10, 2012
     | 2,704 views

    So many people believe they can be right with God, they can have peace with God, they can deflect God’s anger from them by being good and doing good. They rightfully understand there’s a debt that they owe. But they don’t understand it’s a debt they could never repay. And to try to repay it does ...read more

  • Pax Romana  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 30, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,740 views

    PAX ROMANA About 27 years before Jesus was born Rome experienced something unique that history has called Pax Romana = the peace of Rome. Beginning with the reign of Augustine, Emperor of Rome and lasting till about 180 A.D. (a period of 200 years) Rome was at peace. They had few internal ...read more

  • Loss

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Aug 9, 2019
     | 1,991 views

    Have you ever had a time in your life when you suffered drastic income loss? In 1995 I had a dream job, I had an office that was 30 foot by 40 foot with my own private bath, no boss on 2nd and 3rd shift and the pay was great, not bad for a blue-collar worker. We based our lifestyle on my wages, and ...read more

  • Truth And Perspective

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,451 views

    Truth and Perspective I want to share with you the true story of Dr. Bernard Nathanson. Dr. Bernard Nathanson was a leading abortion doctor in the United States in the 1970’s. He had actually performed an abortion on a woman he had gotten pregnant during this time. This physician had campaigned ...read more

  • Alcoholics Anonymous And Celebrate Recovery

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 12, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,044 views

    ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS AND CELEBRATE RECOVERY By 1934, alcoholic Bill Wilson had ruined a promising Wall Street career because of his constant drunkenness. He was introduced to the idea of a spiritual cure by an old drinking buddy, Ebby Thacher. While in a hospital, Wilson underwent what he believed ...read more

  • Faith Without Works

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Sep 4, 2009
     | 5,748 views

    FAITH WITHOUT WORKS As a Marine Sergeant, there were many times when I helped out the young troops in my charge with various sorts of favors. Sometimes I was the local financial aid officer, assisting a young Marine in between pay days with the money necessary for a car insurance payment. ...read more

  • But Before That...  PRO

    Contributed by Gregg Strawbridge on Jul 7, 2002
    based on 28 ratings
     | 3,063 views

    BUT BEFORE THAT... In 1992, when our own Govenor, Kirk Fordice stated unreservedly “America is a Christian nation” the response bordered on hysteria. But before that -- Congress, declared 1983 to be the “Year of the Bible” — stating that the Bible, the Word of God, has made a unique contribution ...read more

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