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  • Jesus' Words

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
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     | 3,308 views

    JESUS’ WORDS There is a hopefulness in life as we hear and become empowered by Jesus’ words. A Sunday School teacher illustrated this concept of hopefulness in life by drawing on the blackboard two pathways. In the middle of one she placed a large rock, covering the entire path. At the end of ...read more

  • The Most Important Gift

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jun 16, 2009
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     | 3,036 views

    THE MOST IMPORTANT GIFT Rob Parsons, the founder of "Care for the Family," asks the question, "What is the most important gift a father can give to his child?" He always gives the same answer: it is his unconditional love and acceptance. The key to a child’s heart is to let him or her know that ...read more

  • Demons In Africa

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Nov 14, 2010
     | 3,270 views

    DEMONS IN AFRICA On the coast of Malabar, in Canara alone, are 4041 temples to evil spirits, besides 3,682 to other gods. Here, in the very heart of the East Indies, men worship demons as deities. Evil spirits have for centuries been held in homage by all classes of Hindus except Brahmans. Even ...read more

  • Walking On Water In Los Angeles  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 9, 2011
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     | 3,418 views

    WALKING ON WATER IN LOS ANGELES [James Bryan Smith, The Good and Beautiful Life (InterVarsity Press, 2010), pp. 131-132 | posted 7/05/2010] In the early 1990s, gang violence erupted in Boyle Heights, a section of East Los Angeles. Eight gangs were in conflict in the parish around the Dolores ...read more

  • An Honors Student In Fort Worth, Texas, Was Sent ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 17, 2012
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    An honors student in Fort Worth, Texas, was sent to the principal's office and punished for telling a classmate that he believes homosexuality is wrong. Holly Pope said she was "absolutely stunned" when she received a telephone call from an assistant principal at Western Hills High School ...read more

  • Movie – Saving Private Ryan. It Is Loosely Based ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on May 6, 2007
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    Movie – Saving Private Ryan. It is loosely based on the story of four brothers who served during WW II. Because it was believed three of them had died in battle, a Division was sent deep into enemy lines to bring the last one home alive. It is this scene where Tom Hanks, playing Captain John ...read more

  • The Truth Is Successful People Have Failed Just ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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     | 1,584 views

    The truth is successful people have failed just as much if not more, but they get back up and try again. Unsuccessful people are the ones who refuse to get up and that’s when they are defeated. The major league baseball player with the most strikeouts totaling 1316 is the same player that set a ...read more

  • In India There Is A Bible Institute Run By Dr. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In India there is a Bible Institute run by Dr. Samuel Thomas – a modern day hero of the Christian faith. Each year this Bible Institute has a commencement ceremony where students who have finished their studies are together for one final time before leaving this institute as graduates. What is so ...read more

  • What Is A Grandparent?

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Sep 10, 2007
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    What is a Grandparent? Taken from papers written by a class of 8 year olds: - Grandparents are a lady and a man who have no little children of their own. They like other people’s. - A grandfather is a man grandmother. - Grandparents don’t have to do anything except be there when we come to see ...read more

  • The Tailor's Needle

    Contributed by Jacob Kutty on May 30, 2008
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    THE TAILOR'S NEEDLE A tailor was at work. He took a piece of cloth and with a pair of shining, costly, scissors, he cut the cloth into various bits. Then he put the pair of scissors at his feet. Then he took a small needle and thread and started to sew the bits of cloth, into a fine shirt. When ...read more

  • Victoriously Living Over The Flesh  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    Victoriously Living Over the Flesh Romans 8:12-14, "Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation--but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it. For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, ...read more

  • Christ Was Love  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
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    CHRIST WAS LOVE I read a story that I thought was a perfect illustration as to what the perfect gift looks like at Christmas. It centered on a school Christmas pageant. Of course there was nothing there to make it religious. Only snowmen, reindeer and the like. And so the kindergarten class was ...read more

  • Watch Where You're Going!

    Contributed by Tim Smith on May 28, 2015
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     | 6,704 views

    I had just flown back home from attending a class for my Doctorate in Pasadena, CA. The week was filled with long days and short nights. I had an early morning flight and then flew most of the day. By the time I got home, I was exhausted. Yet I didn’t want to miss my workout so I headed to the gym. ...read more

  • Discover Your Style Of Evangelism

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Apr 4, 2022
     | 1,018 views

    A true heart of compassion will let those on the way to destruction know they can escape, but the only escape is through Jesus Christ. We need to tell people they're in trouble with God and that God alone has provided a way to escape. But how? Do we all have to share the same way? No, the ...read more

  • Facts About Marital Distress And Divorce

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 18, 2005
     | 2,404 views

    3. Facts About Marital Distress and Divorce Scott M. Stanley & Howard J. Markman University of Denver and PREP, Inc. a. Younger people in the U.S. who are marrying for the first time face roughly a 40-50% chance of divorcing in their lifetime under current trends (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1992, ...read more

  • Bible Statistics

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Nov 10, 2010
     | 3,091 views

    BIBLE STATISTICS Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the Bible, and every verse in it, excepting two, Psalm 119:122 and Psalm 119:132, contains a reference to the Word of God. The shortest chapter is Psalm 117; shortest verse, John 11:35. In the New Testament, there are about 180 direct ...read more

  • A Mother Was Preparing Pancakes For Her Sons, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 14, 2001
    based on 145 ratings
     | 1,709 views

    A mother was preparing pancakes for her sons, Kevin, 5, and Ryan, 3. The boys began to argue over who would get the first pancake. Their mother saw the opportunity for a moral lesson. "If Jesus were sitting here, He would say, ’Let my brother have the first ...read more

  • How Will You Finish Your Race?

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Mar 22, 2024
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     | 935 views

    The Greeks had a race in their Olympic games that was unique. Oddly enough, the winner was not the runner who finished first and fastest. It was the first runner who finished the race with his torch still lit. I am not trying to outrun others. I just want to run all the way to the ...read more

  • A Mother Who Was Preparing Pancakes For Her ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Jul 18, 2003
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     | 2,280 views

    A mother who was preparing pancakes for her sons, Kevin, 5, and Ryan, 3. The boys began to argue over who would get the first pancake... Their mother saw the opportunity for a moral lesson. “If Jesus were sitting here, He would say, ‘Let my brother have the first ...read more

  • A Mother Was Preparing Pancakes For Her Sons, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,656 views

    A mother was preparing pancakes for her sons, Kevin, 5, Ryan, 3. The boys began to argue over who would get the first pancake. Their mother saw the opportunity for a moral lesson. “If Jesus were sitting here, He would say ‘Let my brother have the first ...read more