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  • Why Blood?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,017 views

    WHY BLOOD? On February 16, 1989 the lives of George and Vera Bajenksi of Ontario, Canada were changed forever. It was a very normal Thursday morning. The phone rang at 9:15 a.m. There was an accident involving their son Ben. As they approached the intersection of Adelaide and Simcoe Streets near ...read more

  • Simple Obedience  PRO

    Contributed by Ted Sutherland on Jun 7, 2001
    based on 187 ratings
     | 9,283 views

    Spurgeon: “It is my first public declaration that a thing which looks to be unreasonable and seems to be unprofitable, being commanded by God, is law, is law to me. If my Master had told me to pick up six stones and lay them in a row I would do it, without demanding of him, ‘What good will it do?’ ...read more

  • The Pilgrims Who Arrived On The Mayflower Were ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 24, 2008
     | 1,577 views

    The Pilgrims who arrived on the Mayflower were not the first to celebrate Thanksgiving in the New World. Several groups before them had done similar things. But the Plymouth Rock Thanksgiving is the one we model our celebration after; for one thing, it included turkey: Governor William Bradford ...read more

  • You Probably Know Ted Giannoulas Even If You've ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Ward on Dec 7, 2004
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,214 views

    You probably know Ted Giannoulas even if you’ve never heard his name. He has been the San Diego Chicken for 30 years. He originated the character as a college student, but Ted is getting older. At age 50, being the Chicken has been his life and his whole identity. His face is never photographed ...read more

  • J. B. Phillips Writes In The Preface To The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Duane Smith on Jul 18, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 6,003 views

    J. B. Phillips writes in the preface to The Young Church in Action, that one cannot spend several months in close study of this book, “without being profoundly stirred and, to be honest, disturbed. The reader is stirred,” he says, “because he is seeing Christianity, the real thing, in action for ...read more

  • To Sit At Home  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Apr 24, 2001
    based on 129 ratings
     | 1,686 views

    She cooked the breakfast first of all, Washed the cups and plates. Dressed the children and made sure Stockings all were mates. Combed their hair and made their beds, Sent them our to play; Gathered up their motley toys, Put some books away. Dusted chairs and mopped the stairs, Ironed an hour or ...read more

  • Philip Yancey Relates How A Professor Virginia ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Jan 7, 2002
    based on 31 ratings
     | 2,256 views

    Philip Yancey relates how a professor Virginia Stem Owens assigned the Sermon on the Mount to her composition class at Texas A&M University. She asked her students to write a short essay on this passage of Scripture. Here is what one student wrote: “The things asked in this sermon are absurd. To ...read more

  • I Heard Someone Give An Illustration Once About A ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 9, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 29,790 views

    I heard someone give an illustration once about a wooden well bucket he came upon. He thought it was useless at first, because it had been sitting next to a barn in the sun, unused for a long time. He could see daylight between the wooden slats of the bucket. Certainly, this thing would never ...read more

  • Here's An Example From Nature Shared By Another ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 25, 2006
     | 1,380 views

    Here’s an example from nature shared by another fellow Preacher. When Mt. St. Helens erupted in May 1980, hundreds of square kilometers were obliterated under a sea of mud and ash. Every living thing was destroyed, buried, or burned. But within four months, the first flowers were blooming, within a ...read more

  • The Shepherd Psalm Does Speak Against Anxiety, ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 21, 2007
     | 1,343 views

    The Shepherd Psalm does speak against anxiety, worry, and fear. It calls for trust in God. Here’s an example of the wrong kind of faith. Are you familiar with the Broom Hilda comic strip? Anybody ever seen it? For an illustration of mindless faith I like the conversation that takes place between ...read more

  • For Those Who Are Single And Wish To Marry, You ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 10, 2007
     | 736 views

    For those who are single and wish to marry, you must pray, prepare yourself as a bride is to be adorned for her husband (Rev. 21:2, 19:7-8) and go where you are called. You must discover your gifts, develop your gifts and demonstrate your gifts. This thereby attracts the mate that best first with ...read more

  • He Who Is

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 22, 2012
     | 2,328 views

    He Who is "the image of the invisible God" (Col. 1:15),(21) is Himself the perfect man. To the sons of Adam He restores the divine likeness which had been disfigured from the first sin onward. Since human nature as He assumed it was not annulled,(22) by that very fact it has been raised up to a ...read more

  • We Are Living Life, Liberty And The ...

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Aug 16, 2008
     | 2,496 views

    We are living Life, Liberty and the Pursuit But sometimes we are pursuing the wrong things in the wrong direction. Did you hear the story about the elderly lady that had heard on the news about a car driving the wrong way on the interstate She was so worried that her husband was in danger that she ...read more

  • What We Do Not Know  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
    based on 10 ratings
     | 4,393 views

    WHAT WE DO NOT KNOW F.B. Meyer once said that when we see a brother or sister in sin, there are three things we do not know: First, we do not know how hard he or she tried not to sin. Second, we do not know the power of the forces that assailed him or her. Thirdly, we also do not know what we ...read more

  • Even If We ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
     | 2,847 views

    EVEN IF WE LOSE Are we thinking kind thoughts? What about when we lose the game? Have you learned that there are things happening right now that are preparing us to fulfill visions, dreams and purpose that our God has planned for our lives? Someone needs you to reach out of your box and help! Did ...read more

  • If I Had A Nickel For Every Blunder I Made…

    Contributed by James Snyder on Jul 18, 2020
     | 1,846 views

    I am not very agile when it comes to finances. Do not get me wrong, I know how to spend money; it is just that I do not know how to save money. Somewhere I lost my little piggy bank. One of my father's favorite quotes was, "A penny saved is a penny earned." It never made sense to me, ...read more

  • Jerry West, The Nba's Top Executive Who Signed ...

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Aug 29, 2002
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,193 views

    Jerry West, the NBA’s top executive who signed Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant to Los Angeles, walked away from the Lakers after 40 years with the organization as a player, a coach, then an executive. He couldn’t even watch his team win the championship in 1999 after a long drought. He couldn’t ...read more

  • A Fly Doing The Impossible  PRO

    Contributed by Tylor Cates on Jan 24, 2004
    based on 9 ratings
     | 4,459 views

    A Fly Doing The Impossible Prop: Toy fly I was driving down the road at about 75 mph on the interstate the other day and something happened that happens a lot unfortunately. There was a fly in my car. You know how annoying that can get with the fly just buzzing back and forth in the car. I was ...read more

  • Heart Of Worship  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Garrett on Apr 11, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 5,175 views

    “HEART OF WORSHIP” There’s a recent song that was written by a young man who lead the worship at church. He was an extremely talented singer, but the preacher there took him aside and told him that he could not lead the singing at church until things changed because he saw that he was more ...read more

  • Two Traveling Angels Stopped To Spend The Night ...

    Contributed by Bo Dunford on Jan 29, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,810 views

    Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family! The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the mansion’s guest room. Instead the angels were given a small space in the cold basement. As they made their bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole ...read more