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  • Poem By Larry Bryant

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 5,003 views

    Poem: When the Model T first hit the street, It didn’t bring all heaven to its feet. And when the first computer was born, They didn’t blow Old Gabriel’s horn. There’s only one thing that we’re sure about That can make those angels jump and shout: It’s when a sinner makes the Lord his ...read more

  • Beyond The Sunset  PRO

    Contributed by Sean Smuts on Jul 17, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,665 views

    Beyond the Sunset Should you go first and I remain, To walk the road alone. I live in memories garden, dear, With happy days we’ve known. In spring I’ll wait for roses, red, When faded, the lilacs blue. In early fall when brown leaves fall, I’ll catch a glimpse of you. Should you go first ...read more

  • Men Have Yet To Learn The Value Of Human ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,631 views

    "Men have yet to learn the value of human personality. The fact that a person is white, or black, or yellow, of one race or another, of this religion or thatthese things are not ...read more

  • Two Farmers

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 14, 2019
     | 7,832 views

    Two Farmers One time there were two farmers who were going through a period of terrible drought, they were at a place of discouragement. One farmer went ahead and plowed his fields, trusting GOD to send the rain. The other farmer thought “What’s the Use. Planting time came, Still no rain. The first ...read more

  • There Was A Tyrannical Husband Who Demanded That ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jan 31, 2010
     | 2,475 views

    There was a tyrannical husband who demanded that his wife conform to rigid standards of his own choosing. She was to do certain things for him as wife, mother, and homemaker. In time she came to hate him as much as she hated his list of rules. He died and in time she came to love another man whom ...read more

  • A Recent Newsweek Poll Found That "84 Percent Of ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 9, 2005
     | 1,505 views

    A recent Newsweek poll found that “84 percent of American adults consider themselves Christians, and 82 percent see Jesus as God or the son of God. Seventy-nine percent say they believe in the virgin birth, and 67 percent think the Christmas story — from the angels’ appearance to the Star of ...read more

  • An Evangelist Of Long Ago Named Henry Drummond ...

    Contributed by Nathan Johnson on Jan 24, 2008
     | 1,253 views

    An Evangelist of long ago named Henry Drummond said this: “Above all things do not touch Christianity unless you are willing to seek the kingdom first. I ...read more

  • Boredom At The Biltmore

    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Oct 6, 2009
     | 2,512 views

    BOREDOM AT THE BILTMORE Have you ever been to the Biltmore House? It’s a fantastic place. No other home like it in America. I’ve been there many times. Over the years we’ve taken several guests to tour. At first we noticed new things and really enjoyed it. Then we began to hear ...read more

  • Be Different

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 31, 2010
     | 2,602 views

    BE DIFFERENT "The hardest struggle of all is to be something different from what the average man is." - Charles M. Schwab "If you do things well, do them better. Be ...read more

  • Air Conditioner

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 28, 2006
     | 943 views

    Air Conditioner. First house we owned was quite old and a lot of things didn’t work quite right. Our air conditioner broke every year. It would cool down the house then, become a heater heat it up, then cool it down. Not how an air conditioner should work. First year called the company who had ...read more

  • Beware In Your Prayers, Above Everything Else, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,924 views

    "Beware in your prayers, above everything else, of limiting God, not only by unbelief, but by fancying that you know what He can do. Expect unexpected things, ‘above all that we ask or think’. Each time, before you Intercede, be quiet first, and worship God in His glory. Think of what He can do, ...read more

  • I Have Heard Karl Ingersoll, Another Grand ...  PRO

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Oct 6, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,114 views

    I have heard Karl Ingersoll, another Grand Mananer and pastor of Fredericton First Wesleyan, say, “The measure of the greatness of a man’s love for God is not found in his attention to the things he has to do, but in his attention to the things he doesn’t have to do.” That is, your salvation ...read more

  • Laminin

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jan 30, 2009
     | 2,201 views

    LAMININ Now here is the craziest thing. It is amazing. Some of you probably have seen this. In Christ, all things are held together. The heavens. The earth. And even our bodies. This is amazing. It is totally outrageous. And we call it Laminin. I first heard this through a preach named Louie ...read more

  • Bill Chadwick Tells The Story About The Lost Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 28, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 972 views

    Bill Chadwick tells the story about the lost of his teenage son in a car accident: My most incredible rage was for the people who made the idiotic comments like...."God wanted him more", or "it’s not for us to know", or "everything happens for a reason", or "it was God’s will". People told me I ...read more

  • Every So Often We Hear People Clamor For A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
     | 1,427 views

    "Every so often we hear people clamor for a change. Lets change the Constitution, change the form of Government, change everything for better or worse except to change the only thing that needs changing ...read more

  • Have You Ever Been A Parent Waiting, Watching And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 27, 2004
     | 987 views

    Have you ever been a parent waiting, watching and helping your child to take that first step or two without holding on to some thing. You brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles get in on this too. My daughter started walking by holding onto a coffee table when we lived in Jacksonville, Florida. ...read more

  • Circumcise Your Sin

    Contributed by Stephen Smarowsky on Jul 22, 2008
     | 3,166 views

    CIRCUMCISE YOUR SIN Thousands of years ago, before Christ was even born, devout Jewish parents would practice rituals or customs when having a child. The first of the customs was that the child be circumcised; the cutting of the skin. This symbolized that you were a part of the family of ...read more

  • One Well-Cultivated Talent, Deepened And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 2,256 views

    "One well-cultivated talent, deepened and enlarged, is worth 100 shallow faculties. The first law of success in this day, when so many things are clamoring for attention, is concentration to bend all the energies to one point, ...read more

  • I Sure Miss My Old Typewriter

    Contributed by James Snyder on Feb 15, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,774 views

    I was going through my office the other day looking for something, and then I saw it for the first time in many years. It was my old typewriter. Most people today have no idea what the typewriter is. I remember, however, my very first typewriter. I was so excited to get it and begin writing with ...read more

  • At Our House We Have A Set Of Children's Books ...

    Contributed by Ronnie Knight on May 1, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 926 views

    At our house we have a set of children’s books that are designed to teach kids their ABC’s and 123’s. The very first book in the number set is entitled My One Book. The main character in this book is Little One. Little one lives in the house of one. The house of one has one door, one table, one ...read more