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  • Matthew Henry (Pastor In The Early 1700s) Was ...

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Apr 8, 2008
     | 916 views

    Matthew Henry (pastor in the early 1700s) was robbed one day and wrote in his diary the next: “Let me be thankful. First, because I was never robbed before. Second, because although they took my wallet, they did not take my life. Third, because although they ...read more

  • Lucian Lived Between 120 And 200 Ad. He Was A ...

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Apr 14, 2008
     | 1,671 views

    Lucian lived between 120 and 200 AD. He was a Greek satirist and opponent of anything religious (which he grouped together as superstitions). Yet when he saw the generosity of the Christian church he wrote: “It is incredible to see the fervor with which the people of that religion help each other ...read more

  • Are You Willing To Think? Consider Carefully, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,147 views

    "Are you willing to think? Consider carefully, for the answer to that question will largely determine your success or failure in life. If you would develop your judgment, use it. Exercise your power of judgment as often as you can, for the first rule of good judgment is practice. The ...read more

  • Money Is Dangerous

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Aug 8, 2024
     | 122 views

    Cofounder of Apple Steve Wozniak has a personal disdain for money and accumulating large amounts of wealth. He told Fortune magazine in 2017, "I didn't want to be near money, because it could corrupt your values. When Apple first went ...read more

  • Jesus Came To A Village And Found A Man There Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Hughes on Jun 4, 2003
    based on 24 ratings
     | 4,050 views

    Jesus came to a village and found a man there who was blind. He laid hands on Him and prayed over the man, and he was healed completely. The townspeople were so appreciative that they built a church, and they called it the first church of laying on of hands and healing. So, Jesus goes to the next ...read more

  • Too Big For God

    Contributed by Scott Epperson on Jan 1, 2007
     | 1,833 views

    TO BIG FOR GOD Remember when you first came to God compelled by the Holy Ghost you were found in sin and conceived by grace and mercy. Remember your first breath of the life everything look so much brighter and you had hope and faith in nothing else but in Christ. I remember the feeling of the ...read more

  • The Tenacity Of Edison And Lincoln

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 23, 2011
     | 2,646 views

    THE TENACITY OF EDISON AND LINCOLN Look at the life of Thomas Edison. At 21, he patented his first major invention: the Electrical Vote Recorder (a device 100 years ahead of its time!). At 26, he invented the automatic telegraph and paraffin paper. At 30, the phonograph (earliest record player). ...read more

  • The Jim Twins. ...

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Dec 18, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,329 views

    Maybe you’ve heard the story of the Jim twins. Jim Springer and Jim Lewis were twin sons of a fourteen-year-old Italian girl. She gave birth to them in a small town in Ohio and then disappeared. They were adopted into two separate loving families, but after 39 years of life had never seen one ...read more

  • Back On The Ranch Where I Spent My Summers When I ...

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Jun 23, 2007
     | 1,180 views

    Back on the ranch where I spent my summers when I was young, my Dad and some of the other men used to break horses to ride and then would train them for various tasks according to their abilities and breeding. The first thing they always did was to gain the animal’s trust. They would then trained ...read more

  • Most If Not All Of Us Have Seen A Large Domino ...

    Contributed by Darren Mccormick on Feb 26, 2008
     | 1,271 views

    Most if not all of us have seen a large domino display set off. And we know that once you knock down that first domino there’s a chain reaction that takes place. This verse is talking about our actions having a spiritual domino effect. God doesn’t want us to worship Him in the wrong way because ...read more

  • The Wise Farmer Can Usually Depend On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
     | 2,601 views

    "...the wise farmer can usually depend on expected timetables of seedtime and harvest. Not so in the spiritual life. One of the greatest frustrations in the Christian ministry, and principal cause for 'weariness in well doing' is the inability to calculate the spiritual outcome of faithful labors ...read more

  • The Names By Which God Reveals Himself

    Contributed by Bruce Montgomery on Apr 21, 2008
     | 2,342 views

    THE NAMES BY WHICH GOD REVEALS HIMSELF We make our first mistake in attempting to define God or describe God if we think of "God" as a common noun rather than a personal noun. "God" is a name, the way of addressing a person. Names are important. One of the first things we want to discover ...read more

  • Story: Baboons On The ...

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Aug 22, 2008
     | 1,970 views

    Story: Baboons On The Loose In eastern Africa a troop of about 50 baboons made themselves at home right next to a farm. The baboons were amusing at first but soon wore out their welcome. Before long they were ravaging the corn and other crops and helping themselves to anything they could get ...read more

  • Counting On Them  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,057 views

    COUNTING ON THEM The wise farmer can usually depend on expected timetables of seedtime and harvest. Not so in the spiritual life. One of the greatest frustrations in the Christian ministry, and principal cause for "weariness in well doing" is the inability to calculate the spiritual outcome of ...read more

  • Does He Have Other Plans?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,428 views

    DOES HE HAVE OTHER PLANS? The wise farmer can usually depend on expected timetables of seedtime and harvest. Not so in the spiritual life. One of the greatest frustrations in the Christian ministry, and principal cause for "weariness in well-doing" is the inability to calculate the spiritual ...read more

  • 3 Men Were Walking On A Beach One Afternoon ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,903 views

    : 3 men were walking on a beach one afternoon when they came across an old lamp. The first man picked it up and began to rub it and out popped a genie. The genie said I am here to give each of you one wish each. The first man did not hesitate he said I want a million dollars – POOF, instantly a ...read more

  • One Sunday, A Monk Was Invited To Speak About ...  PRO

    Contributed by Francis Neil Jalando-On on Nov 3, 2000
    based on 134 ratings
     | 2,572 views

    One Sunday, a monk was invited to speak about the ‘love of God.’ He waited until it is dark and proceeded in the altar with a lighted candle. He first illumined the crown of thorns then the two hands that are nailed after that he continued to light the spear wound in the side and lastly he put the ...read more

  • Professor H.w. Jurgen, A West German ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kevin Taylor on Oct 28, 2001
    based on 98 ratings
     | 1,927 views

    Professor H.W. Jurgen, a West German sociologist, claims that married couples chat with one another 70 minutes a day in the first year of their marriage. This drops to 30 minutes a day in the second year and then only to 15 minutes a day in the 4th. His research shows that by the eighth year, ...read more

  • The Elevator  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 27, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,118 views

    The Elevator A man from the back mountains of Tennessee found himself one day in a large city, for the first time standing outside an elevator. He watched as an old, haggard woman hobbled on, and the doors closed. A few minutes later the doors opened and a young, attractive woman ...read more

  • D.a. Carson Once Said, "Hell Is Not A Place Where ...

    Contributed by Greg Buchner on Mar 13, 2005
     | 2,181 views

    D.A. Carson once said, “Hell is not a place where people are consigned because they were pretty good blokes, but they just didn’t believe the right stuff. They’re consigned there, first and foremost, because they defy their maker and want to be at the center of the universe…and who ...read more

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