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  • Actually, It's A Good Thing That Jesus Is Not ...

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 20, 2000
     | 1,877 views

    Actually, it’s a good thing that Jesus is not with us now in a human body and therefore limited to one geographic location. If He was, you would have as much chance of being with Him in your lifetime as you would a holiday with the Queen! You might get a five minute slot in His diary in 2030, but ...read more

  • Loren Mead: The Mission Of God And His Church Is ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Feb 15, 2008
     | 1,190 views

    Loren Mead: The mission of God and His church is “to see that no pain is unshared, not hurt unnoticed, no hunger untouched, no loss grieved alone, no death unknown, and no joy uncelebrated…The Church is to identify itself with the suffering that creeps into every life, every home, every ...read more

  • While Research In The Early '90s Provided ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 2,177 views

    While research in the early '90s provided evidence that one's personality could predict job performance, numerous potential problems are associated with use of personality testing. Five former editors of Personal Psychology reviewed 7,000 manuscripts and they found there is very low validity of ...read more

  • How To Make Someone A Soul-Winner  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,445 views

    HOW TO MAKE SOMEONE A SOUL-WINNER General William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, once told his students, "If I had my choice, I wouldn’t send you to school, I’d send you to Hell for five minutes, and you’d come back real soul ...read more

  • We'll Teach Him

    Contributed by Joe Bertone on Jul 23, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,620 views

    WE'LL TEACH HIM A twenty-five-year-old girl cancelled her engagement. She tearfully told her mother what had happened. She said, "I can't marry him. He's not really Christian. I've discovered that he really doesn't believe in hell." The ...read more

  • Plunging To Murky Earth  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 19, 2003
    based on 58 ratings
     | 8,086 views

    PLUNGING TO MURKY EARTH A family was out vacationing at the lake one summer. Dad had been puttering out by the boat house. Two of his sons, a 12-year old and a 3-year old were down playing along the dock. The 12 year old was supposed to be watching his little brother, but he got distracted. The 3 ...read more

  • The Arrest

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 11, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,979 views

    THE ARREST A young man was sitting at a stop light in downtown New Orleans one evening, when the lady in front of him was distracted as she was going thru some papers on her front seat. The red light changed to green and the young woman did not move. The young man was a bit put off by this and ...read more

  • Life Of Pi

    Contributed by Paul Barreca on Mar 28, 2013
    based on 1 rating
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    LIFE OF PI The movie "Life of Pi" is a deeply religious film. The story opens with a discussion between a writer and a man from India who shares a fascinating story. The man has come to Pi because a friend told him that "Pi has a story that will make you believe in God." Pi tells the story of ...read more

  • I Need More Crosses  PRO

    Contributed by Rob Morton on Jun 5, 2001
    based on 132 ratings
     | 4,744 views

    I NEED MORE CROSSES One Sunday a minister was finishing up a series on marriage. At the end of the service he was giving out small wooden crosses to each married couple. He said, "Place this cross in the room in which you fight the most and you will be reminded of God’s commands and you ...read more

  • A Paddy's Day Joke  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 9, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,490 views

    A PADDY’S DAY JOKE Paddy was tooling along the road one fine day when the local policeman, a friend of his, pulled him over. "What’s wrong, Seamus?" Paddy asked. "Well didn’t ya know, Paddy, that your wife fell out of the car about five miles back?" said ...read more

  • No Answer: Barna Research Phoned 3400 Randomly ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,344 views

    No Answer: Barna Research phoned 3400 randomly selected Protestant churches from across the U.S. during December and 55% offered no human answer. Overall: 19% had neither a person nor an answering machine responding to calls; 16% had an answering machine responding; 20% had either an answering ...read more

  • He's Our Miracle. He's My Hero. He's My Son, ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Sep 25, 2008
     | 1,791 views

    “He’s our miracle. He’s my hero. He’s my son, but he’s also my miracle.” Dustin Carter’s mother. Dustin, is an 18-year old High School wrestler who had both arms and legs amputated at the age of five. He made to the quarterfinals of the coveted State Tournament ...read more

  • Dad's Alarm

    Contributed by Paul Collins on Sep 7, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,867 views

    DAD'S ALARM A father wrote about what happened when his son David was about five years old. They attended a church where it was common for the preacher to invite children to the front for a special sermon. On one particular morning, he brought up a smoke detector and asked the children if anyone ...read more

  • Christians Aren't Any Different

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Mar 5, 2016
     | 4,645 views

    CHRISTIANS AREN’T ANY DIFFERENT “We find there is very little difference in ethical behavior between churchgoers and those who are not active religiously. The levels of lying, cheating, and stealing are similar in both groups. Eight out of ten Americans consider themselves Christians, Gallup ...read more

  • Prophet-Leaders, Like The Late David Koresh, Make ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 10, 2002
    based on 42 ratings
     | 1,860 views

    Prophet-leaders, like the late David Koresh, make confusing and inflated promises of fellowship manipulation through emotion and intimidation tactics in order to build their own kingdoms. Where did this so-called prophet lead his loyal followers? On April 19, 1993, (day fifty-one of the siege), ...read more

  • A New Movie

    Contributed by William Huegel on Jan 27, 2006
     | 2,957 views

    A new movie There is a new Christian movie out called “The End of the Spear”. It is the story of five young missionaries who were killed trying to reach the Auca Indians in the jungles of South America with the Gospel. All five of these courageous and faith-filled young men were speared to ...read more

  • Seoul -- At His Father's Funeral, American Carl ...

    Contributed by Bruce Landry on Jan 15, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,097 views

    Seoul -- At his father’s funeral, American Carl Lewis placed his 100-meter gold medal from the 1984 Olympics in his father’s hands. "Don’t worry," he told his surprised mother. "I’ll get another one." A year later, in the 100-meter final at the 1988 games, Lewis was competing against Canadian ...read more

  • The Guys We'll Watch Play Today Are Tough, But ...

    Contributed by Ben Randall on Feb 4, 2007
     | 1,907 views

    The guys we’ll watch play today are tough, but let me tell you of some real tough guys, in fact they may well be the toughest football team in American history. - They came from the University of the South, in Sewannee Tennessee. In the last six days of the season, they were scheduled to play five ...read more

  • You Think He Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 12, 2009
     | 1,474 views

    "YOU THINK HE WAS MAD?..." An important business executive boarded the New-Orleans-to-Washington train. He was a heavy sleeper, and he needed to be awakened in order to get off the train in Atlanta about five o’clock in the morning. He found a porter and told him, "I want you to awaken me in order ...read more

  • I Thought He Was Talking To You

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Oct 10, 2011
     | 2,979 views

    I THOUGHT HE WAS TALKING TO YOU At the height of a political corruption trial, the prosecuting attorney attacked a witness. "Isn't it true," he bellowed, "that you accepted five thousand dollars to compromise this case?" The witness stared out the window, as though he hadn't heard the ...read more