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  • An Interesting Thing Happened One Day In A ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 14, 2009
     | 1,355 views

    An interesting thing happened one day in a church where the great American businessman Samuel Colgate was a member. During an evangelistic campaign a prostitute came forward and confessed her sins. She was broken-hearted and wept openly. She asked God to save her soul and expressed a desire to join ...read more

  • A Bug's Life (Disney)

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 19, 2010
     | 2,684 views

    A Bug's Life (Disney) Overview -- Hopper explains to his gang that one ant may be harmless and unable to stop them, like throwing one seed at a gang member. Hundreds of ants joined together, though, could bury them as surely as hundreds of seeds do. This speech rallies his gang to crush the ants' ...read more

  • No Rest For The Unforgiving

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Mar 19, 2010
     | 2,638 views

    NO REST FOR THE UNFORGIVING Somewhere in the recesses of my memory is the recollection of a movie. It’s a Western; I know that much. I can’t remember the title of the movie, but I remember the story line. The hero is a law man, and he is transporting a convicted murderer across the treacherous ...read more

  • When My Hat Is Here...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 21, 2010
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     | 4,667 views

    WHEN MY HAT IS HERE... So, it’s not true that you can be just as good a Christian without going to church. You can’t simply say "Well, I’m there in Spirit… but I don’t have to be there in body." It’s kind of like the true story of an incident that took place at a University. This university had a ...read more

  • Abandoned

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on May 15, 2011
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    ABANDONED A little over a week ago I made a pilgrimage over to Wally Mart – I’m sure to get something for dinner. Anyway, while getting out of the car, I noticed that the car in front of me had in it a small child – a baby, sitting in his or her car seat, sleeping away. All the while the baby’s ...read more

  • Prayed Into The Kingdom

    Contributed by Michael Walther on May 25, 2011
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    PRAYED INTO THE KINGDOM Chuck Sackett did not grow up in a Christian home. But he joined the Boy Scouts and wanted to complete the “God and Country” merit badge. So he walked a few blocks to a small church for several weeks. He filled out his papers, and did what he had to do get that badge. ...read more

  • Be Like Mike...?  PRO

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Jun 2, 2011
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     | 3,418 views

    BE LIKE MIKE...? Gary Thomas, in his book Authentic Faith, describes a friend of his named Mike. He met Mike when he went to college. Mike was a leader among students. He had everything: a contagious personality, athletic ability, good looks, and natural appeal. And everybody wanted to be around ...read more

  • Bill Hybels: Why People Are Lonely

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 14, 2011
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    BILL HYBELS: WHY PEOPLE ARE LONELY Why do we have a sense of loneliness today? Bill Hybels explains it this way: "It is a "me-first” mind-set. This mind-set says indulge yourself, fulfill your desires, satiate your appetites, pursue pleasure, take off all restraints. As much as we might want to ...read more

  • The Liberty Bell

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Jul 6, 2011
     | 3,242 views

    THE LIBERTY BELL One of the most, iconic symbols of our national heritage --the Liberty Bell --hangs magnificently in the city of brotherly love. In 1751, the Pennsylvania Assembly ordered the bell to commemorate the commonwealth's fiftieth anniversary of William Penn's 1701 Charter of ...read more

  • Do You Believe The Easter Story?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 9, 2011
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     | 5,336 views

    DO YOU BELIEVE THE EASTER STORY? I heard a story about a family that tragically lost three of their four children within just two weeks to a deadly, virulent disease. One child was left--a four year old boy. The family had buried the third child just two weeks before Easter. On Easter morning ...read more

  • Happiness Is Not Found In More Things....

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on May 19, 2016
     | 3,951 views

    HAPPINESS IS NOT FOUND IN MORE THINGS... If having more would make us happy, we would never need the Tenth Commandment - "You shall not COVET.’ It is written especially for unhappy people who think that happiness is found in more things. Have you heard the story about the king who fell into a ...read more

  • Let Our Faith Be In God And Not In The Things Of This World.

    Contributed by Greg Burcham on Sep 2, 2016
     | 6,484 views

    “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.” Revelation 3:20 NKJV What a beautiful verse! Jesus declares His desire to be your Savior and friend. This verse comes at the end of Christ’s rebuke of ...read more

  • Relaxing Our Grip On Troubles

    Contributed by Jerry Stephens on Mar 18, 2017
     | 3,597 views

    Recently I was praying at bedtime. I felt overwhelmed by the things I didn’t get done that day; things that would be facing me the moment I opened my eyes the following morning. As I recited my litany of woes, I sensed the Holy Spirit asking me which among them I thought he couldn’t handle. ...read more

  • Beatitudes For Marriage

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 30, 2020
     | 3,235 views

    We all know and love the Beatitudes for what they mean to our own personal lives, but recently I sensed the Lord leading me to write down how these guidelines for Kingdom citizens affected the lives of married couples. The results were received very powerfully by our amazing church family: Poor ...read more

  • The Meek Person Has A Powerful Relationship With ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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     | 2,685 views

    THE MEEK PERSON HAS A POWERFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD THAT RELAXES THE SPIRIT, CALMS THE SOUL, OVERCOMES FEAR, AND ENABLES GREAT THINGS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE NAME OF JESUS. V. IN CONTRAST, THE UN-MEEK TRY TO BUILD A FORMIDABLE EXTERIOR BUT ARE CRIPPLED INSIDE WITH FEAR AND STRESS. THERE IS A ...read more

  • Hold Up The Chem.-Light For Everyone To See And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ned Bartlebaugh on Jun 21, 2007
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     | 2,801 views

    Hold up the chem.-light for everyone to see and say. Let’s use this chem-light as an example. This chem-light is designed to shine light in a dark area. It consists of a plastic container and we can see a fluid inside but it is not fulfilling its purpose. It is not giving off light. It is only ...read more

  • The Test Of A Truly Great Man

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 8, 2007
     | 1,703 views

    Quotes: The Test of a Truly Great Man It was John Riskin who said, “I believe the first test of a truly great man is his humility. I do not mean by humility, doubt of his own power, or hesitation in speaking his opinion. But really great men have a ... feeling that the greatness is not in them but ...read more

  • Though Batttle Scarred She Kept The Faith And ...

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Feb 6, 2008
     | 1,865 views

    though batttle scarred she kept the faith and never would give in a teacher and a preacher a great soldier to the end a thousand lives were touched by her, a spirit always strong today she walks in glory another saint has now moved on there is no doubt that she was called her gifts came shining ...read more

  • Demonstrate The Gospel  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Feb 22, 2008
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    Demonstrate the Gospel R.W. Shambach told the story of a meeting he was in with T.L. Osborn. A young man who was a boxer and had been blinded by severe blows was also in the meeting. Shambach knew the man personally and knew that he was not a believer. Osborn called the man forward and prayed ...read more

  • Who Needs Revival?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
     | 2,594 views

    WHO NEEDS REVIVAL? Do I need revival? Consider this checklist and see how you do: 1)Is your heart crowded? Does Christ get ALL your love, or merely one of many pieces? 2)Is your heart cold or calloused? Is your love for Him & others fervent? Constant? 3)Is your heart corrupt? Do you crave or ...read more

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