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  • A Chaplain's Prayer For Our Soldiers  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 5, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,908 views

    A CHAPLAIN’S PRAYER FOR OUR SOLDIERS "Lord our God, provide wisdom, insight and clear vision of Your will, for all our senior military and political leaders, the President, his Cabinet, the Secretary of Defense, the Service Secretaries and the flag and SES level personnel under their direction. ...read more

  • J. One Rainy Afternoon I Was Driving Along One ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 24, 2004
     | 2,280 views

    J. One rainy afternoon I was driving along one of the main streets of town, taking those extra precautions necessary when the roads are wet and slick. Suddenly, my daughter, Aspen, spoke up from her relaxed position in her seat. "Dad, I’m thinking of something." This announcement usually meant she ...read more

  • George Barna's Research Of 1996 And 1997  PRO

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on Apr 30, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 6,286 views

    George Barna’s research of 1996 and 1997. 1. Many professing Christians believe that people are inherently good, that our primary purpose is to enjoy life and that our most important responsibility is to take care of our family. 2. 81% believe that the Bible teaches that God helps those who help ...read more

  • Dietrich Bonheoffer Once Asked This Question Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
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    Dietrich Bonheoffer once asked this question of us, "Do we understand that instead we get a messiah who gives us power all right, but it’s a whole new kind of power, it’s THE POWER OF SUFFERING LOVE It’s a power that looks me in the eye, forgives my sin, my fear, my anger, my resentment, my ...read more

  • Tv Guide And The Bible

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,098 views

    TV Guide and the Bible One of Satan’s strategies in our life is to sweep away the Bible and its importance out of our lives. A poet once wrote about the tendency to get into a slump allowing our commitment to God’s Word to wilt away as he writes: “They lie on the table side by side; the Holy ...read more

  • George Barna Leads A Christian Research Group And ...

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Jun 28, 2007
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    George Barna leads a Christian research group and discovered some things about Christian beliefs. In his research during 1996 and 1997, Barna discovered that many professing Christians believe that people are inherently good, that our primary purpose is to enjoy life, and that our most important ...read more

  • Grace Or Permission?

    Contributed by Norman Lawrence on Oct 12, 2008
     | 4,441 views

    Grace or Permission? You're worried about permissiveness—about the way the preaching of grace seems to say it's okay to do all kinds of terrible things as long as you just walk in afterward and take the free gift of God's forgiveness. While you and I may be worried about seeming to give ...read more

  • Some Of You Here Tonnight Will Be In That Same ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Dec 18, 2008
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    SOME OF YOU HERE TONNIGHT WILL BE IN THAT SAME PREDICAMENT - STILL IN YOUR TRESPASSES AND SINS, BUT THE WHY OF CHRISTMAS MEANS YOU CAN BE REDEEMED AND MADE A CHILD OF GOD. I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT A TRUE STORY TO DRIVE THIS TRUTH HOME TONIGHT. IT’S TOLD BY ERNEST GORDON INFACT THERE IS A FILM ...read more

  • As A Young Boy, Theologian Alister Mcgrath ...

    Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Apr 17, 2010
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    As a young boy, theologian Alister McGrath enjoyed experimenting with chemicals in his school's laboratory. He liked to drop a tarnished coin into a beaker of diluted nitric acid. He often used an old British penny bearing the image of Queen Victoria. Because of the accumulated grime, Her Majesty's ...read more

  • God's Only 'forgotten' Son

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 24, 2011
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    GOD'S ONLY 'FORGOTTEN' SON There's a true story told about a revival that was held in a small town. The crowd had dispersed, when a woman came down front and asked to speak with the preacher. She cried uncontrollably as she explained to the minister that she wanted to become a Christian, but she ...read more

  • Making The Wrong Right

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Oct 31, 2012
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    MAKING THE WRONG RIGHT Many years ago, Christian professor Stuart Blackie of the University of Edinburgh was listening to his students as they presented oral readings. When one young man rose to begin his recitation, he held his book in the wrong hand. The professor thundered, "Take your book in ...read more

  • What Happens When We Learn About A Really Bad ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,582 views

    What happens when we learn about a really bad guy repenting? It happens all the time in prison ministry, yet many of us think those people aren’t worth saving. They had more chances than most of us are willing to give them, yet God hasn’t given up on them. Jeffrey Dahmer was a convicted murderer ...read more

  • Authentic Or A Fraud

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Oct 30, 2010
     | 4,366 views

    Yesterday I was reading about a man called Han van Meegeren who was a Dutch artist and an extremely talented ART FORGER. He forged some of the world's most famous paintings so well that the best art critics and art experts of his time thought his paintings were GENUINE. Painting one of the finest ...read more

  • I Heard Recently Of A Business Owner Who, As A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Chapman on May 2, 2001
    based on 57 ratings
     | 3,015 views

    I heard recently of a business owner who, as a seeker, had employed scores of Christians in his company. He watched them like a hawk. "You know, I was naturally drawn to God by observing Christian workers who were conscientious and kind and thorough and aggressive on the job," he said. "But I’ll ...read more

  • Most Of Us Were Shocked In Early August When Flip ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,487 views

    Most of us were shocked in early August when Flip Benham, national director for Operation Rescue, baptized Norma McCorvey, the woman known as Jane Roe in the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. The events leading to the baptism started with an apology. Earlier this year Benhan relocated ...read more

  • Nicky Cruz Was The Leader Of The Toughest Gang In ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Aug 14, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,793 views

    Nicky Cruz was the leader of the toughest gang in New York City. His Satanist parents abused him brutally, so he grew up a hardened man void of love and full of hate. “I wanted to do to others what my mother did to me,” Nicky says. “I used to feel good when I hurt some people.” But privately, he ...read more

  • Edgar A. Guest Was Born In Birmingham, England, ...  PRO

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Sep 23, 2006
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    Edgar A. Guest was born in Birmingham, England, became a United States citizen in 1902, and eventually received the title “Poet Laureate of Michigan.” His poem “Sermons We See,” drives home the urgency of being a good, Christlike role model for others to follow: I’d rather see a sermon than hear ...read more

  • Have You Ever Seen The Show, M*a*s*h*? At ...  PRO

    Contributed by Daryn Bahn on Jul 18, 2003
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,134 views

    Have you ever seen the show, M*A*S*H*? At Lifest, Reggie Dabbs told us about a M*A*S*H* unit. Because of the vast number of wounded, they had to color code the victims of war. Yellow was good. If you had a yellow card put on you, it meant that your injury was not serious. You were given an ...read more

  • God And The Spider  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 28, 2007
    based on 26 ratings
     | 8,593 views

    God and the Spider During World War II, a US marine was separated from his unit on a Pacific island. The fighting had been intense, and in the smoke and the crossfire he had lost touch with his comrades. Alone in the jungle, he could hear enemy soldiers coming in his direction. Scrambling for ...read more

  • My Favorite Story About The Holy Spirit Is The ...

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jul 12, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
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    My favorite story about the Holy Spirit is the story C.S. Lewis told about a college student who wrote to him. The young man was an atheist. And he was very concerned, because he had made friends with some Christian students. They were enthusiastically witnessing to him about Jesus, and it had ...read more