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  • Impact Of Scripture Memorization: Psalm 119

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,900 views

    IMPACT OF SCRIPTURE MEMORIZATION: PSALM 119 Scripture memorization is a great challenge to a modern day saints. But in the old days, many of the saints of God would memorize large portions of Scripture because they were devoted to God. One such man was John Ruskin. He lived in the nineteenth ...read more

  • Too Often, Churchgoers Can Become ...

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Aug 5, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,075 views

    Too often, churchgoers can become “spiritual hitchhikers”. Have you ever been driving along the road when suddenly you saw a hitchhiker ahead? What’s the universal symbol of the hitchhiker? (his thumb) His thumb signal is giving a message loud and clear, "If you will furnish the car, the ...read more

  • Playpen

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 17, 2012
     | 1,911 views

    Jeffie was in his playpen and he was crying. Tears were rolling down his little cheeks, his face was red as it could be. He was crying, and he looked pitiful in his little baseball T-shirt and diaper. Then Jeffie’s Grandpa entered the room; Jeffie’s little face lit up when he saw his Grandpa! ...read more

  • Kenneth Wuest Gives An Accurate And Graphic ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on May 17, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,182 views

    “Kenneth Wuest gives an accurate and graphic translation of these words: “In which the heavens with a rushing noise will be dissolved, and the elements being scorched will be dissolved, and the earth also and the works in it will be burned up” (2 Peter 3:10). Many Bible students believe that Peter ...read more

  • Dear Abby Letters – How To Dress In Church  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,759 views

    DEAR ABBY LETTERS – How To Dress In Church Dear Abby: May I respond to your reply regarding attire in church? As a priest and pastor, I’m appalled at how some people come dressed for Sunday worship. You said that “Dress codes have been greatly relaxed in recent decades,” which I find to be ...read more

  • June Hunt How To Forgive When You Don't Feel Like ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 7, 2008
     | 2,678 views

    June Hunt How to Forgive When You Don’t Feel Like It. in her book lists a few of the risks associated with a person who chooses to not forgive. The following information is from her book How to Forgive When You Don’t Feel Like It. Taken from pages 70-73: Refusing to forgive means that God will not ...read more

  • Purifying Agent

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,753 views

    Purifying Agent The Apostle Paul writes about the empowering agent that enables the child of God to live that victorious life: Romans 8:9-11 says, "You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if the Spirit of Him who raised ...read more

  • Spiritual Problem—spiritual Cure

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 2, 2008
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    Spiritual Problem--Spiritual Cure I picked up a recent book which I received from the AACC Convention called "Caring for People God's Way." The book is written by three people Tim Clinton, Archibald Hart and George Ohlschlager. The book is considered a new guide for Christian Counseling and is ...read more

  • Rocky

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Dec 12, 2008
     | 2,231 views

    ROCKY One of the biggest movies of modern times, "Rocky" starring Sylvester Stallone, almost never got made. Stallone was struggling to find work as a screenwriter. He saw a fight against Ali and little-known Church Wepner. Wepner went 15 rounds, and it gave Stallone an idea. Three days later, ...read more

  • We Are Not ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
     | 1,344 views

    WE ARE NOT INVINCIBLE "Humanly speaking, this was a time when God’s glory was discounted, and His people were not a testimony to His great Name." Sinclair Ferguson’s "Isaac’s Storm" is a very interesting book about the hurricane that wiped out Galveston in 1900. One of the main plot lines of the ...read more

  • Searching For A Sunday School Teacher

    Contributed by Doug Fannon on Mar 2, 2020
     | 4,080 views

    When I was the Sunday School director for the church I belonged to in New Mexico over 30 years ago, I remember asking one gentleman, an older, and supposedly a mature Christian, if he would teach a Sunday School class. I received the standard "churchy" answer I have heard time and time ...read more

  • On 11 May 2000 A Lady Found A New E-Mail Message ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 28, 2000
    based on 173 ratings
     | 5,643 views

    On 11 May 2000 a lady found a new e-mail message on her computer, which simply said, "I love you". It looked innocent enough, perhaps even romantic. Like most of us would, she clicked to open the message, and the so-called "Love Bug" was born. With lightning speed it raced around the world, ...read more

  • What's On The Tv?  PRO

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Jun 6, 2001
    based on 262 ratings
     | 4,170 views

    Friday at quitting time, Jim said, ‘Boss, have you got any extra work I can do tonight?’ Sure do but I can’t pay you overtime. That’s okay, I just don’t want to go home. Why not? Well, I’ve been in the doghouse since last night. I see...Why? What did you do to deserve that? I still don’t know, it ...read more

  • During Wwii Soldiers Were Warned Not To Speak ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tim George on Jul 7, 2001
    based on 99 ratings
     | 2,398 views

    During WWII soldiers were warned not to speak freely back home about what was going on in the war. An official Army memo contained ten specific things soldiers needed to be careful talking about. These words were added at the end of the memo: “loose talk is direct delivery to the enemy. If you ...read more

  • According To A Baptist Press Release, 16 Year Old ...  PRO

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Oct 1, 2001
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,869 views

    According to a Baptist Press release, 16 year old Jennifer Cody attended a youth camp in July 1987, sponsored by the Southern Baptists. She had missed the registration deadline at The Church on Mill in Tempe, Arizona, where she attended, but a boy canceled his and that made it possible for her to ...read more

  • I Had A Profound Thought In Preparing This ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Bird on Jan 14, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,630 views

    I had a profound thought in preparing this sermon. I realized that Jesus is our Womble. Yes, that’s right, our Womble. Some of you might know the Wombles from the British TV show about those very fat lovable furry creatures. Well, did you know that in the UK there is a protest group called the ...read more

  • Pastor D. James Kennedy Said In A Sermon, "I ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Mar 18, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,874 views

    Pastor D. James Kennedy said in a sermon, “I remember years ago talking to a man in his home about Christ and asking him who he thought Jesus was. He said, ‘Oh, He’s a wonderful man. He was the greatest man who ever lived, the most loving and gracious person who ever walked upon this earth.’ “I ...read more

  • The Horrid Description  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 20, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,319 views

    THE HORRID DESCRIPTION Jesus was tied to a post and beaten at least thirty-nine times – and probably more – with a whip that had jagged bones and balls of lead woven into it. Again and again the whip was brought down with full force on his bare shoulders, back, and legs … At first the heavy ...read more

  • Give Me Liberty!!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 26, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
     | 1,676 views

    GIVE ME LIBERTY!! "If we wish to be free...we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms, and to the God of hosts, is all that is left us...It is vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace--but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next ...read more

  • In 1944, Leander Mccormick-Goodheart, A Recruiter ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lee Proctor on Jun 19, 2002
    based on 39 ratings
     | 2,066 views

    In 1944, Leander McCormick-Goodheart, a recruiter for the Ford Motor Company, toured fifty universities across the United States to recruit the outstanding graduating student of each institution. At Leigh University, he met a young man named Lee Iacocca and offered him a position at Ford. This ...read more