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  • Stolen Art  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,974 views

    STOLEN ART I was surprised to learn that if you had a museum that contained the world’s stolen art, it would be one of the biggest in the world. It would contain 174 Rembrandt’s, 43 Van Gogh’s, over 500 Picassos, and works by Renoir and da Vinci. You may remember that a few years back someone ...read more

  • Pain Passes, But Beauty Remains  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,045 views

    PAIN PASSES, BUT BEAUTY REMAINS Pierre Auguste Renoir is a famous French artist who lived in the late 19th century to the early 20th century. He was known for his paintings, mostly depicting family life. But there was one disease that tormented this gifted artist -- he had arthritis that plagued ...read more

  • Aussie Common Sense  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2011
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,928 views

    AUSSIE COMMON SENSE Common sense is taking into consideration all the realities you see in front of you and coming to a right conclusion. After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, British scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 200 years and came to the conclusion that their ...read more

  • God Gives Us What We Need

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Aug 13, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,576 views

    Dana Chau tells the story about a missionary in Africa who had poor health and depended on goat milk for his source of vitamin. One day, the tribal leader came to visit the missionary. After a few minutes, it was obvious that the tribal leader was interested in the goat. The missionary decided to ...read more

  • How Jesus Trained The Disciples

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 2, 2020
     | 2,457 views

    Robert E. Coleman wrote the book, The Master's Plan of Evangelism, and gave us the principles that Jesus used to spread the Gospel around the world until He returns. Here is the list: 1. SELECTION:   “He chose from the twelve.” (Luke 6:13)  2. ASSOCIATION: The principle of ...read more

  • He Was A Scientist, A Sculptor, A Engineer, A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,346 views

    He was a scientist, a sculptor, a engineer, a painter, a philosopher, a musician and a man who historians say will never again be endowed with as many God given gifts. One of his greatest works was that of The Last Supper. I am speaking of Leonardo da Vinci. This painting is a work of art and ...read more

  • My Family Is Different Than Many Of Yours. My ...

    Contributed by Brien Sims on Dec 13, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,179 views

    My family is different than many of yours. My parents hate my work and hate my relationship with Christ. As long as I never say anything, they will tolerate it but I can’t keep quiet about Christ. Since I became a Christian back around 2000, I have had to live with the fact that I was no longer ...read more

  • One Day My Mother Was Out And My Dad Was In ...

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Feb 16, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,535 views

    One day my mother was out and my dad was in charge of me and my brother who is four years older than I am. I was maybe 3 and one half years old and had just recovered from an accident in which my arm had been broken among other injuries. Someone had given me a little ’tea set’ as a get-well gift ...read more

  • My Child

    Contributed by Andy Beech on Mar 29, 2008
     | 1,369 views

    My Child I would like to rejoice with the rest, Lord, But there’s a great big ache in my heart - For someone I love is suffering, Lord, And I don’t know how to start. Will you help me sing carols again, Lord? And make all my fears depart? Will you lead me safely to Bethlehem To worship with all my ...read more

  • Arthur S. Demoss Foundation Spends Millions Of ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Mar 30, 2008
     | 1,745 views

    “Arthur S. DeMoss Foundation spends millions of dollars regularly since 1999 on television and other forms of media advertising offering the free book, “Power for Living”. Non-denominational pastor and author Jamie Buckingham wrote the book. DeMoss’ business reached half a billion dollars in ...read more

  • Being Bap-A-Tized

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 22, 2008
     | 2,178 views

    BEING BAP-A-TIZED Years back when our youngest daughter, Kimberly, was about 4, she saw her first baptism. We were explaining the meaning, and her response was, "I want to be bap-a-tized!" We talked her into waiting until she was old enough to pronounce it --- but the attitude was right. More ...read more

  • Grace Or Permission?

    Contributed by Norman Lawrence on Oct 12, 2008
     | 4,040 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 Time Ago I Was Reading About The 18th ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Gibson on Nov 23, 2000
    based on 120 ratings
     | 4,805 views

    Some time ago I was reading about the 18th century German sculptor Johann Heinrich von Dannecker. His skills were impressive. He could bring stone to life with his tools. At the height of his powers, he wanted to do something special with his gifts -- he wanted to shape a statue of Christ that ...read more

  • The Concept Of Grace  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Labate on Feb 19, 2003
    based on 157 ratings
     | 9,673 views

    THE CONCEPT OF GRACE There is a great article that illustrates the concept of grace written by Charles Stanley. “One of my more memorable seminary professors had a practical way of illustrating to his students the concept of grace. At the end of his evangelism course he would distribute the exam ...read more

  • God Continues To Show Up In Our Day, Though ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 23, 2006
     | 1,512 views

    God continues to show up in our day, though largely unnoticed by an unbelieving world. When he comes again it will be impossible to ignore him, for “every eye will see him” (Revelation 1:7). But until then, we need to have eyes that see and ears that hear. There are many examples that I could ...read more

  • Cinderella Grace

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 2, 2010
     | 3,901 views

    CINDERELLA GRACE Cinderella’s castle at Disneyland was packed with kids and parents. Suddenly - all the children rushed to one side. It’s a good thing it was a castle and not a boat, or it would have tipped over. The pristine princess had entered the room. Cinderella. A gorgeous young girl with ...read more

  • 26 Year Old Kyle Macdonald Had A Red Paper Clip ...  PRO

    Contributed by W F on Nov 25, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,491 views

    26 year old Kyle MacDonald had a red paper clip and a dream: Could he use the community power of the Internet to barter that paper clip for something better, and trade that thing for something else — and so on and so on until he had a house? He advertised the paperclip on craigslist.com and two ...read more

  • Complaining Is Remedied By Thankfulness  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,877 views

    COMPLAINING IS REMEDIED BY THANKFULNESS Turn back again to the book of Exodus—Exodus chapter 34. The cure for complaining is not found in changing our circumstances, but rather gaining a proper view of God. · Do you really believe that God has your best interests at heart? · Do you really ...read more

  • Do I Need A New Mask For Halloween?

    Contributed by James Snyder on Oct 28, 2023
     | 345 views

    The older I get, the less patience I have for holidays. I certainly am not a holiday guru in any sense of the word. When I was younger, my favorite holiday was Christmas because of all the presents I got. I could never get enough gifts for Christmas. When I got older, got married and had ...read more

  • Recently I Received An E-Mail Which Dealt ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Tkachuk on Dec 23, 2004
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,073 views

    Recently I received an e-mail which dealt beautifully with the true meaning of Christmas. The theme of the message focused on children and was entitled, “Teach the Children.” Let me share it with you this morning. This is what it said: “I just finished the household chores for the night and was ...read more

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