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  • Are You "Sharing"?

    Contributed by Danny Presswood on Jan 26, 2009
     | 4,923 views

    ARE YOU "SHARING"? One of the most stirring indictments on the church ever penned was made by Charles Schultz many years ago. Snoopy is shivering out in a snowstorm beside an empty food dish. He was looking longingly, expectantly, toward the house. Lucy came out and said, "Go in peace, be warmed ...read more

  • Not Just Another Offering

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
     | 3,701 views

    NOT JUST ANOTHER OFFERING I had been praying regularly with the deacons for one of our members. His wife, Pat, attended our small congregation faithfully, but John hadn’t been to church in years. So every Sunday afternoon before the evening service, we prayed for ways to communicate our commitment ...read more

  • How You Finish

    Contributed by Sylvester Fergusson on Feb 23, 2009
     | 3,179 views

    HOW YOU FINISH James was excited as he turned the two hundred mark heading towards home. Two and three-quarter laps had gone and he was still in the lead. His one and only goal was to win this race and he was full of confidence that he could do it. His thoughts race ahead to the podium, the ...read more

  • The Test Of Getting To The ...

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Feb 24, 2009
     | 2,876 views

    THE TEST OF GETTING TO THE TEST In the late 1980’s I was interviewing at various corporations in the San Francisco Bay Area for a position in one of the fast track executive programs that were being offered to recent college graduates, of which I was one. In many of these corporations I would go ...read more

  • I Didn't Get An Allowance When I Was In High ...

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on May 21, 2009
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    I didn’t get an allowance when I was in high school and any kind of paying work was few and far between. My parents expected me to come to them when I needed money for lunch money, class rings, yearbooks, books, gas money, dates, or anything. Instead of being thankful that they wanted to give me ...read more

  • So This Morning, We Are Going To Try To Stimulate ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 10, 2009
     | 1,635 views

    So this morning, we are going to try to stimulate different portions of the brain. We are going to have communion. Tactile worship and meditation definitely engage our senses in a way that make God more real. We are going to sing about worshipping in the best times and worst times with a song ...read more

  • Persecution In Uganda, Story Of Kefa ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 2, 2009
     | 8,462 views

    Persecution in Uganda, Story of Kefa Sempangi Kefa Sempangi (whose story is told in the book A Distant Grief, Regal Books) was a national pastor in Africa and barely escaped with his family from brutal oppression and terror in his home country of Uganda. They made their way to Philadelphia, where ...read more

  • Neil Armstrong And Buzz Aldrin Were The First Men ...

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Nov 2, 2009
     | 3,765 views

    Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first men to walk on the moon in the Apollo 11 space mission. Michael Collins third member of the group, was in charge of the command module, essential for their return to earth, which circled the moon while Armstrong and Aldrin landed. The moon lander ...read more

  • Staying In Touch...in The Right Way

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 28, 2009
     | 1,674 views

    STAYING IN TOUCH...IN THE RIGHT WAY Evangelism issue #1: staying in touch with the world -- in a right way From InternetEvangelismDay.com: "There are two major reasons why we so often fail to touch many non-Christians with the Gospel. Firstly, we frequently present the good news in language and ...read more

  • I Was Talking To A Man On Friday About Our ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on May 17, 2010
     | 2,646 views

    I was talking to a man on Friday about our Church. He said he didn’t like our way of doing Church. I asked him what he meant and he said that he could not see how a Church could have a band out the front and what appeared to him to be a concert going on and so many people. He said "That’s not my ...read more

  • Tolerance Vs. Absolute ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 21, 2010
     | 4,780 views

    Tolerance vs. Absolute Truth Throughout Scripture and until our present day, many people have a problem with TRUTH. In fact, it is not politically correct today to say that there is even such a thing as absolute truth! Stanley Grenz, a well-known spokesman for this new tolerance, says that “truth ...read more

  • Game Of Chance

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jul 9, 2010
     | 2,460 views

    GAME OF CHANCE A person recently said to me as they were dying that the Bible was just a series of myths and stories, and if I want to, I can choose to live my life assuming that it is. I can choose to treat heaven like a GAME OF CHANCE and the Bible as something less than a sure thing. I can ...read more

  • Light Up Your World  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2010
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     | 11,315 views

    LIGHT UP YOUR WORLD There is a mere strip of sand called Castle Island near the eastern end of the Bahamas archipelago. Few people are aware of it - and, as tiny and isolated as it is, Castle Island is important for the lighthouse that is its sole source of humanity! One day, a young man was ...read more

  • I Remember Something That Happened Just After I ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Sep 4, 2010
     | 1,789 views

    I remember something that happened just after I moved to Texas from New Mexico in 1974. I was driving down a street in Alvin and was pulled over by a city policeman. He asked me if I was aware that I was driving over the speed limit in a school zone. Having just moved to Texas, I didn’t know ...read more

  • The Eden Project

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Sep 13, 2010
     | 2,126 views

    In Cornwall, England, you can visit a place called “The Eden Project.” The Eden Project attempted to build the perfect environment in which plants and trees could flourish. Obviously named for the Garden of Eden, this collection of “biomes,” huge domes, provide a tightly monitored atmosphere with a ...read more

  • The Throne Of Christmas

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 18, 2010
     | 4,061 views

    THE THRONE OF CHRISTMAS In the very centre of Christmas cheer, amidst the silver bells, coloured baubles and lights, enormous sparkling chandeliers, banners and wreathes and beside a gigantic Christmas tree, there in the middle of everything stands a huge throne that dominates the centre of the ...read more

  • Leave Room For God To Work

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Feb 20, 2011
     | 4,999 views

    LEAVE ROOM FOR GOD TO WORK There was an amazing story recently that took place during the riots in Egypt. As a backdrop remember that on New Year’s Day of this year there was a suicide bombing of a Christian church in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, which killed 23 Christians and wounded 97 ...read more

  • Common Bitterness

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Mar 11, 2011
     | 4,367 views

    COMMON BITTERNESS When I was in college, I worked as a youth director at a little church out in the country about an hour’s drive away. There were two families in that congregation that didn’t get along. When they came to worship, they would take up their positions on opposite sides of the room ...read more

  • The Angel And Anthony Burger

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 22, 2011
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     | 8,715 views

    THE ANGEL AND ANTHONY BURGER Anthony Burger died at age 44. Many feel that he is the finest gospel pianist that ever lived. He spent the last ten years playing for the Gaither Vocal Band. He last played on a cruise ship. Fifteen hundred people were on the cruise, vacationing during the day, and ...read more

  • Billy Graham: The Irrecoverable Moment

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Apr 13, 2011
     | 2,341 views

    BILLY GRAHAM: THE IRRECOVERABLE MOMENT In his autobiography, Just as I Am, Billy Graham tells about a conversation he had with John F. Kennedy shortly after his election: "On the way back to the Kennedy house, the president-elect stopped the car and turned to me. 'Do you believe in the Second ...read more