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  • Three Angels And Abraham

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 7, 2009
     | 2,706 views

    THREE ANGELS AND ABRAHAM "The three angels that appeared to Abraham (Gen. xviii.) were Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael; Michael, as the greatest, walked in the middle, with Gabriel to his right and Raphael to his left (Yoma 37a). Michael stands at the right hand of God, Gabriel at His left ...read more

  • Bill Hybels On Prayer As An Unnatural ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
     | 4,434 views

    Bill Hybels on Prayer as an Unnatural Activity Bill Hybels begins his book Too Busy Not to Pray with these words: “Prayer is an unnatural activity. From birth we have been learning the rules of self reliance and self sufficiency. Prayer flies in the face of such deep seated values…. It is an ...read more

  • Newton's Last Breath

    Contributed by John Fallahee on Jun 23, 2010
     | 4,040 views

    NEWTON'S LAST BREATH Many of you know the story of John Newton and the song he penned "Amazing Grace." You know of his conversion to Christ and how he left the slave trade. He went on to pastor for 40 years. What you may not know that even at 82 years of age, he never ceased to marvel at the grace ...read more

  • Shed The Load

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 18, 2010
     | 1,841 views

    SHED THE LOAD A missionary in the Philippines was driving in a large flat back truck. He saw a local farmer who he knew walking with a really heavy load tied to his back. The load was obviously heavy and weighing him down, so the missionary stopped and told the farmer to jump on board the truck. ...read more

  • Spock's Razor Of Belief

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on May 1, 2011
     | 3,186 views

    SPOCK'S RAZOR OF BELIEF Have you ever watched Star Trek? Mr. Spock, "the pointy-earned Vulcan" who served as Captain Kirk's first officer said, "Once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." This quote is an offshoot from a scientific ...read more

  • Seeing The Heart  PRO

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Aug 9, 2011
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     | 4,317 views

    SEEING THE HEART When everyone starts filing into work today what if you could just see the inward appearance? You would not see who is the nicest dressed or nicest looking. All you would see would be the same spirit of everyone BUT in that spirit you would see their heart. Their heart would ...read more

  • Mysterious Life Principle

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 28, 2011
    based on 1 rating
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    MYSTERIOUS LIFE PRINCIPLE A wise old professor of biology stood before his class of eager students. The Professor held a little brown seed in his hand. Quietly he spoke to his class. "I know just the composition of this seed. It has nitrogen, hydrogen, and carbon. I know the exact proportions. I ...read more

  • Keeping Christ In A Cradle

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Dec 25, 2011
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    KEEPING CHRIST IN A CRADLE The World prefers to keep Jesus in a cradle where He is innocent and powerless. the dare not allow Him to be Lord and God much less our suffering servant. In the movie Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (a movie I could not watch in its entirety and has no ...read more

  • You Are My Best Gift

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Dec 28, 2011
     | 1,879 views

    YOU ARE MY BEST GIFT A daughter of a renowned preacher, who was used to gifts her loving dad used to purchase and bring for her after every overseas' trip, was once in for a major disappointment. Due to a mess-up in the airport customs, the gift was lost and her doting Dad landed home without a ...read more

  • The Measure Of A Man's Worth

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 14, 2012
     | 3,070 views

    THE MEASURE OF A MAN’S WORTH Someone once has asked: What are merits to measure the worth? Not, how did he die? But, how did he live? Not, what did he gain? But, what did he give? These are the merits To measure the worth Of a man as a man, Regardless of birth. Not, what was his station? ...read more

  • Do You Know The Spirit?

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 8, 2012
     | 2,581 views

    DO YOU KNOW THE SPIRIT? "Consider these honest questions: How many Christians suffer from a spiritual life that is dry and mechanical? How many serve a Jesus, whom they know about from the Bible, but who is not a living reality in their experience? And do we ever wonder why Holy Spirit ...read more

  • Buster, Get Your Heart Right!

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 29, 2014
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,670 views

    A professor from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Ft. Worth, Texas was preaching in Nevada. The normally reserved professor put his whole heart into the sermon and called for people in the congregation to repent and get their hearts right with God. At the end of his message, he ...read more

  • Pecans

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 9, 2015
     | 9,040 views

    We might be used by God to produce fruit we will never see. Takes time to take a fruit tree from a sapling to a mature, fruit producing tree. Down South, a young man, walking along a dirt path, comes upon an old man bowed to the ground planting pecan trees in a field. He stops and asks the old ...read more

  • The Harvard University Handbook.....amazing!

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on May 19, 2016
     | 5,865 views

    THE HARVARD UNIVERSITY HANDBOOK.......AMAZING! These words were printed in the first Harvard University handbook! "Let every student be plainly instructed and earnestly pressed to consider well, the main end of his life and studies is, to know God and Jesus Christ, which is eternal life, John ...read more

  • A Prayer For Preachers

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Jun 10, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,684 views

    A Prayer for Preachers O God, our Father; you love all your children. Those at home and those away from home. As I proclaim the gospel, may your voice be heard, calling. May Christ our Lord be praised. Good news; hope for the hopeless Good news; love for the broken Good news; forgiveness at the ...read more

  • Genesis And Revelation

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Oct 15, 2019
     | 3,441 views

    The two books the devil hates most are Genesis and Revelation. Why? • In Genesis the devil's doom is pronounced. • In Revelation it’s carried out. It is the Devil's Obituary. Satan would tell us Genesis is myth and Revelation is mystery—don't pay attention to either one! Did you ...read more

  • The Book Of Re-Evaluation!!!

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 1, 2022
     | 1,585 views

    Charles Schulz consistently provided helpful and humorous insights through his Peanuts comic strip. In one run he showed Charlie Brown's sister, Sally, struggling with her memory verse for Sunday. She was lost in her thoughts trying to figure it out when she recalled, "Maybe it was ...read more

  • You Don't Have To Go To Hell.

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jun 6, 2022
     | 1,179 views

    One day, when Vice President Calvin Coolidge was presiding over the Senate, one Senator angrily told another to go “straight to hell.” The offended Senator complained to Coolidge as presiding officer, and Coolidge looked up from the book he had been leafing through while listening to the debate. ...read more

  • True Biblical Worship So Satisfies Our Total ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,796 views

    True biblical worship so satisfies our total personality that we don’t have to shop around for man-made substitutes. William Temple made this clear in his masterful definition of worship: For worship is the submission of all our nature to God. It is the quickening of conscience by His holiness; the ...read more

  • Horses In The Salad—readers' Digest Online, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,087 views

    Horses in the Salad—Readers’ Digest Online, Reader Contributions, Hazel Boone, Kelowna, BC, 1999 "I took Spanish lessons every day while my husband and I lived in Argentina. After a month, my tutor encouraged me to ’speak to the shop clerks, the maid. Speak to everyone and practise, practise.’ A ...read more