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  • The Unexpected King

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 5, 2011
     | 6,348 views

    THE UNEXPECTED KING Just a year ago (on September 16, 2009), an article in The Washington Post began with these words: "The king folds her own laundry, chauffeurs herself around Washington in a 1992 Honda, and answers her own phone. Her boss's phone, too." The article was about Peggielene Bartels, ...read more

  • The Happiness Of Heaven

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 7, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,318 views

    THE HAPPINESS OF HEAVEN In 1871 Fr. J. Boudreau wrote a short story entitled "The Happiness of Heaven." It's a story about a kindhearted king who is hunting in the forest when he discovers a blind, poor orphan boy living there. The king takes the blind orphan to his palace and adopts him as his ...read more

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

    Contributed by Michael Tkachuk on Dec 23, 2004
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,258 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

  • Inspiration Of The Bible Proved

    Contributed by Raymond Petzholt on Nov 12, 2007
     | 608 views

    Inspiration of the Bible Back in the 1930's Harry Rimmer had a debate on the authority and Divine inspiration of the Bible. His atheist opponent opened his arguments with the following statement. "Rimmer is going to try to prove the inspiration of the Bible by referring to the ...read more

  • What Better Way To Show How Man Has Done This ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 20, 2006
     | 1,170 views

    What better way to show how man has done this than to look at the two Voyager spacecraft, launched in 1977 and sent barreling towards the outer reaches of the solar system. On each ship is a gold-coated phonograph record, offering a message to extraterrestrial civilizations. This message includes ...read more

  • George Beaverly Shea Has Sung Many Times A Song ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ray Ellis on Sep 10, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,123 views

    George Beaverly Shea has sung many times a song written by Rhea Miller. It was George’s mother who started the whole course of events when she left a copy of Miller’s song on the family piano in their home in New York City. Years later, George Beaverly Shea wrote: "Instead of practicing the hymn I ...read more

  • On Books

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,957 views

    ILL.- TEACHER: Who is your favorite author? PUPIL: George Washington. TEACHER: But George Washington never wrote any books. PUPIL: You got it. TEACHER: How many books have you read in your lifetime? PUPIL: I don’t know. I’m not dead yet. TEACHER: What does your history book tell you about the ...read more

  • In God's Economy, Ownership Is Very Different. ...

    Contributed by Darryl Klassen on Jul 27, 2007
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    “In God’s economy, ownership is very different. The Bible tells us that we are here for but a moment, that our lives are a puff of smoke. I have never seen a hearse pulling a U-Haul. Mother Theresa is merciless on this theme. She said that “if you have two jackets, one belongs to the poor.” This ...read more

  • They Sent Me To Finish  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,876 views

    THEY SENT ME TO FINISH With all the pomp and prestige that the Chinese government went to in order to put their best foot forward, there was one person who they honored who stood out. He is now in his seventies, but China brought him to Bejing as an honored guest. Why? The odd thing is that John ...read more

  • A Mother Dies So Her Boy May Live

    Contributed by Dwight L. Moody on Jun 11, 2009
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    A MOTHER DIES SO HER BOY MAY LIVE When the California gold fever broke out, a man went there, leaving his wife in New England with his boy. As soon as he got on and was successful he was to send for them. It was a long time before he succeeded, but at last he got money enough to send for them. The ...read more

  • Run With Endurance  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 8,947 views

    RUN WITH ENDURANCE Unlike most competitions however, running the race in spiritual terms is not to try to be first, but to be faithful and finish! The Christian race is not a competitive event to see who comes in first, but an endurance run to see who finishes faithfully. It’s like the ...read more

  • We Sing When We Face ...

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Jan 11, 2010
     | 2,729 views

    We sing when we face death. Lavena (Beanie) Peters was dying of liver cancer. I was at the hospital with her family, essentially on a deathwatch. Beanie’s pain was excruciating, and the pain medicine kept her in a nearly unconscious state. Others left the room for a moment; only Harriet her ...read more

  • The Unending Wish

    Contributed by Tim White on Mar 5, 2012
     | 2,120 views

    THE UNENDING WISH When I was a boy, my dad asked me if I could have one wish be granted, what would it be? We played that game as a family, and every time my brother or one of my sisters thought of a better wish than I thought about, I would change my wish. Then my dad unplugged all the fun by ...read more

  • You Are Fighting A Personal Devil!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jul 17, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 967 views

    I had a seminary professor I loved and admired who did not believe in a personal Devil. He often said, “You really need to drop the letter D and just say Evil.” He went on to say, “Larry, sometimes, the way people talk, it almost makes you believe there is a PERSONAL Devil!” I was ...read more

  • I Love The Story Of A King That Wanted To Show ...  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on May 30, 2002
    based on 10 ratings
     | 4,963 views

    I love the story of a king that wanted to show his people how much he loved them. So, he decided to pay for a great feast for his kingdom. He decided to have a great meal and invite every family. The king would provide all the meat, all the vegetables, all the desserts ... everything, the ...read more

  • When "Old Blue Eye's" Died In May 1998 At The ...  PRO

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Jan 27, 2004
    based on 16 ratings
     | 2,201 views

    >>When “Old Blue Eye’s” died in May 1998 at the age of 82 everyone agreed: There will never be another Sinatra. Sinatra had an amazing career; he even topped Elvis! He holds the record of 40 consecutive years with a song on the billboard charts. One of those chart topping songs was “I Did It My ...read more

  • The Desert Sun, Carried The Story Of A Man Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Oct 31, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,276 views

    The Desert Sun, carried the story of a man who was walking his dog on a river-side path in Bedfordshire, England. He found an ancient gold penny. After examining it, coin expert Richard Bishop said, “It is quite simply the most important single coin find for a century. We fell off our chairs ...read more

  • Bill Broadhurst Was A Great Runner And He Entered ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Jan 26, 2005
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    Bill Broadhurst was a great runner and he entered a 10k race in Omahu, a race that Bill Rodgers would win in less than 30 minutes. Bill Broadhurst had a handicap, he was paralyzed on his entire left side from an aneurism early in life. But he still loved to run and for him to be in the same race ...read more

  • Two Traveling Angels Stopped To Spend The Night ...

    Contributed by Bo Dunford on Jan 29, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,929 views

    Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family! The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the mansion’s guest room. Instead the angels were given a small space in the cold basement. As they made their bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole ...read more

  • Light Up Your World  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 10,992 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