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  • Six Year Old's Prayer

    Contributed by Richard Wafford on Sep 9, 2006
     | 1,612 views

    7. SIX YEAR OLD’S PRAYER Last week I took my children to a restaurant. My six-year-old son had asked if he could say grace. As we bowed our heads he said, "God is good. God is great. Thank you for the food, and I would even thank you more if Mom gets us ice cream for dessert. And Liberty and ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Sin Demands To Have A Man By Himself. It ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 1, 2001
    based on 108 ratings
     | 5,950 views

    Sin demands to have a man by himself. It withdraws him from the community. The more isolated a person is, the more destructive will be the power of sin over him, and the more deeply he becomes involved in it, the more disastrous is his isolation. Sin wants to remain unknown. It shuns the light. ...read more

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  • Have Some Ice Cream  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 30, 2001
    based on 342 ratings
     | 2,267 views

    Received in an e-mail Have Some Ice Cream "Last week I took my children to a restaurant. My six-year-old son asked if he could say grace. As we bowed our heads he said, "God is good. God is great. Thank you for the food, and I would even thank you more if Mom gets us ice cream for dessert. ...read more

  • Beware Of Human Add Ons; It's Like When You Go To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 20, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,112 views

    Beware of human add ons; It’s like when you go to a store like Wal Mart or Makro and you buy loads of stuff and you think its really cheap till you go through the check out and you find out they havent added the VAT on until you ready to pay as you go through the check out.. There is a big add on ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Isaac Watts Was A Well Known Minister And Writer ...

    Contributed by Terry Barnhill on Jan 21, 2007
     | 1,706 views

    Isaac Watts was a well known minister and writer of songs in the 1700’s. Among his better known songs are, “Joy to the World,” “Oh God, Our Help in Ages Past,” and “I’ll Praise My Maker While I’ve Breath.” The theme of this last hymn reflects Isaac’s great interest in the afterlife with Christ. ...read more

    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Dorothy Sayers, In A Book Of Her Essays Entitled ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Mar 25, 2007
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     | 2,380 views

    Dorothy Sayers, in a book of her essays entitled The Whimsical Christian, has one essay called “The Greatest Drama Ever Staged,” where she writes, “The people who hanged Christ never, to do them justice, accused him of being a bore — on the contrary, they thought him too dynamic to be safe. It ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • One Adult Swallow Got Alongside The Chicks And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,336 views

    "One adult swallow got alongside the chicks and started shoving them out toward the end of the branch--pushing, pushing, pushing. The end one fell off. Somewhere between the branch and the water four feet below, the wings started working, and the fledgling was off on his own. Then the second one. ...read more

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  • I Read Recently About A Young Boy Who Had Been ...

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Sep 11, 2007
     | 1,111 views

    I read recently about a young boy who had been alienated from his family and found himself homeless. Can you imagine what that’s like? No home. No place to go. No money. Nothing. He was homeless and on the street. He said, "I was terrified. I spent the first night in the doorway of a building, ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

  • So What Did I Discover About This Term Glory From ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 17, 2007
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    So what did I discover about this term glory from the Bible: * I discovered that in many Old Testament references we are told by Scripture to give God the glory that is due His name. * I discovered that heaven is filled with the glory of God and the angels sing about it. * I discovered that when ...read more

    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • When Larry Crabbe, Christian Psychologist And ...

    Contributed by Amanda Wilson on Oct 20, 2007
     | 1,545 views

    When Larry Crabbe, Christian psychologist and author, became a father, he decided he was going to do parenting right! So Larry made sure he hugged his sons and told them he loved them. He had father-son talks, dinners and camping trips. He personally saw to it that his sons had a thorough ...read more

    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • The Eagle

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 12, 2007
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     | 4,892 views

    The Eagle There is a legend among Native Americans in the west about a brave who found an eagle’s egg and put it into the nest of a prairie chicken. The eaglet hatched with the brood of chicks and grew up with them. All his life the eagle thought he was a prairie chicken, so he did what the prairie ...read more

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mortification  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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     | 2,923 views

    Mortification Romans 8:13 says, "For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live." (King James) Mortification is the special ministry that enables the child of God to overcome those evil desires that could destroy the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • The Unpublished Hymn

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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     | 3,465 views

    THE UNPUBLISHED HYMN The hymn writer Fanny Crosby gave us more than 6,000 gospel songs. Although blinded by an illness at the age of six weeks, she never became bitter. One time a preacher sympathetically remarked, "I think it is great pity that the Master did not give you sight when He showered ...read more

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  • Dr. Paul Tripp Tells Of A Night In Which He Got ...

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Sep 17, 2008
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     | 2,693 views

    Dr. Paul Tripp tells of a night in which he got home late from work after counseling all day and teaching an evening class at Westminster Seminary. He was tired and desperately wanted some relaxation time to read the paper, drink a diet coke and hit the remote control. Tripp had a plan for the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Shoot The Moon

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Jul 17, 2011
     | 1,876 views

    SHOOT THE MOON The other day I needed to take my mind off things, so I opened my computer and played a game of hearts. Now, like all card games, no matter how diligent you play, there's time when the unexpected happens, and you're hand turns to disaster. One sneaky move from an opponent and it's ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • The Savior And The Judge

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Sep 6, 2012
     | 7,412 views

    THE SAVIOR AND THE JUDGE I heard a story that took place in a western town in the late 1800's. It told of a horse that was spooked and then bolted, running away uncontrollably with a small boy in the bed of the wagon. Seeing the child was in grave danger, a young man risked his life to catch the ...read more

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  • A Change Of Policy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 19, 2012
     | 3,135 views

    A CHANGE OF POLICY Last June, the city of Alameda, California immediately changed its policies after its first responders stood by and watched a man drown in the San Francisco Bay. The first responders didn’t venture out into the muddy waters of the bay, even as the man started treading water and ...read more

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  • A Pastor's Dream Of His Own Worship Service  PRO

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 28, 2014
    based on 7 ratings
     | 10,968 views

    A PASTOR’S DREAM OF HIS OWN WORSHIP SERVICE The story is told of a pastor of a large church who had a dream one night that really opened his eyes. He dreamed that he could see his own church worship service on Sunday morning. But there was something very strange happening. The choir was ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Astray

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Sep 23, 2019
     | 1,623 views

    Astray They sing, Farther along we'll understand. Oh, how I wish I'd been a holy man, But I wandered so far astray Now all I can see is Judgment Day. I fell on my knees and begged for Your grace, Then turned around and spat in Your face. I walked along in my foolish will, Now I fear ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Perseverance

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Sep 21, 2009
     | 5,317 views

    PERSEVERANCE Are you ready for a baseball trivia question? Who is Clint Courtney? If you’re unsure, don’t bother requesting the answer from Cooperstown, N.Y. Clint never came close to making it into the Baseball Hall of Fame. In fact, it’s very doubtful that his picture appeared on any bubble gum ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal