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  • Christmas Can Still Arrive When You Least Expect ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeffery Russell on Dec 6, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,467 views

    Christmas can still arrive when you least expect it, sometimes in the most unexpected manner. Dr. James Dobson relates a story of an elderly woman named Stella Thornhope who was struggling with her first Christmas alone. Her husband had died just a few months prior through a slow developing cancer. ...read more

  • Embracing God's Grace

    Contributed by Rev. Randy Barker on Apr 2, 2025
     | 326 views

    Title: Embracing God's Grace: A Message of Hope from the Churches of Christ in Christian Union Introduction: Dear Friend, We are delighted to share with you the message of God's grace and the transformative power of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. In this gospel tract, we will ...read more

  • Have You Tasted Jesus?  PRO

    Contributed by Jan Spencer on Mar 19, 2002
    based on 53 ratings
     | 5,893 views

    Have you tasted Jesus? One divinity school hosted an annual picnic, to which they invited one of the greatest minds to lecture in the theological education center. One year, the guest lecturer was a professor, who spoke for two and one-half hours "proving" that the resurrection of Jesus was ...read more

  • The Creation  PRO

    Contributed by Jonathan Busch on Feb 16, 2003
    based on 83 ratings
     | 6,857 views

    The Creation God created the mule and told him: "You will be mule, working constantly from dusk to dawn, carrying heavy loads on your back. You will eat grass and you will lack intelligence. You will live for 50 years." The mule answered: "To live like this for 50 years is too much. Please, ...read more

  • Last Year (2002), A&e Produced A Made-For-Tv ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Sep 20, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,308 views

    Last year (2002), A&E produced a made-for-TV movie entitled Shackleton: The Greatest Survival Story of All Time. It is the account of the British explorer Ernest Shackleton and the 27 men with him who attempted to cross the continent of Antarctica. Temperatures around the South Pole can reach as ...read more

  • What Someone Has Called The Pleasure Explosion ...  PRO

    Contributed by James O. Davis on Oct 28, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,514 views

    What someone has called the pleasure explosion has overtaken us so that in the United States alone the pleasure business has been growing at an average rate of 6 billion dollars a year since 1965. Thrills and chills are available on demand. Popular amusement parks offer themes and thrills of all ...read more

  • In His Book "The Great Divorce," C.s. Lewis Gives ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Thomas on Feb 13, 2004
    based on 12 ratings
     | 4,541 views

    In his book “The Great Divorce,” C.S. Lewis gives an allegorical story about a ghost of a man consumed by lust. And in this story lust is depicted as a red lizard that sits on his shoulder and whispers seductively in his ear. When the man is bothered by this lizard on his shoulder, an angel ...read more

  • Charles Fuller Once Announced That He Would Be ...

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 22, 2005
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     | 1,918 views

    Charles Fuller once announced that he would be speaking the following Sunday on “Heaven.” During that week, a precious letter was received from an old man who was very ill. Here is part of his letter: “Next Sunday you are to talk about Heaven. I am interested in that land, because I have held a ...read more

  • In North Shore Baptist Church, In Chicago, The ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Aug 12, 2006
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     | 1,881 views

    In North Shore Baptist Church, in Chicago, the Sunday School Director and one of the deacons in the church was a man named James L. Kraft. As a young man, just beginning, he wanted to be the most famous manufacturer and salesman of cheese in the world. He was going to be rich and famous, and he ...read more

  • Your Before And After Doesn't Have To Be ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,767 views

    Your before and after doesn’t have to be complicated. It is simply sharing from your heart what God has done for you and leaving the results with God. Listen to the story of Spud Webb. At 5’ 6” Spud was like Zaccheus in the NBA where the average height is 6’ 8”or 6’ 9”. Spud played for 9 years in ...read more

  • John Bevere In His Book "The Bait Of Satan" Says, ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 17, 2007
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     | 2,485 views

    John Bevere in his book “The Bait of Satan” says, “Our response to an offense determines our future (page 4). i. Paul understood this principle clearly and this is why he warns this church against the spirit of offense and those who practice it. ii. John states, “Many are unable to function ...read more

  • I Was A Groomsmen At A Wedding Once. It Was A ...

    Contributed by Jordan Wirkkala on Dec 12, 2007
     | 3,393 views

    -I was a groomsmen at a wedding once. It was a formal wedding, the place was packed and everyone was looking there finest. The wedding coordinator put a piece of tape on the floor for me to stand and said, “this is your spot, do not move”. The wedding was going beautifully until something awful ...read more

  • I Saw That Kind Of Wellspring Of Abundant Life ...

    Contributed by Steve Miller on Mar 16, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,158 views

    I saw that kind of wellspring of abundant life this week on the internet when I saw Nick Vujicic. He’s a 25 year old man, born without arms or legs, but has a marvelous wellspring of Abundent life like no other I’ve seen… [Play clip from http://lifewithoutlimbs.org/ or read the following excerpt ...read more

  • In 1988, Author Robert Fulghum Had A Book ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
     | 4,108 views

    In 1988, author Robert Fulghum had a book published entitled, “All I really need to know I learned in Kindergarten”. The idea behind the little book was that since the basics of human social behavior are taught us as young children, such as kindness, fairness, cleaning up after yourself, sharing ...read more

  • The Wise Farmer Can Usually Depend On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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    "...the wise farmer can usually depend on expected timetables of seedtime and harvest. Not so in the spiritual life. One of the greatest frustrations in the Christian ministry, and principal cause for 'weariness in well doing' is the inability to calculate the spiritual outcome of faithful labors ...read more

  • The Value Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
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    THE VALUE OF THE BLOOD Several years ago in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, George and Vera Bajenksi’s lives were changed forever. February 16, 1989, on a very normal Thursday morning, the phone rang at 9:15 a.m. "There’s been an accident..." It involved their son Ben. As they approached the ...read more

  • D.l. Moody: God Loves Sinners  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,836 views

    D.L. MOODY: GOD LOVES SINNERS D.L. Moody was a renowned American preacher back in the mid 1800’s. He went to England where he was introduced to a young preacher named Henry Moorehouse. During their short conversation, Moorehouse said he wanted to go to America. Moody, trying to be polite, said ...read more

  • Weathering The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
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    WEATHERING THE STORMS Pastor Ron Ritchie once talked about a friend of his named Jack who called him one night many years ago. He sensed immediately that his heart was heavy with grief. A few months prior his wife Cindy had become pregnant for the first time after years of waiting on the Lord to ...read more

  • Right And Wrong And Ruby ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 14, 2009
     | 3,808 views

    RIGHT AND WRONG AND RUBY BRIDGES A federal judge had ordered New Orleans to open its public schools to African-American children. White parents in the community decided to keep their children at home if this verdict was enforced. They made it known that any African-American children who came to ...read more

  • Billy Graham Awarded Golden Congressional Medal

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,415 views

    BILLY GRAHAM AWARDED GOLDEN CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL On Thursday May 2, 1996, Dr. Billy Graham was awarded the Golden Congressional Medal, the highest honor this country can bestow upon an individual - only 263 individuals had ever received this in the history of the United States of America. In his ...read more