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  • Death And Resurrection

    Contributed by David Simpson on Jan 15, 2013
     | 7,896 views

    Our son, John learned a valuable lesson about death when he was a child. One day he took aim with his new BB gun at a little bird sitting on a limb near our back deck. He aimed and fired and hit his target and the bird collapsed to the ground. Dead. At first there was the excitement of being a ...read more

  • 30 Years Ago Two Shoe Salesmen Were Sent To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Sep 22, 2001
    based on 90 ratings
     | 4,510 views

    30 years ago two shoe salesmen were sent to Nigeria to survey the country for the possibility of building a shoe factory. The first man came back and said, "Few people here wear shoes so there is little need to build a new shoe factory in Nigeria. The second came back to London and said, "This is ...read more

  • When W.e. Sangster Was Appointed General ...

    Contributed by Joel Santos on Sep 23, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,204 views

    When W.E. Sangster was appointed General Secretary of the Home Mission Department of Methodist Church in Britain, he divided labor between his subordinates, assigned each responsibility, and gave up all supervision. He never regretted such trust. It was said of Sangster: “his greatest grasp of ...read more

  • Some People Do Not Have Birth Certificates. One ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 23, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,218 views

    Some people do not have birth certificates. One such person was Will Rogers. Once, Will Rogers was applying for a passport and the clerk asked him for his birth certificate. He said that he didn’t have one. She said that she needed one in order to issue a passport. He asked why. She replied, ...read more

  • In Shansi I Found Chinese Christians Who Were ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,162 views

    "In Shansi I found Chinese Christians who were accustomed to spend time in fasting and prayer. They recognized that this fasting, which so many dislike, which requires faith in God, since it makes one feel weak and poorly, is really a Divinely appointed means of grace. Perhaps the greatest ...read more

  • That Is Why We Must Realize That There Is No ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Dec 11, 2007
     | 827 views

    “That is why we must realize that there is no need to denounce people who are not living the holy life. The New Testament seems to me to be sorry for them. There is no need to denounce Christians who are not doing their utmost to live the Christian life, because, poor things, they are suffering ...read more

  • Tv Health Risk

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
     | 1,872 views

    TV HEALTH RISK TV Health Risk Cynthia Minkovitz, Johns Hopkins Univ., reports children ages 2-6 who watch two hours or more of TV a day "show signs of bad behavior, lower social skills and disrupted sleep patterns." "It is the greatest unacknowledged health threat of our time," adds psychologist ...read more

  • On The Old Happy Days Television Show – Which I ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 9, 2009
     | 1,249 views

    On the old Happy Days television show – which I loved to watch, Richie Cunningham had just been “grounded for life” by his father, Howard, for misbehavior. As they talked about it, Howard asked his son, “Did you know that there is a lesson in this for you?” Richie’s response was priceless: “I ...read more

  • God Is Building A Testimony

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Oct 13, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,215 views

    GOD IS BUILDING A TESTIMONY A young man in his 20s came to faith in Christ after many years of bad choices and consequences and of breaking the hearts of his mother and others around him. The reality of his genuine conversion was proven over the dramatic change that continued throughout his life. ...read more

  • Show Us God  PRO

    Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Jan 9, 2013
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,725 views

    SHOW US GOD The Greek philosopher Socrates made this statement: "Oh that someone would arise, man or god, to show us God." In the minds of scholars, here's one of the greatest philosophers who ever lived; and yet he, himself, had beating in his own breast--and he admitted it--oh that god could ...read more

  • Jenna Day Tells Of A Christmas 20 Years Ago That ...  PRO

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on Apr 29, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,707 views

    Jenna Day tells of a Christmas 20 years ago that she remembers well. At her small school in central Maine, there were two classes for each grade: the children who got good grades, wore nice clothes and whose parents were in the PTA, and the kids who were in the slow class, and got poor grades. She ...read more

  • Go To God – He Is The Source Of Our Goodness On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
     | 2,303 views

    Go to God – he is the source of our goodness on this earth. Matthew 7:11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! Story: This story about Hudson Taylor – a well known missionary ...read more

  • A Guy Came To His Pastor And Said, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2001
    based on 292 ratings
     | 9,078 views

    A guy came to his pastor and said, “Reverend, I only have one talent.” The pastor asked, “What’s your talent? The man said, "I have the gift of criticism." The pastor was wise and replied, "The Bible says that the guy who had only ...read more

  • Christian A. Schwarz And His Team From The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Martin Kim on Nov 22, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,968 views

    Christian A. Schwarz and his team from the Institute for Church Development in Germany analyzed responses from 4.2 million people, from more than 1,000 churches in 32 countries. In the book he writes: “An interesting corollary result of our research was the discovery that probably no factor ...read more

  • Someone Speculated What The First Christmas Might ...  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Walter on Dec 24, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,143 views

    Someone speculated what the first Christmas might have been like if Wise Women had come from the east instead of Wise Men. First of all, they would have asked for directions and made it to Bethlehem on time. Second, they would have helped with the delivery, cleaned up the ...read more

  • Record Donation: Joan Kroc, The Wife Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,172 views

    Record Donation: Joan Kroc, the wife of the McDonald’s restaurant chain founder, has left roughly $1.5 billion to the Salvation Army. The gift is the largest single donation that anyone in the worlds of philanthropy and fund-raising could recall — and more than the ...read more

  • God ... Does Not Lavish His Children With A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Thornton on Nov 23, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,780 views

    God ... does not lavish his children with a jolly discipleship so that they may swim in spiritual ecstasy between conversion and death. God is a giver, but he does not give happiness. He gives redemption, meaning, security, love, victory, and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. And happiness is ...read more

  • Willing To Give More People Who Derive At Least ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008
     | 785 views

    Willing to Give More People who derive at least half of their wealth from entrepreneurial ventures would give more money away if they knew that charities spent less on administrative costs and more on helping their clients. They are also more likely than other wealthy donors to give additional sums ...read more

  • Islam  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
    based on 37 ratings
     | 2,497 views

    ISLAM What’s the main idea? On his many caravan rides along the trading route between Syria and Arabia, a merchant named Muhammad observed people of all kinds of faiths. He became increasingly concerned that people were straying from ethical and moral responsibility. In A.D. 610, ...read more

  • James Von Moltke: For What A Mighty Task

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2011
     | 2,749 views

    JAMES VON MOLTKE: FOR WHAT A MIGHTY TASK James von Moltke came from a long line of German warriors and soldiers. For two centuries the name Moltke resounded proudly in the history of the Prussians and Germans. But James would serve a different fate. He was just as brave and just as devoted but his ...read more