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  • The Best Food For You Is The Word Of God Itself. ...

    Contributed by Chris Jordan on Nov 20, 2008
     | 2,060 views

    "The best food for you is the Word of God itself. Sermons and books are well enough, but streams that run for a long distance above ground gradually gather for themselves somewhat of the soil through which they flow, and they lose the cool freshness with which they started from the spring head. ...read more

  • Women ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 2,597 views

    WOMEN CEOs Nearly 10.4 million U.S. firms are owned (50% or more) by women, employing more than 12.8 million people, and generating $1.9 trillion in sales. Their firms have continued to grow at nearly double the rate of all firms (42% vs. 24%). Women-owned firms, account for 41% of all privately ...read more

  • Leaning On The Everlasting ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 21, 2009
     | 2,923 views

    Leaning on the Everlasting Arms What a fellowship, what a joy divine, Leaning on the everlasting arms; What a blessedness, what a peace is mine, Leaning on the everlasting arms. O how sweet to walk in this pilgrim way, Leaning on the everlasting arms; O how bright the path grows from day ...read more

  • Hard Work Is Worth It

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,405 views

    HARD WORK IS WORTH IT The story is told of a nursery worker about to plant a number of young saplings, some straight and some crooked, thus reasoned with himself – "These straight saplings will no doubt grow up to be fine trees without much attention on my part; but I will see if, by proper ...read more

  • Aging Are Leaving No ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
     | 2,530 views

    AGING ARE LEAVING NO INHERITANCE An AARP analysis of the Federal Reserve Board’s 2004 Survey of Consumer Finances finds 21% of people born after 1964 thought they would inherit money someday. But with each passing year, the pressures on the nest-eggs of older people will only grow. A lot of ...read more

  • Because Of The Increase Of Wickedness, The Love ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 25, 2001
    based on 59 ratings
     | 3,995 views

    "Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved." - Matthew 24:12-13 On the night of March 29, 1848, Niagara Falls completely and mysteriously stopped flowing. The estimated 500,000 gallons of water that customarily rushed ...read more

  • There Used To Be An Egg Farm About 5 Miles From ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 18, 2007
     | 958 views

    There used to be an egg farm about 5 miles from here, out on Reed Ellis Road. From time to time, when I was growing up, we used to take one of our 2 ton trucks down there to the chicken farm and pick up a couple of loads of chicken manure to put on our pastures to help the grass grow. I remember ...read more

  • Samuel Taylor Coleridge Instructs An Athiest ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 14, 2009
     | 2,510 views

    Samuel Taylor Coleridge Instructs an Athiest About How To Raise Children Properly Using the Garden as an Analogy Fellow parents, let’s have our homes so full of the Word of God that our children can’t help but see and hear it wherever they go and whatever they do. The bottom line is this: We are ...read more

  • Focus On Christ

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,908 views

    FOCUS ON CHRIST This bit of strange news was released by the Associated Press this past week: RIVERTON, Wyo. -- Officials say a magnifying glass set on a stand in a sunny room started a small blaze in a Wyoming home. UPS worker Buddy Armstrong was delivering a package to 84-year-old Thomas ...read more

  • A Christ-Like Schedule

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Nov 14, 2010
     | 2,966 views

    A CHRIST-LIKE SCHEDULE If Jesus Christ were here today, do you think He would serve on three church committees; drive in the car pool on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday; attend two services on Sunday; manage a boys' organization; serve on the lunch committee at the local synagogue or church; and ...read more

  • Humorous Definitions  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,388 views

    HUMOROUS DEFINITIONS Definitions matter. Do you know what these words mean? ABDICATE: To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach. ADULT: A person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now growing in the middle. ANTIQUE: An item your grandparents bought, your parents got rid of, and ...read more

  • Bitter & Better - The Two 'b's

    Contributed by Paddick Van Zyl on Jul 21, 2014
     | 4,511 views

    When the water at Marah was bitter, Moses had to cast a tree into the water stream to sweeten the water or make it drinkable. The words: Bitter and Better both start with a B and end with Tter. The only difference is: the letter I and E. Bitter has the focus on I, me, myself, flesh. Better has ...read more

  • Coffee Doesn't Trust Me  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 25, 2014
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,451 views

    My pet finch Coffee runs into a serious problem once in a while. Her claws grow so long she loses the ability to control them. They get stuck in the nest and she can’t get them out. Once we found her nearly dead, hanging for hours upside down with one claw ensnared in her wicker home. Carol rescued ...read more

  • There Was A Preacher At A Small Church. He Had ...

    Contributed by Batsell Spivy on Jul 1, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,527 views

    There was a preacher at a small church. He had been preaching there for some time and was discouraged by how disinterested the church was. Finally he had had enough of the unenthusiastic Sundays so he decided to write a sermon that would surely fire the members up. He began his sermon by saying, ...read more

  • The Tallest Tree Draws The Fire  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 11, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,376 views

    THE TALLEST TREE DRAWS THE FIRE 1991 U.S. Open – Hazeltine National Golf Course, just outside Minneapolis, MN. A peaceful, calm day. Gray clouds rush swiftly overhead within minutes. Lightning is spotted; a golfer’s worst nightmare. Storm sirens soon blast as a fierce thunderstorm blows in, ...read more

  • Something's Happening...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 20, 2008
     | 1,695 views

    Something's Happening... This last week I began reading a book by James Rutz. James wrote this book to make the Christian church aware that God is moving all across the world. His observations are a wakeup call to the American Christian and churches in America. Listen to some of his ...read more

  • Maxcy Filer Of Compton, California Began Taking ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ian Biss on Oct 16, 2001
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,729 views

    Maxcy Filer of Compton, California began taking the California Bar Exam in the mid 1960s. He didn’t pass it the first time or the second time. In fact, he didn’t pass the exam until his forty-eighth try. Before earning a passing grade, he failed forty-seven times over a span of twenty-five years. ...read more

  • The Real Reindeer  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 12, 2002
    based on 35 ratings
     | 2,501 views

    THE REAL REINDEER According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, while both male and female reindeer grow antlers in the summer each year, male reindeer drop their antlers at the beginning of winter, usually late November to mid-December. Female reindeer retain their antlers till after ...read more

  • The Wall Street Journal Carried A Front Page ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 1,473 views

    The Wall Street Journal carried a front page feature on home –schooled pupils and their above average academic performance. A growing number of secular universities are taking notice and actively recruiting these young people. Home-schooled students are turning in higher average SAT and ACT scores ...read more

  • Muslim Majority: Near The End Of This Century ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
     | 1,603 views

    Muslim Majority: Near the end of this century Europe is likely to become part of the Western Arab world, according a leading scholar of Islam and the Near East. Prof. Bernhard Lewis views migration and demographics as major contributors to this development. Lewis points to several factors, such as ...read more

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