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  • The Need For Evangelism

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Jan 29, 2013
     | 4,710 views

    THE NEED FOR EVANGELISM A few years ago George Barna reported some amazing facts. Most Americans, including profession Christians, believe that people are inherently good and that there primary purpose is to enjoy life as much as possible. a). 38% believe that it doesn’t matter what religious ...read more

  • The Second Grade Teacher In Elementary School Was ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Apr 20, 2007
     | 1,543 views

    The second grade teacher in elementary school was teaching some very simple principles of physics. One the several things she taught about was a magnet. She explained the basic principle of magnetic attraction and demonstrated it using a magnet to pick some small metal objects. On Friday, she ...read more

  • There Was A Man Who Was Going Skydiving For The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,999 views

    There was a man who was going skydiving for the very first time. He had taken all the lessons and now it was time for his first solo jump. He leaps out of the plane but he panicked and couldn’t remember how to open his parachute. As he was falling rapidly to the earth he suddenly met another guy ...read more

  • A. During The Days Of Prohibition, An Evangelist ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,231 views

    A. During the days of prohibition, an evangelist was preaching against the evils of alcohol. 1. He demonstrated the destructive force of the demon drink by dropping a worm into a bottle of whiskey. 2. By the time the worm hit the bottom of the bottle, the worm was dead. 3. The evangelist asked the ...read more

  • Community

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on May 4, 2008
     | 5,828 views

    COMMUNITY God calls us to enter into community, which means to be engaged in each other's lives and experiences. It's showing up at the funeral; it's taking time to visit at the hospital; it's making a point of going to the concert performance. The lesson here teaches that we are (or should be) ...read more

  • Old Lady: Looking For The Sonrise...

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on May 21, 2022
     | 1,297 views

    AN OLD LADY IN THE RESTHOME 40 YEARS AGO: DEANNA LAFFERTY READ THIS POEM TO ME WEEKLY. Deanna had brain cancer and had half of her head cut off. Her right part of her head was gone, so she could not move the left side of her body. She would hold her Bible or song book in her right hand. She ...read more

  • Fulton J. Sheen Has Written These Words From The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Alan Stokes on Mar 4, 2001
    based on 92 ratings
     | 2,967 views

    Fulton J. Sheen has written these words from the heart, “The human heart is not shaped like a valentine heart, perfect and regular in contour; it is slightly irregular in shape as if a small piece of it were missing out of its side. That missing part...may very well man that when God created each ...read more

  • George Barna Does A Great Deal Of Research In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on Apr 29, 2002
    based on 81 ratings
     | 1,865 views

    George Barna does a great deal of research in religious circles. In surveys taken a few years ago (1996 and 1997), he found some amazing facts. Most Americans, including many professing Christians, believe that people are inherently good and that there primary purpose is to enjoy life as much as ...read more

  • We've Probably All Heard The Expression,

    Contributed by Nathan Ingram on Nov 30, 2009
     | 4,259 views

    We’ve probably all heard the expression, “This is going to separate the men from the boys!” Those words are said when about something that involves danger and risk. Things that take courage and a willingness to sacrifice. Things that are grueling and gut-wrenching. Things that require maturity and ...read more

  • Have Faith

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,093 views

    "HAVE FAITH" My husband, Ron, once taught a class of mentally impaired teenagers. Looking at his students’ capabilities rather than their limitations, Ron got them to play chess, restore furniture and repair electrical appliances. Most important, he taught them to ‘have faith’ that is to believe ...read more

  • Comfortable In The Presence Of Majesty

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 17, 2011
     | 3,078 views

    COMFORTABLE IN THE PRESENCE OF MAJESTY It isn’t good to be too comfortable in the presence of majesty. There is a story about a man named Lear who was hired to give Queen Victoria art lessons. Things were going well, and Lear started to feel quite at home in the palace. He enjoyed standing in ...read more

  • Bag Of Candy

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jul 27, 2008
     | 2,489 views

    BAG OF CANDY A young boy was arrested and brought before the judge for taking a bag of candy from the shelf of a local store. The owner of the store pressed charges because he wanted the boy to learn a lesson. After a lecture from the judge, the judge asked the young boy if he had anything to ...read more

  • If You Succeed In Life, You Must Do So In Spite ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,530 views

    "If you succeed in life, you must do so in spite of the efforts of others to pull you down. There is nothing in the idea that people are willing to help those who help themselves. People are willing to help a man who can't help himself, but as soon as a man is able ...read more

  • The Message Of The Straight Jacket

    Contributed by Christopher Roberts (Barrister) on Jan 22, 2013
     | 4,097 views

    THE MESSAGE OF THE STRAIGHT JACKET Satan employs a number of tactics against us, which most often God uses for our greater good. One of those tactics is to place a straight jacket of circumstance upon us, something that we are unable to deal with ourselves. Such a straight jacket might relate to a ...read more

  • The Day Of The Fire Storm!  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 1, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,490 views

    My Story: The Day of the fire storm! I was at Boy Scout Camp when I discovered the terrible damage a fire storm could do to my life. It was a lazy afternoon very hot and dry. John and I were sent back to camp to start dinner for the guys. When I got back to camp I discovered that the camp fire ...read more

  • Before Calfed Bank Turned Into Citibank, There ...

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Jun 16, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,365 views

    Before CalFed Bank turned into Citibank, there was an advertisement that showed a toddler driving a parent crazy, and then words that suggest that while CalFed cannot help you take control of your child, it can at least help you take control of your finances. Children have ways of bringing ...read more

  • What Things?  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Daugherty on Aug 7, 2001
    based on 124 ratings
     | 4,114 views

    "WHAT THINGS?" Luke24:16 In these two words, "What Things?" are found one of the most profound lessons of forgiveness. They are a quote from Luke, by our Lord after His crucifixion. Jesus was walking with two men going to Emmaus. Their language and languishing betrayed their disappointment. ...read more

  • Ask: What Is Faith Through Experience?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 14, 2001
    based on 21 ratings
     | 2,938 views

    ILL: Ask: What is Faith through Experience? A vocational school teacher taught a class of mentally impaired teenagers. Looking at his students’ capabilities rather than their limitations, he got them to play chess, restore furniture and repair electrical appliances. Most important, he taught ...read more

  • Horses In The Salad—readers' Digest Online, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,059 views

    Horses in the Salad—Readers’ Digest Online, Reader Contributions, Hazel Boone, Kelowna, BC, 1999 "I took Spanish lessons every day while my husband and I lived in Argentina. After a month, my tutor encouraged me to ’speak to the shop clerks, the maid. Speak to everyone and practise, practise.’ A ...read more

  • The Slavic Peoples Today Populate Several ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 13, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,029 views

    The Slavic peoples today populate several nations: the Czech Repulic, Slovakia, Poland, Belarus, Russia, Ukrania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia. During Medieval times, the Slavic peoples were ready to convert to a "modern" religion. They were between three ...read more