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  • How God Calls It  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2011
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,001 views

    HOW GOD CALLS IT A major league baseball player hit the ball far out in left field. Bases were loaded. The one who was on 2nd base made it all the way to home plate and he collided with the catcher. Immediately, the one team yelled, "He's safe, he's safe, he's safe." The other team yelled, "He's ...read more

  • How Christians Are Different

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,281 views

    HOW CHRISTIANS ARE DIFFERENT A Second Century believer, in a letter to his friend, Diognetus, described how Christians are alike and different from others. He wrote, "Though they are residents at home in their own countries, their behavior there is more like transients...Though destiny has placed ...read more

  • How Much Of The Spirit?

    Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Sep 22, 2011
     | 1,787 views

    HOW MUCH OF THE SPIRIT? Just as the fuel gauge in our cars are not exact but gives you an idea, we can see in others just how much of the Holy Spirit they allow in their lives by their outside character. Lots of times folks will act very different in church than they do elsewhere. Who are they ...read more

  • How Amazing Would It Be

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Dec 15, 2011
     | 1,803 views

    HOW AMAZING WOULD IT BE For 33 years God lived on earth as a man – Jesus, and walked amongst us. How amazing would it be if Queen Elizabeth II decided to come and live here in Billericay? How amazing would it be if the Queen decided to come and live next to your school? How amazing would it be if ...read more

  • How Do You ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joe Bertone on Aug 1, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,778 views

    HOW DO YOU KNOW There is a Chinese parable about a Chinaman who had one horse and one son. One day the horse, out of control, wandered away with the boy on its back and they were both lost. The man’s neighbors came to console him the next day and they said, “We are so sorry you lost your horse and ...read more

  • How The Mighty Fall

    Contributed by Tim Smith on May 12, 2013
     | 2,457 views

    HOW THE MIGHTY FALL Jim Collins has written a book called "How the Mighty Fall" about businesses who at one time were strong and effective and yet went from hero to zero during the last decade. Motorola was number one in cell phones in the world in 2004 and today they are on the edge of ...read more

  • How Big Is Jesus??????

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 16, 2014
     | 4,485 views

    HOW BIG IS JESUS???????? At the end of a worship service, a little girl came up to her Pastor and asked, "How big is Jesus?" The puzzled pastor pondered and said, "I don’t know, sweetheart. The Bible doesn’t say. He was a carpenter, so I am sure he had big hands and strong shoulders. Maybe ...read more

  • How To Avoid Frustration

    Contributed by Jeremy Poling on Dec 30, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,299 views

    How to Avoid Frustration Keep your shoulder to the wheel Your hand to the helm Your eye on the ball! Your nose to the grindstone Your ear to the ground And ...read more

  • How Far Along

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 29, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,601 views

    There were two men traveling in the WAY The first man said to the other man: “How long have we been traveling in the “Way?” The other man answered: “Not long enough to get to where we are going but far too long to only be as far as we are. Have you ever looked back on your Christian walk and ...read more

  • How Much Is Enough?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
     | 2,326 views

    HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH? Each week Kevin Tunell was required to mail a dollar to a family he'd rather forget. They sued him for $1.5 million but settled for just $936, to be paid a dollar at a time. The family expected the payment each Friday so Tunell would not forget what happened on the first Friday ...read more

  • How Many Promises In The ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Nov 23, 2008
     | 4,767 views

    How Many Promises in the Bible? Dr. Everek R. Storms of Ontario spent a vast amount of time studying the promises of Scripture. Writing in Contact Magazine, he said: “The Holy Scriptures contain a grand total of 8,810 promises. How do I know? I counted them. Dr. Storms goes on to classify the ...read more

  • How To Persuade A Burglar

    Contributed by Larry Hinkle on Jun 12, 2020
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     | 3,827 views

    An elderly Widow woke in the middle of the night, alerted by a noise> She tiptoed down steps to discover she had a Burglar in her home. She shouted at the intruder, “Stop in the name of the Lord, repent for the forgiveness of your sins. Acts 2:38!” the burglar immediately froze, raised both arms ...read more

  • How Are You Doing?

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Jul 2, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,143 views

    There's a story about a little girl who came home from school one day, and her mother met her at the door: Hi! How was school today? How are you doing? With the honesty of little people, the girl replied, Oh, not so well, mommy. My tummy hurts! Mothers know everything, and this mommy had ...read more

  • How Long Is Eternity?

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 22, 2022
     | 1,692 views

    A young boy went up to his pastor after his sermon and said, "Pastor, how long is forever?" The pastor knelt down by the side of the boy and said, "Why would you ask me that question, Billy?" Billy said, "Well, Pastor, you said that we were going to live in one of two ...read more

  • How Many Observe Christ's Birthday! How Few, His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002
    based on 10 ratings
     | 2,589 views

    How many observe Christ’s birthday! How few, his precepts! O! ’tis easier to keep holidays than ...read more

  • How Many Observe Christs Birthday How Few, His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,324 views

    "How many observe Christs birthday How few, his precepts O tis easier to keep ...read more

  • How Many Observe Christ's Birthday How Few, His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,426 views

    “How many observe Christ’s birthday How few, his precepts O, ’tis easier to keep holidays than commandments.” –Ben Franklin, Christmas was not celebrated during the 1st 2 centuries after Christ’s life on earth. In AD 245, when a group of scholars attempted to pinpoint the exact date of Christ’s ...read more

  • How Little Of Scripture There Is In Modern ...

    Contributed by Chris Jordan on Nov 19, 2011
     | 1,679 views

    "How little of Scripture there is in modern sermons compared with the sermons of those masters of theology, the Puritan divines! Almost every sentence of theirs seems to cast side lights upon a text of Scripture; not only the one they are preaching about, but many others as well are set in a new ...read more

  • How The Chicago Fire Started  PRO

    Contributed by Ted Sutherland on Feb 11, 2001
    based on 80 ratings
     | 2,269 views

    How Chicago Fire Started On October 8, 1871, at about eight-thirty in the evening, a lantern in Mrs. O’Leary’s barn, presumably kicked over by her cow, ignited the great Chicago fire. The woman was milking her cow; and there was a little lamp of oil, a little flickering flame. The cow kicked over ...read more

  • An Unlettered Maid Was Great In The Kitchen And ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Jul 22, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,682 views

    "An unlettered maid was great in the kitchen and an immaculate housekeeper, but her main strength was that she never ruffled by anything. She was always calm and in control. When asked about her secret, she quoted a verse in the Bible: "It came to pass." When told that this was not the complete ...read more