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  • The Perfect ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,283 views

    THE PERFECT STORY The story is told about a perfect man who met a perfect woman. After a perfect courtship, they had a perfect wedding. Their life together was, of course, perfect. Then one stormy, Christmas Eve this perfect couple was driving along a winding road when they noticed someone on ...read more

  • John Suk Writes, "Soldiers Of The Symbionese ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 26, 2008
     | 1,230 views

    John Suk writes, “Soldiers of the Symbionese Liberation Army kidnapped newspaper heiress Patty Hearst from her Berkeley, California, apartment on February 4, 1974. In return for her release, Patty’s kidnappers demanded that her father, Randolph Hearst, give millions of dollars to the poor. “On ...read more

  • Living And Waiting To Live

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
     | 4,454 views

    LIVING AND WAITING TO LIVE Most of us tend to think that happiness is just around the corner. JOY will come one of these days--when things get better...when we finally get out of school...or get a better job...or get married...or get our kids raised and out of the house...or after we get that ...read more

  • Don't Just Count Them, Look Them In The Eye

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
     | 1,534 views

    DON’T JUST COUNT THEM, LOOK THEM IN THE EYE An item in Leadership magazine illustrates the importance of giving attention to needs, not just to numbers. "During World War II, economist E.F. Schumacher, then a young statistician, worked on a farm. Each day he would count the 32 head of cattle, then ...read more

  • Kent Hughes Told An Old Middle Eastern Story ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 23, 2009
     | 1,329 views

    Kent Hughes told an old Middle Eastern story that shows the futility of salvation by works. A man was traveling on his donkey when he came upon a small fuzzy object lying in the road. He dismounted to look more closely and found a sparrow lying on its back with its scrawny legs thrust skyward. ...read more

  • Suffice It To Say That No Revival Is Of Sudden ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 30, 2009
     | 2,056 views

    Suffice it to say that no revival is of sudden origin. When the revival manifests itself in a mighty way it comes suddenly as in the days of Hezekiah, but even so, its origins begin with the Holy Spirit of God moving effectively in individual lives in private. Let no one pray for revival—let no one ...read more

  • Cirrhosis Of The Giver

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Mar 27, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,987 views

    CIRRHOSIS OF THE GIVER The disease cirrhosis of the giver was discovered in A.D. 34 by the husband-wife team of Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5:1–11). It is an acute condition that renders the patient’s hands immobile when he is called on to move them in the direction of his wallet or her purse, and ...read more

  • Over-Running The Temple

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2012
     | 4,790 views

    OVER-RUNNING THE TEMPLE Ta Prohm is the modern name of a temple at Angkor, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia, built in the late 12th and early 13th centuries. Unlike most Angkorian temples, Ta Prohm has been left in much the same condition in which it was found: the photogenic and atmospheric ...read more

  • Cirrhosis Of The Giver

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Jan 23, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,763 views

    CIRRHOSIS OF THE GIVER The disease cirrhosis of the giver was discovered in A.D. 34 by the husband-wife team of Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5:1–11). It is an acute condition that renders the patient’s hands immobile when he is called on to move them in the direction of his wallet or her purse, and ...read more

  • Solving Problems; It's In The Angle

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 15, 2015
     | 5,725 views

    “With 900 million members worldwide and growing, Facebook is building its first European data storage facility—60 miles south of the Arctic Circle in Lulea, Sweden. The reason: natural air conditioning. Some Internet “server farms” spend as much to cool the machines as power them. Facebook’s Nordic ...read more

  • New Church Treasurer

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 4, 2022
     | 1,633 views

    The day the old church treasurer resigned, the church asked the local grain elevator manager to take the position. He agreed under 2 conditions: 1. No treasurer’s report would be given for the first year 2. No questions be asked about finances during that year The people were surprised but finally ...read more

  • Belly Up To The Bar?" Romans 13: 1-7: Key ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Aug 18, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,770 views

    “Belly Up to the Bar?” Romans 13: 1-7: Key verse(s): 4a “For he is God’s servant to do you good.” About a decade ago an assembly of Christian leaders came up with this summary of what it means to be a Christian citizen: “It is impossible for a believer to be a good Christian and a bad citizen ...read more

  • The One True God  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 18, 2002
    based on 10 ratings
     | 4,216 views

    THE ONE TRUE GOD "Back in my Bible college days I struck up a friendship with a man from the Far East. Before his conversion to Christianity, the worship of man-made wooden images and human-like deities was a way of life. As a little boy, the question came to his mind one day, 'Why do I worship ...read more

  • The Wrong Horse  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Sep 24, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 5,187 views

    THE WRONG HORSE Two Kentucky farmers who owned racing stables had developed a keen rivalry. One spring, each of them entered a horse in a local steeplechase. Thinking that a professional rider might help him outdo his friend, one of the farmers engaged a crack jockey. The two horses were ...read more

  • I Like What President Jimmy Carter Said In His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Dec 14, 2002
    based on 52 ratings
     | 2,206 views

    I like what President Jimmy Carter said in his Nobel Peace Prize Speech this past week: The unchanging principles of life predate modern times. I worship Jesus Christ, whom we Christians consider to be the prince of peace. As a Jew, he taught us to cross religious boundaries in service and in love. ...read more

  • For Over One Hundred Years The Holy Grail Of ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jan 27, 2006
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    For over one hundred years the Holy Grail of athletic competition was to run the mile in less than four minutes. With each failed attempt the possibility of success faded further. In the 20’s, 30’s, 40’s, and early 50’s science and what passed for sports medicine held that the human body was simply ...read more

  • Some Of You Are Familiar With The Musical Man Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
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    Some of you are familiar with the musical Man of Lamancha. 1. It is the story of Don Quixote, the weird character who jousts with windmills and envisions himself as a knight slaying dragons. 2. The most poignant part of the musical is his relationship with Aldonza. 3. She was a woman of ...read more

  • Prince Caspian Is About A Crucial Theme Of The ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Dec 15, 2008
     | 2,224 views

    Prince Caspian is about a crucial theme of the gospel of God’s kingdom—reconciliation. It is about the reconciliation between High King Peter and Prince Caspian. [view clip] It is the reconciliation that Prince Caspian has with his hatred and anger from his past. But most of all it about the ...read more

  • Who Is God The Father?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
     | 5,841 views

    WHO IS GOD THE FATHER? In 2006, a sociologist at Baylor University released a study done by the Gallup organization that identified four views people had of God. 31.4 percent believe in an "Authoritarian God," a God who is angry at humanity’s sins. 23 percent believe in a "Benevolent God" who is ...read more

  • Smallpox Is An Infectious Disease Unique To ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 8, 2009
     | 1,738 views

    Smallpox is an infectious disease unique to humans. It raises fluid-filled blisters in the skin. How many remember the smallpox vaccination? Do you remember that one big blister on your arm? A person with smallpox has them all over his skin. The image on Google was too hideous to show you. It ...read more