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  • In The Movie, Chicken Run, Dozens Of Chickens ...  PRO

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on May 7, 2003
    based on 13 ratings
     | 1,967 views

    In the movie, Chicken Run, dozens of chickens are held captive in the prisoner-of-war-like camp at Tweedy Farms. Ginger is the chicken mastermind who keeps devising new plans to help her fellow chickens escape. Ginger knows that when a chicken’s egg production is down they will face the chopping ...read more

  • Dr. A. T. Pierson Says That There Has Never Been ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tom Mccrossan on Jan 22, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,233 views

    Dr. A. T. Pierson says that there has never been a revival in any country or locality that did not begin with united prayer. I have already described the First Great Awakening and how God responded to prayer. Let me now give you some more examples. By the middle of the 19th Century the country was ...read more

  • In My Secular Vocation I Am A Computer Project ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rev. Saeed Richardson on Aug 28, 2004
    based on 13 ratings
     | 2,216 views

    In my secular vocation I am a computer project manager for the Duke University School of Medicine. I primarily develop web based, “anywhere” access “web-top” applications that people use throughout the medical school. One of the most beautiful and liberating aspects of my job is that although I ...read more

  • What Kind Of Soil Will The Word Find?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 12, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,240 views

    WHAT KIND OF SOIL WILL THE WORD FIND? The following story speaks about the kind of soil the Word of God might find. Which woman would you be? Two women were hired by a man to make custom-tailored dresses for his clothing store. They were told that not only would they be paid a flat hourly wage ...read more

  • In His Book "The Weight Of Your Words" Author ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Sep 27, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,390 views

    In his book “The Weight of Your Words” author Joseph Stowell tells the following story: My junior high school had scheduled its annual operatic production. Talented students were quick to try out for the various parts. I was not so certain of my abilities and had decided that singing in an ...read more

  • Attended By Angels! (08.10.05--Character ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Aug 8, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,545 views

    Attended By Angels! (08.10.05--Character Counts!--Mark 1: 12-13) Why am I tempted so much? Sometimes it just gets to be a real burden just coping with the day-to-day temptations that never seem to go away. “If God really loves me, why am I tempted so much?” A number of years ago the Douglas ...read more

  • The Greatest Generation

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
     | 3,025 views

    THE GREATEST GENERATION Franklin Delano Roosevelt: "This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny." The year was 1940, and it would be called the fulcrum of America in the 20th century. The nation was balanced precariously between the darkness of the Great Depression on one side and ...read more

  • Google: Thinking On A Grand ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
     | 2,864 views

    GOOGLE: THINKING ON A GRAND SCALE If I were to ask you to pick a number, any number, what number would you choose? (Pause) How many picked a number between 1 and 100? How about 100 and 1,000? Or maybe you picked an even higher number. Anyone pick a number over one million? If you didn’t, why ...read more

  • You Have To Love Him Into It

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 1, 2010
     | 3,887 views

    "You Have To Love Him Into It"--A Stock Assistant Learns a Big Lesson A stock assistant was working at a grocery store on Christmas Eve. One of the things he was responsible for was the display in one of the aisles which was a pyramid of canned products. He had to rebuild this display many times ...read more

  • Running The Race

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Mar 3, 2010
     | 6,776 views

    RUNNING THE RACE Many of you know that I have fairly poor eyesight. However, my eyesight today is far better than it was when I was a child. The Lord has given me much better eyesight today than I have ever had I my life. When I was a kid, however, my eyesight was terrible. So as I was ...read more

  • How Not To Market The Church

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2011
     | 2,740 views

    HOW NOT TO MARKET THE CHURCH When we speak of marketing the church (writes David Wells) we are not referencing such things as advertising church events, providing excellence in church programming, being kind to visitors, or providing ample parking. No one is arguing the importance and value of ...read more

  • I Want To Share A Story About A Man By The Name ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,737 views

    I want to share a story about a man by the name of Karl Marx. (Has anyone here ever heard of him?) He is known as the father of Communism. He had one agenda and one agenda only and that was for communism to replace capitalism. Let me explain. Today, in USA, we live in a capitalistic society where ...read more

  • On September, 1st, 1939 A German Battleship ...

    Contributed by Mel Shepherd on Jul 2, 2007
     | 2,124 views

    On September, 1st, 1939 a German battleship opened fire on the Polish garrison of the Westerplatte Fort, in Danzig, which is now called Gdansk. (Point it out on the map) This plan of attack is what started World War II. At the exact same moment this fort was being fired upon from waters of the ...read more

  • 2. Ex. Loyd Neal Was Mayor Of Corpus Christi ...

    Contributed by Bob Gomez on Jan 8, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,586 views

    2. ex. Loyd Neal was mayor of Corpus Christi from 1997-2004, and has served as Judge for Nueces County a. Regardless of how you may feel about him politically, a while back they wrote a great story about him in the Caller-Times. - Fresh from active duty in the U.S. Army, Neal began his civilian ...read more

  • The Light Of Hope  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 10,894 views

    THE LIGHT OF HOPE As Craig T. Kocher in his commentary on our text states, "Christian hope is fundamentally different from optimism. Christian hope locks its steely eyes on the devastation of the world around it, and readily acknowledges that things may not get better. Christian hope does not bury ...read more

  • All Appearance, Zero Substance

    Contributed by Austin W. Duncan on Apr 17, 2026
    based on 1 rating
     | 33 views

    An artificial plant looks impressive. But it produces nothing. You could easily buy one thinking it will bring life to any room. And sure, it brings the appearance of life. The leaves stay green. They never drop. It never needs water. In fact, if you tried to water it, the only thing that would ...read more

  • Its A Holiday Just Like Christmas

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 19, 2002
     | 1,961 views

    ITS A HOLIDAY JUST LIKE CHRISTMAS The overlap of Christmas and Hanukah (which will not occur again until 2005) has led to a degree of "religion blending," notes Rabbi Gerald L. Zelizer writing in USA Today: "More and more Americans regard religious faiths as items displayed in boutiques, with ...read more

  • I Was Approached By The Station Manager Of A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 24, 2003
    based on 15 ratings
     | 1,924 views

    I was approached by the station manager of a local television station in Pensacola, Fl to contribute a 50 second devotional for his program transition period. I was reluctant to agree since I struggled to limit my sermons to even 30 minutes. But feeling impressed by the Lord to accept it I did. ...read more

  • A Look At The Parade  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 18, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,547 views

    A LOOK AT THE PARADE The parade route begins near the twin towns of Bethpage and Bethany, less than two miles from Jerusalem and winds into the Holy City. The Grand Marshal is an unlikely hero – a rustic from a blue-collar town up north, the son of a woodworker. In keeping with his “common man” ...read more

  • Aliteracy—capable Of Reading, But Choosing Not Do ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,927 views

    Aliteracy—capable of reading, but choosing not do so—is on the rise. A ‘99 Gallup Poll found 7% of us read more than a book a week, and 59% read fewer than 10 books a year. We read books, magazines, and newspapers less and less. In ‘91, over 50% of all Americans read a half-hour or more every ...read more