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  • It Is A Terrible Thing For One¡¦s Destiny To Be ...

    Contributed by Akinsanya Adubi on Sep 21, 2009
     | 2,755 views

    It is a terrible thing for one¡¦s destiny to be truncated. This is a true story. There were two pastors driving on one of the roads in Lagos, Nigeria. One is a Nigerian, the other a foreigner. They got to a point under a bridge, where the people that we called "area boys" were begging for money ...read more

  • Search And Rescue

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 21, 2009
     | 5,502 views

    SEARCH AND RESCUE There is a group of people I hope we never have to meet. They’re job is hard, exciting, frightening and important all at the same time. They do SAR; Search and Rescue. They work near Reno, Nevada and work ski resorts and desert rescue. They pull people off of Mt. Hood, find lost ...read more

  • Should Christians Attend Church?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,997 views

    SHOULD CHRISTIANS ATTEND CHURCH? An old question: "Can I be a Christian without joining the church or attending worship?" Answer: "Yes, it is possible. But it is something like being: a. A student who will not go to school; b. A soldier who will not join the army; c. A citizen who does not pay ...read more

  • Selling What You Believe In

    Contributed by Warren Whitaker on Feb 10, 2010
     | 1,950 views

    Selling What You Believe In My best friend in high school is now a teacher, but when we were in college, he tried his hand at selling things. He worked for Amway, Long Distance Telephone services, all sorts of those door to door, sign-you-up, pyramid-type business. I even remember him selling ...read more

  • Switching Off The Message  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,368 views

    SWITCHING OFF THE MESSAGE The Word will protect us. No soldier is going to go to battle without his armor and his weapons. Yet many Christians today rarely even pick up their bible. A former park ranger at Yellowstone National Park tells the story of a ranger leading a group of hikers to a fire ...read more

  • Priorities In Life And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,800 views

    Priorities in Life and Church Several years ago, because of all the tornados in the area, a developer in Tulsa, Oklahoma, offered an optional tornado-safe room in the new homes he was selling. Nine of the first ten buyers opted to pay the extra $2,500 for the room, which can also be used as a ...read more

  • Psalm 47 And Rosh Hashanah

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 20, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,266 views

    PSALM 47 AND ROSH HASHANAH When a brand new believer in 1974, my friend loaned his LP Album by Messianic Jewish group "Lamb." When I married Marylu in 1980, I married into Lamb albums. One of the songs was titled, "Clap Your Hands, All Ye People," and was a paraphrase of Psalm 47. Preparing this ...read more

  • The Wisdom Of William Jennings Bryan

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on May 30, 2011
     | 3,186 views

    THE WISDOM OF WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN was a U.S. Congressman, 3-time Democratic presidential nominee, and Secretary of State who served this country for three decades. He is probably best remembered for the famous Scopes Trial in 1925 at Dayton TN. This man's far reaching ...read more

  • Millions Far From God

    Contributed by Antonio Silveira on Sep 17, 2011
     | 1,438 views

    MILLIONS FAR FROM GOD In the latest global statistics, they say that the population of Earth is now 7 billion people. About 2 billion of these people claim to be Christian. Not everyone that claims to be a Christian is truly a Christian. Maybe there is about 1 billion that are true followers (I ...read more

  • Don't Just Focus On The "Pops And Sizzles"

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Mar 17, 2012
     | 2,072 views

    DON'T JUST FOCUS ON THE "POPS AND SIZZLES" There once was a man who owned a record company. Besides running the record company, he spent many hours in production listening to the "master disc," from which was the record and all subsequent records were pressed. Over the years his ears became adept ...read more

  • Start With Just One

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on May 8, 2012
     | 1,820 views

    START WITH JUST ONE Dawson Trotman, founder of the Navigators, tells the story of a 23 year old Sailor that he spent time discipling. He spent many hours with this young man in the Word and the importance of being a witness for the Lord and leading other sailors to Jesus. A month later the ...read more

  • Prayer Before Battle  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 28, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,314 views

    PRAYER BEFORE BATTLE During the 1800s, the French General George Muller Massena who took orders from Napoleon, arrived at a quaint and militarily important Austrian town. His 18,000 soldiers were gearing up for their invasion, as the stunned Austrian citizens were lifeless and terrified. Knowing ...read more

  • We Are Here! We Are Here!

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 23, 2013
     | 1,810 views

    WE ARE HERE! WE ARE HERE! From movie, "Horton Hears a Who!" Clip from movie about 5 minutes. The "Who" people with the help of Horton shouted, proclaimed, cried out and made themselves heard -- it was life and death by the way -- they did this to let the rest of the world around them know that ...read more

  • Almost

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 15, 2019
     | 2,713 views

    Almost Story It started out with a low rumbling; then there was the sound of the explosion. It seemed like the whole world was rocking and reeling under the blow of Mother Nature. The sky was filled with smoke as dark as a midnight; the ashes from the eruption were falling like snow in a winter ...read more

  • In The Book, "Blink", Malcolm Gladwell Tells ...

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Nov 5, 2007
     | 773 views

    In the book, “Blink”, Malcolm Gladwell tells about a study that began at the University of Washington on marriages. Among other things, the study discovered indicators that were near certain to show if a marriage was disintegrating to the point of danger. The single most important indicator was ...read more

  • If You Drive Along Woodland Blvd. In Downtown ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Feb 27, 2008
     | 972 views

    If you drive along Woodland Blvd. In downtown Deland, you will notice that all of the old buildings in that area, unlike the oldest buildings in Enterprise, are all built of masonry. That’s because of the fire of 1855. The fire, which swept downtown Deland in September of 1855 forever, changed ...read more

  • The Tv Is My Shepherd, My Spiritual Growth ...  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Mitchell on Apr 21, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,320 views

    1.The TV is my shepherd, My spiritual growth shall want; It makes me to sit down and do nothing for His Name’s sake. 2. It requires all my spare time; It keeps me from doing my Christian duty. It produces so many good shows that I must see; It restores my knowledge of the world. 3. It keeps me ...read more

  • On May 18, 1992, Time Magazine Put Roger Keith ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
     | 1,552 views

    On May 18, 1992, Time magazine put Roger Keith Coleman on its cover with the caption: “This man might be innocent. This man is due to die.” Reporter Jill Smolowe began her story by asking, “Must this man die? . . . That could be a tragic mistake.” Two days later Mr. Coleman was executed for ...read more

  • Church History Is Replete Of Individuals Who Saw ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Sep 21, 2008
     | 1,565 views

    Church history is replete of individuals who saw the importance of fearing God and not other individuals. Following in the footsteps of Paul, John Chrysostom had a period of isolation in the mountains near Antioch in A.D. 373. Although his time of isolation was cut short by illness, he learned that ...read more

  • I Have A Video Tape Of My Favorite Basketball ...

    Contributed by Art Good on Nov 6, 2008
     | 1,531 views

    I have a video tape of my favorite basketball player of all time. His name is Larry Bird. The name of the tape is “Winning Basketball”. The tape is all about the various skills that are needed to be successful at the game of basketball. It’s sort of an instructional video to make the viewer ...read more

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