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  • "sacrifice And Suffering."

    Contributed by Darrell Campbell on Mar 20, 2024
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    While we enjoy our cookouts and ballgames on Memorial Day and July 4th we often forget about the suffering and sacrifice that made it all possible. As we celebrate Easter may we have the same mindset. It is more than egg hunts, pretty clothes and ...read more

  • A Genuine Free Spirit  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,706 views

    A Genuine Free Spirit It took just a few hours for budget carrier Spirit Airlines to give away 13,400 free tickets on 90 flights to 14 cities - every seat for an entire day. The catch? That day is Sept. 11. Like most airlines, Miramar, Fla.-based Spirit had found few willing to fly on the first ...read more

  • The Lord Is My Shepherd—communion Meditation  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 15, 2003
    based on 27 ratings
     | 7,624 views

    THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD- COMMUNION MEDITATION The 23rd Psalm is a beautiful passage of scripture to use when celebrating communion. It describes in detail what the Good Shepherd does for us. He provides for us, comforts us, heals us, restores us, feeds us, and protects us. And if that were ...read more

  • Billy Graham's Daughter Was Interviewed On The ...

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Nov 2, 2003
     | 3,591 views

    Billy Graham’s daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her, regarding the attacks on Sept.11, "How could God let something like this happen?" Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She said "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, ...read more

  • Three Times A Month, Jermaine Washington And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,045 views

    Three times a month, Jermaine Washington and Michelle Stevens get together for what they call a “gratitude lunch.” With good reason! Washington donated a kidney to Stevens, whom he described as “just a friend.” They met at work where they used to have lunch together. One day Michelle wept as she ...read more

  • A Mother's Place Is At Home: 66% Of American ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,178 views

    A Mother’s Place Is At Home: 66% of American women with preschool children—and 56% of those with infants less than a year old—are in the labor force, but attitudes toward working mothers have changed little. Various research reports from the Lucile Packard foundation find that 75%-80% of Americans ...read more

  • New Megachurch Research A Major New Study Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,156 views

    New Megachurch Research A major new study of megachurches shows that 93% of churches with an average weekly attendance of at least 2,000 are found in the South, the West and the Midwest. The states with the largest concentration are California, Texas, Florida and Georgia. Dr. Scott Thumma, faculty ...read more

  • In 1884 A Young Man Died, And After The Funeral ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 3,920 views

    In 1884 a young man died, and after the funeral his grieving parents decided to establish a memorial to him. With that in mind they met with Charles Eliot, president of Harvard University. Eliot received the unpretentious couple into his office and asked what he could do. After they expressed their ...read more

  • When One Is Searching For The Lost Property Both ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 19, 2007
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    When one is searching for the lost property both of his father and of his teacher, his teacher’s loss takes precedence over that of his father since his father brought him only into the life of this world, whereas his teacher, who taught him wisdom [i.e., Torah], has brought him into the life of ...read more

  • Give The First And Best. The Goal Is To Be ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007
    based on 1 rating
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    Give the first and best. The goal is to be reached at any cost. On August 11, 1978, Double Eagle II, a large helium balloon, and her crew of three, eased into an almost windless sky above the potato fields of Maine. Their destination was Paris, France. The aerodynamics of ballooning are somewhat ...read more

  • Freedom To Choose One's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 8, 2009
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    FREEDOM TO CHOOSE ONE’S ATTITUDE There is a book called, “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Victor Frankl. Frankl was a Holocaust survivor who wrote about his experiences in a Nazi concentration camp. Everything was taken away from these prisoners. They were stripped of their clothing, their pictures, ...read more

  • People Dare God To Send Them To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 12, 2009
     | 2,333 views

    People Dare God to Send Them to Hell J. Michael Shannon tells how some young people put up a web site to encourage atheism. The site invited people to dare God to send them to hell. More than 400 young people took the challenge. People who took the challenge received a free copy of documentation ...read more

  • A Medical Missionary Learns How One Group Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 22, 2009
     | 3,240 views

    A Medical Missionary Learns How One Group of People in India say, "Thank You" A medical missionary in India had found a way to heal people who were going blind. He said that once he’d done this operation on the local people they never said, "Thank you," because that phrase was not in their dialect. ...read more

  • What We Really Want

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Feb 22, 2011
     | 1,418 views

    WHAT WE REALLY WANT A woman lay in a hospital bed, her body ravaged by cancer. Day after day her pastor and others prayed for her healing. Each day they could see her silent disappointment that she was not being healed. Then one day she said, "Let's not pray that I'll be healed. God knows that I ...read more

  • The Lack Of Evangelism

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2011
     | 5,803 views

    THE LACK OF EVANGELISM (Evangelism Statistics from Michael Parrot, Acts Evangelism, Spokane, WA, 1993, pp. 9-11.) • Ninety-five percent of all Christians have never won a soul to Christ. • Eighty percent of all Christians do not consistently witness for Christ. • Less than two percent are ...read more

  • A Mother's Secret For Success

    Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Jul 28, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,019 views

    A MOTHER'S SECRET FOR SUCCESS This is a poem we found 11 years after my moms death.It touches my heart each time I read it. A Mothers Secret For Success When in the morning I wash my children, I prayed that they might be washed by the Saviours precious blood. When I put on their garments, I ...read more

  • The Boy And D. L. Moody

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 4, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,127 views

    THE BOY AND D. L. MOODY Many years ago, D. L. Moody was going to speak at a church. A nine year old boy heard about the engagement and went to hear Moody. He got there early and went in the Church. A man escorted him immediately out. "This is for adults. Besides, you are not properly dressed and ...read more

  • New Moms: An Amazing Design Feature

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 22, 2012
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    NEW MOMS: AN AMAZING DESIGN FEATURE After a woman gives birth, when she is holding her baby, her core body temperature will raise by as much as 2 degrees in order to help keep the baby warm. Research has shown that even tiny premature babies can be kept warm with skin to skin contact with their ...read more

  • Come Unto Me, All Ye That Labour And Are Heavy ...  PRO

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Aug 14, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,007 views

    "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden (NIV - weary and burdened), and I will give you rest." (Matt 11:28 KJV) There is a church building where this verse can be read on the front wall of its sanctuary. To those who enter that building on Sundays, the words of the verse are a ...read more

  • Al Dvorin, A Concert Announcer Who Traveled With ...

    Contributed by Paul Decker on Oct 14, 2007
     | 2,276 views

    Al Dvorin, a concert announcer who traveled with Elvis throughout the performer’s career, made the phrase famous when his voice was captured on many recordings of Elvis’ performances. "Elvis has left the building!" is a phrase that was often used following Elvis Presley concerts to disperse ...read more