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  • Heartwarming  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,735 views

    HEARTWARMING Vance Havner put it best when he wrote, "We need a heart warming...The early Christians did not need a shot in the arm every Sunday to keep them going. They knew Jesus and they upset the world and worried the devil and gave wicked rulers insomnia and started something the jails ...read more

  • Hope Is

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Apr 25, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 12,801 views

    HOPE IS Hope is faith in the immutable promise that miracles prevail when the darkness tries to win-out with cries of despair. Hope is a gift from God that helps us yearn, and live a life that believes and moves with the pledge of a better tomorrow. And what’s more, hope springs-forth ...read more

  • Achieving Virtue

    Contributed by Michael Walther on Jul 4, 2011
     | 2,780 views

    ACHIEVING VIRTUE The word "virtue" is taken from the Latin word virtus and actually means "strength" or "manliness." So you see that the real strength of this life is found by successfully winning the inner war of faith. It is because of weakness that we are ruled by passions and controlled by ...read more

  • Is That All?  PRO

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Jul 14, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,464 views

    IS THAT ALL? Listen to the words of Francis Chan: "You go to a building, someone gives you a bulletin, you sit in a chair, you sing a few songs, a guy delivers maybe a polished message, maybe not, someone sings a solo, you go home. "Though Christians believe in an almighty and all powerful God ...read more

  • Not Ashamed

    Contributed by William L. Vincent on Aug 15, 2011
     | 3,338 views

    NOT ASHAMED No matter what you are looking for, you can find a religion or philosophy to fit your state of mind. We find this culture creating pressure on the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ. We find people church-shopping--looking for the right “fit” for their needs. And I realize that we need to ...read more

  • Grimaldi

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Jan 16, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,280 views

    GRIMALDI A psychiatrist had a patient suffering from severe bout of depression. And the wise doctor’s prescription after examination: "Go and entertain yourself by seeing the famous clown Grimaldi performing in the circus in the town today, his antics are bound make you laugh...you sure would find ...read more

  • A 33-Year-Old Great

    Contributed by Steve Wilson on Jun 6, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,390 views

    A 33-YEAR-OLD GREAT About 2,300 years ago Alexander the Great marched his army from Greece to India. Though the distance was long, his army was unstoppable. The only reason he stopped was that his men became homesick and wanted to return to Greece. That march had long ranging influence. The Greek ...read more

  • A Peek At The Universe  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,660 views

    A PEEK AT THE UNIVERSE In 2004, scientists pointed the Hubble telescope at a blank-looking patch of sky near the Orion Constellation. The Hubble stayed focused on that spot for 400 orbits over 11 days. The patch of sky they were looking at is no bigger than a grain of sand held out at arm’s ...read more

  • God Has Something Better For You

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Mar 10, 2013
     | 2,705 views

    GOD HAS SOMETHING BETTER FOR YOU A daddy took his little girl to the park one Saturday afternoon. She was about 4 and was having such a good time in the sun and the presence of her daddy. The ice cream vendor came by and daddy bought her an ice cream cone. Then he noticed that his little girl had ...read more

  • Wild Bill Resurrected?

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Apr 15, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,358 views

    WILD BILL RESURRECTED? In 1876, Wild Bill Hickock was killed in Deadwood, SD by Jack McCall while playing poker at the Nuttal and Mann's Saloon. You may recall that he was holding what has been referred to as the "Dead Man's Hand" (2 8s and 2 Aces -- all black with an unknown 5th card). He was ...read more

  • Joseph Is A Type Of Christ

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 27, 2014
     | 3,232 views

    Unforgiveness is a cancer to our souls that carries many curses. However, somehow Joseph was able to overcome that cancer and forgive his brothers when he had the chance to take their lives (Genesis 49-50). His act of forgiveness is a foreshadowing of how Christ forgave his enemies from the Cross ...read more

  • Helping People Go Home

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 11, 2015
     | 8,126 views

    The conductor of a railroad was on his last day before retiring. As he was going through the cars punching tickets, he came to the third car and there was a man who had ridden that car through the years with the conductor. He stopped him by grabbing his shirt sleeve and said, “Hey Jim, how do you ...read more

  • Betty's White Cake Is For Whoever

    Contributed by Paul Steen on Dec 11, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,390 views

    I walked into the kitchen one afternoon and saw a big white cake that had just been frosted. I love white cake. It’s my favorite. And my wife Betty can really make a mean one. So I found Betty and asked her, “Who is that white cake for?” She looked at me and shrugged, “Whoever.” Now she didn’t ...read more

  • The Monkey In The Quicksand

    Contributed by Daniel King, D. Min. on Jul 25, 2018
     | 2,579 views

    Main Idea: You cannot pull yourself out of sin. Verse: “…no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law…” (Romans 3:20 NIV). Illustration: A little monkey fell in the quicksand. As he was sinking into the sand, a monkey on the bank started giving him advice. He said, ...read more

  • Old Nature

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 15, 2019
     | 3,934 views

    OLD MAN Some time ago, a person I worked with came up to me and said, “if I didn’t know you, I would be terrified to meet you on the street”. If my coworker only knew half of what I’d been, He would never even talk to me. God took the most vile, evil, misguided person in the world and ...read more

  • The Called

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Oct 15, 2019
     | 3,192 views

    The Called are those who have been summoned by God. Called to salvation (Rom. 8:30) Called both Jews and Gentiles (1 Cor. 1:24) Called "with a holy calling" (2 Timothy 1:9) Called with a heavenly calling (Heb. 3:1) Called out of darkness into His marvelous light (1Pet. 2:9) Called to ...read more

  • Freedom

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Jun 11, 2020
     | 3,058 views

    Freedom: “You feel you were hedged in you dream of escape; but beware of mirages. Do not run or fly away in order to get free: rather dig in the narrow place which has been given you; you will find God there and everything. God does not float on your horizon, he sleeps in your substance. Vanity ...read more

  • Do You Want To Quit?

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 4, 2021
     | 2,376 views

    There was a story of a British soldier in the First World War who lost heart for the battle and deserted. Trying to reach the coast for a boat to England that night, he ended up wandering in the pitch black night, hopelessly lost. In the darkness he came across what he thought was a signpost. It ...read more

  • Soldier For Life

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jul 2, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,948 views

    While I am honored and privileged to have served in my country's military, my desire now is to serve honorably in the army of Jesus Christ. I want to be able to serve on the battlefield, I want to live the life of a warrior. I am too old to serve my country, but I pray for many years to do ...read more

  • Born To Trouble.

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Sep 30, 2021
     | 2,220 views

    Dietrich Bonhoeffer died in a German concentration camp right before it was liberated. This is what he wrote: In me there is darkness, but with you there is light; I am lonely, but you do not leave me; I am feeble in heart, but with you there is help; I am restless, but with You there is peace. ...read more

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