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  • God Is Missing!!!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 15, 2020
     | 7,173 views

    Two young boys in a Christian school had been continually mis-behaving and were sent to the principal’s office on several occasions. The principal knew what they really needed was to have God in their lives, so she brought the first boy in and set him down. “I want to ask you a question. Where is ...read more

  • Harry Ironside Was Pastor Of Moody Church In ...

    Contributed by Doug Lyon on Dec 11, 2006
     | 2,115 views

    Harry Ironside was pastor of Moody Church in Chicago. An elderly man once came to him and said, “I will not go on unless I know I’m saved, or else know it’s hopeless to seek to be sure of it. I want a definite witness, something I can’t be mistaken about!” Ironside replied, “Suppose you had a ...read more

  • Frank Graeff Was A Methodist Pastor, Serving Some ...

    Contributed by David Moore on Jul 22, 2010
     | 3,526 views

    Frank Graeff was a Methodist pastor, serving some of the leading churches in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. And throughout the area, he was known as the “Sunshine Minister,” because of his optimistic attitude. he was an encouragement to everyone who knew him. However, what those people ...read more

  • Trojan Horse! It Appears Innocent Enough, But It ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Aug 14, 2010
     | 2,459 views

    TROJAN HORSE! It appears innocent enough, but it is a harmful piece of software that looks legitimate. It tricks people into loading the wrong things into their systems. It gives a hacker access to cause damage. Unless you have a good ANTIVIRUS PROGRAMME, you will get infected and your whole ...read more

  • Perseverance: Scott, Handel And Spurgeon

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 7, 2011
     | 5,235 views

    PERSEVERANCE: SCOTT, HANDEL AND SPURGEON In 1826 the London firm of Hurst and Robinson went bankrupt, involving Sir WALTER SCOTT in a personal liability of 118,000 pounds. With noble determination Scott responded: "My right hand and I against the debt." From that time on he wrote novel after novel ...read more

  • Power To Be The Light

    Contributed by Joshua Blackmon on Jun 3, 2024
     | 1,020 views

    Smartphones are amazing pieces of technology. Everything my generation went to RadioShack to purchase is now all together in the palm of our hand, including our flashlights. My grandfather loved flashlights. It was okay to get him a new one each year for Christmas or his birthday. He would take a ...read more

  • The Way Of The ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
     | 4,329 views

    The Way of the Righteous What They Don’t Do “Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on His law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams ...read more

  • The Easiest And Yet Hardest Thing To Do

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Sep 29, 2009
     | 1,211 views

    THE EASIEST AND YET HARDEST THING TO DO Many were following Jesus, but they do not really want to trust Him as their Saviour. It seems so easy and yet so hard. D. L. Moody shared this experience. One day he went to his little nephew house, who was then about 3 or 4 years old. He threw a ...read more

  • During Cyrus Mccormick's Boyhood, Farmers Faced ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 7, 2003
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     | 2,205 views

    During Cyrus McCormick’s boyhood, farmers faced the unwieldy task of harvesting increasingly larger crops of grain. McCormick inherited his father’s dream to perfect a mechanical reaping machine. When he did (assisted by a slave named Jo Anderson), Cyrus McCormick made history. In 1847 McCormick ...read more

  • If Only I Could Sleep Again

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
     | 1,777 views

    "If Only I Could Sleep Again" Bob Pierce, founder of World Vision had advanced leukemia, but he went to visit a colleague in Indonesia before he died. As they were walking through a small village, they came upon a young girl lying on a bamboo mat next to a river. She was dying of cancer and had ...read more

  • Then God!

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on May 18, 2007
     | 3,952 views

    THEN GOD! WHAT IS THE LITTLE AMONG SO GREAT A NEED? JESUS ALREADY KNEW WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO! JESUS JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT KIND OF FAITH PHILIP HAD? PHILIP HAD THE FAITH --- BUT THEY LET GO OF THE FAITH --- THEN GOD! A. THERE IS MORE TO THE TEST THAN JUST REALIZING PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY! John 6:5 ...read more

  • Glitzy Grammy Gifts  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 25, 2002
    based on 17 ratings
     | 3,342 views

    GLITZY GRAMMY GIFTS The New York Post reports that producers of the 2002 Grammy ceremony showered each of the show’s stars with a personalized gift basket said to be worth $16,000 each. Britney Spears got a pair of $1,900 diamond earrings, a Blackberry pager, an iPod MP3 player, a free two-night ...read more

  • You See, The Witch Knew Of The Deep Magic From ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 27, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,529 views

    You see, the Witch knew of the Deep Magic from the Dawn of Time. But she was not aware of the Deeper Magic from Before the Dawn of Time, as Aslan explained it to Susan and Lucy. He said that according to a decree from before the Witch’s time, “when a willing victim who had committed no treachery ...read more

  • After A Three-Month Summer Recess, On October ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 3, 2007
     | 991 views

    After a three-month summer recess, on October 3,1994, the Supreme Court of the United States opened its 1994-95 term. According to the New York Times News Service, the court’s legal business for that first day could be summed up with one word: “No.” The court announced it had refused to hear more ...read more

  • A Couple Of Years Ago, The Boston Red Sox Won ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,301 views

    A couple of years ago, the Boston Red Sox won their first World Series in 87 years. It was funny listening to all the stories the next day on Sports Talk radio stations, as they had people from all around the country, telling of how long they, and their parents and grandparents had waited for that ...read more

  • Jesus: Someone Who's Been There

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Dec 21, 2008
     | 1,604 views

    Jesus: Someone Who's Been There When you travel, you sometimes ask someone else who has been there. Many from here have traveled to Boston/New England and have come to me to ask where to go, what to see. Why do they ask me? Because that's where I'm from. We trust people who have been places When ...read more

  • Dancing With God

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on Mar 5, 2009
     | 3,189 views

    DANCING WITH GOD One of my very favorite stories is told by Gertrud Mueller Nelson in To Dance with God: Family Ritual and Community Celebration. It’s the first thing she says at the beginning of Chapter 1: "Some years ago, I spent an afternoon caught up in a piece of sewing I was doing. The ...read more

  • He Just Held The Ball

    Contributed by West Garner on Jun 29, 2009
     | 1,773 views

    HE JUST HELD THE BALL In the summers, we always played basketball at the YMCA. One game playing Ebenezer BC. 2 minutes left in last quarter. Score tied. They go down make basket. We come back and make basket. They call a timeout with 30 seconds to go. Out of time out EBC runs play and scores. ...read more

  • Baptism Is A Burial…. I Heard One Preacher Who ...

    Contributed by Brian B on Jul 29, 2009
     | 3,563 views

    Baptism is a burial…. I heard one preacher who told the story of being a young kid who lived on a farm….. one day one of his puppies died and he took it out to the back yard and dug a hole and placed the puppy in the hole and…… well the point of the story is that you bury dead things….. ...read more

  • George Santayana On Faith

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2009
     | 3,280 views

    GEORGE SANTAYANA ON FAITH The late great Spanish philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist, Jorge Augustin Nicolas Ruiz Santayana y Borras (1863 - 1952), better known as "George Santayana" once said: "O world, thou choosest not the better part! It is not wisdom to be only wise, And on the inward ...read more