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  • Relentless Repetition Was Once Enough To Drive ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2008
     | 1,697 views

    Relentless repetition was once enough to drive your message home. Not anymore! Fact-based statements can be proven or disproven objectively. But the "truth" of a values-based statement hinges on agreed-upon values. Modern advertising overflows with values-based statements, e.g. "Big selection," ...read more

  • The Amazing Providence Of God  PRO

    Contributed by David Parks on Sep 18, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,512 views

    The Amazing Providence of God In the late 1800’s a member of Britain’s Parliament went to Scotland to make a speech. He got off the train in Edinburgh, and then took a carriage south toward his destination. Unfortunately, the carriage became stuck in deep mud. A local farm boy came to the ...read more

  • Unsung Heroes: The Shepherds Of Bethlehem

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Dec 14, 2020
     | 2,863 views

    Introduction: the Christmas story, the birth of Jesus Christ into this world, is one of the most beautiful ever told. Many believers and others are more or less familiar with Mary and Joseph traveling from Nazareth to Bethlehem, and how Jesus was born in an inn and laid in a manger because there ...read more

  • Only Part Of The Message  PRO

    Contributed by Dennis Marquardt on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,926 views

    ONLY PART OF THE MESSAGE It was June 18, 1815, the Battle of Waterloo. The French under the command of Napoleon were fighting the Allies (British, Dutch, and Germans) under the command of Wellington. The people of England depended on a system of semaphore signals to find out how the battle was ...read more

  • Reprender A Un Hermano Descarriado, No Le Reproches

    Contributed by James Dina on Oct 7, 2020
     | 1,474 views

    REPRENDER A UN HERMANO DESCARRIADO, NO LE REPROCHES No reprendas a los burlones,o acabarán por odiarte; mejor reprende a los sabios, y acabarán por amarte. Educa al sabio, y aumentará su sabiduría; enséñale algo al justo,y aumentará su saber.." (Proverbios ...read more

  • A Group Of Bible Scholars Have Unanimously ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on May 26, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
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    A group of Bible scholars have unanimously agreed that Jesus had a human father, but they are uncertain who it was. Thus, according to these scholars, Jesus was not born of a virgin, was not conceived by the Holy Spirit, was and is not literally the Son of God, but is in the same category with ...read more

  • This Is A Parents Worse Nightmare!  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Jan 6, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,322 views

    This is a parents worse nightmare! I remember when I first started using a wheelchair for mobility, my son Anthony and I were at the mall with my wife. She was trying on clothes and we were to wait for her. Anthony decided to run under the clothes on the racks. As you know, the aisles are not real ...read more

  • Tourist Asks Tour Guide At Westminster Abbey An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2009
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    Tourist Asks Tour Guide at Westminster Abbey an Important Question The story is told that one day a tour guide was taking people around Westminster Abbey, probably the most famous church in England. The guide pointed out the ancient Abbey’s beauties, its glorious windows, the graves of kings and ...read more

  • Medical School Professor Teaches Students The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 1, 2009
     | 2,380 views

    Medical School Professor Teaches Students the Consequences of Abortion A professor in a world-acclaimed medical school once posed this medical situation to his students: “Here’s the family history: The father has syphilis. The mother has TB. They already have had four children. The first is blind. ...read more

  • From Obscurity To Importance Because Of An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2009
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    From Obscurity to Importance Because of an Event Prior to June of 1815 hardly anyone in the world had heard of a small village in Belgium. It was in fact so small that it was scarcely found on any map. But after June 18, 1815 that microscopic village became infinitely important because of what ...read more

  • Haydn Gives Glory To God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2011
    based on 1 rating
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    HAYDN GIVES GLORY TO GOD Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) was present at the Vienna Music Hall, where his oratorio The Creation was being performed. Weakened by age, the great composer was confined to a wheelchair. As the majestic work moved along, the audience was caught up with tremendous emotion. ...read more

  • Forgiveness For Everyone?

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 11, 2015
     | 4,711 views

    Lloyd Prator writes, “Take Adolph Hitler or better Joseph Stalin because he killed more people. What if, at the last minute, as Stalin lay dying, he turned his heart to Jesus and confessed his sins? Suppose he repented at the last minute, repented of the 14 million Russians Stalin killed… Would he ...read more

  • He's Alive!

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Dec 21, 2008
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     | 4,043 views

    He's Alive! One church I read about put on a Christmas program that included a manger scene with their children. There was a little 5-year-old boy on the drama team, I think he was a shepherd that year. He was energetic to say the least! This little boy was a handful. During rehearsals he was all ...read more

  • One Life

    Contributed by Bledar Valca on Dec 29, 2008
     | 3,188 views

    ONE LIFE One single life has value and is important to God. Think of how God saved the world (or His people) through one person: Noah found favor in the eyes of God when the whole world thought evil all the time. God raised Joseph from the prison to save the world from famine. God used Moses to ...read more

  • Free For The Taking: Grace

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Jul 18, 2017
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    Joseph Cooke was a missionary to Thailand a generation ago. He illustrated grace this way. Picture a happily married couple in which both husband and wife are all that either could ever wish the other to be. The husband always respects his wife’s feelings, always treasures her individuality, is ...read more

  • Remembering God's Faithfulness

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Aug 13, 2017
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    Michelle Johnson writes, “Sometimes we need to take a look at where we’ve been with God to really understand His faithfulness and love for us. She was staying with her son at the hospital following a serious surgery. On that particular morning, she was exhausted by their stay, and her steps were ...read more

  • Silent Night

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 2,746 views

    SILENT NIGHT Europe in the early 1800s was a place of great war, turmoil and upheaval. Even after the Napoleonic Wars officially ended in 1815, it's effects continued to take their toll. The year 1816 was one in which national and municipal borders were divided, changed and reset. Areas, such as ...read more

  • I Think We Could All Agree That We Don’t ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lynn Floyd on May 10, 2001
    based on 123 ratings
     | 2,502 views

    I think we could all agree that we don’t have to teach children how to do wrong. Here are the property laws of a toddler. a). If I like it, it’s mine. b). IF it’s in my hand, it’s mine. c). If I can take it from you, it’s mine. d). If I had it a little while ago, it’s mine. e). If it’s mine, ...read more

  • That Which Ad¡¦am Needed Most, Was That Which God ...  PRO

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on May 17, 2001
    based on 85 ratings
     | 1,940 views

    That which Ad¡¦am needed most, was that which God was happy to supply. The rib has always caused a lot of speculation. One wag offered this conversation between God and Ad¡¦am, Lord, I¡¦m lonely. I need to have some company here. OK, Ad¡¦am. I¡¦m going to give you the perfect woman. „« She ...read more

  • George Barna’s Research Group Has Conducted ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kevin Taylor on Oct 28, 2001
    based on 146 ratings
     | 2,418 views

    George Barna’s Research Group has conducted several nationwide surveys on this subject . This survey information, taken from telephone interviews with a nationwide random sample of 1002 adults, was conducted in February 2000. (a) For instance, 9 out of 10 adults describe themselves as being ...read more