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  • You Are Richer Than You Think...

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jun 6, 2022
     | 783 views

    The richest 2% of the world's population owns more than half of the world's household wealth. Assets of just $2,200 per adult place a household in the top half of the worlds wealthiest. To be among the richest 10% of adults in the world, just $61,000 in assets is needed. If you have ...read more

  • What I'll Be Doing For Memorial Day  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 19, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
     | 5,715 views

    WHAT I'LL BE DOING FOR MEMORIAL DAY Memorial Day is a rough day for me. It’s a day of remembering. Remembering can be curse when you’ve spent years trying to forget. It’s even worse when you get mad at yourself for not being able to remember. It’s strange that you forget so many things you want ...read more

  • The Gospel Perspective On Thanks  PRO

    Contributed by Rex S. Wignall on Nov 28, 2002
    based on 28 ratings
     | 3,293 views

    The Gospel Perspective on Thanks Because of the great sacrifice Jesus made for each of us on the cross, Christians should have an additional, very personal perspective on thanks. Max Lucado shares this moving story of sacrifice to remind us what Jesus has done in giving His life for us: It’s ...read more

  • Bryan Chapell Tells This Story That Happened In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Sep 2, 2001
    based on 102 ratings
     | 9,627 views

    Bryan Chapell tells this story that happened in his hometown: Two brothers were playing on the sandbanks by the river. One ran after another up a large mound of sand. Unfortunately, the mound was not solid, and their weight caused them to sink in quickly. When the boys did not return home ...read more

  • I Realize There Are Many Pastors Here This ...

    Contributed by Douglas Duvall on Nov 13, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,001 views

    I realize there are many pastors here this afternoon that are frustrated. How do I know? I hear your sermons. Let me share something with you that not even my wife knows about. Sometimes in the ministry I’m sure that as a pastor you feel that things come at you from all sides. ...read more

  • Is It Still Alive?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 9, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,452 views

    IS IT STILL ALIVE? The Lundy-Smiths are a remarkable family from inner-city New Orleans. Susie Mae Lundy and husband, Willie J. Smith, a Baptist pastor, raised nine successful children. According to FORTUNE magazine, the parents set an entrepreneurial example built around commitment, faith and ...read more

  • Finally Christmas  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 5,472 views

    FINALLY CHRISTMAS Senator John McCain of Arizona was a prisoner of war during the Vietnam conflict. He was shot down and held as a prisoner of war in Hanoi for 5 ½ years, 1967-1973, spending much of it in solitary confinement.John McCain said this, “When I was being mistreated by the North ...read more

  • Dr. A. T. Pierson Says That There Has Never Been ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tom Mccrossan on Jan 22, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,242 views

    Dr. A. T. Pierson says that there has never been a revival in any country or locality that did not begin with united prayer. I have already described the First Great Awakening and how God responded to prayer. Let me now give you some more examples. By the middle of the 19th Century the country was ...read more

  • You See Many People Want The Benefits Of Being ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,879 views

    You see many people want the benefits of being in the Son without actually “being in the Son.” They want ‘heaven without the hassle’. So it is pretty common for people to believe in Christ and yet still walk in darkness. In 2 Corinthians 11:14, “And no wonder For Satan himself masquerades as an ...read more

  • "Encouraging" The New Members

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 25, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,730 views

    “Encouraging” The New Members “Bill and Sue” had recently moved into the city, and had been visiting our church for several weeks. They made friends quickly, and possessed a variety of gifts and talents that would enhance the ministries of our church. Within a short time they decided that God would ...read more

  • Many Of You Know Ed And Brenda Flowers… In 1988 ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Mitchell on Jan 31, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,816 views

    Many of you know Ed and Brenda Flowers… in 1988 Brenda’s husband died suddenly of a heart attack… this left Brenda and her 14 yr. old daughter Kimberly all alone… Kimberly struggled with the loss of her father over the next few years, her behavior changed, she struggled with depression… and then on ...read more

  • Heart Attacks  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,341 views

    HEART ATTACKS Did you know that tension exhibits itself in the from of stress? And stress is not always caused by negative things; it is also caused by positive things in your life. For instance, Mike Parker was recovering from a severe heart attack, and the doctor said there should be no ...read more

  • What Keeps You From Church?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,038 views

    WHAT KEEPS YOU FROM CHURCH? A young woman in China had been invited to a church and had gone just to please her friend. While she was there, she received Jesus Christ and began attending regularly. She did that because she found pure joy in her soul while she was at church. That was the one place ...read more

  • Mortification  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,100 views

    Mortification Romans 8:13 says, "For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live." (King James) Mortification is the special ministry that enables the child of God to overcome those evil desires that could destroy the ...read more

  • We're Going To Study A Book Of The Bible That Is ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Nov 25, 2008
     | 1,730 views

    We’re going to study a book of the Bible that is often called the LETTER OF JOY. Paul uses the word JOY 20 times in the short little book of Philippians. What makes that really impressive is that Paul wrote the letter from a prison cell. He was not only in prison; he was literally chained to a ...read more

  • The Light That Saves

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,097 views

    THE LIGHT THAT SAVES The story is told of a remarkable event that took place a little more than 30 years ago in the Gulf of Mexico. Darrel Dore was working on an oil rig when the rig suddenly started to wobble. Before too long, the rig tipped to one side and crashed into the water. Darrel found ...read more

  • The Cross: Solution To Alignment Problems  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,060 views

    THE CROSS: SOLUTION TO ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS I remember when my first car, a beautiful 92 Chevy Cavalier, developed and alignment problem. I would be driving down the freeway, and it pulled to the right pretty hard. In fact, you really had to work against the car to make it get in the left lane. On ...read more

  • Older Brother Takes The Blame And Dies For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 28, 2010
     | 7,685 views

    Older Brother Takes the Blame and Dies for Younger Brother The story is told of two Chinese brothers who lived in Chinatown just after the turn of the century. One brother, the eldest of the two, was a very honest and hardworking individual, while the younger brother was rebellious, and often ...read more

  • Perpetua's Story

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 30, 2010
     | 1,724 views

    PERPETUA'S STORY In A.D. 202, Emperor Septimius Severus disallowed conversions to Christianity. In the wake of that act, severe persecution broke out against Christians, particularly in North Africa. Living in Carthage at the time was a young woman of nobility named Perpetua, age 22. She had ...read more

  • Responsible For What We Overhear

    Contributed by Davon Huss on May 9, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,906 views

    RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT WE OVERHEAR Matt Proctor in a recent Christian Standard said, "My wife, Katie, and I have 6 children- ages 16, 14, 11, 9, 7, and 3. We're not a family; were a small town! As sheriff of this community, I (with my deputy, Katie) enforce certain rules, one of which we call ...read more