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  • The Box Is Empty

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
     | 4,045 views

    THE BOX IS EMPTY God offers us more than this world does, but most of us never take the time to see it. There was a 15-year old boy named Joey, whose mother died at birth. She was a severe alcoholic, and that had affected his pre-natal development. The result was that he was slightly retarded. ...read more

  • The Story Is Told Of A Family Who Lost A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Oct 10, 2001
    based on 96 ratings
     | 1,858 views

    The story is told of a family who lost a 7-year-old son. They experienced all the dynamics of grief as they dealt with the different stages, listening to the counselors & the experts, trying to do everything exactly as it is supposed to be done. And they felt that they were dealing with their ...read more

  • There Is A Legend About An Ancient Village In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Mar 27, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 3,459 views

    There is a legend about an ancient village in Spain. The villagers learned that the king would pay a visit! In a thousand years, a king had never come to that village. Excitement grew! "We must throw a big celebration," The villagers all agreed. But, it was a poor village, and there weren’t many ...read more

  • Remembering A Death Warrant  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 30, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,734 views

    REMEMBERING A DEATH WARRANT Benjamin Rush to John Adams, July 20, 1811. Dear Old Friend, The 4th of July has been celebrated in Philadelphia in the manner I expected. The military men, and particularly one of them, ran away with all the glory of the day. Scarcely a word was said of the ...read more

  • James Dobson On Halloween  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 21, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,183 views

    JAMES DOBSON ON HALLOWEEN Mr. Dobson’s reply to the question: "What about Halloween?" "Halloween is a rather different story. Whereas it can be argued that Christmas is a Christian holiday with Christian origins that has suffered the effects of growing secularism, Halloween can be traced to ...read more

  • The Enemy Still Lives  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,753 views

    THE ENEMY STILL LIVES PBS Special covering the events that led up to the "Battle of the Bulge" in WWII revealed some interesting insights. It was the autumn of 1944 and Germany had been beaten back behind its borders. The Nazi war machine was in tatters and repeated bombing raids by the Allies all ...read more

  • It's Time For Supper—communion Meditation  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,230 views

    IT’S TIME FOR SUPPER--COMMUNION MEDITATION Brian Bill tells this story: This past week, I was grazing through the channels and came across a so-called “Reality Show” called, “Fear Factor.” I couldn’t believe my eyes. As part of the competition, the contestants had to eat moldy cheese covered ...read more

  • 2. Gary Thomas, A Friend Of Rick Warren, Noticed ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jan 6, 2004
    based on 23 ratings
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    2. Gary Thomas, a friend of Rick Warren, noticed that many Christians were stuck in a worship rut. He raised the question, “Since God has intentionally made us all different, why should everyone be expected to love (worship) God the same way?”(1) Gary has discovered that for 2,000 years Christians ...read more

  • In The Movie, Brokendown Palace, Alice (Blonde ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 22, 2005
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     | 1,848 views

    In the movie, Brokendown Palace, Alice (Blonde played by Claire Danes) convinces her best friend, Darlene (Brunette played by Kate Beckinsale) to go to Bangkok to celebrate their high school graduation. There an attractive Australian man befriends them and persuades them to join him in Hong Kong. ...read more

  • Crocodile Hunter Illus. ( One Thing To Fight With ...

    Contributed by Scott Epperson on Nov 4, 2006
     | 1,228 views

    Crocodile Hunter ILLUS. ( one thing to fight with something another to kill it) In the news the other day it was reported that the world famous Australian Crocodile Hunter had been killed by a sting ray, really by accident. I loved to watch the Croc Hunter on the animal planet and other ...read more

  • As A Part Of An Assignment For A Doctoral Thesis, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 20, 2007
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    As a part of an assignment for a doctoral thesis, a college student spent a year with a group of Navajo Indians on a reservation in the Southwest. As he did his research he lived with one family, sleeping in their hut, eating their food, working with them and generally living the life of a 20th ...read more

  • Girls Growing Up Too Fast

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
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     | 2,523 views

    GIRLS GROWING UP TOO FAST A study by Girlguiding reveals 3 leading potential "triggers" for serious mental health problems in girls: premature sexualization, commercialization and alcohol misuse. The report reveals a loss of childhood innocence and says girls today experience high levels of ...read more

  • Ninety-Nine Balloons

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on May 13, 2009
     | 2,481 views

    NINETY-NINE BALLOONS Eliot was born with an undeveloped lung, a heart with a hole in it and DNA that placed faulty information into each and every cell of his body. However, that could not stop the living God from proclaiming Himself through this boy who never uttered a word. Even though doctors ...read more

  • We Are ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
     | 4,362 views

    "WE ARE HERE" On the Fourth of July 1917, an American Army officer, Charles Stanton, stood in for General Pershing at a ceremony in Paris. The occasion, as the date suggests, was America’s Independence celebration, the Fourth of July. But it was not in America; it was in Paris, 1917, in a city and ...read more

  • No True Freedom Without God  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 24, 2009
    based on 12 ratings
     | 8,801 views

    NO TRUE FREEDOM WITHOUT GOD According to Mark Parsec, Independence Day "celebrates America’s Declaration of Independence from the tyranny of England under King George." The Declaration of Independence of 1776, he says, was not intended to declare war with England, nor did it actually establish our ...read more

  • No Hate For Evil

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 10, 2010
     | 3,668 views

    NO HATE FOR EVIL Story taken from Dr. David Jeremiah: The Ortiz family ministers to a small congregation in Ariel, about 40 miles north of Jerusalem. On the Feast of Purim, gifts of food and drink are sent to friends. As if in celebration of the holiday, a gift basket was delivered to the Ortiz ...read more

  • The Nobodies Of The Church  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 6, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,527 views

    THE NOBODIES OF THE CHURCH Janet Reno, Attorney General of the United States during the Clinton administration, was interviewed on "60 Minutes" on June 26, 1999. She seems to hold this ancient opinion of Christians. Here is how she defined a cultist: "A cultist is one who has a strong belief in ...read more

  • Set Free

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 2, 2011
     | 4,281 views

    SET FREE Ray Bakke, the Executive Director of International Urban Associates, tells a great story from World War II. An airman named MacDonald and a Scottish chaplain bailed out behind German lines, were captured and put into a prison camp, with MacDonald in the American barracks and the chaplain ...read more

  • William Randolph Hearst's Fear Of Death

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 7, 2012
     | 7,663 views

    WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST'S FEAR OF DEATH William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951) was one of the wealthiest and most powerful men of the 20th century. At the height of his media career he was worth over $500 million. He built an enormous castle in the hills near San Simeon, California. At more than ...read more

  • Death And Resurrection

    Contributed by David Simpson on Jan 15, 2013
     | 7,963 views

    Our son, John learned a valuable lesson about death when he was a child. One day he took aim with his new BB gun at a little bird sitting on a limb near our back deck. He aimed and fired and hit his target and the bird collapsed to the ground. Dead. At first there was the excitement of being a ...read more