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  • Have You Noticed That People Are More And More ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2002
    based on 19 ratings
     | 2,043 views

    Have you noticed that people are more and more angry then ever before? Consider the following… § One anger management firm stated that “one out of every five Americans has an anger management problem.” § According to FBI statistics, there were 23,305 homicides in 1994 and the most common reason was ...read more

  • When David Brainerd Took The Message Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Luthy on Nov 16, 2002
    based on 21 ratings
     | 3,808 views

    When David Brainerd took the message of redemption to the North American Indians from 1743 to his death at age 29 just four years later, a revival broke out that impacted the Native American community. Baugh writes, "The revival had greatest impact when Brainerd emphasized the compassion of the ...read more

  • The Plan  PRO

    Contributed by Troy Brewer on Dec 16, 2002
    based on 60 ratings
     | 4,106 views

    The Plan People do not have any control over when they are born, to whom they are born. The local, national or worldwide environment that they are born in. If Jesus is the messiah, the anointed one, God made to be a man that is here to complete a perfect task, then the time and place of his ...read more

  • Edgar A. Guest Was Born In Birmingham, England, ...  PRO

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Sep 26, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,100 views

    Edgar A. Guest was born in Birmingham, England, became a United States citizen in 1902, and eventually received the title “Poet Laureate of Michigan.” His poem “Sermons We See,” drives home the urgency of being a good, Christlike role model for others to follow: I’d rather see a sermon than hear ...read more

  • That Reminds Me Of What Happened To A Tribe In ...

    Contributed by Kent Kessler on Apr 8, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,407 views

    That reminds me of what happened to a tribe in the jungles of East Asia, when missionaries showed them the Jesus film. It was a big deal when I was in Seminary and one of my friends was a missionary telling me about all that was going on with the Jesus Film. The movie was being shown as an ...read more

  • Horror Stories From ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
     | 2,828 views

    Horror Stories from Refugees Hushidah Bagam is 20. For two years now, she has lived in a squalid bamboo and corrugated iron hut in a Bangladesh refugee camp. But what she left behind in neighbouring Myanmar (formerly called Burma) was worse. “The soldiers came to our village In the middle of the ...read more

  • Playwright Maria Hedley Had Her Fill Of Terrible ...

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jun 23, 2010
     | 2,777 views

    Playwright Maria Hedley had her fill of terrible dates. Most of the dates she went on she thought the guys would be great candidates but they were totally unsatisfying. She got sick of her own taste and decided that fate couldn’t mess up her love life anymore than she could, and it might just do ...read more

  • Akiane: The Gift Of God

    Contributed by Major Gerardo Balmori on Apr 2, 2011
     | 3,699 views

    AKIANE: THE GIFT OF GOD Akiane Kramarik is only 12-years-old, but she has abilities far beyond her years. Her mother chose to give birth to her underwater at the family home on July 9, 1994 in Mount Morris, Illinois. The family now lives in Idaho. Akiane speaks four languages, writes poetry, plays ...read more

  • Sometimes We Need A Steward

    Contributed by Francis Balla on Nov 15, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,977 views

    SOMETIMES WE NEED A STEWARD If you ever get to Venice, one of the places to see is Saint Mark's Square, the spot Napoleon called "the drawing room of Europe." But if you go there, make sure your belly is covered up. It’s not that there's exactly a dress code, but there is an expectation of ...read more

  • Fear, Love, Joy  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 7, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,028 views

    FEAR, LOVE, JOY In the movie First Knight, Lancelot (played by Richard Gere) is a wanderer and highly skilled swordsman who fights for whoever will pay him. Seeing a princess and her entourage under attack in the woods, he decides to save her. Attracted to the princess, Guinevere, he later visits ...read more

  • I Would Like To Share A Short Story With You ...

    Contributed by Kent Mishleau on Apr 5, 2010
     | 4,216 views

    I would like to share a short story with you about a young man who was to write a PhD dissertation about the Navajo Indians. He was from Indiana and had never met or seen one of these and so knew little to nothing about them. So it was decided that he would go to live with a family of the Navajo on ...read more

  • Phil Sheldrake's Story

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Apr 10, 2011
     | 3,239 views

    PHIL SHELDRAKE'S STORY At the age of 14 Phil Sheldrake was invited by a school friend to attend an event called Festival ’89. The event was being held on Sun Corner in Billericay and hosted by the preacher J. John. That night, Phil came to find a personal faith in Jesus. With his best friend, ...read more

  • The Friendship Of John Newton

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 3, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,269 views

    THE FRIENDSHIP OF JOHN NEWTON While John Newton is best-known as the author of the famous hymn, "Amazing Grace," his life teemed with spiritual fruit. A new biography on his life by Jonathan Aitken gives us a peek into the legacy of the man who described himself with one simple sentence: "I am a ...read more

  • Strength Through Humility

    Contributed by Gordon Mcculloch on Jul 7, 2014
     | 5,493 views

    And I must say here, this does not come automatically, we have to work at it and develop it, and many times we grit our teeth as we think we fail every now and again, but I will end with this analogy, it is the best I can up with, it is crude … but think of yourself when you give your offering, ...read more

  • I Want To Close With A Real Life Story. It Is ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tom Mccrossan on Oct 17, 2004
    based on 26 ratings
     | 2,404 views

    I want to close with a real life story. It is about missionary John Hyde who went to India a little over a hundred years ago. John felt a strong calling to the nation of India and began to spend hours in an attempt to learn the local language. Then the day came. It was in 1892 that he boarded a ...read more

  • Don't Let The Good Christian Life Of The Past ...

    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Jul 14, 2008
     | 2,599 views

    Don't let the good Christian life of the past interfere with the new work God wants to do in your life. Missionary John Hyde went to India a little over a hundred years ago. John felt a strong calling to the nation of India and began to spend hours in an attempt to learn the local language. Then ...read more

  • You Shall Receive Power After...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,803 views

    YOU SHALL RECEIVE POWER AFTER... Missionary John Hyde went to India a little over a hundred years ago. John felt a strong calling to the nation of India and began to spend hours in an attempt to learn the local language. Then the day came. It was in 1892 that he boarded a steamer in New York bound ...read more

  • Everything I Need  PRO

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on Jan 21, 2002
    based on 65 ratings
     | 6,859 views

    EVERYTHING I NEED “I have everything I need for joy!” Robert Reed said. His hands are twisted and his feet are useless. He can’t bathe himself. He can’t feed himself. He can’t brush his teeth, comb his hair, or put on his underwear. Strips of Velcro hold his shirts together. His speech drags ...read more

  • Precious Blood  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 18, 2002
    based on 124 ratings
     | 10,468 views

    PRECIOUS BLOOD Several years ago in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, George and Vera Bajenksi’s lives were changed forever. February 16, 1989. A very normal Thursday morning. The phone rang at 9:15 a.m. "There’s been an accident..." It involved their son Ben. As they approached the intersection of ...read more

  • 1 Corinthians 13 — Church Version  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 28, 2003
    based on 21 ratings
     | 5,050 views

    1 Corinthians 13 - church version “If our church could hold services in five languages or our members could speak three, but we didn’t love others, we would be all talk and no action. If our church really expressed it’s spiritual gifts with wholehearted service and we became spiritual giants, but ...read more