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  • A Young Girl Got Saved In A Powerful Revival That ...

    Contributed by Steven Spence on Jul 20, 2010
     | 1,590 views

    A YOUNG GIRL GOT SAVED IN A POWERFUL REVIVAL THAT WAS BEING HELD AT HER CHURCH. AND THAT AFTERNOON SHE WAS RUNNING THROUGH THE HOUSE SINGING AND DANCING AND JUST FULL OF JOY. WHEN HER GRANDFATHER STOPPED HER. AND SAID... “YOU OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF. YOU JUST JOINED THE CHURCH AND ...read more

  • Many Years Ago As Each Night I Neared The End Of ...

    Contributed by Arsenio B. Segismundo on Jul 28, 2010
     | 1,532 views

    Many years ago as each night I neared the end of my run, I would always let out a long blast with the whistle just as I’d come around the last curve. Then I’d look up at the familiar little cottage on top of the hill. My mother and father would be standing in the doorway waving to me. After I had ...read more

  • Anxiety Is A Dud

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 13, 2010
     | 3,373 views

    ANXIETY IS A DUD What's worse than being trapped behind prison bars? Trying to live while avoiding capture. Sergei was a Latvian prison convict with ten months left to serve on his seven-year burglary sentence, when he decided to escape. But even after years of freedom, the escapee couldn't ...read more

  • His Son Gave His Life On 911

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Sep 22, 2010
     | 2,664 views

    Lee Lelpi is a retired firefighter, a New York City firefighter. He gave 26 years to the city. But on September 11th, 2001 he gave much more. He gave his son, Jonathan. His son was a firefighter as well. When the Twin Towers fell, Jonathan was there. Firefighters are a loyal clan. When one ...read more

  • Obedience, Not Understanding

    Contributed by Chris Kelly on Sep 29, 2010
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     | 6,496 views

    OBEDIENCE, NOT UNDERSTANDING Our denomination has a Pastor’s Retreat every year up in the mountains of S. Cal. As I was walking to breakfast one morning, I came across a monument that explained that when Billy Graham first started preaching, he was confused and had some doubts about God’s Word. ...read more

  • The Hundred-Dollar Word

    Contributed by Sajeev Painunkal, Sj on Oct 10, 2010
     | 1,675 views

    THE HUNDRED-DOLLAR WORD I’m sure you have all heard of Rudyard Kipling. He is the author of famous books like The Jungle Book and Captain Courageous. His writings not only made him famous but also brought him a fortune. A newspaper reporter came up to him once and said, "Mr. Kipling, I just ...read more

  • Hesed

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 25, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,165 views

    HESED Proverbs 20:6 records: "Many a man claims to have hesed, but a faithful man, who can find?" Not only is a person with hesed truthful, he is also faithful. The proverb indicates that many people may claim to have hesed for you, but only a very few will demonstrate it by actually remaining ...read more

  • God's Standard For Sin

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 30, 2010
     | 3,112 views

    GOD'S STANDARD FOR SIN At a former church, a youth leader came up to me one day and said, "I'm trying to figure out the way God judges sin. The best I can figure it, I assume he grades on the curve like they do at school. You know, 70% good is a passing grade." I had bad news for him. God has a ...read more

  • We Are Not Just Ants

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 20, 2011
     | 1,581 views

    WE ARE NOT JUST ANTS Broadway play: Spider Man Green Goblin has Spider Man in his grip as they fight atop the Chrysler Building in NYC. It is hundreds of feet to the ground. The Goblin says to Spider Man, "Look down there Spider Man. What do you see? Look at all those people. They look like ...read more

  • Because I'm A Gentleman  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 23, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,130 views

    BECAUSE I'M A GENTLEMAN A middle-aged business executive once approached the front entrance of the office building in which he worked. A young feminist came up at the same moment, so he stepped back and held the door open for her to pass on through. She looked at him and said with annoyance, ...read more

  • Don't Ever Trust Anyone...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 26, 2011
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    DON'T EVER TRUST ANYONE... "There is an old story of a father who took his young son out and stood him on the railing of the back porch. He then went down, stood on the lawn, and encouraged the little fellow to jump into his arms. 'I'll catch you,' the father said confidently. After a lot of ...read more

  • Carnival Christians

    Contributed by Major Gerardo Balmori on Apr 2, 2011
     | 2,803 views

    CARNIVAL CHRISTIANS What’s a "Carnival Christian?" A Carnival Christian is someone who enjoys the fun. Someone who gets caught up in the excitement of cheering for Jesus, but sometimes has a hard time taking a personal stand for him when the crowd isn’t around. Commitments for them are difficult ...read more

  • Haydn Gives Glory To God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,154 views

    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

  • Be Careful What You Wish For  PRO

    Contributed by Anonymous Contributor on Apr 22, 2011
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,639 views

    BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR There was this man and a woman who got married. But they shared the same birthday and they decided to get married on the same day. So they got married, had a few kids, and lived the lives they dreamed. But 20 years passed. They were celebrating their 40th anniversary ...read more

  • No Faith, No Power

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jun 5, 2011
     | 4,212 views

    NO FAITH, NO POWER When I was growing up in Oklahoma, there was a lake my family and I frequented a lot called Keystone Lake. Keystone was not a natural lake; prior to its creation in 1962, there were towns located there, one of which gives the lake its name. The town was to be flooded to make a ...read more

  • Harry Potter: Temptation

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Jul 30, 2011
     | 5,260 views

    HARRY POTTER: TEMPTATION Every great story has great characters. And in truly great stories, the characters go through significant change. This change is called a character arc. For example, if you’re familiar with the Harry Potter series, you know that Harry starts off in the story as an ...read more

  • Loyalty And The Promotional Bottleneck

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2011
     | 2,900 views

    LOYALTY AND THE PROMOTIONAL BOTTLENECK Peter Drucker gave this warning to those who would push back this principle, "Contrary to popular legend, subordinates do not, as a rule, rise to position and prominence over the prostrate bodies of incompetent bosses. If their boss is not promoted, they will ...read more

  • Americans: Flabby Faith  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 16, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,319 views

    AMERICANS: FLABBY FAITH A dozen or so years ago, a Romanian pastor came to visit the church I belonged to. He had gotten to know my pastor, John Vawter, who had been involved in a Bible-smuggling ministry when the Iron Curtain was still up. John asked him what he thought of our country, and of the ...read more

  • You Have Value

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 9, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,953 views

    YOU HAVE VALUE I have a here a $20 bill -- how much is it worth? (WHO WANTS IT?) What if I tear it? What if I crumple it up? What if I throw it on the floor and stomp on it? Why? Because it's still a $20 bill. It has intrinsic value that makes it worth $20. But WHY is it worth $20? Is the ...read more

  • Flotsam And Jetsam

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jan 19, 2012
     | 2,074 views

    FLOTSAM AND JETSAM Flotsam and jetsam are commonly used terms. They are used to describe the wreckage and debris that floats in the water after a shipwreck. What isn't so well known is that there is a difference between flotsam and jetsam. Flotsam is anything that ends up in the water resulting ...read more

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