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  • I Can Do All Things (Hand In Glove Illustration)

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Jan 20, 2026
    based on 2 ratings
     | 107 views

    The change in Peter happened when he stopped believing: .... "I can do all things" ... and started to understand that: Hear God's Word BIBLE "I can do all things through Christ ... who strengthens me." END (Philippians 4:13). Beloved ... We ... You and I ... can do all ...read more

  • Is It Time Yet!" Psalm 75: 1-10 Key Verse(S): 2: ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Dec 28, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,607 views

    “Is It Time Yet!” Psalm 75: 1-10 Key verse(s): 2: “You say, ‘I choose the appointed time; it is I who judge uprightly.’” “Is it time yet?” I can’t tell you how often I have heard those words over the years after having raised four children who were always interested in knowing when the “time” was ...read more

  • The Shame Of War.  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 25, 2003
    based on 86 ratings
     | 3,912 views

    The Shame of War. While living in Weil der Stadt, West Germany in 1989, my wife and I had a very profound experience with the local high school students. In order to make learning English a little more fun, the High School English teacher made an arrangement with the local theatre. The students ...read more

  • A Farmer Was Walking Through The Forest One Day ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,201 views

    A farmer was walking through the forest one day when he found a young eagle that was hurt. The farmer saved the eagle from the dangers of the forest. He took it home and put it in his chicken lot where it soon learned to eat and behave like the chickens. One day a Forest Ranger passed by the ...read more

  • True Peace With God Comes To Us When God Says To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Jun 3, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,596 views

    True peace with God comes to us when God says to us, “you are one ugly person. I can’t stand to look at you. Your breath stinks, you’re out of shape, and you aren’t worthy of me. Here, take this outfit of righteousness - put it on. Keep it on. Take these works of my Son. Take this holiness ...read more

  • Canadian Thanksgiving  PRO

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Oct 2, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 5,133 views

    CANADIAN THANKSGIVING The first North American Thanksgiving is traced back to 1578 when the English navigator Martin Frobisher held a formal ceremony in what is now called Newfoundland. We don’t believe this is when the kissing-of-the-cod tradition began, but there was indeed a great party to give ...read more

  • Gale Sayers, Hall Of Fame Running Back For The ...

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Dec 28, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,279 views

    Gale Sayers, Hall of Fame running back for the Chicago Bears was also known for his friendship with a fellow player, Brian Piccolo, who was battling cancer as Sayers was coming back from a rather serious knee injury. The movie, Brian’s Song was based on that friendship, and it typified what I’m ...read more

  • The Lewis Awakening 1949-53  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Malone on Mar 1, 2005
    based on 31 ratings
     | 5,183 views

    THE LEWIS AWAKENING 1949-53 1. In 1949, on Lewis, one of the Hebrides Islands off the coast of Scotland, two sisters became burdened with the spiritual coldness of their land. One sister was 82. The other was 84 and blind. 2. They devoted themselves to prayer and “waiting on God”. One ...read more

  • A Medical Doctor Provides A Physical Description: ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,640 views

    A medical doctor provides a physical description: The cross is placed on the ground and the exhausted man is quickly thrown backwards with his shoulders against the wood. The legionnaire feels for the depression at the front of the wrist. He drives a heavy, square wrought-iron nail through the ...read more

  • A.j. Gordon Was The Great Baptist Pastor Of The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 3, 2006
    based on 16 ratings
     | 5,462 views

    A.J. Gordon was the great Baptist pastor of the Clarendon Church in Boston, Massachusetts. One day he met a young boy in front of the sanctuary carrying a rusty cage in which several birds fluttered nervously. Gordon inquired, "Son, where did you get those birds?" The boy replied, "I trapped them ...read more

  • The Following Is A True Easter Story By Roger ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,955 views

    The following is a true Easter story by Roger Hawthorne One of the first Easters of my ministerial career began with a blizzard. I was still a student pastor, and we had arranged to have an ordained pastor come to serve communion. There was a question if he would be able to make it through the ...read more

  • The Other Week As I Was Entering The Front ...  PRO

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Feb 2, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,175 views

    The other week as I was entering the front entrance of my home a foul smell became very evident to me – I knew what it was immediately as it wasn’t the first time, my drains were blocked! You see were an end terrace and our corner house not only serves our own home when it comes to the drains, ...read more

  • Jesus Is In No Way Ashamed Of The Sovereign Work ...  PRO

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Mar 1, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,966 views

    Jesus is in no way ashamed of the sovereign work of God in giving a chosen people to His Son to save. A wise, elderly woman in the congregation, hearing the preacher struggle to explain predestination, said: “Ah, I have long settled that point. For if God had not chosen me before I was born, I am ...read more

  • Ivan The Great Was The Tsar Of Russia During The ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Apr 14, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,101 views

    Ivan the Great was the tsar of Russia during the Fifteenth Century. He brought together the warring tribes into one vast empire. As a fighting man he was courageous. As a general he was brilliant. He drove out the enemies and established peace across the nation. Ivan was so busy waging his ...read more

  • Jill Rigby Notes From Her Book "Raising ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 13, 2008
     | 923 views

    Jill Rigby notes from Her book "Raising Respectful Children in a Disrespectful World" that the following areas need to be shielded and monitored in our homes: Magazines, Books, Music, TV, Movies, and certain others. 1. We as parents must bear the burden to shield the eyes and the ears of our ...read more

  • Comfort In Captivity

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 4,339 views

    COMFORT IN CAPTIVITY We all want our lives to have some semblance of control. We want to feel safe and secure. We want to have victory in our lives over our troubles. Jesus, the triumphant King, has come to enter your life to do just that. You must give up your power and control over your life. ...read more

  • A Brother Like That  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,785 views

    A BROTHER LIKE THAT A friend of mine named Paul received an automobile from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin was walking around the shiny new car, admiring it. "Is this your car, Mister?" he asked. Paul nodded. "My brother gave ...read more

  • Genghis Khan's Hawk

    Contributed by Ken Mckinley on Sep 20, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,925 views

    Genghis Khan's Hawk Sometimes when The Lord spoils our personal plans, we think He's treating us as an enemy, when in truth, He's acting as our best friend. The legend says that Genghis Khan, the Mongol king of the 13th century, was out hunting one hot summer day with his favorite hawk perched on ...read more

  • Loving Without Agreeing  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,398 views

    LOVING WITHOUT AGREEING We can love others without totally agreeing with them. Often love is worked out by agreeing to disagree. We can offer love and care for people who are different from us and people we don’t agree with. This fact is illustrated by a true story that took place in the state of ...read more

  • Mendelssohn And Rembrandt: Artists In Christ

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
     | 2,473 views

    MENDELSSOHN AND REMBRANDT: ARTISTS IN CHRIST This past Tuesday we noted the 200th anniversary of the birth of the composer Felix Mendelssohn. Mendelssohn was born into a family with deep spiritual roots. His grandfather Moses Mendelssohn was a rabbi and a philosopher. But Felix’s parents, ...read more