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  • Gives Us Sight

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,858 views

    GIVES US SIGHT An obstetrician approached an anxious father in the waiting room of a New York City hospital and said, "I am sorry to inform you, but your baby lived but two hours after his birth. We did everything we could to save his life." As the sympathetic doctor was about to leave, the quick ...read more

  • Rick Warren And Colossians 3:2

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jan 5, 2009
     | 3,521 views

    RICK WARREN AND COLOSSIANS 3:2 Rick Warren's Purpose Driven Life book earned $9 million in first quarter of its release. Rick told God he didn’t need the money, it wasn’t about the money. What did he do? He searched the Bible. Here’s his answer to his interview with David Kuo of Beliefnet. "I ...read more

  • Is God In Residence?

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 27, 2009
     | 2,105 views

    IS GOD IN RESIDENCE? I once saw a poster of a valentine-shaped heart with a castle on top of it. There was a flag with a slogan, oversized and coming out of the top of the castle. The slogan read: "Joy is the banner flown from the heart when the King is in residence." Well, stupid me, I didn’t ...read more

  • As For Me — "Henry"

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
     | 3,001 views

    AS FOR ME -- "Henry" Dangling over eternity are many unlearned souls, Gripping the bands of God’s mercy, Stretching them all they can go, Living the most deceptive nightmare, As it is written, they are living a lie, They can’t even allow themselves the luxury of breaking down to cry, Unable to ...read more

  • The Bible Is A Survivor

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
     | 4,900 views

    THE BIBLE IS A SURVIVOR The inspiration of the Bible is seen in its unique survival. All through history it has been a hated book for certain people because of its claim to be the word of the living God. But in spite of all attempts at times by emperors, dictators and totalitarian governments to ...read more

  • Bill Hybels: Why People Are Lonely

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 14, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,473 views

    BILL HYBELS: WHY PEOPLE ARE LONELY Why do we have a sense of loneliness today? Bill Hybels explains it this way: "It is a "me-first” mind-set. This mind-set says indulge yourself, fulfill your desires, satiate your appetites, pursue pleasure, take off all restraints. As much as we might want to ...read more

  • God's Heartbeat In Us  PRO

    Contributed by John D Jones on Oct 26, 2011
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,163 views

    GOD'S HEARTBEAT IN US For 72 years Gordon and Norma Yeager shared their lives together as husband and wife. On October 12, 2011, while on a morning drive Gordon came to a stop sign and failed to yield to oncoming traffic. The elderly couple was taken to the Marshalltown Hospital near Des Moines, ...read more

  • Let's Give Them A French Kiss!!  PRO

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 14, 2014
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,059 views

    SERMON BLOOPER!!! One of our youth pastors was leaving to go to another church on the same day my wife and I returned from a mission trip to France to encourage our missionaries there. As we closed the service, I brought my wife on the stage on live tv and illustrated how French churches "greet ...read more

  • Sacrifice Stats

    Contributed by David Simpson on May 19, 2017
    based on 2 ratings
     | 9,517 views

    It’s Memorial Day weekend. It is seen by many as the beginning of summer. Lake Lanier will be filled with boaters and swimmers and campers and picnickers who will celebrate fun on this holiday weekend. But, the truth of Memorial Day is that it is not a celebration. It is a commemoration; a ...read more

  • The Train Engineer

    Contributed by Daniel King, D. Min. on Jul 25, 2018
     | 4,099 views

    Main Idea: God the Father sacrificed His only Son so that we could live. Verse: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16 NKJV). Illustration: Once there was a train engineer who had one ...read more

  • Beatitudes For Marriage

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 30, 2020
     | 4,023 views

    We all know and love the Beatitudes for what they mean to our own personal lives, but recently I sensed the Lord leading me to write down how these guidelines for Kingdom citizens affected the lives of married couples. The results were received very powerfully by our amazing church family: Poor ...read more

  • How A Pastor Loved His Enemy

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 2, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,857 views

    In The Grace of Giving, Stephen Olford tells of a Baptist pastor during the American Revolution, Peter Miller, who lived in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, and enjoyed the friendship of George Washington. In Ephrata also lived Michael Wittman, an evil-minded sort who did all he could to oppose and ...read more

  • Many Years Ago I Attended A Birthday Party For My ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2001
    based on 11 ratings
     | 1,642 views

    Many years ago I attended a birthday party for my gay friend and co-worker, Julian. Sixty gay men and four straight women had gathered to celebrate in a high-rise penthouse with a dramatic sweeping view of San Francisco Bay. Greeting me warmly, Julian exuberantly kissed me on both cheeks ...read more

  • Charles Haddon Spurgeon Had This Type Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jun 16, 2001
    based on 75 ratings
     | 2,081 views

    Charles Haddon Spurgeon had this type of experience. Even as a young lad he was conscious of sin, but couldn’t find peace. It so happened under the providential over-ruling of God that one Sunday morning he was prevented from attending his usual place of worship because of a snowstorm. He was ...read more

  • Kay Arthur Has Become A Well-Known ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Aug 14, 2001
    based on 201 ratings
     | 3,842 views

    ILL. Kay Arthur has become a well-known Christian author & speaker who has influenced tens of thousands for Jesus. Her testimony is written in her book, "Lord, I Need Your Grace Because I Can’t Make It On My Own." In it she talks about her life & her struggles in coming to Christ. As a young ...read more

  • Savage Ways  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Dec 5, 2001
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,389 views

    There is the story about a man who visited the Fiji islands. This visitor was skeptical of missionaries. He even spoke with the chief and told him that the missionaries only wanted to get rich from them. The visitor said that nobody believed what the Bible had to say nowadays. He even went as ...read more

  • Saving Grizzly Adams  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Mar 15, 2002
    based on 14 ratings
     | 3,345 views

    SAVING GRIZZLY ADAMS Rick Stacy, Pastor in Okemos, Michigan tells a story about Ken Bailey. Ken was a laborer on the Alaska Pipeline back in the mid 70’s. He worked up in the icy cold for a year and came back with $30,000. That was a lot of money 30 years ago! He blew it all in a month. He ...read more

  • Why Am I Here?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2002
    based on 14 ratings
     | 3,045 views

    WHY AM I HERE? "Many years ago I attended a birthday party for my gay friend and co-worker, Julian. Sixty gay men and four straight women had gathered to celebrate in a high-rise penthouse with a dramatic sweeping view of the San Francisco Bay. Greeting me warmly, Julian exuberantly kissed me on ...read more

  • Scientists Hypothesize That If Time Travel Were ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 23, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
     | 1,327 views

    Scientists hypothesize that if time travel were possible and we could go back 1000 years, one of the things that would shock us most would be the silence. Think about it. All the background noise of our modern world: television, telephones, radios, cars, planes, refrigerators...none of which ...read more

  • Michael Green Writes, "He Can Give The Power We ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 24, 2002
    based on 40 ratings
     | 3,696 views

    Michael Green writes, “He can give the power we need, and only he. Power for being witnesses to Jesus – is that not needed? Are not many Christians tongue-tied at the thought of speaking to anyone else about their Lord, while others find it second-nature? The difference lies in the Holy Spirit, ...read more