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  • If There Is Not Such A Thing As Sin, Then What ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 7, 2008
     | 1,081 views

    If there is not such a thing as sin, then what do we call, among other things, domestic violence, abortion, murder, cheating, and child abuse?’ Again I remind us this morning we only look at our local paper to see the ...read more

  • In Regards To Unity, Author, Chuck Swindoll, ...

    Contributed by Charles Mallory on May 18, 2010
     | 6,946 views

    IN REGARDS TO UNITY, AUTHOR, CHUCK SWINDOLL, WROTE THAT “UNION HAS AN AFFILIATION WITH OTHERS BUT NO COMMON BOND THAT MAKES THEM ONE IN HEART. UNIFORMITY HAS EVERYONE LOOKING AND THINKING ALIKE. UNANIMITY IS COMPLETE AGREEMENT ACROSS THE BOARD. UNITY, HOWEVER, REFERS TO ...read more

  • Wise Men Searching

    Contributed by Charles Jones on Sep 12, 2011
     | 5,164 views

    WISE MEN SEARCHING In Biblical times wise men searched for the savior. They searched by looking for his star. When they found the star, they knew that God's promise had been fulfilled. Today, wise men are still searching. They are searching, not necessarily for a ...read more

  • Evangelist Merv Rosell Relates A Story From His ...

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Oct 25, 2006
     | 2,520 views

    Evangelist Merv Rosell relates a story from his childhood when he and his brother contracted diphtheria. They were wrapped in white sheets and taken to the contagious ward of the hospital. He could still see his mother’s face, pressed against the glass of the ward, peering lovingly at her two ...read more

  • Thomas Campbell And The Restoration Movement  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,229 views

    THOMAS CAMPBELL AND THE RESTORATION MOVEMENT Back in early 1800's there was a preacher in Western Pennsylvania named Thomas Campbell. He was a preacher for the Old-light, Anti-burger, Seceder Presbyterian Church. Each of those phrases described a political division within the Presbyterian Church ...read more

  • Do It For Them!" Ephesians 4: 25-32 Key ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Oct 6, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,552 views

    “Do It For Them!” Ephesians 4: 25-32 Key verse(s): 29: “Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.” Motivation to do or not do something is a curious thing. There are many factors that influence motivation. We can be motivated by the fear of injury or ...read more

  • James Abram Garfield Was Born November 19, 1831, ...

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Aug 6, 2005
     | 2,367 views

    James Abram Garfield was born November 19, 1831, in a log cabin in the back woods of Ohio. His father died at the age of 2. Young James somehow earned enough money to go to college. He graduated from college in 1856, and he became a professor and president of Hiram College in Ohio, the college of ...read more

  • A Young Boy Had To Feed His Father Every Day ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 34 ratings
     | 1,940 views

    A young boy had to feed his father every day when he came home from school. His father had been so injured and couldn’t do many things for himself and to help with things the mother gave him one job to do and that was to feed his father every day, once a day. But on this particular day, the boy, ...read more

  • Actions Speak Louder  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Dec 10, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,524 views

    ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER Andy Stanley tells the story of when he was 13 and learning the meaning of the phrase, "Actions speak louder than words." His dad was the Associate Pastor of First Baptist in Atlanta when the senior pastor was asked to resign. Charles Stanley was asked to preach on Sundays ...read more

  • Tumbleweeds And Mesquite Trees  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Oct 17, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,096 views

    TUMBLEWEEDS AND MESQUITE TREES Have you seen those old movies about the wild West? Near the end, the good guy and the bad guy stand facing each other at opposite ends of the only street in town. The local folks, knowing what will happen, clear the street. They slam doors and shutter windows. The ...read more

  • Zordak - The Resurrection

    Contributed by Samuel Young on Apr 7, 2021
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,614 views

    I am Zordak, Jesus’ guardian angel. I want to tell you the story of Jesus. Jesus had died and laid in the grave. I was very sad. There were one hundred Roman soldiers and whole army of evil angels guarding the grave. But Sunday morning is coming… It was still dark. The dew was still on the ...read more

  • Call Home Often  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 22, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 4,742 views

    CALL HOME OFTEN Max Lucado in his book "In the Eye of a Storm" talks about traveling from one speaking engagement to another. He had traveled from San Antonio to Boston and had spoken at a gathering in Boston. Then he was flying on to Edmonton, Canada to fulfill a speaking engagement there. When ...read more

  • Pushing The Rock  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 25, 2005
    based on 118 ratings
     | 5,740 views

    PUSHING THE ROCK I have been pondering a story of a weak sickly man. The man was so sick and he could not afford going to town to the doctor. The man lived in the deep back woods in an old log cabin, his condition seemed to grow worse. Out in front of his cabin was a hugh boulder. The rock was ...read more

  • The Window  PRO

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Jun 2, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 5,907 views

    THE WINDOW Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room’s only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked ...read more

  • Heaven, A Personal Place

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,060 views

    Heaven, A Personal Place Jesus said, "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in Me. In My Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and ...read more

  • God Is

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 6,366 views

    GOD IS Ann Kimball had a marvelous way of talking about Jesus. She was the dean of women at Eastern Nazarene College in Boston, and she would speak all over the country. She was flying from Boston to San Francisco to speak, and she said she was just so tired from the week that she sat down in her ...read more

  • Humaita Prison

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 3, 2009
     | 7,366 views

    HUMAITA PRISON Charles Colson, Director of Prison Fellowship and former Counsel to the President of the United States Richard Nixon, who himself went to prison as a result of the Watergate affair wrote this: "Humaita Prison in Brazil is a remarkable place. Almost twenty years ago, it was a ...read more

  • Compassion For

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2009
     | 6,226 views

    Compassion for "Dirty Dog Gentiles" Mark 7:36-37 Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone. But the more he did so, the more they kept talking about it. People were overwhelmed with amazement. “He has done everything well,” they said. “He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.” (NIV) These ...read more

  • Many Years Ago Now, A True Story Is Told Of Two ...

    Contributed by Guy De Swardt on Apr 1, 2010
     | 3,298 views

    Many years ago now, a true story is told of two identical twins who were working for their father. They were so close they even dressed alike. When their father died they took over the family business as everybody expected them to do. Their relationship with each other was considered by the town ...read more

  • Rejection At The Vending Machine  PRO

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on May 27, 2015
    based on 5 ratings
     | 10,524 views

    Vending machines have come a long way since I was a kid. It used to be you slid in a couple of coins and pulled a lever and down would drop your snack or drink. Now there are lights, levers, cranes, codes, and chutes that make the purchase a production of its own. It’s almost worth the price of ...read more