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  • It Is Impossible To Rightly Govern The World ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Catt on Sep 16, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,228 views

    "It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible." --George Washington "It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ. For this reason peoples ...read more

  • Precious Grandmother  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2003
    based on 41 ratings
     | 3,561 views

    PRECIOUS GRANDMOTHER “In Charles Colson’s book, Loving God, he tells the story of an incredible ninety-one-year-old woman, known affectionately as Grandma Howell… As she moved into the twilight of her life, she had more than one reason to let depression take over--to just give up and die. Her ...read more

  • Donald Miller, In His Excellent Book Searching ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Oct 2, 2007
     | 3,248 views

    Donald Miller, in his excellent book Searching for God Knows What, tells about going to a Bible college where he taught one of the classes. Speaking to this group of Bible students, he told them he was going to present the plan of salvation, but he was going to leave out one key element, and they ...read more

  • Football Player Given Second Chance By Coach ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 10, 2009
     | 6,884 views

    Football Player Given Second Chance by Coach After Running the Wrong Way “Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time….” The words “the second time” underscore God’s determination to get his message to the Ninevites and to use Jonah in the process. In other words, Jonah quickly found out ...read more

  • College President Stoops To Child's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2010
     | 4,318 views

    College President Stoops to Child’s Level Our world places little value on children, but Jesus says they are the most important people of all. Why? Because to be little is to be great in God’s eyes, and to receive a child is like receiving Christ. It’s a lesson Jesus wanted His disciples to ...read more

  • During Henry Ward Beecher's Ministry People ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kim Huffman on Mar 30, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,078 views

    During Henry Ward Beecher’s ministry people would come from far and wide to hear him preach. One particular Sunday, Beecher got sick on Sunday morning and a substitute preacher was called to fill the pulpit. A large crowd had assembled to hear Beecher preach. As the service started it was announced ...read more

  • A Church Secretary Who Had What She Felt Was A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 2, 2004
     | 1,985 views

    A church secretary who had what she felt was a discreet sexual affair with her boss but was found out. When the affair was out in the open and because of the ensuring investigations her boss went to jail for 45 years and his wife divorced him and married his very close friend. She considers ...read more

  • One Morning At A Local Elementary School, All The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Jul 5, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,515 views

    One morning at a local elementary school, all the teachers were called into the teacher’s lounge for an unscheduled meeting. This meant they all had to leave their classrooms unsupervised. Mrs. Miles had the most unruly class in school, and being worried about them, she turned on the intercom ...read more

  • Different Meanings: 80% Of Adults In The U.s. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,607 views

    Different Meanings: 80% of adults in the U.S. call themselves “Christian,” while 68% self identify as “committed Christian,” and 45% “born again Christian.” Only half of the “born again” group prayed to God, read from the Bible and attended a religious service in the past week vs. 90% of “committed ...read more

  • Be Warm And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
     | 3,990 views

    BE WARM AND FILLED! What does it mean that God has placed Christ’s church in our hands? One of the most stirring indictments on the church ever penned was made by Charles Schultz many years ago. Snoopy is shivering out in a snowstorm beside an empty food dish. He was looking longingly, ...read more

  • The Pharisees Have Taken His Sabbath And Loaded ...

    Contributed by C Jordan on Nov 22, 2009
     | 2,834 views

    “The Pharisees have taken His Sabbath and loaded it up with more than 1,500 nitpicky rules and regulations. They took a good gift from God and made it into an unbearable burden for the people to live under… Let’s keep the Sabbath as a good gift. Let’s not make up our own Pharisaical laws and ...read more

  • Foster: Five Percent Spirituality

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2012
     | 2,799 views

    FOSTER: FIVE PERCENT SPIRITUALITY Richard Foster writes this: Many of us live in a kind of inner apartheid. We segregate out a small corner of pious activities and then make no spiritual sense out of the rest of our lives. We become so accustomed to this way of living that we fail to see the ...read more

  • Miss America And Elephants

    Contributed by Pastor Jeff Hughes on Feb 1, 2014
     | 4,922 views

    Matt 24:24-25 For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. 25 See, I have told you beforehand. Back years ago, I heard a well known salesman that regularly competed with the number one company in his industry. Those ...read more

  • There’s A New "Reality" Tv Show On Fox ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Olson on Mar 13, 2001
    based on 191 ratings
     | 3,286 views

    There’s a new "reality" TV show on Fox Network called "Temptation Island" that is the subject of discussion these days. Many people are very upset about it and various groups are fighting against it. Temptation Island is a short-order unscripted series in which four unmarried couples travel to ...read more

  • I Once Read A Story About A Mother Whose Love ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Apr 11, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,550 views

    I once read a story about a mother whose love went the distance for her child. The mother in this story went to help out during harvest time. She took her child with her. She was following the custom of harvest time in Scotland, where the women would help. She placed her child in reach. But, ...read more

  • The Corporate Structure  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,304 views

    THE CORPORATE STRUCTURE A print-and-save guide to how this outfit really works CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARDleaps tall buildings in a single bound Is more powerful than a locomotive Is faster than a speeding bullet Walks on water Talks with God PRESIDENT Leaps short buildings in a single bound Is more ...read more

  • Some People Don't Need Much Of An Excuse To Stay ...

    Contributed by Garth Wehrfritz- Hanson on Nov 13, 2006
     | 2,327 views

    Some people don’t need much of an excuse to stay home from church. If it even looks like it might rain, they don’t want to risk getting a little wet. The hymn writer Frances Havergal gave several reasons for attending church—especially on rainy days. 1. God has blessed the Lord’s Day, making no ...read more

  • Perhaps You've Seen The Commercial On Television ...

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on Mar 11, 2007
     | 2,250 views

    Perhaps you’ve seen the commercial on television advertising one of those lending companies. This nice man with a painted on smile stands surrounded by this nice all-American family, and he says, “I’ve got a beautiful family.” The next scene shows a picture of a big house and the same man says, ...read more

  • If A Person Sees A House On Fire And Does ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Mar 18, 2010
     | 2,043 views

    If a person sees a house on fire and does everything he can to rescue the occupants, he is heralded as a hero. And that’s the way it should be. Why is it, then, that a Christian who accepts what God says in the Bible about hell and tries to warn people is ridiculed as an alarmist? We read about a ...read more

  • The Gifts In The Fries

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jul 8, 2010
     | 3,813 views

    THE GIFTS IN THE FRIES If you have one or more of the gifts of service, you are critical to the work and glory of God. Do not think lightly of your place in God’s plan. A man goes to buy a hamburger for lunch. The young lady behind the counter asks, “Do you want fries with that?” The man ...read more