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  • In The Secret Service  PRO

    Contributed by Abraham Shanklin on May 19, 2003
    based on 15 ratings
     | 5,296 views

    In the Secret Service A gentleman was in front of a preacher coming out of the church one day. The preacher grabbed him by the hand, pulled him aside and said to him, "You need to join the Army of the Lord!" The man replied, "I’m already in the Army of the Lord, Pastor." The Pastor questioned, ...read more

  • The Look Of Evil

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 17, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,400 views

    THE LOOK OF EVIL “The greatest evil is not done in those sordid dens of evil that Dickens loved to paint... but is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried and minuted) in clean, carpeted, warmed, well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and smooth-shaven ...read more

  • Tenney Notes This: God's Name Is Significant In ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 11, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,865 views

    Tenney notes this: God’s name is significant in that, In the past he was with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. What was needed was not a name which disclosed that God was what He was, but that He is and will be in the future what He admittedly was in the past. The God of their fathers and, therefore, the ...read more

  • Relationships  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jul 6, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
     | 8,055 views

    In the 60’s Simon and Garfunkel wrote this I am a rock, I am an island. I’ve built walls, A fortress deep and mighty, That none may penetrate. I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain. It’s laughter and it’s loving I disdain. I am a rock, I am an ...read more

  • One Day A Man Came To The Late, Preacher, John ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 3, 2005
     | 1,114 views

    One day a man came to the late, preacher, John Wesley and confessed his resentment toward him. Wesley said, “You need to forgive him.” This man replied, "I could never forgive him! Never!" To which Wesley simply said, "Then, sir, I hope you never sin." If you ...read more

  • Three Kids Bragging About Fathers  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,274 views

    Three kids bragging about fathers: First: My dad’s so smart he can talk for one hour on any subject. Second: My dad’s so smart he can talk for two hours on any subject. Third: My dad’s so smart he ...read more

  • Your Home Is The Number One Influence In The Life ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 22, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,392 views

    Your home is the number one influence in the life of your child. They average church has a child 1% of his time, the home has him 83% of his time and the school for the remaining 16%. This does not minimize the need for churches and schools, but it establishes the fact your home is 83% of your ...read more

  • Where Are You Going? A Franklin Covey Survey ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,403 views

    Where Are You Going? A Franklin Covey survey finds less than half of U.S. workers are aware or are committed to their company’s goals. Only 48% say their employers have a clear, strategic direction. 44% say their organization has effectively communicated its goals. 54% understand what they ...read more

  • Grandparents: The Census Bureau Reports That More ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
     | 1,879 views

    Grandparents: The Census Bureau reports that more than 1/3 of the 2.4 million grandparents who are primary care-givers to a grandchild living in a home without the child’s parents. These grandparents were responsible for “most of the child’s basic needs.” This means 42% of all 5.8 ...read more

  • 52-62% Of All First Marriages Will Eventually ...

    Contributed by Steve Smith on May 18, 2006
     | 723 views

    • 52-62% of all first marriages will eventually end in legal divorce. Untold others will experience emotional divorce and unsatisfying relationships. • 60% of all remarriages eventually end in legal divorce. • 43% of all marriages are remarriages for at least one of the adults. • 65% of ...read more

  • A Time Of Expecting An Event Is So Exciting. ...

    Contributed by David Butcher on Oct 21, 2006
     | 1,661 views

    A time of expecting an event is so exciting. Although when we talk of expecting most times our minds go to babies, but that need not always be the case. It can just as easily be a holiday, a present, a new job, even that special phone call! Babies of course are special, the birth of a baby ...read more

  • When The Emperor Valens Threatened Eusebius ...

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Oct 22, 2006
     | 2,500 views

    When the Emperor Valens threatened Eusebius with the confiscation of all his goods, torture, banishment, or even death, the courageous Christian replied, “He needs not fear confiscation, who has nothing to lose; nor banishment, to whom heaven is his country; nor torments, when his body can be ...read more

  • I Remember One Of My Former Employers Referring ...

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Nov 10, 2006
     | 1,286 views

    I remember one of my former employers referring to a Christian colleague as "a bit of a Methodist!" It was meant as a "put down" but I regarded it as a badge of honour! O yes, persecution in various forms still exists! We must be willing, if need be, to be ready to accept rejection and ridicule ...read more

  • It Is Time We Put A Stop To The Coercive And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,632 views

    "It is time we put a stop to the coercive and compulsory bans on religious expression in our public schools. Those who oppose such expression constantly point to their desire to protect constitutional rights and intents. However, they seem oblivious to the fact that those who wrote and adopted the ...read more

  • Some People Have Such Bad Nerves That They ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Jan 25, 2007
     | 1,197 views

    1.Some people have such bad nerves that they cannot sleep in church. 2. If people sleep during the sermon, the pastor needs to wake up. 3. Sometimes how well you sleep depends on how little you lie. 4. If you cannot sleep at night, don’t count sheep, talk to the ...read more

  • In His Inaugural Address On March 4, 1933, ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Mar 13, 2007
     | 1,730 views

    In his Inaugural Address on March 4, 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt made the most famous quote about fear when he said, ...The only thing we have to fear is fear itself...nameless, unreasoning, unjustified, terror which paralyzes needed efforts to retreat into ...read more

  • Back To The Future

    Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Jan 26, 2010
     | 4,203 views

    Back to the Future Most of us may remember a movie by this same title. In fact there were several "Back to the Future" sequels. In the movie starring Michael J. Fox and Claudia Wells, after traveling back in time, they found that the only way to return to the future was to recreate the system and ...read more

  • This Priestly Prayer, As It Is Called, Was ...

    Contributed by Michael Tkachuk on May 17, 2010
     | 2,585 views

    This priestly prayer, as it is called, was prayed by Jesus just before He entered Gethsemane and Golgotha. This portion of the Gospel is somewhat like a flight-recorder on an airplane. In the event that something should happen to a plane, the flight recorder would record the information, the ...read more

  • Never On Guard

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2011
     | 2,617 views

    NEVER ON GUARD When Fred Mitchell, chairman of the China Inland Mission, died, one of the speakers at his funeral said this about him: "You never caught Fred Mitchell off his guard because he never needed to be on it." (George Duncan, Living the Christian ...read more

  • Giving Up The World

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2011
     | 4,319 views

    GIVING UP THE WORLD A man once said to D. L. Moody, "Now that I am converted, must I give up to the world?" "No," answered the evangelist, "you need not give up the world; if you give a ringing testimony for the Son of God the world will give you up pretty quick. They ...read more