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  • The Monday After Thanksgiving, This Year, Still ...

    Contributed by Keith Broyles on Oct 4, 2007
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    The Monday after Thanksgiving, this year, still very much in November, I met a group of preachers, as is my habit most Mondays for lunch. I was the first to arrive and while I was waiting, I noticed the music playing on the sound system. Song after song of Christmas music was coming out. If only ...read more

  • A Paraphrase Of Psalm 19:7-14  PRO

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jun 26, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,640 views

    A PARAPHRASE OF PSALM 19:7-14 BY Lynnea J.H. Tanner “The law of the Lord is without flaw, putting our soul back to wholeness. The things the Lord reveals are unwavering, consistent in their nature, giving great understanding to the unlearned. The basic principles God has laid out are right making ...read more

  • Do You Realize That Between 1990 & 2001, ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Sep 19, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,360 views

    Do you realize that between 1990 & 2001, Christianity in America declined by 8.5%? While Christianity in this country has declined, the number of people who follow Buddhism has increased by over 169%. The number of Muslims in this country has grown by over 109%, and Hindus by 237%. (Figures ...read more

  • Imagine You Are At A Dinner Party; Elegant ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Oct 20, 2006
     | 1,786 views

    Imagine you are at a dinner party; elegant silverware, warm company, great food. At the end the hostess brings out a plate of dessert and stumbles dropping the dessert on the floor. Here’s how each person might respond according to their giftedness: Mercy: "Don’t feel bad, I should of offered to ...read more

  • A Story Is Told Of A Father And Son Driving Down ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,205 views

    A story is told of a father and son driving down a lonely road as a blinding snow storm begins to fall, unable to see the father pulls to the side of the road there he sees off in the distance the lights of a farmhouse. The warm feeling of seeing the beacon of hope in the distance is overcome by ...read more

  • Watches Over Us

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2009
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    WATCHES OVER US An engineer, after doing his internship with NASA in Houston, made a startling decision to change course and study medicine. Two decades removed from college, he shared his testimony in our church thanksgiving service: "Passing the Oral Board is the culmination of 10 years of ...read more

  • I Am His!

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
     | 3,608 views

    "I AM HIS!" President Theodore Roosevelt, was a charismatic figure who made quite an impression on people. One journalist, William Allen White, wrote of his first meeting with Roosevelt in 1897: "He sounded in my heart the first trumpet call of the new time that was to be... I had never known ...read more

  • People Who Claim To Have Faith And Yet Are Simply ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Dec 3, 2009
     | 1,477 views

    PEOPLE WHO CLAIM TO HAVE FAITH AND YET ARE SIMPLY FILLED WITH PIOUS GOOD WISHES TO THOSE IN NEED (CHRISTIAN BROTHER) WITHOUT GOOD ACTIONS GIVE TO THE LIE OF PIOUS WORDS. THE THOUGHT ONLY COUNTS IF SOMETHING TANGIBLE IS DONE TO HELP THE INDIVIDUAL. OUR FAITH BECOMES AN ACT MAKE PRETEND. IT SPEAKS ...read more

  • God's Provision: The Holy Spirit  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 7, 2009
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    GOD'S PROVISION: THE HOLY SPIRIT Without the Holy Spirit the church could not exist. It is He who inspired the writers of Scripture, and He who dwells in every Christian, giving us life in Christ. All our efforts are dust and ashes apart from Him. A young man asked an old rich man how he made his ...read more

  • The Church's Identity And Purpose

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
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    THE CHURCH'S IDENTITY AND PURPOSE In his book, The Family of God, Batsell Barrett Baxter says the following: "There are some who think of the church as an organization like other organizations. It is true that the church is an organization, but it is not primarily an organization. Rather, it is ...read more

  • On Profanity And Ungodly Language

    Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Apr 17, 2010
     | 2,718 views

    ON PROFANITY AND UNGODLY LANGUAGE Profanity and crude language are becoming more common on prime-time television programs. Many writers and producers seem to be intent on pushing the limits of how much immoral and offensive speech the public will allow. Profane and vulgar language is noise ...read more

  • Poem: I Met A Traveler From An Antigue Land By ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 30, 2010
     | 3,691 views

    Poem: I Met A Traveler From an Antigue Land by Percy Bysshe Shelley In 1818, Percy Bysshe Shelley published a poem on the ephemeral nature of human kings and political powers: I MET A TRAVELER FROM AN ANTIQUE LAND I met a traveler from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of ...read more

  • In 1982 There Was A Letter To The Editor Which ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jun 22, 2010
     | 1,350 views

    In 1982 there was a letter to the editor which read, “Dear Editor, I would like to tell your readers how mad I was when I was forced to go out and pay $45 for an infant seat, and to top it off we couldn’t fit everybody in my pickup truck with that big bulky thing. On April 2, my wife was forced to ...read more

  • Humorous ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2010
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     | 14,907 views

    Humorous Quotes Here are some final words of wisdom: Anybody who sleeps like a baby doesn’t have one. At my age, I’ve seen it all, heard it all, and done it all, but now, I just can’t seem to remember it all. He who laughs last ... thinks the slowest. The early bird gets the worm, but the ...read more

  • Surprise With Joy And Delight

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Mar 15, 2011
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    SURPRISE WITH JOY AND DELIGHT She squealed with joy – I just know she would. She grinned and chuckled while dashing from room to room as she gazed at all the balloons, streamers and other decorations scattered about. Her little fingers mined through the candy, presents, and other trinkets of fun ...read more

  • Better One Safe And Sure Way  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 30, 2011
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,574 views

    BETTER ONE SAFE AND SURE WAY There is a story about a Fox boasting to a Cat about his clever tactics for escaping its enemies. "I have a whole bag of tricks," he said, "which contains a hundred different ways of escaping from my enemies." "I have only one," said the Cat; "but I can generally ...read more

  • Fixing The Fence At The White House  PRO

    Contributed by J.d. Tutell on Jan 23, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,828 views

    FIXING THE FENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE Three contractors were on a tour of the White House. One is from Minnesota, another is from Tennessee, and the third is from Chicago. As they are walking through they notice a broken fence and ask if it would be possible to submit a bid to fix it. They are ...read more

  • I Want To Be Pretty  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Jan 24, 2012
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     | 3,446 views

    I WANT TO BE PRETTY "I want to be pretty." This is the title of a popular tv program that was airing when we lived in Poland. It was a reality tv show in which in every episode you follow the changes of two women who are the heroes of the program. Each of these women work with a team of ...read more

  • Mother's Arms

    Contributed by Eugene Morell on Feb 24, 2012
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    MOTHER'S ARMS There was a teenager who didn’t want to be seen in public with her mother, because her mother’s arms were terribly disfigured. One day when her mother took her shopping and reached out her hand, a clerk looked horrified. Later, crying, the girl told her how embarrassed she was. ...read more

  • His Yoke Is Light

    Contributed by Norman Lawrence on Jan 14, 2013
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     | 5,241 views

    HIS YOKE IS LIGHT Mark Guy Pearse preached a sermon on Christ's invitation to the weary and heavy-laden. I had finished my sermon when a good man came to me and said "I wish I had known what you were going to preach about. I could have told you something." "Well, my friend," I said, "may I have ...read more