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  • Ranking The Silver Screen's All-Time Top Romantic ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2002
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,129 views

    Ranking the silver screen’s all-time top romantic films "You must remember this: A kiss is just a kiss ..." So begins the signature song from the 1942 movie "Casablanca." The American Film Institute (AFI) had no difficulty remembering. Its new list of the 100 best US screen romances ranks the ...read more

  • No One Saw It Coming. President Bush Was ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Dec 29, 2009
     | 2,506 views

    No one saw it coming. President Bush was attending a primary school activity when he received the call. Do you remember where you were on 9-11? American flights were banned from entry as provinces and countries dealt with international flights on route to America needing a place to land. What is ...read more

  • A Prerequisite To Forgiveness  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Jun 25, 2002
    based on 46 ratings
     | 7,754 views

    A PREREQUISITE TO FORGIVENESS A pastor finished his message early one Sunday, (and that pastor was not me) and he wanted to check his congregation’s understanding. So he asked, "Can anyone tell me what you must do before you can obtain forgiveness of sin?" There was a short pause and then, from ...read more

  • A Recent Survey By America's Most Popular Teen ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,515 views

    A recent survey by America’s most popular teen magazine revealed that only 4.1% of the teenage girls in America feel they could to go their father to talk about a serious problem. Even more recently, USA Today published the eye-opening results of a study of teens under stress. When asked where they ...read more

  • I Enjoy Watching Antiques Roadshow On Pbs. One ...

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Sep 13, 2006
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    I enjoy watching Antiques Roadshow on PBS. One of the show’s most famous discoveries was a Seymour mahogany card table from Boston, bought at a garage sale by a New Jersey retiree for $25. She later sold the table at Sotheby’s for over half a million dollars. Sometimes the appraisers tell people ...read more

  • The Light That Some Christians Give Off Is Like ...

    Contributed by W F on Jul 23, 2007
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    The light that some Christians give off is like the moon – it gives light, but it’s pretty dim. So dim in fact that you can look directly at the moon without it effecting you. You can’t look at the sun like that. But this is the kind of light that is needed. The sun light’s up everything; nothing ...read more

  • One Time, The Comic Strip Kudzu Featured This ...

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Sep 7, 2007
     | 1,223 views

    One time, the comic strip Kudzu featured this country-style preacher. He was praying to God, and he said, "Oh Lord, You know I don’t ever ask for much, but, Lord, I pray that You would grant me just this one thing ... dignity. That’s all I ask, Lord." In the next frame, there was a lightening bolt ...read more

  • Let It Out

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,576 views

    LET IT OUT Only 15% of Americans say they let their feelings out often, although 80% believe it is healthy to do so. A national study reveals 63% of Americans think people are too bottled-up when it comes to their emotions. 40% let it out in the average week and 11% can’t even remember the last ...read more

  • Viral Marketing Isn't That Infectious After All. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
     | 1,750 views

    Viral Marketing isn’t that infectious after all. At least that’s the conclusion of Bringing the Message to the Masses, a new JupiterResearch report that reveals that only 15% of viral marketing efforts of the past year actually succeeded in getting consumers to spread positive word of mouth. One of ...read more

  • Blackaby Notes (Experiencing God, Page ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 3, 2008
     | 1,528 views

    Blackaby notes (Experiencing God, Page 157): In many ways, obedience is your moment of truth. What you do will: 1. Reveal what you believe about God. a. Do you believe God does what He says He will do! 2. Determine whether you will experience His mighty work in you and through you. 3. Determine ...read more

  • On January 31, 2007, Fire Destroyed Trinity ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Feb 8, 2009
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    "On January 31, 2007, fire destroyed Trinity Fellowship’s (AG)sanctuary in Fayetteville, Arkansas. What could have been major setback turned into opportunity for God to reveal His faithfulness and power to provide. Senior Pastor Darren Rogers says throughout two-year fund raising and rebuilding ...read more

  • This Was Not The Despairing Cry Of A Helpless ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,838 views

    “This was not the despairing cry of a helpless martyr. It was not an expression of satisfaction that the end of His sufferings was now reached. It was not the last gasp of a worn-out life. No, it was the declaration on the part of the Divine Redeemer that all for which He came from heaven to earth ...read more

  • God And...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jul 6, 2010
     | 1,925 views

    "GOD AND..." The Heidelberg Catechism puts it succinctly (Q&A #95): Idolatry "…is TO IMAGINE, CLING TO, OR TRUST IN SOMETHING OTHER THAN OR IN ADDITION TO THE ONE TRUE GOD WHO HAS BEEN REVEALED IN GOD’S WORD." Notice that this definition strikes where most of us are – we like to worship 'God and…' ...read more

  • Mary Had The Little Lamb  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 27, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
     | 2,461 views

    Mary Had The Little Lamb Mary had the little Lamb, who lived before His birth; Self-existent Son of God, from Heaven He came to Earth. Mary had the little Lamb; see Him in yonder stall -- Virgin-born Son of God, to save man from the Fall. Mary had the little Lamb, obedient Son of ...read more

  • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior, Was A Doctor. As ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
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    Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior, was a doctor. As such he was very interested in the use of ether. In order to know how his patients felt under its influence, he once had a dose administered to himself. As he was going under, in a dreamy state, a profound thought came to him. He believed that he had ...read more

  • Empty

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 13, 2008
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    George Foreman instead March 1977. A few days before his fight with Jimmy Young in Puerto Rico. George stood on the hotel balcony and wondered about the meaning of life. He had come a long way in 28 years from poverty to wealth. He was the heavyweight Champion of the world. Yet in spite of his ...read more

  • Rach And I Have A Friend Who Is A Source Of Grief ...  PRO

    Contributed by Christopher Lanham on Feb 17, 2005
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     | 2,926 views

    Rach and I have a friend who is a source of grief for us. It is not that he has done anything to us – he is quite dear to us actually. Rather it is what he has done to himself, what he has chosen to believe. About ten years ago, this friend began absenting himself from church. He was getting ...read more

  • Work For The Glory Of God

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 20, 2010
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    Mark is a young businessman who does business in China. Each time he has gone to China, he has asked God to reveal to him whom he might speak to on behalf of Jesus. What might happen if every one of you went to work praying for God to reveal to him whom he might speak to on behalf of Jesus. You’re ...read more

  • What Would You Be Willing To Do For ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 4, 2001
    based on 186 ratings
     | 7,675 views

    What would you be willing to do for $10,000,000-00? In their book, The Day America Told the Truth, James Patterson and Peter Kim reveal some shocking statistics about how far people in this country are willing to go for ten million. Would abandon their entire family (25%) Would abandon their ...read more

  • Leaders And Followers  PRO

    Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 7, 2002
    based on 206 ratings
     | 6,910 views

    LEADERS AND FOLLOWERS S. I. McMillen, in his book "None of These Diseases," tells a story of a young woman who wanted to go to college, but her heart sank when she read the question on the application blank that asked, "Are you a leader?" Being both honest and conscientious, she wrote, "No," and ...read more