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  • Then The Judgment

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Oct 6, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,969 views

    The Bible holds a truth that is sure to be experienced by all who had lived before us, a truth for us all now and a truth for all who will live after us: - "...[mankind] is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment." (Hebrews 9:27) It is imperative, all of us must understand, now we ...read more

  • Jonathan Edwards' ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 2, 2008
     | 1,762 views

    Jonathan Edwards’ Conversion One day when Jonathan Edwards was at home in his father’s house; some hindrances kept him from going to church one Sunday with the family. A couple of hours with nothing to do sent him listlessly into the library; the sight of a dull volume with no title on the leather ...read more

  • Pray Often

    Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Aug 1, 2008
     | 2,438 views

    PRAY OFTEN I want to do a little participation here: If you LOVE chocolate, raise your hand. (Wait.) Now, before I go any further, look around at those whose hands are not raised--these are the heathen, non-chocolate-loving people! Now, if you have your hand raised, and you have had some ...read more

  • My ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
     | 3,301 views

    My Friend My friend, I stand in judgment now. And I feel that you are to blame somehow. On earth I walked with you day by day. But never did you point the way. You knew the Lord, In His truth and His glory. But never did you share the story! My knowledge then was very dim. You could have ...read more

  • Work Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
     | 4,140 views

    Work of Love Aleida Huissen, 78, of Rotterdam, Netherlands, has been smoking for 50 years. And for 50 years she has been trying to give up her harmful habit. But she has not been successful—that is, until recently. She has now given up cigarettes, cigars, and pipes. GOODNESS GRACIOUS! The secret? ...read more

  • In The First Half Of The 17th Century, Germany ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Oct 14, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,753 views

    In the first half of the 17th century, Germany was in the midst of wars and famine and pestilence. In the city of Eilenburg lived a pastor by the name of Martin Rinkart. During one especially oppressive period, Rinkart conducted up to 50 funerals a day as a plague swept through the town and as the ...read more

  • When I Think Of Stewardship (Humor)  PRO

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Dec 29, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,657 views

    When I think of stewardship it brings to mind a story about a small Church located in a farming community. The pastor of the church would call on every member of the congregation as part of the annual pledge campaign. The next home he was going to visit was Farmer Brown’s. Now Mr. Brown was ...read more

  • Real Faith

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jan 6, 2009
     | 5,226 views

    REAL FAITH The classic test an atheist will give to prove there is no God is this: "If there is a God, let him kill me right now". When nothing happens, they will confidently claim, "See there is no God, for I am still alive and well." Now if we were to ask the atheist, "What if someone came up to ...read more

  • Baptist Kittens

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Mar 5, 2023
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     | 1,365 views

    A Church of Christ minister walked past a street corner stand that was full of kittens for sale by a little boy in his neighborhood. The sign over the kittens read, "Church of Christ kittens for sale, one week old.....$5.00 each". The minister smiled and said, "My son, you are ...read more

  • Do You Have Enough Points To Get To Heaven?

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Mar 12, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,070 views

    I heard a story the other day about a guy who died and stood before the gates of heaven. An angel met him and said, “We have a new plan for getting into heaven. We’re now using a point system and you need 1,000 to enter.” The man told the angel that this would be no problem as he started rattling ...read more

  • The Blood And Water  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Mar 24, 2013
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     | 7,663 views

    THE BLOOD AND WATER Before I became a minister I attended a secular college for a couple of years. While I was there I took several classes I thought would help me when I went to Bible college, and some of those classes were in Philosophy. Now Philosophy and Christianity are somewhat at odds. ...read more

  • I Prayed For Faith And Thought That Some ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jan 9, 2001
    based on 122 ratings
     | 4,007 views

    “I prayed for faith and thought that some day it would come down and strike me like lightning. But faith didn’t seem to come. One day I read in Romans that “faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God.” I had up to this time, closed my Bible and prayed for ...read more

  • Oswald Chambers Writes, "A Saint’s Life Is ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Beaird on Nov 2, 2000
    based on 86 ratings
     | 3,389 views

    Oswald Chambers writes, "A saint’s life is in the hands of God as a bow and arrow in the hands of an archer. God is aiming at something the saint cannot see; He stretches and strains, and every now and again the saint says, "I cannot stand any more." But God does not heed; He goes on stretching ...read more

  • A Man Came Home One Day To A Cranky Wife. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 9, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,033 views

    A man came home one day to a cranky wife. Arriving at 6:30pm, he spent an hour trying to cheer her up. Then he had an idea. "Let’s start over and pretend I’m just getting home." He went outside and came back in. His wife ...read more

  • Of Nineteenth-Century Preacher Robert Murray ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
     | 1,656 views

    Of nineteenth-century preacher Robert Murray McCheyne: After graduating from Edinburgh University at age fourteen in 1827 and leading a Presbyterian congregation of over a thousand at age twenty-three, he worked so hard that his health finally broke. Before dying at age twenty-nine he wrote, “God ...read more

  • Mega Churches: How Big? More Than 1.7 Million ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
     | 1,210 views

    Mega Churches: How Big? More than 1.7 million Protestants in the U.S. now attend mega-churches (churches that have a weekly attendance of 2,000 plus). That’s out of a pool of 105 to 111 million people who attend Christian churches weekly. Since 1970, the ...read more

  • He Brings Peace At The End Of The Day He Was Near ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Sep 12, 2006
     | 749 views

    HE BRINGS PEACE AT THE END OF THE DAY HE WAS NEAR THEN AND HE IS NEAR NOW. HE SHOWED THEM HIS HANDS. THOSE HANDS FOUND ME AND HELD ME, KEPT MY HEART FROM BREAKING AND BRUSHED AWAY TEARS. Perhaps this is why David said in: (Psa 55:17 KJV) Evening, and morning, ...read more

  • Recently, The Media Reported On A Well Known ...

    Contributed by Michael De Rosa on Nov 5, 2006
     | 2,092 views

    Recently, the media reported on a well known Christian pastor, Ted Haggard, who allegedy committed the sin of homosexuality. It was hurtful to read this. It was only a few short years before this that I read one of his books, How to keep your City from going to Hell. I was motivated by it, but ...read more

  • Traditions  PRO

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Nov 29, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,051 views

    Traditions J.I. Packer wrote, “All Christians are at once beneficiaries and victims of tradition—beneficiaries, who receive nurturing truth and wisdom from God’s faithfulness in past generations; victims, who now take for granted things that need to be questioned, thus treating as divine absolutes ...read more

  • Many Of You Don't Know This, But When We Started ...

    Contributed by Todd Stiles on Dec 13, 2006
     | 890 views

    Many of you don’t know this, but when we started FFC, it was our goal to blitz the city – to visit every home in Ankeny. Now remember, there were only about 60 of us at that point, so this was one daunting task. Yet, did you know that right about 80% of our town was visited personally ...read more