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  • What If?  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jul 11, 2002
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     | 1,718 views

    WHAT IF? Almost 226 years ago, a group of men were meeting in trying circumstances. A war was on. Armies were marching and doing battle. They believed in certain truths that ultimately would form one of human history’s greatest nations. They were willing to sacrifice their very lives for making ...read more

  • What's Going On  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 3, 2002
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     | 3,932 views

    WHAT'S GOING ON Mother, mother There’s too many of you crying Brother, brother, brother There’s far too many of you dying You know we’ve got to find a way To bring some lovin’ here today - Ya Father, father We don’t need to escalate You see, war is not the answer For only love can conquer ...read more

  • What Is The Church?  PRO

    Contributed by Troy Borst on May 28, 2003
    based on 11 ratings
     | 4,250 views

    What is the church? Russ Blowers is a minister who is active in his local Indianapolis Rotary club. At club meetings each week a member gives a brief statement about his job. When it was his turn, Russ said: "I’m with a global enterprise. We have branches in every country in the world. We have ...read more

  • No Matter What  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 24, 2003
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,976 views

    NO MATTER WHAT "Longing to leave her poor Brazilian neighborhood, Christina wanted to see the world. Discontent with a home having only a pallet on the floor, a washbasin, and a wood-burning stove, she dreamed of a better life in the city. One morning she slipped away, breaking her mother’s ...read more

  • What To Raise  PRO

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Aug 29, 2003
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     | 1,856 views

    WHAT TO RAISE Adrian Rogers, former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, tells about the man who made his sons work in the cornfields while their peers spent the afternoon at the swimming hole. Someone scolded the father saying, "Why do you make those boys work so hard? You ...read more

  • What Is Sin?  PRO

    Contributed by David Schaal on Sep 4, 2003
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     | 8,717 views

    What is Sin? · Man calls it an accident; God calls it an abomination. · Man calls it a blunder; God calls it blindness. · Man calls it a defect; God calls it a disease. · Man calls it a chance; God calls it a choice. · Man calls it an error; God calls it an enmity. · Man calls it a ...read more

  • No Matter What  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 30, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,505 views

    NO MATTER WHAT A number of years ago, there was a newspaper account of a speech given by the president of a well-known university to a group of influential businessmen and civic leaders. The president told of a recent experience which he, his audience, and the newspaper reporter found humorous. ...read more

  • What Is Faith?  PRO

    Contributed by Eric Peloquin on Dec 1, 2006
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    What Is Faith? FAITH is dead to doubts— dumb to discouragements, blind to impossibilities, knows nothing but success. FAITH lifts its hand up through the threatening clouds, lays hold of Him who has all power in heaven and on earth. FAITH makes the uplook ...read more

  • What Holiness Is Not

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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     | 7,195 views

    WHAT HOLINESS IS NOT John Charles Ryle, Anglican bishop of Liverpool in the 19th century speaks of holiness. He says, "It is not knowledge...nor great profession...nor doing many things...nor zeal for certain matters in religion..." He continues that holiness is not "morality and outward ...read more

  • Not "Why?" But "What?"

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 22, 2009
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    NOT "WHY?" BUT "WHAT?" I remember a particular counseling session years ago where three of us were trying to encourage a change of personality and a change of behavior in a spouse. Dr. Jay Adams, in his book on direct, biblical counseling, said the purpose is not to find out why a person sinned, ...read more

  • What's That Noise?

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Sep 3, 2009
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     | 4,079 views

    WHAT'S THAT NOISE? I read a humorous story about a man who strolled out of a hardware store with a smile on his face and a brand-new chainsaw in his hands. He was told it could cut down five big oak trees in an hour. Twenty-four hours later, however, his smile was gone. Frustrated, he was back at ...read more

  • Afraid Of What?

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Sep 3, 2009
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    AFRAID OF WHAT? Jack Benson was a missionary to China. He was held up by some bandits who took all his valuables & then held a gun to his head & forced him to kneel in the road. They told him they were going to shoot him. Benson knelt calmly, maintaining his composure through it all. The ...read more

  • What Is Heaven?

    Contributed by Terry Barnhill on Oct 26, 2009
     | 2,920 views

    What Is Heaven? By Terry Barnhill What is heaven, and why such hope upon it? Heaven is already here By faith in Christ who brought His kingdom near. "Carpe diem," said ancient Horace, "quam minimum credula postero." "Seize the day trusting not in tomorrow." Our hope is in the promises of ...read more

  • What Was The Point?

    Contributed by Ray Mckendry on Apr 1, 2010
     | 2,986 views

    WHAT WAS THE POINT? Alan Scholes, a former agnostic, testifies from his experience: "I had often heard my religious friends say, 'Jesus died for our sins' or 'Jesus died to save the world.' I could see how the good example of Jesus’ actions might possibly influence some men and women to live ...read more

  • What's Vision?

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Apr 23, 2010
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    WHAT'S VISION? When God gives us a vision, something inside us begins to change. It consumes our thoughts, every move we make we dwell on the burden. • Vision points you in a direction. • Vision gives you an opportunity to become more than you already are. • Vision means that you are not ...read more

  • What The Name

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 4, 2010
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    What the Name "Hoover" means in Finland At the end of World War I, Herbert Hoover, later to become President of the United States, led the allied relief efforts in Europe. He kept hundreds of thousands from starving, and a new word entered the Finnish language. In Finland, to “HOOVER” means to be ...read more

  • Obedience Is What ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 13, 2010
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    OBEDIENCE IS WHAT MATTERS "… If two angels in heaven were given assignments by God at the same time, one of them to go and rule over the greatest nation on earth and the other to go sweep the streets of the dirtiest village, each angel would be completely indifferent as to which one got which ...read more

  • What Is Culture?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 13, 2010
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    WHAT IS CULTURE? What is culture? It is the ways of thinking, living, and behaving that define a people and underlie its achievements. It is a nation’s collective mind, its sense of right and wrong, the way it perceives reality, and its definition of self. Culture is the morals and habits a mother ...read more

  • What Will They Say?

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010
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    WHAT WILL THEY SAY? A minister, a priest and a rabbi die and go to heaven for orientation. They are all asked, "When you are in your casket, and friends, family, and congregants are mourning over you, what would you like to hear them say?" The minister says, "I would like to hear them say that I ...read more

  • What Is A Martyr?

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 30, 2010
     | 1,690 views

    WHAT IS A MARTYR? A Christian Martyr is one who: Chooses to suffer death rather than to deny Christ, or His work...Sacrifices something very important to further the Kingdom of God...Endures great suffering for Christian ...read more