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  • Evil Will Not Compromise  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 15, 2002
    based on 19 ratings
     | 6,404 views

    EVIL WILL NOT COMPROMISE Neville Chamberlain was known for his policy of appeasement. As the prime minister of Britain before World War II, he knew that the country was still weary from the first World War, and wanted to avoid a European war at all costs. The problem was that at the same time ...read more

  • If We Want God To Guide Us, Our Attitude Needs To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,394 views

    If we want God to guide us, our attitude needs to be right. Here are some guidelines as to how we can play our part in arriving at right decisions. First, we must be willing to think. It is false piety, super-supernaturalism of an unhealthy pernicious sort that demands inward impressions with no ...read more

  • A Large Downtown Church Had Three Mission ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Mar 31, 2003
    based on 13 ratings
     | 1,442 views

    A large downtown church had three mission churches in the run-down part of town under its care. They came together for a joint worship service on the first Sunday of the year. At the communion table knelt a judge who belonged to the downtown church and also an ex-convict from one of the mission ...read more

  • As A Child I Used To Spend A Few Weeks Of My ...  PRO

    Contributed by Christopher Roberts on Apr 29, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,151 views

    As a child I used to spend a few weeks of my summers at my Grandma’s farm in Southern Kentucky. She owned cows and chickens that we would feed daily. I was able to learn how to water-ski on a lake nearby her home. And fishing was one of my favorite things to do while visiting with “Mimi.” There ...read more

  • The First Sermon I Ever Preached Was In ...

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Nov 12, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 10,143 views

    The first sermon I ever preached was in Yerington, Nevada in 1988. It stands as the worse sermon in recorded history. There was about 20 people present in that little desert church to hear me. I said everything I intended say in about 5 minutes. Then, I said it again and looked back down at my ...read more

  • Before Her Death, Judy Lawson Became A Spiritual ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000
    based on 120 ratings
     | 3,609 views

    Before her death, Judy Lawson became a spiritual Mother of scores of hardened criminals. "On her last Mother’s Day," according to Bill Myers, "she received 40 Mother’s Day cards from men whose life she touched." Her prison ministry began eighteen months after her son was brutally murdered. She knew ...read more

  • Irritation In A Church Service

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 18, 2006
     | 3,155 views

    Irritation in a Church Service: It is not all that strange for people to come to church and be dissatisfied with something going on there. On the two occasions I had recently to sit out in the audience at church with my family I noticed myself focusing on things like the temperature of the room ...read more

  • I Read The Autobiography Of George Carey, The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jul 15, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,130 views

    I read the autobiography of George Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury. Soon after he became a Christian he was called up to do his National Service in the Royal Air Force. He writes that the first test of his Christian discipleship was to follow the advice of his vicar which he found ...read more

  • King Herod Was A Descendant Of The Edomite, Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Santos on Nov 24, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,907 views

    King Herod was a descendant of the Edomite, who was commonly called Edomeans during Jesus’ days. Herod had ruled as governor of Galilee from 47 to 37 B.C. he was then promoted to rule as king over all Palestine from 37 to 4 B.C. he became famous for building cities, fortresses, and temples ...read more

  • Geese  PRO

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Dec 2, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,236 views

    Geese It’s those stately geese I find especially impressive. Winging their way to a warmer climate, they often cover thousands of miles before reaching their destination. Have you ever studied why they fly as they do? It is fascinating to read what has been discovered about their flight pattern as ...read more

  • The Legend Of A Cherokee Indian ...

    Contributed by Bill Burress on Dec 28, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,842 views

    The Legend of a Cherokee Indian Youth’s Rite of Passage? A father takes his son into the forest, blindfolds him and leaves him alone. The youth is required to sit on a stump the whole night and not remove the blindfold until the rays of the morning sun shine through it. He cannot ...read more

  • Forgiveness And The Rhone

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 30, 2009
     | 5,139 views

    FORGIVENESS AND THE RHONE The RHONE RIVER begins its journey in the Switzerland Alps, some 5000 feet above sea level. It is one of the most important commercial waterways in France, stretching more than 500 miles in length. The river that glistens and sparkles through France, however, is much ...read more

  • Do You Really Want To Turn It Off?

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jan 5, 2010
     | 2,320 views

    DO YOU REALLY WANT TO TURN IT OFF? Too often when Julie and I watch a movie, I am forced to turn it off or over because of the coarse nature of the movie, particularly relating to the sex scenes. It is taken for granted that sex is a necessary part of most movies. I disagree! I don’t need to watch ...read more

  • Charles Colson Who Was Put Into Jail For His Part ...

    Contributed by Guy De Swardt on Apr 1, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,207 views

    Charles Colson who was put into jail for his part in the Watergate scandal in America so many years ago now, subsequently found Jesus in prison and today he heads up an international ministry to people in prisons all around the world. He writes in his book Who Speaks for God? …about a man by the ...read more

  • The Stages Of Loss

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Nov 20, 2010
    based on 1 rating
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    THE STAGES OF LOSS Several years ago a profound and dramatic research project began in Chicago's Billings Hospital. It was a seminar on death, in which psychiatists, chaplains, nurses, and medical doctors studied the ultimate human crisis of facing death. Basic findings is that the very ill ...read more

  • Preparing For Departure

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Nov 23, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,984 views

    PREPARING FOR DEPARTURE I once read how, in the spring of 1981, a young man was flown into desolate northern Alaska to photograph the natural beauty and mysteries of the tundra. He took along 500 rolls of film, several firearms, and 1,400 pounds of provisions. As the months passed, the words in ...read more

  • A Purpose For Sheep

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Jun 14, 2011
     | 7,449 views

    A PURPOSE FOR SHEEP Sad to say, millions of people wander through life with no earthly idea what they’re here for. One of the abiding fascinations of my wife here in Germany are sheep. About once a year, a shepherd brings a flock of sheep near our village, and my wife goes out and makes as many ...read more

  • Separation From Your Love

    Contributed by Michael Buckingham on Jun 24, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,075 views

    SEPARATION FROM YOUR LOVE I remember once there was girl I loved so much in my youth, I thought that we would be together forever, and I thought that I could never live without her! But now I hardly ever think about her... the truth is that I really can live without her. So what changed between ...read more

  • Junk-Food Addictions  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 10, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,593 views

    JUNK-FOOD ADDICTIONS If we’re going to get our appetite back for the pure, spiritual milk of God’s Word, then we need to get rid of the junk food of broken relationships. We need to put away those wrong attitudes of the heart that keep us from loving each other. The five things listed here are ...read more

  • Coping With Complaining

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 21, 2012
     | 4,923 views

    COPING WITH COMPLAINING How do you cope with complaining, nagging, whine-baby people? Internet discussion board posted this: Why do people complain so much? I know it's a natural thing but it has to be unhealthy. At my job people never stop complaining. Every day it's either too hot or too cold. ...read more