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  • Prescribing Prayer For Health Care  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,750 views

    PRESCRIBING PRAYER FOR HEALTH CARE To treat her arthritis and her thyroid condition, 63-year-old Elizabeth Allendorf sees her doctor every few months, but she prays everyday. "Without faith, without meditation, without God, I am telling you, it wouldn’t be," says Allendorf. "It would be just ...read more

  • Before I Go On To The Third Way To Feed On The ...

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on May 15, 2004
     | 4,798 views

    Before I go on to the third way to feed on the Word of God, let me just share with you the story of a young girl named Mary Jones, who in the late 1790's wanted more than anything to own a Bible. Unfortunately, they were not as available as they are today, and they were very expensive. So she ...read more

  • A Pastor Had Gathered A Selected Group Of Workers ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Jun 30, 2004
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     | 1,897 views

    A pastor had gathered a selected group of workers to train them to witness for Jesus. A young worker was complaining to a veteran caller about one of the people he had visited. "I’ tried to tell him about Jesus, I tried to tell him about the love Jesus had for Him. I tried to tell him that Jesus ...read more

  • A Man Noticed A Lady In The Grocery Store With ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Richards on Sep 15, 2004
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    A man noticed a lady in the grocery store with her year-old in her cart. The child asked for cookies. Her mother said no. The little girl began to cry loudly. The mother patiently said, "Now Missy, we’re half way done, it won’t be long." The same thing happened in the candy aisle. This time the ...read more

  • Sudanese Boys

    Contributed by John Harvey on Nov 2, 2004
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    **Sudanese Boys- {page 17} The four young Sudanese boys cried and screamed out for their mothers but they refused to repeat the words that would mean saving their lives yet renouncing their Christianity. Their red blood began to flow across their black skin, but they would not give up their ...read more

  • I Am Reminded About The Story Of This Particular ...

    Contributed by David Rogers on Nov 23, 2004
     | 2,502 views

    I am reminded about the story of this particular church. One Sunday morning the congregation arrived to find a dirty old vagrant lying beside the door. Some looked at him and said how awful that someone like that is sitting outside our beautiful church, why the pastor should make him move on we ...read more

  • Like John The Baptist, Charles Spurgeon, A ...

    Contributed by Michael Tkachuk on Jan 3, 2005
     | 4,423 views

    Like John the Baptist, Charles Spurgeon, a Baptist minister, also preached fire and brimstone sermons. For that, he was greatly criticized in the newspapers. Articles appeared regularly disapproving of his methods, his motives, his mannerisms, and his messages. He was made to look like a villain ...read more

  • The Bible Is Full Of Real And Imperfect People. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Pat Cook on May 16, 2005
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    The Bible is full of real and imperfect people. Noah was a drunk; Abraham was too old and a liar; Sarah laughed at God’s promises; Isaac was a daydreamer; Jacob was a liar; Leah was ugly. Joseph was abused; Moses had a stuttering problem and a short fuse; Miriam was a gossip; Gideon was afraid; ...read more

  • Teachers Commentary On Galatians 3  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 25, 2005
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    Teachers Commentary notes this about Galatians 3 In Galatians we have Paul’s first powerful defense of the Gospel. Some from the Pharisee party in Judea who had trusted Christ apparently retained their zeal for the Mosaic Law. They traveled to the churches Paul had founded, and taught that the ...read more

  • Religion Very Important: Roughly 6 In 10 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
     | 1,027 views

    Religion Very Important: Roughly 6 in 10 Americans say religion is a “very important” part of their lives. A majority of Americans say they attend religious services at least once a month, including a third who go every week. More than 8 in 10 Americans are Christian, including roughly 50% who are ...read more

  • A Vanished Friend

    Contributed by Paul Humphrey on Feb 22, 2006
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    Around the corner I have a friend, In this great city that has no end; Yet days go by and weeks rush on, And before I know it, a year is gone, And I never see my old friend’s face. For life is a swift and terrible race. He knows I like him just as well As in the days when I rang his bell And he ...read more

  • We Have Been Freed From Our Sinful Past  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Feb 28, 2006
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    WE HAVE BEEN FREED FROM OUR SINFUL PAST Two brothers were convicted of stealing sheep. For their crime they were each branded on the forehead with the letters "ST," for "sheep thief." One brother immediately ran away from the area and attempted to build a new life in another country. Even ...read more

  • During World War I A Protestant Chaplain With The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 2,699 views

    During World War I a Protestant chaplain with the American troops in Italy became a friend of a local Roman Catholic priest. In time, the chaplain who moved on with his unit was killed. The priest heard of his death and asked military authorities if the chaplain could be buried in the cemetery ...read more

  • Many Of Us Would Agree With Peter When He Says ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,850 views

    Many of us would agree with Peter when he says that parts of Paul’s letters are hard to understand! And there are difficulties and apparent discrepancies in other parts of the Bible too. On this matter of discrepancies, I remember reading something written by an old seventeenth-century Puritan ...read more

  • I Was At A Local Amusement Park With My 3 Year ...  PRO

    Contributed by Robbie Parsons on Oct 3, 2006
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    I was at a local amusement park with my 3 year old daughter recently. She begged me to win her a Spongebob Squarepants toy at one of the side games where you knock over bottles with bean bags. Being a sucker for my little girl, I plunked down my money for three beanbags. I threw the first ...read more

  • Air Conditioner

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 28, 2006
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    Air Conditioner. First house we owned was quite old and a lot of things didn’t work quite right. Our air conditioner broke every year. It would cool down the house then, become a heater heat it up, then cool it down. Not how an air conditioner should work. First year called the company who had ...read more

  • A Box Of Kisses

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Dec 7, 2006
     | 1,565 views

    A BOX OF KISSES Some time ago, a father punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight, and he became angry when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next ...read more

  • Story: Some Years Ago When Johnny Carson Was The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jan 11, 2007
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     | 3,201 views

    Story: Some years ago when Johnny Carson was the host of the well known American chat show: The Tonight Show he interviewed an eight year old boy. The boy was asked to appear because he had rescued two friends in a coalmine outside his hometown in West Virginia. As Carson questioned the boy, it ...read more

  • On June 17, 2002 Federal Authorities Arrested A ...

    Contributed by Scott Maze on Feb 15, 2007
     | 2,227 views

    On June 17, 2002 Federal authorities arrested a United States Forest Service employee for starting the largest fire in Colorado’s history. Terry Barton was a 38-year-old woman and had worked every summer for the Forest Service for 18 or 19 years. She had ventured into the forest to burn a letter ...read more

  • How Long, O Lord?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
     | 1,800 views

    How Long, O Lord? Overview of Revelation—Revelation 1:1-8 A woman went to the doctor’s office, where she was seen by one of the new doctors, but after about 4 minutes in the examination room, she burst out, screaming as she ran down the hall. An older doctor stopped her and asked what the problem ...read more