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  • Anatomy Of Fear

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
     | 4,925 views

    ANATOMY OF FEAR In spite of what they say, 90% of the chronic patients who see today's physicians have one common symptom. Their trouble did not start with cough or chest pain or hyperacidity. In 90% of the cases, the first symptom was fear. This is the opinion of a well-known American ...read more

  • Love Is The Greatest

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 7, 2011
     | 2,585 views

    LOVE IS THE GREATEST George Sweeting – Love is the Greatest - page 122: "God’s love is not cheap or sentimental. It is priceless and incomparable. The way of love is God’s way, and His way is the only way to abundant and victorious living. It is the best way. Life apart from God's love is ...read more

  • A Young Man Had Finished His First Semester In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 25, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,526 views

    A young man had finished his first semester in college, and was spending the weekend at home. Somewhat bored with the old place, he was regaling his father with the wonders of his campus and the enlightened people there. After getting up a head of steam and warming up to his subject he said, "Why, ...read more

  • Grandpa And The Peach

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 26, 2011
     | 2,300 views

    GRANDPA AND THE PEACH "Four-year-old Jason was visiting his grandparents. Grandpa was in his study intently reading. Jason walked in carrying a peach, said something Grandpa didn't catch, and handed the peach to him. "Thinking his wife had sent him a snack, Grandpa took it and ate it. Just as he ...read more

  • Higher Ground

    Contributed by John Putty on Apr 5, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,749 views

    HIGHER GROUND The old hymn, “Higher Ground” is a spiritual declaration of one determined man Johnson Oatman, Jr. put to music! While some refuse to believe that our personal faith plays any real role in our spiritual growth and in experiencing Christian victory, in all my 20 years of preaching ...read more

  • No Picture Exists  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,434 views

    NO PICTURE EXISTS On a wall near the main entrance to the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, is a portrait of a man with this inscription underneath. "James Butler Bonham--no picture of him exists. This portrait is of his nephew, Major James Bonham, deceased, who greatly resembled his uncle. It is ...read more

  • Trying To Walk Two Roads

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 13, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,243 views

    TRYING TO WALK TWO ROADS There is an old West African proverb which says, "The man who tries to walk two roads will split his pants." (Janet Weiss, Leesburg, Florida, heard in a conversation by her father, a missionary to the Maninka tribe) That’s the way it is with those who try to live for the ...read more

  • I Am Stubborn, Then  PRO

    Contributed by Nigel Heath on Jul 2, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,220 views

    I AM STUBBORN, THEN. Here is a transcript of a conversation between my three year old grandson and I this week: "Help put away the toys, please." "No." "Come on, Aaron. Please help to put away the toys." "No." "Tell you what, you help put away the toys and you'll get a treat afterwards." "I'm ...read more

  • Quotations On Pride

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,515 views

    QUOTATIONS ON PRIDE Pride is the only disease known to man that makes everyone sick except the one who has it. - "Uncle" Bud Robinson It is out of self-love that all other evil passions spring. - Alexander Whyte Pride is the ground in which all other sins grow. - William Barkley None are so ...read more

  • Not Ashamed

    Contributed by William L. Vincent on Aug 15, 2011
     | 3,951 views

    NOT ASHAMED No matter what you are looking for, you can find a religion or philosophy to fit your state of mind. We find this culture creating pressure on the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ. We find people church-shopping--looking for the right “fit” for their needs. And I realize that we need to ...read more

  • The Promise Of A Flat-Screen  PRO

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 8, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,260 views

    THE PROMISE OF A FLAT-SCREEN Reminds me of a 42-year-old woman from South Bend, Indiana. She called the police after being sold what she thought was a flat-screen TV. She was approached by a man who offered her a great deal on the TV, a new flat-screen TV for only $500 dollars. She admitted it ...read more

  • En Hampton Court, Palacio En Las Afueras De ...

    Contributed by Luis Marquez on Dec 28, 2011
     | 1,942 views

    En Hampton Court, palacio en las afueras de Londres, existe una vid de más de 200 años. Tiene ramas que llegan a 120 pies de largo, pero se recogen hasta 700 lbs de uva por temporada. ¿El secreto? Cada rama está conectada directamente al tronco y este a su raíz de 12 pies de ...read more

  • The Substance Of Faith

    Contributed by Antonio Silveira on Mar 1, 2012
     | 3,290 views

    THE SUBSTANCE OF FAITH Example: Give some play-doh to 2 people and ask them to create something out of that "substance" In the millennia-old Aristotelian tradition, as well as early modern traditions that follow it, substances or ousia are treated as having attributes and modes or things. This ...read more

  • Steering Your Ship In A Storm

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 7, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,973 views

    STEERING YOUR SHIP IN A STORM An old seaman once said, "During the fiercest storms the only way a ship can survive is to keep its nose pointed straight into the wind. If you try to turn to the left or the right, the ship may capsize. If you try to run from the wind, the waves can surge over the ...read more

  • More To Follow

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 4, 2012
     | 4,798 views

    MORE TO FOLLOW Preacher Charles Spurgeon tells of a man to whom was entrusted a large sum of money for the benefit of a poor minister. He thought it would be best to distribute the gift, instead of sending it all at once. So he mailed the poor minister five pounds and, inside the envelope, he ...read more

  • The Boy And D. L. Moody

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 4, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,125 views

    THE BOY AND D. L. MOODY Many years ago, D. L. Moody was going to speak at a church. A nine year old boy heard about the engagement and went to hear Moody. He got there early and went in the Church. A man escorted him immediately out. "This is for adults. Besides, you are not properly dressed and ...read more

  • A Flexible ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,151 views

    A FLEXIBLE SERVANT All of his life, David Livingstone wanted to be a missionary to China. Even in his old age he longed to have the opportunity to go and minister there. But God sent him instead to Africa, where he worked and died opening up that large continent to missions work, much as William ...read more

  • Kirk Was Telling His Colleagues About A Strange ...

    Contributed by Samuel Fulkerson on Aug 23, 2012
     | 2,898 views

    Kirk was telling his colleagues about a strange dream he had the previous night. He dreamt he was in the middle of action in the old west riding a stagecoach. All of a sudden, a cowboy riding a horse appears on the right side of the stagecoach and a horse without a rider pulls up on the left. In a ...read more

  • If You Want To Communicate Clearly And With ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 14, 2008
     | 1,345 views

    If you want to communicate clearly and with meaning to people in the street, be careful about using in-house talk they don’t understand. Years ago a traveling preacher was riding his horse through the country when he came upon an old farmer at his house. He greeted the farmer and asked, “Are ...read more

  • A Mother Was Having A Hard Time Getting Her Son ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Apr 17, 2008
     | 3,207 views

    A mother was having a hard time getting her son to leave for school one morning. "Nobody likes me at school," said the son. "The teachers don't and the kids don't. The superintendent wants to transfer me, the bus drivers hate me, the school board wants me to drop out, and the custodians have it in ...read more