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  • Get On The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
     | 1,871 views

    GET ON THE PLANE “Many people argue, ’I do believe in Christ. I believe in the Church, and I believe in the Bible. Isn’t that enough?’ No! You must RECEIVE Christ. "I may go to the airport. I have a reservation. I have a ticket in my pocket. The plane is one the ramp. It is a big, powerful ...read more

  • Come In Or Stay ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
     | 3,064 views

    COME IN OR STAY OUT Little Billy was caught in the act of some mischief and his mother asked him, "How do you expect to get into heaven?" He thought for a moment and then said, "Well, I’ll just run in and out and keep slamming the door until they say, ’For heaven’s sake, either come in or stay ...read more

  • A Death Blow To Self-Centered False Gospels  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Wiley on Nov 12, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,148 views

    John MacArthur writes: This passage...strikes a death blow to the self-centered false gospels that are so popular in contemporary Christianity. It leaves no room for the gospel of getting, in which God is considered a type of utilitarian genie who jumps to provide a believer's every whim. It ...read more

  • A Young Banker Was Driving His Bmw, In The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2008
     | 1,320 views

    A young banker was driving his BMW, in the mountains, during a snowstorm. As he rounded a turn the vehicle slid out of control and toward a cliff. At the last moment he unbuckled his seatbelt and jumped from the car. Though he escaped with his life, his left arm was caught near the hinge of the ...read more

  • Depression And Aloneness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
     | 3,242 views

    Depression and Aloneness Author Bernard Anderson in "Out of the Depths" speaks of this remembering the multitudes and the house of God and makes a worthy observation. He says, "This is not a longing for a one-to-one relationship with God in mystic solitude. The poet yearns to be surrounded by the ...read more

  • A Young Banker Was Driving His Bmw, In The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 27, 2008
     | 1,016 views

    A young banker was driving his BMW, in the mountains, during a snowstorm. As he rounded a turn the vehicle slid out of control and toward a cliff. At the last moment he unbuckled his seatbelt and jumped from the car. Though he escaped with his life, his left arm was caught near the hinge of the ...read more

  • In An Article Dated 4/9/97, A Writer For Usa ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bill Prater on Jan 21, 2001
    based on 120 ratings
     | 3,647 views

    In an article dated 4/9/97, a writer for USA Today wrote: Scientists now say that a series of slits, not a giant gash, sank the Titanic. The opulent, 900-foot cruise ship sank in 1912 on its first voyage, from England to New York. Fifteen hundred people died in the worst maritime disaster of ...read more

  • There Are Six Varieties Of Wounds That A Person ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bill Lobbs on Nov 4, 2000
    based on 138 ratings
     | 6,256 views

    There are six varieties of wounds that a person can receive in their body. Abrasive wound - Where the skin is scraped off. This can result from stumbling or by carrying a rough object or by a glancing blow Confused wound - caused by a heavy blow. Incised wound - produced by a knife or spear or ...read more

  • Education In The Red-Light District, Citation: ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jul 19, 2001
    based on 7 ratings
     | 1,941 views

    [Education in the Red-Light District, Citation: Joseph Aldrich, "How to Be a Redemptive Person," Preaching Today, Tape No. 113.] When my wife and I went to Dallas Seminary, we decided we wouldn’t live in the "cemetery" housing. Instead, we lived in the high-class, red-light district. If you want ...read more

  • In The 18th Century, Selina Countess Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Aug 28, 2001
    based on 38 ratings
     | 2,444 views

    In the 18th Century, Selina Countess of Huntington invited the Duchess of Buckingham to come and here George Whitfield preach. The Duchess wrote to the Countess of Huntington about the Gospel that Whitefield and his fellow “Methodists” preached as follows: “ It is monstrous to be told that you ...read more

  • In A Cemetery In Hanover, Germany, Is A Grave On ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 8, 2001
    based on 92 ratings
     | 2,688 views

    In a cemetery in Hanover, Germany, is a grave on which were placed huge slabs of granite and marble cemented together and fastened with heavy steel clasps. It belongs to a woman who did not believe in the resurrection of the dead. Yet strangely, she directed in her will that her grave be made so ...read more

  • One Lady Wanted To Know What She Would Feel When ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 18, 2002
    based on 124 ratings
     | 3,245 views

    One lady wanted to know what she would feel when she was baptized. Minister didn’t know how to answer, varied responses. When he put her under, her body stiffened and her eyes popped open. The look on her face was a mixture of excitement and surprise. And all he could think was "Hey, Lord, How ...read more

  • Common Lies  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 10, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,221 views

    Common Lies The check is in the mail. I'll start my diet tomorrow. We service what we sell. Give me your number and the doctor will call you right back. Money cheerfully refunded. One size fits all. This offer limited to the first 100 people who call in. Your luggage isn't lost, it's only ...read more

  • Bruce Marchiano, In The Footsteps Of Jesus:  PRO

    Contributed by Rev Dr Randall M Deal Sr on Oct 31, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,723 views

    Bruce Marchiano, In the Footsteps of Jesus: Yes, Jesus smiled; yes, Jesus laughed. Jesus smiled wider and laughed heartier than any human being who has ever walked the planet. He was young. He radiated good cheer. Jesus was a man of such merriment, such gladness of heart, such freedom and ...read more

  • What Is This Mercy And Grace Exactly…  PRO

    Contributed by Greg Buchner on May 5, 2005
    based on 15 ratings
     | 6,281 views

    What is this mercy and grace exactly… This past week I pulled my “Westminster Dictionary of Theological Terms” (one of those books I bought in seminary but very rarely open today  ) off my library shelf. While I often quote that grace is the “unmerited favor of God,” it was interesting to ...read more

  • The Bible Teaches That God Is Awesome, He Is ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 3, 2005
     | 2,142 views

    The Bible teaches that God is awesome, He is higher, greater and majestic than we can ever imagine. In fact no one can even look upon God and live. Why, even Indiana Jones understood that. When his arch enemy and Nazi,Rene Belloq, not only finds the sacred Ark of the Covenant, which in the ...read more

  • Stress Reduction Salons

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 12, 2005
     | 1,885 views

    Stress Reduction Salons About a dozen new “stress-reduction salons” have opened in the U.S. and also in Japan. Members of these Synchro Energize salons slip off their shoes, climb into beds and lie with eyes closed for the next 45 minutes. Spinning patterns of intense colors appear before their ...read more

  • New Church Research * Hartford Institute For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 1,234 views

    New Church Research * Hartford Institute for Religion Research has just completed the most extensive survey ever conducted on American churches and reveals that · 50% of all congregations have fewer than 100 adults, and 25% have fewer than 50. · Fewer than 10% have more than 1,000 adults. · 52% ...read more

  • I Am Steadfastly For Monogamy. Adultery Is Almost ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 2,359 views

    I am steadfastly for monogamy. Adultery is almost certainly going to make a dent in trust and intimacy, and in many cases I’ve known, it has destroyed them altogether. A woman who is conducting a secret affair has to become deliberately deceitful...like a CIA agent or spy. She can’t just come home ...read more

  • An American Scientist Once Visited The Offices Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 2,035 views

    An American scientist once visited the offices of the great Nobel-prize-winning physicist, Niels Bohr, in Copenhagen. He was amazed to find that over Bohr’s desk was a horseshoe, securely mailed to the wall, with the open end up in the approved manner (so it would catch the good luck and not let it ...read more