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  • Celebration Fires

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,048 views

    CELEBRATION FIRES During the dark winter of 1864, at Petersburg, Virginia, the Confederate army of Robert E. Lee faced the Union divisions of General Ulysses S. Grant. Late one evening one of Lee's generals, Major General George Pickett, received word that his wife had given birth to a beautiful ...read more

  • In Fact The Idea Of Speaking Out When Confronted ...

    Contributed by Michael Carbaugh on May 5, 2009
     | 1,673 views

    In fact the idea of speaking out when confronted with something wrong was the chief proponent behind an education development in the Reagan administration. It’s roots go back to the 1970’s where a University of Houston Social Psychology professor begin working on a model to help students resist ...read more

  • God Redeems A Child's Death

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 28, 2011
     | 4,963 views

    GOD REDEEMS A CHILD'S DEATH These are bad things God allows in order to reveal Himself and accomplish some larger good that supersedes or overcomes the bad. Imagine the following scenario: Three little boys walk into a large electrical compound in Okinawa when the workmen momentarily walks to his ...read more

  • Bad News, Then Good News  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2011
    based on 12 ratings
     | 7,935 views

    BAD NEWS, THEN GOOD NEWS Nearly 20 years ago at the height of Operation Desert Storm, Ruth Dillow received a very sad message from the Pentagon. The message stated that her son, Clayton had stepped on a landmine in Kuwait and was killed. Ruth later wrote these words, "I can't begin to describe my ...read more

  • He's No Longer In The Grave  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2011
    based on 21 ratings
     | 7,940 views

    HE'S NO LONGER IN THE GRAVE In 1887, twenty two years after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, his coffin was dug up and opened because there were constant rumors that his body was not in the grave. So they dug it up and the body was there. The rumors continued so 14 years later they ...read more

  • Perseverance: Scott, Handel And Spurgeon

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 7, 2011
     | 4,823 views

    PERSEVERANCE: SCOTT, HANDEL AND SPURGEON In 1826 the London firm of Hurst and Robinson went bankrupt, involving Sir WALTER SCOTT in a personal liability of 118,000 pounds. With noble determination Scott responded: "My right hand and I against the debt." From that time on he wrote novel after novel ...read more

  • The Gates Will Not Prevail

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 17, 2011
    based on 1 rating
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    THE GATES WILL NOT PREVAIL Jesus said: "Upon this rock (of Peter's testimony that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of the Living God) I will build my church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it" Matthew 16:18 Now the odd thing about Jesus' statement was this: Gates don't attack. ...read more

  • Waking Up In Another Room

    Contributed by Jason W. Lawson on Nov 17, 2011
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    WAKING UP IN ANOTHER ROOM A young child was diagnosed with a terminal disease. The parents knew that he would die soon. The child as well knew that his death would be soon. One night he was sitting in his mother's lap watching television with her. He looked up into her eyes and said, "Mommy does ...read more

  • Know Who You Are Fighting

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 15, 2019
     | 3,389 views

    The Nature of Our Enemy One of the foremost rules of warfare is: know your enemy. The more you know about your enemy-how he thinks, what motivates him-the better you are able to devise a means of counteracting his moves and defeating him. To overcome the enemy of our eternal spirit, the devil, the ...read more

  • When The Infidel Robert G. Ingersoll Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000
    based on 113 ratings
     | 2,302 views

    When the infidel Robert G. Ingersoll was delivering his lectures against Christ and the Bible, his oratorical ability usually assured him of a large crowd. One night after an inflammatory speech in which he severely attacked man’s faith in the Savior, he dramatically took out his watch and said, ...read more

  • Every Methodist Pastor Of The Last 250 Years Has ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian William on Oct 1, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,514 views

    Every Methodist pastor of the last 250 years has answered the same set of 17 questions – questions that John Wesley himself asked of all his ministers. They range from the most basic and fundamental issues of Christianity: “Have you faith in Christ” to the complicated: “Have you studied the ...read more

  • Just Checking  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jan 14, 2004
    based on 21 ratings
     | 2,603 views

    JUST CHECKING A man who had regularly prayed for many years began to wonder if God heard his prayers at all. During one of his routine times of prayer, he started this doubting pattern once again. He stopped praying and thought for a moment. “Enough of this,” he said. He then lifted his eyes ...read more

  • Buttprints In The Sand  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2004
    based on 27 ratings
     | 4,862 views

    Buttprints in the Sand One night, I had a wondrous dream; One set of footprints there was seen. The footprints of my precious Lord, But mine were not along the shore. But then some stranger prints appeared, And I asked the Lord, "What have we here?" "Those prints are large and round and neat, But, ...read more

  • In C.s. Lewis' The Lion, The Witch And The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Nov 15, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,452 views

    In C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, we have a story of love–love between four siblings and love for and by Aslan, the Lion-Savior. It is this love that gives these youngsters courage to go on. Legend has it that a wealthy merchant traveling through the Mediterranean world looking ...read more

  • Fortune Magazine Has Cited The Creation Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 9, 2006
     | 2,159 views

    Fortune Magazine has cited the creation of the paperback book as the leading product of the century in communications. However, they incorrectly credit a Britt by the name of Allen Lane as its inventor in 1935. Dwight L. Moody had already been publishing Christian paperback books for at least 5 ...read more

  • Human Distraction: Humans Specialize In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,693 views

    Human Distraction: Humans specialize in distraction, especially when the task at hand requires intellectual heavy lifting. But in the era of e-mail, instant messaging, Googling, e-commerce and iTunes, potential distractions while seated at a computer are not only ever-present but very enticing. ...read more

  • On The Fourth Of July In 1951, Florence Chadwick, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jan 30, 2006
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     | 2,827 views

    On the Fourth of July in 1951, Florence Chadwick, the first woman to swim the English Channel in both directions, attempted to swim from Catalina Island to the California coast. The challenge was not so much the distance, but the bone-chilling waters of the Pacific. To complicate matters, a dense ...read more

  • John Wesley Was So Concerned With Building A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,260 views

    John Wesley was so concerned with building a righteous fellowship that he devised a series of questions for his followers to ask each other every week. Some found this rigorous system of inquiry too demanding and left. Today, the very idea of such a procedure would horrify many churchgoers. Yet ...read more

  • Tony Campolo Was Giving A Major Address At A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Nov 9, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,323 views

    Tony Campolo was giving a major address at a women’s conference. At a point in the program the women were being challenged with a several thousand dollar goal for their mission project, the chairperson for the day turned to Dr Campolo and asked him if he would pray for God’s blessing on the women ...read more

  • A Couple Years Ago, Someone Emailed Me A Series ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 17, 2006
     | 627 views

    A couple years ago, someone Emailed me a series of photos from a hunting trip in NM. The trip was on mule back, along with dogs, and there was a mountain lion stalking the hunting party. At some point, it attacked, and a mule proceeded to beat the stuffings out of that cougar. That was pretty ...read more

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