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  • God Is Dead, But I Spoke To Him This Morning!

    Contributed by Silas Eke on Feb 28, 2015
     | 7,034 views

    Once Billy Graham was challenged when giving a message on the reality of God and His Son Jesus Christ; somebody said to him. “Hi, Billy, you talk very much about God as if He lives. He is dead. He has no more power in the affairs of men.” ...read more

  • Change Of Perspective

    Contributed by Samuel M on Apr 26, 2025
     | 303 views

    Without God, even the smallest problem can become a Goliath. With God, a challenge like Goliath becomes a small problem. There is a change of perspective when do things with God. What appears big and large becomes small because God is so powerful that everything shrinks ...read more

  • Your God Is Too Small  PRO

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Dec 19, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,632 views

    J. B. Phillips, in his book, “Your God Is Too Small”, responds to an old children’s poem that says, “Christian children all must be Mild, obedient, good as He.” He writes: “This word ‘mild’ is apparently deliberately used to describe a man who did not hesitate to challenge and expose the ...read more

  • On Average The Servicemen Who Guard The Tomb Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,234 views

    On average the servicemen who guard the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier spend about 8 hours to prepare for duty. Their uniform must be meticulously prepared. What preparation do we put into our life of service to God? A logical question that someone might ask of the soldiers who guard the Tomb of the ...read more

  • I Didn't Recognize You

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2002
     | 3,678 views

    I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE YOU At a reception honoring musician Sir Robert Mayer on his 100th birthday, elderly British socialite Lady Diana Cooper fell into conversation with a friendly woman who seemed to know her well. Lady Diana’s failing eyesight prevented her from recognizing her fellow guest until ...read more

  • Amdrei Bitov, A Russian Novelist, Grew Up Under ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jun 6, 2003
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     | 3,285 views

    Amdrei Bitov, a Russian novelist, grew up under the atheistic Communist regime. But God got his attention one dreary day. He recalls, “In my twenty-seventh year, while riding the metro in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) I was overcome with a despair so great that life seemed to stop at once, ...read more

  • There Is A Study Listed In The Journal Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 13, 2003
     | 1,870 views

    There is a study listed in the Journal of Neuroscience that shows certain electrical switches in the brain, known as L-type voltage-gated calcium channels (LVGCCs), are required to overcome fear. These switches only allow you to "unlearn" or conquer a specific fear or phobia. Right now, ...read more

  • I Recently Had A Nursery Operator Inform Me That ...

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Sep 13, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,766 views

    I recently had a nursery operator inform me that keeping my young fruit trees tied up so that the wind would not “damage” them was, in actuality, damaging them! They told me that the strong winds strengthened the fibers of the tree’s trunk and limbs so that it could withstand the fury of nature. ...read more

  • Foster: Five Percent Spirituality

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2012
     | 2,850 views

    FOSTER: FIVE PERCENT SPIRITUALITY Richard Foster writes this: Many of us live in a kind of inner apartheid. We segregate out a small corner of pious activities and then make no spiritual sense out of the rest of our lives. We become so accustomed to this way of living that we fail to see the ...read more

  • I Will Change Your Name (Lyrics Of Song)

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Jan 20, 2026
    based on 2 ratings
     | 151 views

    There is a song that is often used at baptisms ...that seems so appropriate ... to help portray this new birth ... in Christ. I will change your name You shall no longer be called Wounded, outcast, lonely or afraid I will change your name Your new name shall be Confidence, joyfulness, overcoming ...read more

  • Stand Strong

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Feb 13, 2023
     | 2,460 views

    I want you all to think back with me as we begin this morning. Many of us looked forward to leaving high school behind with all of its challenges. Then we began to experience a whole new set of challenges in college or in the workplace. We began wondering what direction we were going to take in ...read more

  • Emily's 9-5 Struggle

    Contributed by Jung Lee on Jan 19, 2024
     | 1,001 views

    Emily, a young woman from the MZ generation, recently started her career with a standard 9-5 job. She quickly finds herself feeling trapped and miserable in this routine. Every morning, the thought of going to work at 9 AM and staying until 5 PM feels unbearable to her. She often voices her ...read more

  • Look, Right Up To The Last Moment Of That Last ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 4, 2009
     | 1,921 views

    Look, right up to the last moment of that last Passover you have Judas plotting for money to push Jesus up to the edge, and you have Peter brandishing his sword and promising to smite the evildoer and die for Jesus. Perhaps it was the alcohol of the feast talking, but four hours later he was ...read more

  • Back To The Future

    Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Jan 26, 2010
     | 4,240 views

    Back to the Future Most of us may remember a movie by this same title. In fact there were several "Back to the Future" sequels. In the movie starring Michael J. Fox and Claudia Wells, after traveling back in time, they found that the only way to return to the future was to recreate the system and ...read more

  • Against The Wind

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2012
     | 5,172 views

    AGAINST THE WIND There will be challenges and suffering. Kites rise against, not with the wind. It is the winds that oppose it that drive it even higher. When the winds of adversity or criticism blows, allow it to be to you what the blast of wind is to a kite--a force against it that causes it to ...read more

  • Criticism

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Oct 16, 2012
     | 3,693 views

    A church member, noted for his "kickative mood and objective case," was challenged to construct a workable program rather than always finding fault with the attempts of others. "No," he replied, "you go ahead and make the plans, I will tell you what is wrong with them." This is essentially how ...read more

  • Vital Statistics From Operation World (6th ...

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 17, 2002
     | 4,042 views

    Vital Statistics From Operation World (6th Edition, 2001, Patrick Johnstone, and Jason Mandryk) Paternoster, Waynesboro, GA 1. 15-25% of the population of the world is yet to hear a clear presentation of the gospel so that they can personally place saving faith in Christ for salvation. 2. Only ...read more

  • The Rubik's Cube

    Contributed by Doug Lyon on Oct 8, 2007
     | 2,711 views

    The Rubik’s Cube. [Play with the Cube.] Have you ever tried to solve the Rubik’s Cube? It’s a challenge! The Cube was invented in 1974 by a Hungarian man named Erno Rubik. The object of the game is to arrange the cube in such a way that each of the 9 squares on a face contains the same color. ...read more

  • No Fear  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 7, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 11,812 views

    NO FEAR Brian Simo is a race car driver, and most of you have probably never heard of him. However there is one thing about him with which you are probably familiar. In 1985 he created the "No Fear" clothing line and found an idea that appealed to many Americans. We have a lot of respect for ...read more

  • Not By Might! (10.08.05--Beginning Again!--2 ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Oct 6, 2005
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     | 3,253 views

    Not By Might! (10.08.05--Beginning Again!--2 Kings 5:12) “That’s simple--too simple!” I thought. I had been looking for a simple solution to overcoming a seemingly complex problem for a long time now. How could I get better mileage and performance on an engine that was nearly 40 years old? I had ...read more