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  • Brits Are Emotional Too

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Feb 20, 2010
     | 1,652 views

    BRITS ARE EMOTIONAL TOO I remember hearing a discussion on Radio Humberside about 10 years ago about the Toronto blessing. The Toronto Blessing was a powerful move of God in a Vineyard Church at the end of the runway at Toronto International Airport. People were crying and laughing in the ...read more

  • The Body Reaching Out

    Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Mar 22, 2010
     | 2,335 views

    THE BODY REACHING OUT When I was in seminary and I moved into the dormitory, I went to the largest church in Fort Worth at the time. I was looking for a church to join, because I believe it's important for Christians to be a part of a local church. I didn't like the idea of "shopping around" for a ...read more

  • Good Hope, Alabama Is A Small Town With Small ...

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jun 15, 2010
     | 1,813 views

    Good Hope, Alabama is a small town with small town values. In Cullman County you can’t legally buy beer. Daystar Church, which had grown dramatically under pastor Jerry Lawson, ran up against the sensibilities of this conservative north Alabama community by focusing a month-long series on sex. ...read more

  • Giving Up The Whole World

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jan 3, 2011
     | 3,788 views

    GIVING UP THE WHOLE WORLD Bruce Larson tells how he helped people struggling to surrender their lives to Christ: "For many years I worked in New York City and counseled at my office any number of people who were wrestling with this yes-or-no decision. Often I would suggest they walk with me from ...read more

  • But He Is My Father

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 22, 2011
    based on 1 rating
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    BUT HE IS MY FATHER There is an old Roman story which tells how a Roman emperor was once enjoying a great victory. He had the privilege of marching his troops through the streets of Rome with all of his captured trophies, and his prisoners behind him. This emperor was marching with his troops; the ...read more

  • Walgreen: A Second-Mile Man

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2011
     | 2,720 views

    WALGREEN: A SECOND-MILE MAN Second-mile people always excel. Around 1920 a pharmacist bought a drug store on the south side of Chicago. Soon, he was bored with his job and began to dream how he could make it more exciting. It was during a time when people were just beginning to call in their ...read more

  • De-Sanctified Churches

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 19, 2011
     | 3,287 views

    DE-SANCTIFIED CHURCHES Not too long ago, a real estate listing in Dallas had the simple headline: "Converted Church." In other words, what had once been a church facility is now somebody's house. The listing under the heading had this description: "The altar has been adapted for use as a granite ...read more

  • Supreme Sacrifice

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 21, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,349 views

    SUPREME SACRIFICE In January 2001, Seiko Sakamoto, a Japanese plasterer in a Tokyo subway station, fell into the path of an oncoming train. Lee Su Hyun, a Korean student in Japan, leaped down on the tracks to save Sakamoto. Both Hyun and Sakamoto were killed. This selfless act by the Korean ...read more

  • Not Home Yet

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Feb 15, 2012
     | 6,704 views

    NOT HOME YET Author Anne Graham Lotz told a story in her book, "Heaven, My Father's House". It is the story of an old missionary named Samuel Morrison who had spent twenty five years doing ministry in Africa. He returned to America on the same ocean liner that brought President Teddy Roosevelt ...read more

  • Alcohol Statistics

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 12, 2012
     | 3,375 views

    ALCOHOL STATISTICS "By the time they are high school seniors, 80% have used alcohol and 62% have been drunk. In the United States, roughly 50,000 cases of alcohol poisoning are reported each year and approximately once every week, someone dies from this preventable condition. Approximately 14 ...read more

  • Where Is The Church When It Hurts?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 13, 2012
     | 4,291 views

    WHERE IS THE CHURCH WHEN IT HURTS? Where is God in the midst of the storm? One author answered that question with this incident: "In Washington and Chicago, as I talked about the special edition of Where Is God When It Hurts?, inevitably the interviewer would turn the question back on me. 'Well, ...read more

  • The Impacts Of Trust And Distrust

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 10, 2012
     | 4,243 views

    THE IMPACTS OF TRUST AND DISTRUST One of the serious problems of human nature is our natural tendency to be distrusting and suspicious. Barbara Misztal, in her book, Trust in Modern Societies: The Search for the Bases of Social Order, mentions three things that trust does in the life of a person. ...read more

  • Mark Of The Beast

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Oct 9, 2012
     | 2,601 views

    In verse 15, it tells us what will happen to those people who do not accept the Evil One’s mark: “15 … and all who refuse to worship the image or take his mark will be killed.” I saw recently where Motorola has developed an all inclusive data chip that is no larger than a grain of rice. It ...read more

  • Abraham Lincoln And Criticism

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2013
     | 5,304 views

    ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND CRITICISM A practicing lawyer loved to attack his opponents through scathing letters printed in newspapers. In 1842, he ridiculed the wrong man. James Shields did not take kindly to the anonymous writer who lampooned him in the Springfield Journal. Mr. Shields tracked down ...read more

  • Rent A Family…?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 14, 2013
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,567 views

    RENT A FAMILY...? I read a recent article about how people in Japan are so busy that older people can now rent a family. Here’s the quote: "In Japan, you can rent a family. Elderly Japanese who are isolated from their children by the frantic pace of modern life can rent a 'family' for lunch and a ...read more

  • The "Group-Think" Impulse  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Joseph on Jun 1, 2013
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     | 6,473 views

    THE "GROUP-THINK" IMPULSE Stand up for the truth. Romans 12:2 says, "...Do not be conformed to this world..." [NKJV] People today show a stong tendency to adjust their opinions to match those of the group. This goes a long way towards explaining why only a fraction of the educated population ...read more

  • The Emporer's Clothes

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Dec 19, 2014
     | 6,597 views

    Do you remember the story of the emperor’s clothes? If I am recalling it right, someone persuaded the emperor to buy a suit of clothes that only people with the most exquisite taste in fashion could see. Of course, the emperor could not see the clothes, nor could anyone else – because the peddler ...read more

  • Rain Man Doesn't Understand Inheritance

    Contributed by David Ward on Feb 25, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,712 views

    "Rain Man" was the top moneymaking film of 1988, and also won the Oscar for Best Picture. It tells the story of an abrasive and selfish wheeler-dealer named Charlie (Tom Cruise), who discovers that his estranged father has died and bequeathed all of his multimillion-dollar estate to his other son, ...read more

  • Man Crossing Niagara Falls On A Tightrope

    Contributed by Daniel King, D. Min. on Jul 25, 2018
     | 5,282 views

    Main Idea: In order to be saved, we need to put our faith in Jesus Christ. Verse: “But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him” (Hebrews 11:6 NKJV). Illustration: Once there was a ...read more

  • How Hard Do You Prepare For Sermons?

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 4, 2021
     | 1,106 views

    Howard Hendricks shares this insight about the value of preparing and study for sermons... " When I was a college student—I worked in the college dining hall, and on my way to work at 5:30 am. every morning I walked past the home of one of my professors. Through a window I could see the ...read more

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