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  • What Is Culture?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 13, 2010
     | 2,448 views

    WHAT IS CULTURE? What is culture? It is the ways of thinking, living, and behaving that define a people and underlie its achievements. It is a nation’s collective mind, its sense of right and wrong, the way it perceives reality, and its definition of self. Culture is the morals and habits a mother ...read more

  • Michael Jackson's Funeral

    Contributed by Fran Van Hoven on Nov 13, 2010
     | 7,951 views

    MICHAEL JACKSON'S FUNERAL On July 7, 2009 a private service was held at Forest Lawn cemetery at 8 a.m. for Michael Jackson also called the "King of Pop." The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) blocked all traffic as the motorcade proceeded from Forest Lawn to the Staples Center where the public ...read more

  • Behind The Scenes

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Sep 20, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,197 views

    BEHIND THE SCENES No wonder we are frustrated with the plans we see. We see injustice, but we don’t see behind the scenes. At Disney World there is a whole city underneath the Magic Kingdom. People are changing clothes, making outfits, and doing all the work to make everything above ground go ...read more

  • Keeping Jesus In A Cradle

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Dec 25, 2011
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    KEEPING JESUS IN A CRADLE The World prefers to keep Jesus in a cradle where He is innocent and powerless. the dare not allow Him to be Lord and God much less our suffering servant. When the Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci went to China in the 16th century, he brought samples of religious art to ...read more

  • Is There Life After ...

    Contributed by Joe Bertone on Aug 24, 2012
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    IS THERE LIFE AFTER DEATH? In Randy Alcorn’s book In Light of Eternity he imagines two twins having a conversation in their mother’s womb. “You know,” one says, “there’s a whole world out there--grassy meadows and snowy mountains, splashing streams and waterfalls, horses and dogs and cats and ...read more

  • Christian Man Displays Cross

    Contributed by Matthew Oliver on Oct 20, 2012
     | 2,837 views

    Christian man Carl Behr of Baldwin, Pennsylvania received a notice on Monday ordering him to remove the 24-foot high illuminated cross he has installed in his front yard and kept lit day and night. But Behr plans to fight the order at a municipal meeting. “It’s all about my faith, and some people ...read more

  • Your Sin Will Find You Out

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 4, 2013
     | 1,745 views

    YOUR SIN WILL FIND YOU OUT ORANGE CITY, Fla., Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Authorities in Florida said they arrested a man who accidentally called 911 while allegedly talking about selling drugs. The Volusia County Sheriff's Office said dispatchers contacted deputies around 9:42 p.m. Tuesday and told them an ...read more

  • When Is Jesus Coming?

    Contributed by Tim Smith on May 11, 2014
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    What do these dates have in common (1248, 1306, 1689, 1792, 1836, 1844, 1914, 1936, 1960, 1974, 1981, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 2011)? They all represent the times in which people predicted that the second coming of Christ would occur. No one, not even Jesus knows the exact time of Christ’s coming. ...read more

  • The Houston Hero

    Contributed by Nickolas Kooi on Aug 30, 2017
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    Abe Minor, a man nicknamed “The Houston Hero,” has been rescuing people all week. He started by being sent by his wife to rescue her friend’s family, which included four kids, one of which was an infant. As he was going there, others called out for his help as they saw him with his boat. He said ...read more

  • Mark 11:1-11

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Mar 20, 2018
     | 4,834 views

    Jesus’ Mock Parade Imagine for a minute a grand parade. It might be one of those that celebrates military might with tanks and rockets. It might have brass bands, flags waving and marchers goose-stepping in rhythm, with a dictator either clapping from a grandstand or even at the head of the ...read more

  • Example Of Extreme Forgiveness

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 17, 2020
     | 2,476 views

    Twenty years ago, Rwanda experienced a horrible genocide as one tribal group attacked and massacred another over tribal rivalry. Here is one story of forgiveness from that horrid era. “He killed my father and three brothers. He did these killings with other people, but he came alone to me and ...read more

  • Compassion Should Motivate Us To More Than Just ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Compassion should motivate us to more than just feeling sorrow for someone it should motivate us to action. Pity is a feeling, but true compassion demands an action. There is a funny story about Peter admitting people at the gates of heaven. Peter asks one man who appears, ‘Tell me one act of ...read more

  • Rembrandt, The Famous Dutch Artist, Painted His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Rembrandt, the famous Dutch artist, painted his famous “Three Crosses” in 1653. The painting presents a harsh DEPICTION of the CRUCIFIXION of Jesus hanging lifeless between two thieves. At the foot of the cross are SOLDIERS and ONLOOKERS. As you scan the CROWD gathered at the FOOT of the CROSS, ...read more

  • They Did Not Deny That Faith Was An Essential ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,649 views

    They did not deny that faith was an essential part of salvation, but they added to it (works, circumcision, & other rituals). Many do the same thing today they believe salvation is by grace + … Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., was ill with a staff infection of the throat. A new medicine called ...read more

  • Character  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Illustration- Character There is a story told among the Cherokee Indians… One evening an old Cherokee Indian told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, "My son, the battle is between 2 wolves. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, ...read more

  • Psychologist William Marston Asked Three ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Psychologist William Marston asked three thousand people, "What have you to live for?" He was shocked to discover that ninety-four percent were simply enduring the present while they waited for the future, waited for something to happen, waited for "next year," waited for a "better time," waited ...read more

  • The Definition Of Laughter Is "…to Express ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,267 views

    The definition of Laughter is “…to express certain emotions, especially mirth or delight, by a series of spontaneous, usually unarticulated sounds often accompanied by corresponding facial and bodily movements.” The definition itself makes me want to laugh. Scientists have a variety of theories ...read more

  • Turn Around

    Contributed by Lonnie Erwin on Sep 27, 2007
     | 1,949 views

    Illustration: Turn Around Repentance is not basically a religious word. It comes from a culture where people were essentially nomadic and lived in a world with no maps or street signs. It’s easy to get lost walking through the desert. You become aware that the countryside is strange. You ...read more

  • Overcoming The Great Wall  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Oct 27, 2007
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     | 2,931 views

    OVERCOMING THE GREAT WALL In ancient China, the people wanted to defend themselves from the barbaric hordes in the North and they built the Great Wall of China. It was too high to climb over, too thick to break down, and too long to go around. Very secure. Yet during the first hundred years ...read more

  • Greg Elder Grew Up On The East Coast. He Would ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 2, 2008
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    Greg Elder grew up on the east coast. He would spend hours building intricate sand castles. Who cities would appear beneath his hands. One year, for several days in a row, there was a bunch of bullies who smashed his work. So, he tried something: he put cinder blocks and rocks and concrete chunks ...read more

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