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  • The Role Of Prayer In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 31, 2009
     | 4,657 views

    The Role of Prayer in Revival A U.S. Lutheran bishop tells of visiting a parish church in California and finding a stirring red and orange banner on the wall. "Come Holy Spirit. Hallelujah!" it declared in words printed under a picture of a fire burning. The bishop was also interested in the sign ...read more

  • Flight Simulator And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 5, 2009
     | 3,531 views

    Flight Simulator and Grace Grace. A word used in a variety of ways. It is a word that has been used as an alternative term for prayer. It has been used to describe the way a person moves. It has also been used by many parents to name their daughters. Still, none of these uses seem to catch the ...read more

  • X As Head Of The Iraqi Olympic Committee, Uday ...

    Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Dec 28, 2009
     | 1,708 views

    „X As head of the Iraqi Olympic Committee, Uday oversaw the imprisonment and torture of Iraqi athletes who were deemed not to have performed to expectations. According to widespread reports, torturers beat and caned the soles of the football players’ feet -- inflicting intense pain without leaving ...read more

  • Elvis Presley, He Is A Cultural Icon, Often Known ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Jan 25, 2010
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    Elvis Presley, He is a cultural icon, often known as "The King of Rock 'n' Roll", or simply "The King". Presley began his career as one of the first performers of rockabilly, an uptempo fusion of country and rhythm and blues with a strong back beat. Presley "was an untrained musician who played ...read more

  • De Dónde Viene El Carácter? — Where Character Comes From

    Contributed by Major Gerardo Balmori on Mar 22, 2010
     | 1,618 views

    (English translation follows) ¿De dónde viene el carácter? ¿Cómo llega a nosotros? Recuerde la ilustración del hombre que comprando pollo rostizado, se dio cuenta que en vez del bote de pollo le dieron el bote de las ganancias del día. Su novia se quedó sorprendida cuando el decidió regresar el ...read more

  • It Seems To Me That It Is Accurate To Say Our ...

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on May 27, 2010
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    It seems to me that it is accurate to say our generation is in a relationship crisis. We have the highest divorce rate in the Western hemisphere, more couples live together than are married, absentee fathers or mothers are common, abortions that number into the hundreds of thousands ...read more

  • The Golden ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 15, 2010
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    The Golden Rule Four men sit down together. In the discussion they start to speak about what is called “the Golden Rule,” and how it is understood. The first speaks. “Leviticus 19 says, “Love your neighbour as yourself.” But who is my neighbour? The great rabbi Hillel, who is one of the main ...read more

  • How's My Driving?  PRO

    Contributed by James Lee on Dec 1, 2010
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    HOW'S MY DRIVING? Mat 5:16 "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven." A lot of trucks have a sticker on the back that says, "How's my driving? Call xxx-xxxx to report." This is supposed to make the driver accountable. I read that in ...read more

  • Chess Game With Satan

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
     | 6,429 views

    CHESS GAME WITH SATAN From a great chess player of Cincinnati, we learn that in the early part of the last century an artist who was also a great chess player painted a picture of a chess game. The players were a young man and Satan. The young man manipulated the white pieces; Satan the black ...read more

  • Cargar La Bateria — Charge The Batteries

    Contributed by Kenton Wood on Jan 1, 2011
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    CARGAR LA BATERIA CHARGE THE BATTERIES (TRANSLATION FOLLOWS) Tengo en mi mano un taladro inalámbrico. Es relativamente nuevo. Pero, al apretar el botón, apenas da vuelta. ¿Qué necesito hacer? Cargar la batería. ¿Conoces a personas Cristianas que sus vidas apenas dan vuelta? Claro. Hasta ...read more

  • Subway Superhero

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 22, 2011
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    SUBWAY SUPERHERO Just a few years ago, an astonishing thing happened in New York City. A construction worker named Wesley Autrey was standing on a subway platform with his two young daughters waiting on a train. Suddenly another man on the platform, apparently suffering from a seizure, stumbled ...read more

  • Staying In The Shallow End

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jan 28, 2011
     | 3,768 views

    STAYING IN THE SHALLOW END He stays at the shallow end of the pool for a long time, refusing invitations to come out into the deeper water, even with his dad. But after a long time considering it, my grandson Zion Brave Bennett thrusts himself into the pool, swimming underwater and then ...read more

  • Leaders At The Poles

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 7, 2011
     | 3,795 views

    LEADERS AT THE POLES In his book, Leading at the Edge, Dennis Perkins contrasts the leadership values of two different explorers: Earnest Shackleton and Vilhjalmur Stefansson. In 1914, Shackleton led a daring expedition to reach Antarctica in the South. A year earlier, Stefansson led an expedition ...read more

  • Making Christmas Special  PRO

    Contributed by Sam Higgs on Dec 1, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,370 views

    MAKING CHRISTMAS SPECIAL In the months leading up to the Christmas season, Dan had lost his job. Well, in the city he lived in, most of the workers had to relocate with the company or face unemployment. Dan was one of the unlucky ones who had not been with the company long enough to be asked ...read more

  • Chess Game With Satan

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Jan 10, 2012
     | 4,969 views

    CHESS GAME WITH SATAN From a great chess player of Cincinnati, we learn that in the early part of the last century an artist who was also a great chess player painted a picture of a chess game. The players were a young man and Satan. The young man manipulated the white pieces; Satan the black ...read more

  • Make It Your Aim Not To Sin

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Mar 24, 2012
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    MAKE IT YOUR AIM NOT TO SIN The whole purpose of John's letter, he says, is that we not sin. One day as I was studying this chapter I realized that my personal life's objective regarding holiness was less than that of John's. He was saying, in effect, "Make it your aim not to sin." As I thought ...read more

  • Not Allowed To Die  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Apr 22, 2012
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     | 3,386 views

    NOT ALLOWED TO DIE Back in March of 2008, the mayor of a city in SW France had a problem. It seems his village was running out of space. Not in housing, nor in the retail district, nor even at City Hall. It seems they were running out of space... in the cemetery. There was no room for any more ...read more

  • Glory To God First

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Jun 25, 2012
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     | 8,866 views

    GLORY TO GOD FIRST A man came to Pastor Chuck, the church that I went to for several years while in California, and he said to the pastor that he wanted to make a large donation - about one million dollar donation. The pastor said to that, "Wow -- that is a lot of money. Let me go first and pray ...read more

  • Making Christmas ...

    Contributed by Sam Higgs on Dec 6, 2012
     | 5,339 views

    Making Christmas Special In the months leading up to the Christmas season, Dan lost his job. Well, in the city he lived in, most of the workers had to relocate with the company or face unemployment. Dan was one of the unlucky ones who had not been with the company long enough to be asked to ...read more

  • Dr. R. G. Lee's Mother Told Of Happiest Day And Gave Taste Of Heaven

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Dec 23, 2012
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     | 7,824 views

    *Dr. R.G. Lee was the much loved pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis from 1927-1960. One day when R.G was a little boy, he asked his mother what was the happiest day of her life. Her name was Elizabeth. And she thought back to the time of the Civil War when she was a little ...read more