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  • What Have We Learned?

    Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Mar 6, 2023
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    What Have We Learned? They shouted with praises, reaching the sky, Pushing and shoving to see Jesus pass by. Crying, “Hosanna, glory to the King!’ He comes to us today, great joy He doth bring." They threw down palm leaves, covering the way, Making a clear path for Him to travel that ...read more

  • Silent Night (Stille Nacht)

    Contributed by David Dunn on Nov 3, 2025
     | 102 views

    It’s Christmas Eve in 1818, in the little village of Oberndorf near Salzburg. St. Nicholas Church will soon be full. Father Joseph Mohr has words for a new carol—but no melody. He walks through the snow to the nearby village of Arnsdorf and asks his friend, schoolteacher Franz Gruber, “Could you ...read more

  • One Man Who Learned To Experience The Peace Of ...

    Contributed by Paul Barreca on Dec 31, 2011
     | 2,639 views

    One man who learned to experience the peace of God was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. For the famous American poet and author, life was well. After the death of his first wife, he met Francis Appleton. He courted her for seven years! She finally said yes! Longfellow experienced fame and success. ...read more

  • A Better Plan

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jul 8, 2007
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     | 3,819 views

    Illustration: A Better Plan When in college Robert J , Morgan came across a poem written by a teenage girl looking for a husband. It was written as a prayer, and this is what she said: Dear God, I pray all unafraid / As girls are wont to be I do not want a handsome man / But make him, Lord, like ...read more

  • I Am Reminder Here Of A Church Nursery, The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gary Huckaby on Mar 5, 2003
    based on 52 ratings
     | 1,898 views

    I am reminder here of a Church nursery, The Church had a speaker located in the nursery so the ladies could hear the preachers sermon, as they worked with the children. Often during the sermon, the preacher would raise his voice in a loud tone in order to get his message point across. In the ...read more

  • Conflict Resolution

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 2, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,455 views

    Psychologist Lynne Namka writes: Recent research shows that couples break up because they do not know how to resolve their differences through communication. Hostility only breeds more hostility. Venting the negative emotions may clear the air temporarily, but it does not solve the underlying ...read more

  • A Wealthy Woman Who Was Traveling Overseas Saw A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,604 views

    A wealthy woman who was traveling overseas saw a bracelet she thought was irresistible, so she sent her husband this cable: "Have found wonderful bracelet. Price $75,000. May I buy it?" Her husband promptly wired back this response: "No, price too high." But the cable operator omitted the comma, so ...read more

  • The Success Paradox  PRO

    Contributed by David Rumley on Nov 8, 2006
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     | 2,319 views

    The Success Paradox In one national study Barna discovered that people’s views of success had little to do with their faith and spiritual wholeness. People focused on personal accomplishments, family solidarity and emotional fulfillment. Barna notes that only 7% identified spiritual wholeness and ...read more

  • The Burning Bush: A Strange Sight

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 13, 2006
     | 2,692 views

    Walter Kaiser writes: “What took place was a "strange sight" (v. 3) to Moses. Therefore, to explain what happened here as a temporary mirage of reflected sunlight on some red leaves or a campfire of some Bedouin … is to substitute our experience for Moses’ forty years in that area and his estimate ...read more

  • Obedience For Our Own Safety

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jan 4, 2007
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    “Obedience for Our Own Safety” An aviation cadet, on a practice flight, temporarily stricken blind, in panic radioed that message to his control officer. The officer radioed back, “Follow my instructions exactly.” After keeping the blinded cadet circling the field until the whole field was ...read more

  • Strength Renewed

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Mar 3, 2007
     | 9,056 views

    Billy Graham says: "As an evangelist, I have often felt too far spent to minister from the pulpit to men and women who have filled stadiums to hear a message from the Lord. Yet again and again my weakness has vanished, and my strength has been renewed. I have been filled with God’s power not only ...read more

  • Theologian J.i. Packer: "…think Of It This Way. ...

    Contributed by Rev Dr Randall M Deal Sr on Oct 4, 2009
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    Theologian J.I. Packer: "…think of it this way. It is as if the Spirit stands behind us, throwing light over our shoulder on to Jesus who stands facing us. The Spirit’s message to us is never, 'Look at me; listen to me; come to me; get to know me,' but always, 'Look at him, and see his glory; ...read more

  • Direction Signs

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Dec 15, 2009
     | 4,663 views

    DIRECTION SIGNS In my time with the children a few weeks ago I spoke with them about road signs. As I prepared this message, I thought about how we have become a nation of signs: Some of them are helpful and some are not. Some signs cause us to pause and ask, “What were they thinking?” Some ...read more

  • There Is A Bumper Sticker You Will See On ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 14, 2010
     | 1,999 views

    There is a bumper sticker you will see on vehicles which should give us a message. “Don’t Follow Me…I’m Lost” I believe we should stick it above our T.V. set, on Humanistic books, over many doorposts of government buildings, in many court rooms, in the House and the Senate, over the White House ...read more

  • The Weight Of Glory In A Human Soul

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 29, 2010
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    THE WEIGHT OF GLORY IN A HUMAN SOUL Truth: Christ and the cross unify the church when they are kept the priority of the church. In his great message given at Oxford University Church in 1941, C.S. Lewis spoke about the weight of glory within each human soul. "There are no ordinary people," said ...read more

  • Is There Any Hope?

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
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     | 8,957 views

    IS THERE ANY HOPE? Years ago an S-4 submarine was rammed by a ship off the coast of Massachusetts. It sank immediately. The entire crew was trapped in a prison house of death. Every effort was made to rescue the crew, but all ultimately failed. Near the end of the ordeal, a deep sea diver, who ...read more

  • In The Thick Fighting Of The Civil War, General ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,988 views

    In the thick fighting of the Civil War, General Grant, in hot pursuit of General Lee’s troops, was half blinded with a sick headache. He stopped at a farmhouse and wrote in his memoirs, “I spend the night in bathing my feet in hot water and mustard and putting mustard plasters on my wrist and the ...read more

  • Hudson Taylor: Missionary To China. Saw Many ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Oct 22, 2007
     | 826 views

    Hudson Taylor: Missionary to China. Saw many come to Christ during one period of time. Many had heard the gospel message and had been newly saved. One particular older Chinese man came up to Taylor and said with joy in his heart, ‘How long have you had this wonderful news in your land?’ WELL ...read more

  • I Will Never Forget The Story Of A Famous Bishop ...

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Nov 28, 2007
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    I will never forget the story of a famous bishop who spoke to a gathering of ministerial students. He repeated Jesus’ story of the wise and foolish maidens. Then he looked at those young men and challenged them, “Young men, would you rather be in the light with the ten wise maidens or out in the ...read more

  • Children Not Happier After Divorce  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,659 views

    CHILDREN NOT HAPPIER AFTER DIVORCE "One of the many myths of our culture is that divorce automatically rescues children from an unhappy marriage . . . However, when one looks at the thousands of children that my colleagues and I have interviewed at our center since 1980, most of whom were from ...read more