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  • Several Years Ago I Was In A Bible Study In Which ...  PRO

    Contributed by Thomas Morgan on Jan 21, 2004
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,784 views

    Several years ago I was in a Bible study in which we were studying the Sermon on the Mount. It was a most interesting study because of the diversity of people we had in the study. You remember that passage, “Blessed are the peace makers…” The discussion centered on the situation in the world ...read more

  • Two Years Before I Met My Wife, My Eventual Best ...

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Nov 12, 2005
     | 2,489 views

    Two years before I met my wife, my eventual best man Kevin set me up on a blind date. His girlfriend had a friend who was unattached and we all went off to the cinema together. I have to confess that I cannot remember the girl’s name but I can remember that when I got home that evening I was ...read more

  • As I Shut The Door Of The Office After Me, It ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,484 views

    As I shut the door of the office after me, it seemed as if I met the Lord Jesus Christ face to face. It seemed to me that I saw Him as I would see any other man. He said nothing, but looked at me in such a manner as to break me right down at His feet. I fell down at His feet, wept aloud like a ...read more

  • As I Shut The Door Of The Office After Me, It ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,456 views

    As I shut the door of the office after me, it seemed as if I met the Lord Jesus Christ face to face. It seemed to me that I saw Him as I would see any other man. He said nothing, but looked at me in such a manner as to break me right down at His feet. I fell down at His feet, wept aloud like a ...read more

  • I Never Enter This Time Of Remembrance Without ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Nov 4, 2006
     | 1,254 views

    I never enter this time of remembrance without my mind being flooded with another “fallen soldier”. I cannot forget the heart-wrenching pain of His mother as she watched helplessly as her only Son was beaten to within a hairs-breath of being beaten to death. He waged a war of unsurpassed sacrifice. ...read more

  • Rev. R.s. Jones Was A Missionary To Brazil. He ...

    Contributed by Dan Mahan on Feb 26, 2007
     | 3,105 views

    Rev. R.S. Jones was a missionary to Brazil. He had many years of Christian service. In 1936, he was retiring due to ill health. At the Southern Baptist Convention that year, this missionary was talking to the songwriter BB McKinney. Jones told McKinney that his doctor would not let him return to ...read more

  • Pocket God  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,557 views

    POCKET GOD Have you heard about Pocket God? It’s one of the top-selling video game applications for Apple’s iPhone. Here’s the game description found on iTunes: "What kind of god would you be? Benevolent or vengeful? Play Pocket God and discover the answer within yourself. On a remote island, you ...read more

  • I Can Do No ...

    Contributed by Larry Moyer on Aug 5, 2009
     | 1,870 views

    I CAN DO NO LESS One day a man in the Army was reading his instructions from the General about what he was to do that day. Now the General of the Army was highly respected and loved. Someone happened to walk by and asked, "What are you reading?" The man answered, "I’m reading my instructions from ...read more

  • Faithfulness In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
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    Faithfulness in Battle John Wesley once said: "Give me a hundred men who love nothing but God and hate nothing but sin, and I will shake the whole world for Christ." It doesn’t take many… but it does take someone who decides to be faithful. In December 1944, the German army launched an unexpected ...read more

  • Just ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on May 1, 2010
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    JUST REMEMBER... The next time you feel like God can’t use you, just remember... NOAH was a drunk.... ABRAHAM was too old... ISAAC was a daydreamer.... JACOB was a liar... LEAH was ugly... JOSEPH was abused... MOSES had a stuttering problem... GIDEON was afraid... SAMPSON had long hair, and was a ...read more

  • It Really Is Finished  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 15, 2010
    based on 9 ratings
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    IT REALLY IS FINISHED After suffering on the cross for six hours, Jesus shouted, "It is finished!" (John 19:30). Everything that needed to be done to provide salvation had been accomplished. When former President George W. Bush was asked about regrets during his presidency, Bush answered that he ...read more

  • Christian Caste System

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 26, 2011
     | 3,567 views

    CHRISTIAN CASTE SYSTEM Division is the opposite of unity. When we exclude or separate others based on race, socioeconomic status, age, appearance or personal hygiene we are dividing. In his autobiography, Mahatma Gandhi wrote that during his student days he read the Gospels seriously and ...read more

  • Someone The Shepherd Brought Home  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 22, 2013
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    Someone the Shepherd Brought Home Carl Ketcherside served with and was instrumental in a strict branch of the Restoration Movement. However, the Lord made a lot of changes in his life. In his later years he moved to St. Louis and ministered among the down and out. At this time, Ketcherside ...read more

  • Forgetting What Is Past And Straining Toward The Future

    Contributed by Kerry Haynes on Oct 8, 2017
    based on 1 rating
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    Commentator Gordon Fee recalls the famous “miracle mile,” the first time two milers ran under four minutes in the same race. Roger Bannister and John Landy competed in Vancouver, B.C. in 1954. Landy had led all the way, but coming off the final turn toward the finish line he looked over his ...read more

  • Rev. R.s. Jones Was A Missionary To Brazil. He ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,004 views

    Rev. R.S. Jones was a missionary to Brazil. He had many years of Christian service. In 1936, he was retiring due to ill health. At the Southern Baptist Convention that year, this missionary was talking to the songwriter BB McKinney. Jones told McKinney that his doctor would not let him return to ...read more

  • At The Close Of Vietnam Era, Bill & Gloria ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,493 views

    At the close of Vietnam era, Bill & Gloria Gaither tough period of song writing. Post affects of the war. Some people claiming that God was dead. Bill & Gloria’s own hopes seemed dashed, about that time they learned Gloria was pregnant with son (Benjy). They had two daughters, Bill remarked ...read more

  • Some Of Mankind's Greatest Contributions Have ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,132 views

    Some of mankind’s greatest contributions have come from people who decided that no sacrifice was too large and no effort too great to accomplish what they set out to do. Edward Gibbon spent twenty-six years writing his great work on history. Noah Webster worked diligently for thirty-six years to ...read more

  • After A Three-Month Summer Recess, On October ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,695 views

    After a three-month summer recess, on October 3,1994, the Supreme Court of the United States opened its 1994-95 term. According to the New York Times News Service, the court’s legal business for that first day could be summed up with one word: “No.” The court announced it had refused to hear more ...read more

  • Quote: The Historian Thomas Arnold Of Oxford Has ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Mar 22, 2008
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    Quote: The historian Thomas Arnold of Oxford has written: “The evidence for our Lord’s life and death and resurrection may be and often has been shown to be satisfactory. It is good according to the common rules for distinguishing good evidence from bad. Thousands and tens of thousands of persons ...read more

  • Fellowship At The Neighbourhood Bar  PRO

    Contributed by Daniel Harman on Mar 28, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,005 views

    FELLOWSHIP @ THE NEIGHBOURHOOD BAR Research that shows the more friendships a person has in a congregation, the less likely they are to become inactive or leave. I once read about a survey of 400 church drop-outs who were asked why they left their churches. Over 75% of the respondents said, “I ...read more