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  • Sexual Addiction Is From The Dark Side And Those ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 25, 2005
     | 1,776 views

    Sexual Addiction is from the dark side and those who struggle with it need deliverance. This is only possible by surrendering your life over to the Lord Jesus Christ – Lets look at the symptoms of a sex addict: 1. Sexual acting out despite serious consequences and repeated attempts at ...read more

  • Charles F. Kettering, Former Research Head Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Feb 6, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,488 views

    Charles F. Kettering, former research head of General Motors, was fond of telling this story. When he called a research and development meeting on a particular problem of not an immediate probability of presenting a ready solution, and he wanted the problem solved, he’d take care to first find a ...read more

  • Why Is It That The Vast Majority Of Christian ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 2,873 views

    "Why is it that the vast majority of Christian believers remain largely unexposed to Christian learning--to historical-critical studies of the Bible, the content and structure of the great doctines, to two thousand years of classic works on the Christian life, to basic disciplines of theology, ...read more

  • Life Examples: Hosea: A Longing For Intimacy (Hos ...

    Contributed by Nathan Parker on Mar 10, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,131 views

    Life Examples: Hosea: A Longing for Intimacy (Hos 11:8-9) Without questioning God, Hosea obeyed Him and took the prostitute Gomer to be his wife. Though she wandered and repeatedly slipped into unfaithfulness, Hosea obeyed the Lord and did not cast her way. The moving poetry of Hosea reveals the ...read more

  • During The Second World War, A Church In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bart Leger on Feb 2, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,952 views

    During the Second World War, a church in Strasbourg was destroyed. After the bombing, the members of this particular church went to see what was left and found that the entire roof had fallen in, leaving a heap of rubble and broken glass. Much to their surprise, however, a statue of Christ with ...read more

  • During World War I, A British Commander Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Apr 14, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,478 views

    “During World War I, a British commander was preparing to lead his soldiers back to battle. They’d been on furlough, and it was a cold, rainy, muddy day. Their shoulders sagged because they knew what lay ahead of them: mud, blood, possible death. Nobody talked, nobody sang. It was a heavy time. ...read more

  • During World War I, A British Commander Was ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Apr 15, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 803 views

    “During World War I, a British commander was preparing to lead his soldiers back to battle. They’d been on furlough, and it was a cold, rainy, muddy day. Their shoulders sagged because they knew what lay ahead of them: mud, blood, possible death. Nobody talked, nobody sang. It was a heavy time. ...read more

  • During World War I, A British Commander Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Apr 16, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 895 views

    “During World War I, a British commander was preparing to lead his soldiers back to battle. They’d been on furlough, and it was a cold, rainy, muddy day. Their shoulders sagged because they knew what lay ahead of them: mud, blood, possible death. Nobody talked, nobody sang. It was a heavy time. ...read more

  • Remember Who Your Daddy Is

    Contributed by David Hodgin on Jun 24, 2009
     | 2,824 views

    REMEMBER WHO YOUR DADDY IS George Foreman is famous for many things: boxing champion, pitchman, grill guru, television celebrity, and, he named all five of his sons, George. When asked why he gave all his sons the same name, he usually quips something like, "If you’d been hit in the head as many ...read more

  • Separate: Staying In Ranks

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Aug 14, 2009
     | 2,725 views

    SEPARATE: STAYING IN RANKS The word "separate" is a military term, and it means to "stay in ranks." My son Jason just graduated from an intensive 9-week school for Drill Sergeants (we Brownworths never seem to finish going to school!). He will now be responsible for training as many as 240 "raw" ...read more

  • Canadian Figure Skater - Joannie ...

    Contributed by Brian Buriff on Mar 1, 2010
     | 1,672 views

    Canadian Figure Skater - Joannie Rochette 1. Her mother said these words 1 week before they traveled to Vancouver : "I always encouraged her to have confidence in herself, to believe in her dreams . . . The hurdles she faces motivate her to rise above them, Joannie has always been naturally ...read more

  • Edison: Complete Forgiveness

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Apr 26, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,763 views

    EDISON: COMPLETE FORGIVENESS When Thomas Edison and his staff were developing the incandescent light bulb, according to Ken Sande, it took hundreds of hours to manufacture a single bulb. One day, after finishing a bulb, notes Sande, Edison handed it to a young errand boy and asked him to take it ...read more

  • Biblical Fellowship  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 15, 2010
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,330 views

    BIBLICAL FELLOWSHIP If the local church is going to develop the kind of beauty that God says is possible, that which will attract others to Christ, we much commit to becoming together, the kind of church Christ calls us to be. A church that is a biblical fellowship. In his book, Rediscovering ...read more

  • Elephant Fights In Church  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 28, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,185 views

    ELEPHANT FIGHTS IN CHURCH An African proverb says, "When elephants fight, grass gets trampled." Elephants do not throw their weight around for nothing. The average African elephant weighs 16,534 lbs. The largest elephant on record weighed about 24,000 pounds and was 13 feet tall! Wild elephants ...read more

  • The Illiterate Teacher

    Contributed by Michael Walther on May 24, 2011
     | 4,528 views

    THE ILLITERATE TEACHER It’s foolish to be a pretender. Just ask John Corcoran. John never learned to read in elementary school. Somehow the teachers just kept passing him along. When he got to high school he became at expert at cheating. He turned in other people’s work. He said he couldn’t ...read more

  • John Wesley: "It Is Impossible For Any That Have ...  PRO

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 7, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,188 views

    John Wesley: "It is impossible for any that have it, to conceal the religion of Jesus Christ... As well may men think to hide a city, as to hide a Christian; yea, as well may they conceal a city set upon a hill, as a holy, zealous, active lover of God and man." He goes on to say that "it is ...read more

  • The Market Survey  PRO

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Mar 20, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,538 views

    THE MARKET SURVEY Before coming to the Biblical text of my message, I would like to recite the tale of 2 footwear salesmen sent on a "market survey" errand by their employers to explore the possibility of opening a shop in a certain village of their country. As opening a shop entails sizeable ...read more

  • Aristides On Christians

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,602 views

    ARISTIDES ON CHRISTIANS Writing in about 125 AD, a Christian philosopher by the name of Aristides looked at Christianity and said this: "They walk in all humility and kindness, and falsehood is not found among them, and they love one another. They despise not the widow, and grieve not the ...read more

  • Charles Dickens And Reviving Christmas  PRO

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Dec 24, 2012
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,055 views

    Two hundred years ago, in the early 19th Century, as astonishing as it may seem, Christmas in Great Britain had become almost extinct. The Times newspaper did not mention Christmas once between 1790 and 1835. Not once! However, Charles Dickens was instrumental in reviving Christmas during the ...read more

  • Being A Bystander

    Contributed by Kelly Benton on Mar 23, 2015
     | 4,054 views

    Some years ago we had some friends in our apartment complex that needed some help moving. Now, no one enjoys moving and everyone usually tries to avoid this type of labor if possible. But, these people needed some help so I volunteered myself and our oldest son Zane to help them move. We began ...read more

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