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  • A Prisoner Who Just Couldn’t Take Any More ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2001
    based on 109 ratings
     | 1,973 views

    A prisoner who just couldn’t take any more pulled a daring escape from the county jail in Fordyce, Arkansas. He would have been better off staying put: as the man was escaping, a county judge was ordering his immediate release because he had been locked up too long due to a clerical error. The ...read more

  • Quoting The English Preacher John Daniel Jones: ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bill Sullivan on Oct 11, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,929 views

    Quoting the English preacher John Daniel Jones: He lived from 1865-1942, this is from his sermon The Sovereignty of God In our absorption in the thought of God as Father, we have almost lost sight of the fact that He is the Holy Sovereign, ruling the world in righteousness. The result has been ...read more

  • Goodness That Lasts  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Dec 20, 2001
    based on 19 ratings
     | 2,383 views

    GOODNESS THAT LASTS A little girl said she liked Santa Claus better than Jesus because "you have to be good for Santa only at Christmas but for Jesus you have to be good all the time." Much of the Christmas observance at church is not far removed from that attitude. ...read more

  • The Antonym Of Joy  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 9, 2001
    based on 17 ratings
     | 7,578 views

    THE ANTONYM OF JOY Discouragement is dissatisfaction with the past, distaste for the present, and distrust of the future. It is ingratitude for the blessings of yesterday, indifference to the opportunities of today, and insecurity regarding strength for tomorrow. It is unawareness of the presence ...read more

  • Press On  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 9, 2001
    based on 14 ratings
     | 3,305 views

    PRESS ON Press on. Nothing in the world Can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; Nothing is more common Than unsuccessful men With talent. Genius will not: Unrewarded genius Is almost a proverb. Education will not; The world is full of Educated derelicts. Persistence and ...read more

  • So Far Behind  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 23, 2002
    based on 20 ratings
     | 3,857 views

    SO FAR BEHIND The cartoon character Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes once said, “God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I’m so far behind I’ll never die.” SOURCE: Matthew Rogers in "Making ...read more

  • Getting To Heaven  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 23, 2003
    based on 175 ratings
     | 6,735 views

    *Getting To Heaven* The pastor was talking to a group of young children about believing in Jesus and going to heaven. At the end of his talk, he asked, "Where do you want to go?" "Heaven!" they all piped up. "And what do you have to be to get ...read more

  • We Will Prevail  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,068 views

    WE WILL PREVAIL "My fellow citizens, the dangers to our country and the world will be overcome. We will pass through this time of peril and carry on the work of peace. We will defend our freedom. We will bring freedom to others. And we will prevail." --President George W. Bush, ...read more

  • Praying For Change  PRO

    Contributed by Rob Ross on Apr 9, 2003
    based on 12 ratings
     | 3,621 views

    PRAYING FOR CHANGE “To pray is to change. Prayer is the central avenue God uses to transform us. If we are unwilling to change, we will abandon prayer as a noticeable characteristic of our lives. The closer we come to the heartbeat of God the more we see our need and the more we ...read more

  • One Act Of Bravery  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 12, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,334 views

    ONE ACT OF BRAVERY A firefighter performs one act of bravery in his career, and that’s when he takes the oath of office, after that, everything else is in the line of duty. SOURCE: Special Operation’s Chief John Moran, ...read more

  • The Gospel Of Grace?  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Aug 26, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,993 views

    THE GOSPEL OF GRACE? Put bluntly: the American church today accepts grace in theory but denies it practice. We say we believe that the fundamental structure of reality is grace, not works – but our lives refute our faith. By and large, the gospel of grace is neither proclaimed, understood, nor ...read more

  • The Arithmetic Of Heaven  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,987 views

    THE ARITHMETIC OF HEAVEN Someone asked Daniel Webster, who happened to be a fervent Christian, "How can a man of your intellect believe in the Trinity?" "I do not pretend fully to understand the arithmetic of heaven now," he replied. SOURCE: "God in Three Persons: A Doctrine ...read more

  • The Historical Credentials Of Christianity  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,222 views

    THE HISTORICAL CREDENTIALS OF CHRISTIANITY There exists no document from the ancient world, witnessed by so excellent a set of textual and historical testimonies . . . Skepticism regarding the historical credentials of Christianity is based upon an irrational bias. ~Clark Pinnock, Mcmaster ...read more

  • Praying For Change  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Sunstrom on Mar 8, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,839 views

    PRAYING FOR CHANGE “To pray is to change. Prayer is the central avenue God uses to transform us. If we are unwilling to change, we will abandon prayer as a noticeable characteristic of our lives. The closer we come to the heartbeat of God the more we see our need and the more we ...read more

  • There Is A Bridge Built Across Panther Creek In ...

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Nov 9, 2006
     | 1,616 views

    There is a bridge built across Panther Creek in Western Kentucky. It was built by the United States government. It was a source of pride and a symbol of recovery. Today, years later, the bridge looks as new as the day in which it was built because there is no road leading to it or from it. A ...read more

  • The Odds Of Just Eight Old Testament Prophecies ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Feb 16, 2007
     | 1,361 views

    The odds of just eight Old Testament prophecies of Jesus coming true is one in 100 million billion. That’s millions more than the total number of people who have ever lived. If you had this many silver dollars, it would cover the state of ...read more

  • False Teacher: Bernie Madoff

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 26, 2010
     | 3,647 views

    FALSE TEACHER: BERNIE MADOFF Bernard Lawrence "Bernie" Madoff is a former stock broker, investment adviser, non-executive chairman of the NASDAQ stock market, and the admitted operator of what has been described as the largest Ponzi scheme in history. Madoff was a prominent philanthropist[who ...read more

  • Tim Keller On The Gospel  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 31, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,015 views

    TIM KELLER ON THE GOSPEL Tim Keller once said, “Here’s the gospel: you’re more sinful than you ever dared believe; you’re more loved than you ever dared hope." (Source: Tim Keller, Treasure ...read more

  • The Primary Objective, Indeed The Only End Of The ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 11, 2010
     | 1,457 views

    The primary objective, indeed the only end of the liberation from slavery, is worship, "which can only take place according to God’s measure and therefore eludes the rules of the game of political compromise" suggested by Pharaoh. "Israel departs, not in order to be a people like all ...read more

  • Mary, Joseph, And Kiddushin

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 19, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,445 views

    MARY, JOSEPH, AND KIDDUSHIN David Stern comments, "The Hebrew/Aramaic word for betrothal is "kiddushin," which signifies "sanctification, separation," i.e., the setting aside and separating of a particular woman for a particular man. According to the Mishna, adultery during the betrothal period ...read more

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