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  • Ben Franklin's Quote From The Book America's God ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 29, 2007
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    Ben Franklin’s quote from the book America’s God and Country by Federer pages 247-248: Thursday, June 28, 1787, Benjamin Franklin, delivered a powerful speech to the Constitutional Convention, which was embroiled in a bitter debate over how each state was to be represented in the new government. ...read more

  • Overcoming The Loss Of Hands And Feet

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jul 16, 2008
     | 4,871 views

    David and Becky Guinn have been on my mind this past week. In 1997, the Lord blessed me to go with David on a mission trip to Ukraine. It was a life-changing experience for me. David and Becky deeply love the Lord. They have faithfully served the Lord for years in college ministry, mission work and ...read more

  • Laus Deo  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
    based on 24 ratings
     | 4,628 views

    LAUS DEO In the middle of Washington DC stands a monument--our national Monument, the Washington Monument. As a history lesson, there are some things you should know about this place. There can never be a building of greater height than the Washington Monument in the DC area. On the aluminum cap ...read more

  • Eyes Wide Open

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Jul 6, 2021
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    It’s happened to me more times than I care to admit. My wife will ask me to get something out of the pantry or refrigerator and, after a quick check, I’ll report that the item she wants is not there. Then she looks and there it is, right where she said it would be. Right there staring me in the ...read more

  • The First Ascent Of The Matterhornmin Switzerland

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on May 18, 2026
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    This is taken from a sermon I gave in Skillington near Grantham in Lincolnshire in England Charles Hudson was the Vicar of Skillington when he died on 14th July 1865 My interest comes from a former vicar here - Revd Charles Hudson (4th October 1828-14 July 1865). Charles was born in Park Street ...read more

  • It’s Not A Mess Unless I Do It

    Contributed by James Snyder on May 2, 2023
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    When it comes to words, everybody has their own definition. Someone says one word and another person thinks it's altogether something else. For example, when someone says vegetable, The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage thinks broccoli. On the other side of the dinner table, I think carrot ...read more

  • Shortly After The Turn Of The Century, Japan ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 22, 2004
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    Shortly after the turn of the century, Japan invaded, conquered, and occupied Korea. One group singled out for concentrated oppression was the Christians. When the Japanese army overpowered Korea one of the first things they did was board up evangelical churches and eject most foreign missionaries. ...read more

  • Entranced  PRO

    Contributed by Cajun Pauley on Jun 23, 2007
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    Entranced <i> By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed and went out to a place he was going to receive as an inheritance; he went out, not knowing where he was going.– Hebrews 11:8 HCSB </i> There once was an old Christian who was often entranced by his love for the Lord. One summer evening, ...read more

  • Offer Your Life To Him

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Dec 26, 2007
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    OFFER YOUR LIFE TO HIM In a large cathedral in Europe there was a very large, magnificent pipe organ. It was a Saturday afternoon, and the custodian was making one final check the organ loft high in the balcony at the back of the church. He was startled to hear footsteps echoing up the ...read more

  • Misunderstood  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 21, 2009
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    MISUNDERSTOOD It's easy to be misunderstood. Misunderstanding happens all the time. It is very, very easy to be misunderstood. One way to be misunderstood is to be vague and hazy. Just mumble under your breath and utter ambiguities, and I guarantee that you will be misunderstood. Some of you are ...read more

  • The Pitcairn Bible

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 25, 2008
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    The Pitcairn Bible The story of the Mutiny on the Bounty has been told many times and has been made glamourised by the 1962 film starring Trevor Howard and Marlon Brando in the lead roles. But the one part of the story that is not so well known is the transformation on Pitcairn Island of the ...read more

  • The Pitcairn Bible

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on May 18, 2026
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    Story: The story of the Mutiny on the Bounty has been told many times. But the one part of the story that does not make the news is the transformation made by one book to Pitcairn Island. You probably know the story well of the Mutiny on the Bounty. Fletcher Christian , the second in command ...read more

  • Almost Ten Years Ago, I Taught A Life Science ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Apr 15, 2002
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    Almost ten years ago, I taught a Life Science class at Mission High School in San Francisco. The class was made up of students who didn’t want to take Biology and failed Life Science at least once before, some more than once. Many days, I would have students who came to class from the police ...read more

  • Dealing With People Is So Very Difficult, This ...

    Contributed by John Quigley on May 29, 2007
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    Dealing with people is so very difficult, this week on Thursday as I was working on my sermon for today, my computer system went down. I was no longer able to connect to the internet, I was studying for the sermon and I was no longer able to do so. I called the folks at Wild Blue and told them what ...read more

  • In The Town Of Port Hope In Ontario, There Is A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    In the town of Port Hope in Ontario, there is a monument erected, not for a politician or a war hero, but for a poor, unselfish working man who gave most of his life and energy to help those who could not repay him. Joseph Scriven was born in Dublin 1820. In his younger days, he had the potential ...read more

  • Trust In The Lord With All Your Heart And He Will ...

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Sep 3, 2007
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    Trust in the LORD with all your heart and HE will acknowledge and HE will light your way. This prayer has been sent to you for good luck. The original copy is from the Netherlands. It has been around the world nine times. The luck has now been brought to you. You will receive good luck within ...read more

  • Seeing In The Glory Of God

    Contributed by Sheila Crowe on Aug 23, 2009
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    SEEING IN THE GLORY OF GOD Tom Long, professor of Homiletics at Candler School of Theology, tells the story of striking up a conversation with a man on a plane. He said they shared the normal kind of nice chit chat, sharing what they each did for a living and sharing pictures of their families. ...read more

  • Listening To The Master's Voice  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
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    LISTENING TO THE MASTER'S VOICE One of the first exposes of the beliefs of our future ministers was made by Redbook magazine in August of 1961. The publishers hired one of the top pollsters in the nation to survey a full representation of our seminaries which are supposedly preparing men for ...read more

  • Leave Room For God To Work

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Feb 20, 2011
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    LEAVE ROOM FOR GOD TO WORK There was an amazing story recently that took place during the riots in Egypt. As a backdrop remember that on New Year’s Day of this year there was a suicide bombing of a Christian church in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, which killed 23 Christians and wounded 97 ...read more

  • America's Spiritual Bankruptcy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 8, 2011
     | 3,621 views

    AMERICA'S SPIRITUAL BANKRUPTCY America is incrementally and systematically rejecting God. America’s moral bankruptcy is symptomatic of its spiritual bankruptcy. For example: • In 1962 the Supreme Court ruled against prayer in our schools. In 1963, they outlawed Bible Readings. • In Alaska public ...read more