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  • Selling Anti-Aging Products Is Big ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2010
     | 2,870 views

    Selling Anti-aging Products is Big Business Americans spend more than $20 billion annually on various anti-aging products that claim to cure baldness, remove wrinkles, build muscle, and renew the powers of youth. Can those products deliver what they promise? Dr. Thomas Perls of Boston University ...read more

  • River Of Laughter

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Aug 20, 2010
     | 2,305 views

    RIVER OF LAUGHTER As he was born my heart was bursting with JOY. I held my son Ben up to the Lord and dedicated him then and there. I was so grateful for the gift of a child. I remember driving home at the beginning of that day laughing and honking the horn so everyone could SHARE THE JOY I had, ...read more

  • There Is A Story About A Man Who Had To Cross A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,540 views

    There is a story about a man who had to cross a wide river on the ice. He was afraid it might be too thin, so he began to crawl on his hand and knees in great terror. He thought he might fall through at any moment. Just as he neared the opposite shore, all exhausted, another man glided past him ...read more

  • Does God Always Give A Vision To People? No. ...

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Nov 28, 2006
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     | 3,814 views

    Does God always give a vision to people? No. But sometimes He does. Sometimes God will give you a vision. Sometimes He will speak to you in a dream. Sometimes He will lead you to a verse in the Bible and show you how that verse applies to your situation. He does not do that every time, but ...read more

  • Not For Sale

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Oct 2, 2008
     | 1,254 views

    Not For Sale The unknown author of the following story captures the value of a name. "After the American Civil War the managers of the infamous Louisiana Lottery approached Robert E. Lee and asked if he’d let them use his name in their scheme. They promised that if he did he would become rich. ...read more

  • See Life As A Squint! (09.13.05--Heavenly ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Sep 11, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,706 views

    See Life as a Squint! (09.13.05--Heavenly Citizens!--Romans 8:25) What is easily taught but not soon learned: easily preached, but not soon believed: good advice, but not easily followed: well spoken but hard to do?. The answer? Patience. If there is one thing that none of us is capable of doing ...read more

  • Follow Me

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 9, 2009
     | 5,590 views

    "FOLLOW ME." To understand that calling and Jesus’ invitation, we need to understand the context. In Jesus’ day, childhood education started at age five as young boys went to the synagogue school to learn Hebrew and memorize the Torah. By the time of his bar mitzvah at age 13, a typical Jewish ...read more

  • No People In History Have Had As Many ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dan Erickson on Nov 21, 2000
    based on 164 ratings
     | 3,455 views

    No people in history have had as many opportunities to hear the truth about God, to learn how salvation can be found by turning to Jesus Christ, than those who live in this country at the end of the 20th Century. Do you realize there are 450,000 churches in the United States. In fact, 24% of ...read more

  • Does God Really Love Us? I Say Look To The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bill Lobbs on Nov 4, 2000
    based on 126 ratings
     | 4,255 views

    Does God really love us? I say look to the crucified Jesus. Look to the old rugged cross. -By every thorn that punctured His brow. -By every mark of the back lacerating scourge. -By every hair of his beard plucked from his cheeks by cruel fingers. -By every bruise which heavy fists made upon His ...read more

  • Mothers Are Central To The Success Of The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 11, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
     | 3,029 views

    Mothers are central to the success of the American family. Their love, dedication, and wisdom touch countless lives every day in every community throughout our land. And their love and guidance of children help to develop healthy and spiritually sound families. President John Quincy Adams once ...read more

  • Love Does Not Seek Its Own, But Hurt People ...

    Contributed by Greg Yount on Jul 30, 2005
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    Love does not seek its own, but hurt people become more and more self-seeking and self-contained. In this climate the love of God waxes cold. A natural example of this is the two seas in the Holy Land. The Sea of Galilee freely receives and gives out water. It has an abundance of life, nurturing ...read more

  • How Does A Person Keep From Getting Distracted? ...

    Contributed by James Westmoreland on Oct 23, 2006
     | 4,511 views

    How does a person keep from getting distracted? How do we stay focused on being the person that God has called us to be? When Julius Caesar landed on the shores of Britain with his Roman legions, he took a bold and decisive step to ensure the success of his military venture. Ordering his men to ...read more

  • The Jesus Embassy

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Aug 1, 2011
     | 1,682 views

    THE JESUS EMBASSY Almost every nation in the world has an embassy that is owned by the United States of America. No matter what nation that embassy is in, the ground on which it rests is U.S. soil. That land does not belong to that foreign country. Now, if you - as a U.S. citizen - are in Europe ...read more

  • Turn On The Lights

    Contributed by Lance Hostetter on Mar 17, 2013
     | 3,931 views

    Turn On the Lights! We must turn on the lights and share our faith! Sometimes we must not let our fears hold us back! Pilots from HORNET were the first to attack, scoring lethal hits on Zuikaku-class carrier. It was long after dark when the returning aircraft arrived over the Task Force. ...read more

  • Man's Anger Toward God

    Contributed by Clarence Clough on Aug 7, 2008
     | 3,834 views

    MAN'S ANGER TOWARD GOD ...is more disastrous than the following: As a passenger boarded the Los Angeles-to-New York plane, he told the flight attendant to wake him and make sure he got off in Dallas. The passenger awoke just as the plane was landing in New York. Furious, he called the flight ...read more

  • He Did See It

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Aug 13, 2008
     | 1,230 views

    "HE DID SEE IT." Walt Disney was a pioneer in the field of entertainment, producing movies with actors and with animation. Near the end of his life, Disney directed the purchase of 43 square miles of virgin land--twice the size of Manhattan Island--in the center of the state of Florida. There ...read more

  • The Church Is The Rope

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
     | 3,569 views

    THE CHURCH IS THE ROPE Years ago at Niagara Falls two men were in a boat and found themselves caught in the current. The men jumped from their boat and swam for the shore. At last minute ropes from the shore were thrown out to them. The one man grabbed the rope and was pulled to shore. The other ...read more

  • Dr. George Sweeting Once Estimated That "More ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 2, 2002
    based on 23 ratings
     | 4,161 views

    Dr. George Sweeting once estimated that "more than a fourth of the Bible is predictive prophecy...Both the Old and New Testaments are full of promises about the return of Jesus Christ. Over 1800 references appear in the O.T., and seventeen O.T. books give prominence to this theme. Of the 260 ...read more

  • Katherine Kehler Gives Practical Advice On The ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 23, 2004
     | 2,370 views

    Katherine Kehler gives practical advice on the need to spend the day with the Lord: Usually our days are filled with the demands of life crying for our attention, ...but today, whether for four, eight or 12 hours, your only priority is to be with your Lord ...to bask in His love, to thank and ...read more

  • Together Again  PRO

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Apr 5, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,622 views

    TOGETHER AGAIN----- TOGETHER AGAIN OVER YONDER GOD’S PROMISE THE WAY IT WILL BE NEVER AGAIN TO KNOW PARTING TOGETHER AGAIN YOU AND ME TOGETHER AGAIN UP IN HEAVEN REMOVED FROM LIFE’S SORROW AND CARE NO WORRY ABOUT A TOMORROW TOGETHER AGAIN OVER THERE TOGETHER AGAIN GLAD REUNION HAPPY MEETING IN ...read more