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Do You Know What You Get When There Are Thirty ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005

Do you know what you get when there are thirty rabbits in a row marching backwards? You have a receding hairline. The Bell, the Clapper, and the Cord: Wit and Witticism, ...read more

Tags: Men And Women

Kid-Influence: Last Year, Children Ages 4-12 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Kid-Influence: Last year, children ages 4-12 spent $29 billion of their own money, plus they influenced an estimated $290 billion in family spending. ...read more

Tags: Children

In The Middle Ages, People Took Potions For Their ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2002

In the middle ages, people took potions for their ailments. In the 19th century they took snake oil. Citizens of today’s shiny, technological age are too modern for that. They take ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life, God's Omniscience

In A Local Mall, Someone Noticed That The ...

Contributed by Charles Wallis on Nov 17, 2008

In a local mall, someone noticed that the lingerie store with scantily clad women on the windows was next door to a children’s store. Could it be a coincidence that the ...read more

Tags: Temptation General

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Meaning Of The Colors In The Flag – Spoken By ...  PRO

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 7, 2010

THE MEANING OF THE COLORS IN THE FLAG – spoken by the flag. My red stands for the blood that was shed for the freedom I represent. Yet, my red originated from the blood of Jesus who died and rose again for those who believe in Him and for whom the Pilgrims came to this country for religious ...read more

Tags: Independence Day

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Word About Bread And Stones:

Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Jul 18, 2024

Text: Luke 4:1-4, KJV: 1 And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. 3 And the devil said unto him, If thou ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:1-4

Tags: Bread, Jesus Christ, Temptations, Stones, The Devil  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

Are We Forever Trapped?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Feb 17, 2017

METAL BARS OR MENTAL BARS... There is a story that comes from Russia of the BEAR THAT WAS FOREVER TRAPPED. There had been a great fire that burned miles of forest in Russia. Much of the wild life had been destroyed. There was a truck traveling along the edges of the destruction and a ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:7

Tags: Opportunity, Open Door

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Precursor Of The Mark? Mexico's Attorney General ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

Precursor Of The Mark? Mexico’s Attorney General reports that he and 160 of his employees have been implanted with a rice-grain size RFID chip for security ...read more

Tags: Judgment

Muslims Outnumber Catholics The Number Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

Muslims Outnumber Catholics The number of Muslims has overtaken the number of Roman Catholics in the world, reports the Vatican. Muslims make up 19.2% of the ...read more

Tags: Religion

[155]. A Message From A Poem – Jesus Elevated In The Midst

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 6, 2025

[155]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – JESUS ELEVATED IN THE MIDST Not I, but Christ. That is how it ought to be. That is the emphasis we need to have in our living and ministry. I am nothing without my Lord. If I think I am something I am deluded. If I think the ability is mine I am a disgrace. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:15, Matthew 21:9, Galatians 6:3

Tags: Worthy Is The Lamb, Jesus In The Midst, Lifted Up, Christian Poems, Jesus Elevated, Ride On A Donkey, Hosanna, Palm Sunday  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

In A Recent Survey It Was Found That 15 Percent ...  PRO

Contributed by Lou Nicholes on May 27, 2005

In a recent survey it was found that 15 percent of the ladies tinted their hair, 38 percent wore rouge, 98 percent wore eye shadow, 22 percent wore false eyelashes, 93 percent wore nail polish. And 100 percent voted in favor of a resolution condemning any kind of ...read more

Scripture: Hosea 2:1-13

Tags: Women

Denomination: Baptist

Porn Access According To Usa Today Snapshots, The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Porn Access According to USA Today Snapshots, the percentage of those who access pornography is: - Men who have never been married: 57% - Once-married men: 54% - Married men: 44% - Women who have never been married: 22% - ...read more

Tags: Addiction

Hope You Never Sin

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 18, 2011

HOPE YOU NEVER SIN When John Wesley served as a missionary to the American colonies, he had a difficult time with General James Oglethorpe. The general was known for his pride and harshness. One time Oglethorpe declared, "I never forgive." Wesley replied, "Then, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:12

Tags: Forgiveness General

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Dr. Kanwaljeet Anand, A Neonatal Pediatrician And ...

Contributed by Thomas Black on Jan 22, 2005

Dr. Kanwaljeet Anand, a neonatal pediatrician and an expert on pain: "...unborn children feel pain even more intensely than adults...” (Expert Says Fetuses ...read more

Tags: Abortion

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Evolution Of Mothers  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2002

THE EVOLUTION OF MOTHERS Being a parent changes everything. But being a parent also changes with each baby. Here are some of the ways having a second and third child is different from having the first. Your Clothes 1st baby: You begin wearing maternity clothes as soon as your doctor confirms ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 1:5-10

Tags: Parenting, Mother's Day, Influence, Children

Rach And I Have A Friend Who Is A Source Of Grief ...  PRO

Contributed by Christopher Lanham on Feb 17, 2005

Rach and I have a friend who is a source of grief for us. It is not that he has done anything to us – he is quite dear to us actually. Rather it is what he has done to himself, what he has chosen to believe. About ten years ago, this friend began absenting himself from church. He was getting ...read more

Tags: Worship Purpose

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Freedom Isn't ...

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008

Freedom Isn’t Free “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.” Galatians 5: 1 No, freedom isn’t free. It comes at great cost for those “buying it.” The United States found out just how high the price could be in the final days of World War II when trying to capture a Pacific Island from ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:1

Tags: Truth Of Christ

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

[291]. A Message From A Poem – The Stamp On Our Lives As Christians

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Feb 18, 2026

[291]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – THE STAMP ON OUR LIVES AS CHRISTIANS This poem is set out with three sets of three making 9 stanzas. The final line in the stanza marks what set it is in. The title means the ownership of our lives by God, similar to the wax seal that used to be applied in days ...read more

Scripture: Romans 14:7-9, 2 Corinthians 1:21-22

Tags: Belong, Holy Spirit, Sealed, Own, Stamp, Christian Poems, Lord  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Process Of Refining Silver Is A Long Process ...  PRO

Contributed by Chad Garrison on Dec 23, 2006

The process of refining silver is a long process of heating the metal until all the imperfections have boiled out. Once the silver is cooled, it is then re-heated again to remove any other imperfections. This process is repeated until there are no signs of anything that isn’t the precious ...read more

Denomination: Foursquare

D) Charles Spurgeon, A Baptist Minister, In His ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 5, 2007

d) Charles Spurgeon, a Baptist minister, in his commentary on the Psalms from the 1800’s says, “How good men can endure to be called ‘reverend’ we know not. Being unable to discover any reason why our fellow men should reverence us, we half suspect that in other men there is not very much which ...read more

Scripture: Jude 1:1-26