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  • Real Comfort  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002
    based on 30 ratings
     | 4,973 views

    REAL COMFORT “When life caves in, you do not need reasons -- you need comfort. You do not need some answers -- you need someone. And Jesus does not come to us with an explanation -- ...read more

  • Real Authority  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,670 views

    Real authority is the power to serve.” ...read more

  • The Real Issue  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,266 views

    THE REAL ISSUE "Even a superficial study of church history reveals that the Spirit of God blows with hurricane force only through those prophets and lovers who have surrendered to the folly of the cross. If there is little power and shallow wisdom in our preaching, teaching, worship, and ministry, ...read more

  • Real Peace  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 4, 2002
    based on 47 ratings
     | 9,247 views

    REAL PEACE My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what I start. So far today, I have finished 2 bags of chips and a chocolate cake. I feel ...read more

  • Are You For Real?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 18, 2002
    based on 10 ratings
     | 1,433 views

    ARE YOU FOR REAL? The misuse of God’s name for personal profit is easily applied to certain televangelists who use the name of God to make a buck off of overly trusting people, or politicians who mention God’s name in the right places and the right times in order to gain a certain constituency of ...read more

  • The Real Answer  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 12, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
     | 1,797 views

    THE REAL ANSWER PGA Tour professional golfer, Paul Azinger, enjoyed the finest season of his career in 1993. That year he kept the longest active winning streak on Tour (seven years) enjoying three victories. He captured his first major title by defeating Greg Norman on the second hole of ...read more

  • A Real Education  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2003
    based on 154 ratings
     | 4,482 views

    A REAL EDUCATION According to a news report, a certain private school in Victoria recently was faced with a unique problem. A number of 12-year-old girls were beginning to use lipstick and would put it on in the bathroom. That was fine, but after they put an their lipstick they would press their ...read more

  • A Real Heroine  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 26, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,738 views

    A REAL HEROINE As you walk down the red carpet, a frenzied mob swarms around you, demanding your autograph. The reporters are snapping your picture, nearly blinding you. Every ten feet, a television crew stops you for an interview. Have you just become the hottest newest star? No, you’re at ...read more

  • The Real Deal?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 28, 2004
    based on 17 ratings
     | 8,164 views

    THE REAL DEAL? Reaching the end of a job interview, the Human Resources Person asked a young accountant who was fresh out of school, "What starting salary were you thinking about?" The Accountant said, "In the neighborhood of 100,000 a year, depending on the benefits package." The interviewer ...read more

  • A Real Sermon  PRO

    Contributed by Wayne Major on Apr 23, 2001
    based on 118 ratings
     | 2,612 views

    A REAL SERMON Mother Teresa said, “A person filled with joy ...read more

  • Real Picture  PRO

    Contributed by Dr. Wheeler Jones on Dec 24, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,141 views

    Real Picture During the long war years a boy looked frequently at a picture of his daddy on the table. He had left when the boy was a young infant. After several years the boy had forgotten him as a person but he would often look at the picture and say, "If only my father could step out of that ...read more

  • Transparency And Real ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
     | 1,962 views

    TRANSPARENCY AND REAL LIFE I can right off the top of my head think of at least three falsehoods that many people still call the truth today: 1. "Every day in every way our world is getting better, better, better." I sure would like to meet the person who first wrote those words, wouldn’t you? ...read more

  • Real Comfort

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Mar 20, 2009
     | 3,821 views

    REAL COMFORT Queen Victoria heard that the wife of a labourer had lost her baby. Having suffered deep sorrow herself, she wanted to express her sympathy. She called on the bereaved mother and spent time with her. Later neighbours asked what the queen said. "Nothing," ...read more

  • The Real Miracle  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on Jun 27, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,221 views

    THE REAL MIRACLE Several years ago, a very peculiar sight could be seen at a large downtown church in England. On the first Sunday of the New Year, an ex-convict knelt to receive communion beside the judge who had sentenced him to seven years in prison. After being sentenced, the young convict was ...read more

  • The Real Christmas ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 27, 2009
     | 4,908 views

    The REAL CHRISTMAS ICON in some ways should have been JOHN THE BAPTIST Instead of a RED SUIT we would have people in CAMEL’S HAIR and LEATHER BELTS walking around the shopping centres shouting “PREPARE THE WAY OF THE LORD”, and giving out SAMPLES OF WILD LOCUSTS AND HONEY for people to try. ...read more

  • The Enemy Is Real  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Apr 6, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,173 views

    THE ENEMY IS REAL I am learning some things about the FIRST WORLD WAR. Things like it was a TRENCH WAR in which both sides just looked at each other from trenches for most of the war. Often they did not see one another as enemies. The French would not fire on the Germans when they saw their ...read more

  • Is Heaven Real?

    Contributed by Tim Smith on May 11, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,608 views

    The Bible uses the word heaven 532 times in the Bible. The Hebrew word for "heaven" is shamayim and is plural meaning "heights," "elevations." It is found in the first verse of the Bible. "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth" and in Gen 2:1 "Thus the heavens and the earth were ...read more

  • Real Treasure  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Dec 30, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,981 views

    Real Treasure An old farmer who was about to die called his two sons to his bedside and said, "My boys, my farm and the fields are yours in equal shares. I leave you a little ready money but the bulk of my wealth is hidden somewhere in the ground, not more than eighteen inches from the surface. I ...read more

  • Hell Is Real  PRO

    Contributed by Frederick Baker Ii on Apr 5, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,404 views

    Hell Is Real ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I went into my classroom Ready for another year at school. I didn’t want the work, Just wanted to hang and be cool. I had on new clothes, New sneaks on my feet. I was there for class on time Went to the back and took my seat. Yeah, I’m moving up. I’m ...read more

  • Real Pearls

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 7, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,718 views

    REAL PEARLS The cheerful girl with bouncy curls was almost five. Waiting with her mother at the checkout stand, she saw a circle of glistening white pearls in a pink foil box. "Oh please, Mommy. Can I have them? Please, Mommy, please?" Her mother checked the back of the little foil box and said, ...read more

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