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  • Christmas In Public Schools  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,809 views

    CHRISTMAS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS To avoid offending anybody, the school dropped religion altogether and started singing about the weather. At my son’s school, they now hold the winter program in February and sing increasingly non-memorable songs such as "Winter Wonderland," "Frosty the Snowman" ...read more

  • Remember, Friend, God Can

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,734 views

    When you feel unlovable, unworthy, and unclean, when you think that no one can heal you, Remember, Friend, God Can. When you think that you are unforgivable for your guilt and your shame, Remember, Friend, God Can. When you think that all is hidden, and no one can see within, Remember, ...read more

  • A Young Customs Official Noticed A Woman ...

    Contributed by Rick Bezanson on Oct 26, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,444 views

    A young customs official noticed a woman crossing the border every day on a motorcycle with a wooden box strapped on the back of the motorcycle. The guard knew she was trying to smuggle something into the country so he stopped her and searched the box. There was nothing in the box except sand, so ...read more

  • Some Years After Corrie Ten Boom Had Be Freed ...

    Contributed by Don Crowson on Feb 1, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,771 views

    Some years after Corrie Ten Boom had be freed from a Nazi Concentration Camp, she was scheduled to speak at a church. As she sat on the platform and looked out at the congregation, she saw the prison guard who had been so cruel to her sister just prior to her death. She struggled and wrestled ...read more

  • I Have A John Deere Riding Lawnmower Which I ...

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Mar 10, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,583 views

    I have a John Deere riding lawnmower which I really like and am proud of. With the mower came an instruction book, the truth which sets the mower free to do that for which it was created. Now suppose that I want to give my mower a special treat, since I am proud of it and want it to really cut well ...read more

  • The Distance Between Us And The Moon Is 250,000 ...

    Contributed by Michael West on Mar 17, 2008
     | 1,115 views

    The distance between us and the moon is 250,000 miles, but from here to the sun, it’s a whopping 93 million miles. To make it easier, they start talking light years and that’s where I get lost real fast. For instance let’s take 10 million light years. How far is that in laymen terms? Multiply 5 ...read more

  • Faith And Human Knowledge

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Oct 10, 2009
     | 3,374 views

    FAITH AND HUMAN KNOWLEDGE Billy Graham said, "Millions of people today are searching for a reliable voice of authority. The Word of God is the only real authority we have. His Word sheds light on human nature, world problems and human suffering. But beyond that, it clearly reveals the way to God. ...read more

  • Don't Forget About Growing

    Contributed by David Moore on Feb 18, 2010
     | 2,507 views

    DON'T FORGET ABOUT GROWING In N. Ireland, during the troubles there, some of those caught up in paramilitary violence would be converted, and no sooner were they saved than they were paraded from church to church sharing their testimony as an ex-paramilitary. Such events often drew large crowds, ...read more

  • Obedience Is What ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 13, 2010
     | 8,637 views

    OBEDIENCE IS WHAT MATTERS "… If two angels in heaven were given assignments by God at the same time, one of them to go and rule over the greatest nation on earth and the other to go sweep the streets of the dirtiest village, each angel would be completely indifferent as to which one got which ...read more

  • J.s. Bach On The Purpose Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 30, 2010
     | 3,618 views

    J.S. Bach on the Purpose of Music J.S. Bach said, “All music should have no other end and aim than the glory of God and the soul’s refreshment; where this is not remembered there is no real music but only a devilish hub-bub.” He headed his compositions: “J.J.” “Jesus Juva” which means “Jesus help ...read more

  • Back Where We Started

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Apr 25, 2011
     | 2,573 views

    BACK WHERE WE STARTED I have a photograph, taken of my father’s father around 1910, when he was about 28. I put that photograph next to a photo of me that was taken when I was 30. The poses were just about the same. And surprisingly, the only real different between the two photos is that he was ...read more

  • Dying In The Ocean Of Grace

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 14, 2011
     | 2,916 views

    DYING IN THE OCEAN OF GRACE Dr. Gerstner, "Christ has done everything necessary for his [sinners] salvation. Nothing now stands between the sinner and God but the sinner's good works. Nothing can keep him from Christ but his delusion that he has good works of his own that can satisfy God. If men ...read more

  • Christian Man Displays Cross

    Contributed by Matthew Oliver on Oct 20, 2012
     | 3,149 views

    Christian man Carl Behr of Baldwin, Pennsylvania received a notice on Monday ordering him to remove the 24-foot high illuminated cross he has installed in his front yard and kept lit day and night. But Behr plans to fight the order at a municipal meeting. “It’s all about my faith, and some people ...read more

  • Christmas Hope

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Feb 13, 2023
     | 1,729 views

    The hope of Christmas. When you think about it, that is what we have. HOPE. Listen to what the Apostle wrote in his letter while he was imprisoned in Rome. Romans 3:24-25 - 24 We were given this hope when we were saved. (If we already have something, we don’t need to hope for it. 25 But if we look ...read more

  • How Coffee Has Changed My Life

    Contributed by James Snyder on Mar 1, 2025
     | 434 views

    Recently, I was sitting drinking a nice hot cup of coffee. It's the first thing I do, and I can't get anything done until I do. I was thinking about this coffee as I was drinking it and remembered there was a time when I did not like coffee at all. When I was young, my parents made coffee ...read more

  • Faith Honors God And God Honors Faith! A Story ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Mar 12, 2002
    based on 31 ratings
     | 8,565 views

    Faith honors God and God honors faith! A story from the life of missionaries Robert and Mary Moffat illustrates this truth. For 10 years this couple labored faithfully in Bechuanaland (now called Botswana) without one ray of encouragement to brighten their way. They could not report a single ...read more

  • I Just Recently Read A Story About Benjamin ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Aug 29, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,711 views

    I just recently read a story about Benjamin Franklin when he was a young boy. He had just turned seven years old when his friends and family gave him some money for his birthday. It was a pocketful of small coins. The story does not say exactly the amount he was given. Like most all children, he ...read more

  • The Tarnished Star

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Mar 18, 2008
     | 1,705 views

    The Tarnished Star A half step slower than yesterday a little pain won’t go away not quite as strong not near as high a younger man has passed him by the tarnished star. He works so hard, he gives his all but new stars rise while old stars fall he was so bright, a brilliant light, but now a ...read more

  • Maclaren On Facing Death

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,111 views

    MACLAREN ON FACING DEATH The great 1800s Scottish preacher Alexander MacLaren said: "Many of us cling to life with a desperate clutch, like some poor wretch pushed over a precipice and trying to dig his nails into the rock as he falls. Some of us cling to it because we dread what is beyond, and ...read more

  • The Damage Of Disunity

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2012
     | 6,403 views

    THE DAMAGE OF DISUNITY Dwight L. Moody once stated, "I have never yet known the Spirit of God to work where the Lord's people were divided." Notice what Phinehas said: "This day we perceive that the Lord is among us" (Jo 22:31). The Lord's presence was among His people, because they walked in His ...read more