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  • Martyn Lloyd-Jones On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2010
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    Martyn Lloyd-Jones on Sin We tend to think of sin as we see it in rags and in the gutters of life. We look at a drunkard, poor fellow, and we say, there is sin. But that is not the essence of sin. To have a real picture and a true understanding of sin, you must look at some great saint, some ...read more

  • On Facebook I Have Noticed That You Have The ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Apr 10, 2010
     | 1,590 views

    On facebook I have noticed that you have the opportunity of reading your HOROSCOPE for some kind of guidance each day. Apparently it was Empedocles, a fifth century BCE Greek philosopher, who started it all off when he originated the terms FIRE, EARTH, AIR, AND WATER associating them with a persons ...read more

  • More Beyond  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 15, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,064 views

    MORE BEYOND The Strait of Gibraltar is the strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea. On either side of the Strait of Gibraltar there are two mountains, which were known in ancient times as the Pillars of Hercules. According to Greek mythology, Hercules built these pillars ...read more

  • When Love Reigns, God Reigns

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2010
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    WHEN LOVE REIGNS, GOD REIGNS During the puritan OLIVER CROMWELL'S (1599-1658) reign as Lord Protector of England (1653-1658) a young soldier was sentenced to die. The girl to whom he was engaged pleaded with Cromwell to spare the life of her beloved, but to no avail. The young man was to be ...read more

  • No Fear  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 7, 2011
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     | 11,830 views

    NO FEAR Brian Simo is a race car driver, and most of you have probably never heard of him. However there is one thing about him with which you are probably familiar. In 1985 he created the "No Fear" clothing line and found an idea that appealed to many Americans. We have a lot of respect for ...read more

  • Death As Reward

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Sep 15, 2011
     | 4,362 views

    DEATH AS REWARD I am reading a book that has changed a lot of the ways I think about things of God. One statement really got me. "Your life is free to be radical when you see death as your reward." The book “Radical” by David Platt. That’s it isn’t it? That is why we worry. Because we don’t see ...read more

  • The Vacuum Salesman  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2012
    based on 13 ratings
     | 8,325 views

    THE VACUUM SALESMAN A vacuum salesman down in rural Tennessee. He had a his vacuum cleaner and all of this tools and everything, and he went out there and he told a lady, "I’ve got the most exciting vacuum cleaner you have ever seen. It will clean your house from top to bottom...you only have to ...read more

  • Joni Eareckson Tada, A Paraplegic Confined To A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Joni Eareckson Tada, a paraplegic confined to a wheelchair, wrote the following poem by holding a pen between her teeth: When God wants to drill a man, and thrill a man and skill a man, When God wants to mold a man to play the noblest part, When He yearns with all His heart to build so great and ...read more

  • Ken Medema, Blind Songwriter Wrote The Powerful ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Ken Medema, blind songwriter wrote the powerful words of a song called “If this is not a Place” which is so fitting to the message of what the family of God should be. “If this is not a place where tears are understood, Then where shall I go to cry? And if this is not a place where my spirit can ...read more

  • Tater People  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,573 views

    TATER PEOPLE (author unknown) Some people are very bossy and like to tell others what to do, but don’t want to soil their own hands. Too many chiefs and not enough Indians They are called "Dick Taters" . Some people never seem motivated to participate, but are just content to watch while others do ...read more

  • Do You Know What Sacrifice Means? Two Wealthy ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 14, 2007
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    Do You Know What Sacrifice Means? Two wealthy Christians, a lawyer and a merchant, joined a party that was going around the world. Before they started, their minister earnestly asked them to observe and remember any unusual and interesting things that they might see in the missionary countries ...read more

  • When 53-Year-Old Danny Anderson Was Feeding His ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 11, 2007
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    When 53-year-old Danny Anderson was feeding his horses Monday night, a 5-foot rattler slithered onto his central Washington property. Anderson and his 27-year-old son, Benjamin, pinned the snake with an irrigation pipe and cut off its head with a shovel. A few more strikes to the head left it ...read more

  • There Is Nothing Quite Like Fresh Bread As Its ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Sep 30, 2007
     | 3,571 views

    There is nothing quite like fresh bread as its being baked in the oven (10 years I was a baker) as it comes out of the oven you can see it golden brown colour, you can smell the freshness, your taste buds start to salivate, your tummy starts to rumble (and mine did many times) and not until ...read more

  • Do You Know What Sacrifice Means? Two Wealthy ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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     | 3,324 views

    Do You Know What Sacrifice Means? Two wealthy Christians, a lawyer and a merchant, joined a party that was going around the world. Before they started, their minister earnestly asked them to observe and remember any unusual and interesting things that they might see in the missionary countries ...read more

  • There's A Story Told About A Fitness Center. ...

    Contributed by Betty Johnson on Aug 18, 2008
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    There’s a story told about a fitness center. This fitness center owner was offering $1,000 to anyone who could prove that they were stronger than he was. Her’s how it worked: the owner of the fitness center was a real muscle man, and he would take a lemon and squeeze it until all the juice had ...read more

  • Jesus: Someone Who's Been There

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Dec 21, 2008
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    Jesus: Someone Who's Been There When you travel, you sometimes ask someone else who has been there. Many from here have traveled to Boston/New England and have come to me to ask where to go, what to see. Why do they ask me? Because that's where I'm from. We trust people who have been places When ...read more

  • 8 Lies Addicted Gamblers Tell Themselves

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Oct 15, 2019
     | 1,636 views

    8 Lies Addictive Gamblers Tell Themselves 1. "One more trip to gamble won't hurt anything." 2. "I need to go gamble to see my friends." 3. "I'm a loser, so who cares if I gamble." 4. "I deserve to gamble, because I have had a hard week." 5. ...read more

  • Holding Others Up

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 4, 2021
     | 2,466 views

    One of the best leaders and models in discipleship was Dawson Trotman, who died after helping to rescue two drowning girls. Says Chuck Swindoll: “When Dawson Trotman passed away, he probably left a legacy of discipleship on this earth that will never be matched except perhaps in the life of Jesus ...read more

  • Fools

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Aug 16, 2021
     | 2,608 views

    It was a cold and silent night. The weather was freezing cold. A group of monkeys were on a tree. They were clinging to its branches. One of the monkeys said, “I wish we could find some fire. It will help us to keep warm.” Suddenly they noticed a flock of fireflies. One of the young monkeys ...read more

  • Palm Sunday Praises Likened To The Fall Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 26, 2010
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     | 7,410 views

    Palm Sunday Praises Likened to the Fall of the Berlin Wall A few years ago there was a pastor visiting the U.S. He had lived in what had been East Germany - from the region of Thuringen, Germany. He spoke to us about November 9th 1989 - and important date in the history of Germany - the day that ...read more