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  • Pragmatic Religion  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 18, 2002
    based on 32 ratings
     | 3,770 views

    PRAGMATIC RELIGION Years ago in Germany, there was a young Jewish boy who had a profound sense of admiration for his father. His family’s life centered on the acts of piety and devotion prescribed by their religion. The father was zealous in attending worship and religious instruction, and ...read more

  • The Gettysburg Address  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 19, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
     | 2,680 views

    THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS: Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived ...read more

  • If You're Still Wondering About The Word's Power ...

    Contributed by Karl Eckhoff on Feb 12, 2004
     | 2,330 views

    If you’re still wondering about the word’s power to do this converting alone, consider again Paul. Still not enough? Think of David, a prisoner serving a 365 year sentence for murder. An inmate gave him a Gideon New Testament and Psalms. One night in his cell, he picked it up after ignoring it ...read more

  • In My Secular Vocation I Am A Computer Project ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rev. Saeed Richardson on Aug 28, 2004
    based on 13 ratings
     | 2,260 views

    In my secular vocation I am a computer project manager for the Duke University School of Medicine. I primarily develop web based, “anywhere” access “web-top” applications that people use throughout the medical school. One of the most beautiful and liberating aspects of my job is that although I ...read more

  • Sowing The Seed: A Comparison  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 12, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 7,506 views

    SOWING THE SEED: A COMPARISON In the 13th Century, Nicolo Polo (father of Marco Polo) was visiting the court of the grandson of Ghengis Khan - Kublai Khan. Kublai Khan was the Emperor of China and he had never met Europeans before. He was delighted to meet this visitor from Venice AND he was ...read more

  • Four Things That Doug Murren Says In His Book ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 8, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,294 views

    Four things that Doug Murren says in his book Churches That Heal that hinders the church from becoming a church that heals: i.A Lack of Compassion He notes, “Two million people die every year. Only about 200,000 of those die knowing Jesus as their Savior. Loneliness is one of the major ...read more

  • Defense Lawyer's Final Trick Back ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 19, 2009
     | 4,298 views

    Defense Lawyer’s Final Trick Back Fires A defendant was on trial for murder in Oklahoma. There was strong evidence indicating guilt, but there was no body. In the defense’s closing statement the lawyer, knowing that his client would probably be convicted, resorted to a trick. "Ladies and gentlemen ...read more

  • The Real Christmas ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 27, 2009
     | 5,733 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

  • My Wife Knows

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Oct 26, 2010
     | 2,809 views

    "Where's my..." "On the kitchen bench" "...keys". "What happened to my..." "It's in the washing machine. You wore it yesterday." My wife knows my thoughts before I ask. It's uncanny. "Do you know where my..." "On your desk" "...phone is". She is intimately acquainted with my habits, thoughts and ...read more

  • We Don't Know Her Story

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 22, 2011
     | 3,271 views

    WE DON'T KNOW HER STORY They called her their troubled one, or their feisty one. She had wild flyaway hair much like that of a punk rocker, but jet-black. And she was only, at the oldest, a couple of weeks old. So small, she looked as if she could fit in one hand. The ICU nurses all took turns ...read more

  • The First Thanksgiving

    Contributed by Paul Barreca on Nov 19, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,754 views

    THE FIRST THANKSGIVING Let's consider the first Thanksgiving in America. It was in the fall of 1621, one year after the Pilgrim’s landed. There was great affliction in their voyage. 102 Pilgrims the left Holland, stopped briefly in England before sailing to America. They were at sea for 66 ...read more

  • Give The Spirit More Of You

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 13, 2012
     | 5,928 views

    GIVE THE SPIRIT MORE OF YOU R.A. Torrey: "It is of the highest importance from the practical standpoint that we decide whether the Holy Spirit is merely some mysterious and wonderful power that we in our weakness and ignorance are somehow to get hold of and use, or whether the Holy Spirit is a ...read more

  • Looking At The Light

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 6, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,199 views

    LOOKING AT THE LIGHT A pastor told a story of a man in his congregation who had lost literally hundreds of thousands of dollars. He owed everybody. One day the pastor asked him, "How in the world are you even surviving? How can you smile? How can you be enthusiastic about Jesus and about life when ...read more

  • No One Is A Lost Cause

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 11, 2015
     | 7,632 views

    Ron Smith was in law enforcement for 20 years. After he retired, he was asked to join a prison ministry of his church. He scoffed at the idea, knowing he had put a lot of those guys in prison and he, above all, knew what types of peoplethey were. But eventually he broke down and joined and God ...read more

  • Small Things

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Feb 1, 2019
     | 4,337 views

    LITTLE THINGS: THE BIBLE TEACHES US TO NOT DESPISE THE DAYS OF SMALL THINGS. Zech. 4:10. In October 10, 1871, it had been a season of dryness. Little rain in sometime. The little buildings were small little WOODEN buildings. A little couple named Patrick and Catherine O’Leary lived in their little ...read more

  • On Sunday Evening, January 27, 2002, Olympic ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Apr 22, 2007
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    On Sunday evening, January 27, 2002, Olympic gymnasts Mary Lou Retton-Kelley, Kerri Strug, and Bart Conner appeared on the Celebrity version of the TV Reality-Game Show “The Weakest Link,” along with five other famous Olympic athletes. ...read more

  • After Attending A Conference Where The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,397 views

    After attending a conference where the importance of listening to unsaved people was stressed, Jan and others were relaxing in the hotel whirlpool. Two adolescent girls joined them in the tub. One of the teens, named Brittany, began passionately telling her friend about an upcoming Wiccan gathering ...read more

  • There Is A Growing Awareness Of Increasing ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,582 views

    There is a growing awareness of increasing efforts to recycle… it is going on all around us: The most notable home in Colorado built with recycled materials is Dennis Weavers “Earthship” near Ridgeway, Colorado. It is a beautiful, environmentally friendly, 10,000 square foot home made of used ...read more

  • On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 2,196 views

    ON BACKSLIDING A. M. Hills (From Backsliders and Worldly Christians) -- "It is doubtful if a moral fall is ever precipitous. People decline in religion and backslide gradually. Like descending a stairway, they go down step by step." Herman Melville -- "We warn you against little concessions, ...read more

  • What Is Hell?

    Contributed by Ruben Castro on Dec 16, 2008
     | 2,558 views

    What is Hell? En una encuesta realizada por la organización Barna, las per¬sonas dieron a conocer sus ideas con respecto a lo que ellos creen debe ser el infierno. • El 39% por ciento cree que el infierno es un estado de separación eterna de la presencia de Dios. • El 32% por ciento dice que es ...read more