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  • Charlemagne's Tomb  PRO

    Contributed by Sweep Adams on Sep 19, 2001
    based on 168 ratings
     | 4,839 views

    Title: Charlemagne’s Tomb It is said that about 200 years ago, the tomb of the great conqueror Charlemagne was opened. The sight the workmen saw was startling. There was his body in a sitting position, clothed in the most elaborate of kingly garments, with a scepter in his bony hand. On ...read more

  • In The Book Fan The Flame By J. Stowell Is Found ...  PRO

    Contributed by Darren Ethier on Mar 22, 2002
    based on 37 ratings
     | 2,433 views

    In the book Fan the Flame by J. Stowell is found the following: "Heart is used in Scripture as the most comprehensive term for the authentic person. It is the part of our being where we desire, deliberate, and decide. It has been described as ‘the place of conscious and decisive spiritual ...read more

  • Born A Christian Nation

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 30, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,210 views

    BORN A CHRISTIAN NATION "The Bible...is the one supreme source of revelation of the meaning of life, the nature of God and spiritual nature and needs of men. It is the only guide of life which really leads the spirit in the way of peace and salvation. America was born a Christian nation. America ...read more

  • Dr. Charles Ryrie Says That According To The Laws ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,761 views

    Dr. Charles Ryrie says that according to the laws of chance, it would require two hundred billion earths, populated with four billion people each, to come up with one person whose life could fulfill one hundred accurate prophecies without any errors in sequence. Yet the Scriptures record not one ...read more

  • Have You Noticed How Much Praying For Revival ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,940 views

    "Have you noticed how much praying for revival has been going on of late - and how little revival has resulted? I believe the problem is that we have been trying to substitute praying for obeying, and it simply will not work. To pray for revival while ignoring the plain precept laid down in ...read more

  • Lately It Seems That Everyone Is Focusing On The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,215 views

    Lately it seems that everyone is focusing on the state of marriage. Well, all one needs to do is study the scriptures and discover what Jesus has to say about marriage. Which reminds me of the story of a small boy who was being given a quiz on the New Testament and one of the questions he was asked ...read more

  • Several Months Ago I Was Teaching The Teenagers ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 24, 2007
     | 1,018 views

    Several months ago I was teaching the teenagers in Sunday school. We were talking about Exodus 33, a unique Scripture where it talks about Moses seeing the Lord. To open up the class I asked a question, “When we get to heaven, what three questions will you ask God?” After giving some ...read more

  • If God Has Promised Something To You Through His ...

    Contributed by Dillon Burroughs on Mar 9, 2009
     | 2,218 views

    If God has promised something to you through His Word, it will come to pass. Dr. John Walvoord served as president at Dallas Seminary for 34 years and was known as an authority on the area of Bible prophecy. He calculated after an exhaustive study of the Scriptures that half of the prophecies of ...read more

  • Humility?

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 24, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 11,696 views

    HUMILITY? Dr. Harry Ironside was once convicted about his lack of humility. A friend recommended as a remedy, that he march through the streets of Chicago wearing a sandwich board, shouting the scripture verses on the board for all to hear. Dr. Ironside agreed to this venture and when he returned ...read more

  • Prayer

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Sep 9, 2025
     | 820 views

    I read where a family bought a PRAYER BOOK for their son. Each night the boy would read a prayer before going to sleep. He was faithful to read a prayer. One night the boy was tired. He turned the light off and crawled into bed. He remember the prayer book. That night he called out to God: ...read more

  • Condemnation Or Compassion  PRO

    Contributed by David Simmons on Feb 22, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 8,632 views

    CONDEMNATION OR COMPASSION Tony Campolo tells the story of a New York City pastor who chose to take a funeral that no other minister would take. The man who died was a homosexual who died of AIDS. The minister agreed to do the funeral. When he got to the graveside, he discovered an audience ...read more

  • Do You Know And Love The Author?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,485 views

    Do you know and love the author? The story was told about a young college woman who read a book that she found to be extremely boring. Reading each page of the book was cumbersome and difficult. Yet, because reading the book was required for her education, she forced herself to move through its ...read more

  • Several Years Ago My Wife And I Bought Our 2 ...

    Contributed by Virgil Gibson on Oct 17, 2007
     | 1,816 views

    Several years ago my wife and I bought our 2 small grandsons new bicycles for their birthdays. We did not have a truck available at the time, so we bought the bikes unassembled. My son and I realized that it would not be a big task to assemble the bikes. We began the process without reading the ...read more

  • The Unfair Contest

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 6, 2012
     | 2,660 views

    THE UNFAIR CONTEST A Christian university student shared a room with a Muslim. As they became friends, their conversation turned to their beliefs. The believer asked the Muslim if he'd ever read the Bible. He answered no, but then asked if the Christian had ever read the Koran. The believer ...read more

  • Edwin Rushworth Had Been A Skeptic All His Life. ...

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 15, 2006
     | 3,515 views

    Edwin Rushworth had been a skeptic all his life. He resolved to read for an hour a day the book that he had so long derided. "Wife," he said, as he looked up from his first perusal, "if this book is right, we are all wrong!" He continued his readings for another week. "Wife," he exclaimed at the ...read more

  • The Best Food For You Is The Word Of God Itself. ...

    Contributed by C Jordan on Nov 20, 2008
     | 2,216 views

    "The best food for you is the Word of God itself. Sermons and books are well enough, but streams that run for a long distance above ground gradually gather for themselves somewhat of the soil through which they flow, and they lose the cool freshness with which they started from the spring head. ...read more

  • In 1983 A Fifty-Year-Old Tradition Was Quietly ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
     | 3,089 views

    In 1983 a fifty-year-old tradition was quietly dropped by the U.S. House of Representatives. The tradition involved the annual reading of George Washington’s farewell address on the occasion of his birthday. Democratic and Republican leaders decided it was useless to continue to read the lengthy ...read more

  • Writer Amos Wells Reflected Our Need For Thorough ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 2,156 views

    Writer Amos Wells reflected our need for thorough Bible study in this verse: I supposed I knew my Bible, Reading peacemeal, hit or miss, Now a bit of John or Matthew, Now a snatch of Genesis, Certain chapters of Isaiah, Certain Psalms (the twenty-third), Twelfth of Romans, first of Proverbs ...read more

  • One Person Makes A Difference

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,797 views

    ONE PERSON MAKES A DIFFERENCE Many people believe that one person cannot truly make a difference. Yet, history teaches us better. The story is told that in days past the state of Rhode Island was electing a state legislature. There was a thrifty Federalist farmer who started for the polls late ...read more

  • Prayer For Those In ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
     | 2,830 views

    “Prayer for Those In Authority” 1 Timothy 2:1-4, “I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone -- for kings and all those in authority… This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of ...read more