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  • There Was One A Poet Called Elizabeth Barrett A ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Nov 13, 2007
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     | 1,370 views

    There was one a Poet called Elizabeth Barrett a childhood accident had caused her to lead a life of invalid, she married Robert Browning in 1846…… In her youth Elizabeth had been watched over by her tyrannical father and so when she and Robert were married, their wedding was held in secret ...read more

  • Susan Boyle: Beauty On The Inside  PRO

    Contributed by Marianne Unger on May 22, 2009
    based on 13 ratings
     | 5,507 views

    SUSAN BOYLE: BEAUTY ON THE INSIDE When Susan Boyle stepped out on the stage of "Britain’s Got Talent," people laughed at her...like the scoffers in this Psalm. They made fun of her because her outward appearance wasn’t the glitz and glamour they’d come to expect. Members of the audience could be ...read more

  • The Mother Of The Holiness Movement

    Contributed by John Putty on Apr 5, 2011
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    THE MOTHER OF THE HOLINESS MOVEMENT From the book, "The Cure of All Ills", Revivalist record the impact of the prayer life of Phobe Palmer in the holiness movement. In this spiral of spiritual, social, moral and political degeneracy of the decade preceding 1857, God looked for a man, but he found ...read more

  • The More You ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
     | 1,429 views

    THE MORE YOU KNOW Allen Rex Sandage, the greatest observational cosmologist in the world--who has deciphered the secrets of the stars, plumbed the mysteries of quasars, revealed the age of globular clusters, pinpointed the distances of remote galaxies, and quantified the universe’s expansion ...read more

  • What Difference Does It Make?  PRO

    Contributed by David Salisbury on Oct 2, 2002
    based on 257 ratings
     | 6,046 views

    WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE? The job of the church is not to impact the church, but to impact the world. It’s like a huddle in a football game. 67,000 people don’t pay $25.00 a ticket to watch the Titans huddle. What if you went to a Titans game and for 2½ hours you watched 11 men stand in a ...read more

  • One Of The Hard, Mature Things We All Have To Do ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Smith on Dec 5, 2005
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    One of the hard, mature things we all have to do is to separate fact from fiction. I heard a cute story about a kid who finally began to face up to the fragility of his belief in the Tooth Fairy. He confronted his mother and asked her, “Mom, are you the Tooth Fairy?” Well, she gave a little sigh, ...read more

  • The Gods Had Given Me Almost Everything. But I ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 13, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,280 views

    The gods had given me almost everything. But I let myself be lured into long spells of senseless and sensual ease...Tired of being on the heights, I deliberately went to the depths in search for new sensation. What the paradox was to me in the sphere of thought, perversity became to me in the ...read more

  • Imagine For A Moment If I Told All Of You, "Hey, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Mar 8, 2006
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    Imagine for a moment if I told all of you, “Hey, lets start a new religion. It’s all a sham, but if we all keep the secret, maybe it will sweep the world and we’ll become important.” Therefore, we make up some story and it starts to take off. You might think, “Maybe this will work. I’ll play ...read more

  • Cross Country

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 28, 2006
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    Story – Cross Country. I ran was on the Cross Country team for a year – but being a sprinter, I found it boring. When we would have a meet, we would Line up and go when we heard the Gun. Everyone would take off as fast as they could. Being a sprinter in 10 yards I would have a comfortable ...read more

  • The Gods Had Given Me Almost Everything. But I ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 14, 2003
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    The gods had given me almost everything. But I let myself be lured into long spells of senseless and sensual ease...Tired of being on the heights, I deliberately went to the depths in search for new sensation. What the paradox was to me in the sphere of thought, perversity became to me in the ...read more

  • Some Of You Have Seen My Darling Daughter, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2004
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    Some of you have seen my darling daughter, Elaina. Others of you who are brave enough to venture into the nursery have seen Elaina the Terrible. Her cute features contort, her laughing disposition is clouded and her soft voice becomes a raging roar as she lets out cries at seeminly unnatural ...read more

  • I'm Standing By  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Apr 17, 2004
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    I'm Standing By An ocean liner left a British port during WWII and headed for a harbor in the U.S. Enemy ships were everywhere. The captain was given secret directions charting the route. Added were these instructions: KKeep straight on this course. Turn aside for nothing. If you need help, ...read more

  • Not Long Ago The Epic Poem "Beowulf" Was Made ...

    Contributed by Todd Leupold on Apr 10, 2008
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    Not long ago the epic poem “Beowulf” was made into the first all-CGI movie. Hollywood succeeded where our schools have often failed in etching this tragic tale and it’s monster Grendel in the minds of a new generation. I mention this because I want us to understand that each of us also have our ...read more

  • Not Long Ago The Epic Poem "Beowulf" Was Made ...

    Contributed by Todd Leupold on Apr 10, 2008
     | 879 views

    Not long ago the epic poem “Beowulf” was made into the first all-CGI movie. Hollywood succeeded where our schools have often failed in etching this tragic tale and it’s monster Grendel in the minds of a new generation. I mention this because I want us to understand that each of us also have our ...read more

  • Not ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 21, 2008
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    NOT IMPRESSED A story is told about Rabbi Joseph Schneerson, a Hasidic leader during the early days of Russian Communism. The rabbi spent much time in jail, persecuted for his faith. One morning in 1927, as he prayed in a Leningrad synagogue, secret police rushed in and arrested him. They took ...read more

  • Not The Huddle, But The Game

    Contributed by Rev Dr Randall M Deal Sr on Jun 7, 2009
     | 1,647 views

    NOT THE HUDDLE, BUT THE GAME The job of the church is not to impact the church, but to impact our community, our world! It’s like a huddle in a football game. This afternoon, the Cardinals will host the Eagles for the NFC Championship Game. 70,000+ people didn’t pay way-too-much money to watch the ...read more

  • What Would Most People Say If They Were Asked, ...

    Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Aug 25, 2009
     | 1,496 views

    "What would most people say if they were asked, "What pops into your mind when you hear the word Christian?" What do you think most people would say? Legalistic? Judgemental? Intolerant? I am convinced that way too few of them would say, "The word that pops into my mind is love." Yet love is ...read more

  • Confession Without Change

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Oct 28, 2009
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    CONFESSION WITHOUT CHANGE Four preachers met for a friendly gathering. During the conversation one preacher said, "Our people come to us and pour out their hearts, confess certain sins and needs. Let's do the same. Confession is good for the soul." In due time all agreed. One confessed he liked ...read more

  • C.s. Lewis On Church And Worship

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 16, 2014
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    C.S. Lewis said that when he first became a Christian, he had trouble with church gatherings. “I thought that I could do it on my own by retiring to my rooms and reading theology, and I wouldn’t go to churches anymore.” He found the sermons often dull, and he disliked organ music, which he ...read more

  • What Made America Great, Donald Trump?

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on May 23, 2016
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,883 views

    WHAT MADE AMERICA GREAT, DONALD TRUMP? Donald Trump says that he wants to make America great again. If he does, he should listen to the words of French writer Alexis de Tocqueville, who visited America in 1831, said, "I sought for the greatness of the United States in her commodious harbors, her ...read more