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  • Let The Walls Come Down!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 10, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,411 views

    LET THE WALLS COME DOWN! One of the greatest all-time blunders in history took place in East Germany. Erich Honecker, the iron-fisted East German leader, stepped down due to an illness and was replaced by a reformer, Egon Krenz. Just before a news conference, with mass demonstrations in Berlin ...read more

  • Jfk And Jesus  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,879 views

    JFK AND JESUS Several years ago, in the Tufts University Daily paper, Ananda Gupta wrote an article arguing that the parts of the bible that promote a belief in the resurrection were “not good history.” His based his argumento on what he called "a typical standard for reliable history -- ...read more

  • There Once Was A Man Who Had Nothing For His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,491 views

    There once was a man who had nothing for his family to eat. He had an old rifle and three bullets. So, he decided that he would go out hunting and kill some wild game for dinner. As he went down the road, he saw a rabbit. He shot at the rabbit and missed it. The rabbit ran away. Then he saw a ...read more

  • The Light Of Hope  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 10,637 views

    THE LIGHT OF HOPE As Craig T. Kocher in his commentary on our text states, "Christian hope is fundamentally different from optimism. Christian hope locks its steely eyes on the devastation of the world around it, and readily acknowledges that things may not get better. Christian hope does not bury ...read more

  • Crime Scene Investigation

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
     | 2,985 views

    CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION It was September 18, 1910 on a Saturday at the Hiller home in Chicago. Clarence Hiller had spent the day painting his house. By early evening everyone was in bed asleep. The Hillers woke up in the early morning and noticed. Clarence went to investigate why a gas light ...read more

  • The Greatest Generation

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
     | 2,894 views

    THE GREATEST GENERATION Franklin Delano Roosevelt: "This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny." The year was 1940, and it would be called the fulcrum of America in the 20th century. The nation was balanced precariously between the darkness of the Great Depression on one side and ...read more

  • Defense Lawyer's Final Trick Back ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 19, 2009
     | 4,111 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

  • Carey: God's Sovereign Will  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 14, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,598 views

    CAREY: GOD'S SOVEREIGN WILL William Carey, who is called the father of modern missions, began his missionary career to India in 1793. He served the Lord in that country for 40 years, never once returning to his home in England. And throughout those years he translated portions of the Bible into ...read more

  • Refining Sap To Maple Syrup  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2011
    based on 9 ratings
     | 7,305 views

    REFINING SAP TO MAPLE SYRUP Dr. David Osborn at Denver Seminary says, "Too often we try to use God to change our circumstances, while He is using our circumstances to change us." (Compass, April 2003) You see, God is right now in the process of making us like Christ. Think of the process of ...read more

  • Anger Management

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 28, 2011
     | 3,891 views

    ANGER MANAGEMENT Mr. Burton was not angry enough to hire a hit man to knock off the AD at the University of Connecticut...but he was angry enough that he wanted to punish him even if it hurt the students and the program he is said to have loved. In a letter sent to the Athletic Director of the ...read more

  • A Change Of Policy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 19, 2012
     | 3,192 views

    A CHANGE OF POLICY Last June, the city of Alameda, California immediately changed its policies after its first responders stood by and watched a man drown in the San Francisco Bay. The first responders didn’t venture out into the muddy waters of the bay, even as the man started treading water and ...read more

  • Patience With Others

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Mar 22, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,034 views

    "Einstein was four years old before he could speak and seven before he could read". Einstein became one of the greatest physicists who ever lived. "Isaac Newton did poorly in grade school." Newton, like Einstein was one of the smartest people of his day as a scientist. "A ...read more

  • There Was A Man Marooned On An Island Who Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 7, 2002
    based on 81 ratings
     | 1,197 views

    There was a man marooned on an island who was desperately looking for a boat to come by and rescue him. After many days praying and asking God to send a boat to rescue him, he sighted a boat and his hopes were lifted. He ran out on the beach took some shirts and waved them to get the attention of ...read more

  • Don't Worry If You Feel Lost, Not Matter What It ...

    Contributed by Richard Francis on May 18, 2007
     | 1,658 views

    Don’t worry if you feel lost, not matter what it is Jesus loves you, turn to him today ask him for your meeting on the lake shore, lets all close our eyes now, imaging the mist, the gravel under your feet the smell of water and wood smoke, a beautiful aroma of fresh bread and fish sizzling on the ...read more

  • Two Gun Crowley

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 17, 2007
     | 2,624 views

    Two Gun Crowley On May 7, 1931 the most sensational manhunt in New York City came to a climax. After a two week search “Two gun Crowley- the killer who didn’t smoke or drink was trapped in his girlfriends apartment. 150 policeman laid siege to the apartment. The chopped holes in the roof to ...read more

  • Soil And Spiritual Seasons  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on May 19, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,481 views

    SOIL AND SPIRITUAL SEASONS Jesus says these people resemble the soil next to the path which in Palestine could look like decent soil but only an inch deep. Because the soil has settled there maybe blown by the wind or pushed there by the run off from the rain, it can be very fertile. People are ...read more

  • It Is Well With My Soul  PRO

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Mar 1, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,305 views

    IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL Horatio Gates Spafford, a 43-year-old Chicago Businessman, suffered financial disaster in the great Chicago fire of 1871. He and his wife were still grieving over the death of their son shortly before the fire, and he realized they needed to get away for a vacation. Knowing ...read more

  • "You Done Quit Preachin' And Gone To Meddlin'!"

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Oct 11, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,930 views

    Two excited women who were sitting together in the front pew of church with a fiery preacher. They were in the spirit and loving the message. They were shouting out and waving their hankies. They would use their paper fan to wave for Jesus and then to cool themselves off fearing they might just ...read more

  • Three Kinds Of Christians  PRO

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 25, 2002
    based on 21 ratings
     | 1,864 views

    There are three kinds of Christians: (1) Row-boat Christians—struggling in their own power; stop to rest for a while, only to find that the current has taken them back where they started. (2) Sail-boat Christians—let the wind do all the work; enjoy the high moments, But what happens ...read more

  • Brenda Nichol, A Teacher's Aide In Glen Campbell, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tom Doubt on Jul 15, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,820 views

    Brenda Nichol, a teacher’s aide in Glen Campbell, PA knows the meaning of not forsaking the Lord [SBC Life, June/July 2003]. She was suspended for one year, without pay, for wearing a necklace with a cross. The PA Public School code prohibits employees from wearing religious accessories. She had ...read more