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  • In "Light In The Shadow Of Jihad," Ravi ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2002
     | 3,220 views

    In "Light in the Shadow of Jihad," Ravi Zacharias states, "Evil, plainly stated, is the destruction of ...read more

  • In "Light Of The Shadow Of Jihad," Ravi ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2002
    based on 17 ratings
     | 3,624 views

    In "Light of the Shadow of Jihad," Ravi Zacharias states, "What is the difference between companionship and communion? In companionship with God we come to Him recognizing our limit of strength. In communion with God we stay with Him, recognizing our depth of spirit. In companionship with God we ...read more

  • Overcoming Evil  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2002
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,965 views

    OVERCOMING EVIL Overcoming locked gates, tall fences and snapping dogs presents a challenge for us meter readers in rural Oklahoma, where we are required to read all meters: no estimates are allowed. One time a co-worker succeeded in getting past a particularly vicious watchdog tied to a chain ...read more

  • The Enemy Still Lives  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,891 views

    THE ENEMY STILL LIVES PBS Special covering the events that led up to the "Battle of the Bulge" in WWII revealed some interesting insights. It was the autumn of 1944 and Germany had been beaten back behind its borders. The Nazi war machine was in tatters and repeated bombing raids by the Allies all ...read more

  • Changing The Price Tags  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2002
    based on 22 ratings
     | 4,743 views

    CHANGING THE PRICE TAGS One year, my best friend and I devised what we thought was a brilliant and creative plan for mischief. We decided to break into the basement of the local five-and-dime store. We did not plan to rob the place (Sunday School boys would never do that sort of the thing); ...read more

  • My Name Is Legion  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,692 views

    MY NAME IS LEGION "Within my earthly temple there’s a crowd; There’s one of us that’s humble, and one of us that’s proud. There’s one that’s broken-hearted for his sins, There’s one that unrepentant sits and grins. There’s one that loves his neighbor as himself, And one that cares for naught ...read more

  • And I Am One Of Them  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,618 views

    AND I AM ONE OF THEM In the third century St. Cyprian wrote to a friend named Donatus, "This seems a cheerful world, Donatus, when I view it from this fair garden under the shadow of these vines. But if I climbed some great mountain and looked out over the wide lands, you know very well what I ...read more

  • Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Wrote This About Our ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 31, 2002
    based on 20 ratings
     | 6,026 views

    Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones wrote this about our spiritual battle: A man who does not understand the nature of the problem he is confronting is a man who is already doomed to failure. Christian people are like first-year college students—they think at first that every subject is quite simple, there is ...read more

  • Definition Of Worldliness: Worldliness Is The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 31, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
     | 4,150 views

    Definition of Worldliness: Worldliness is the lust of the flesh (a passion for sensual satisfaction), the lust of the eyes (an inordinate desire for the finer things of life), and the pride of life (self-satisfaction in who we are, what we have, and what we have done). Worldliness, then, is a ...read more

  • Freedom Isn't Free  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 31, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
     | 4,202 views

    I watched the flag pass by one day. It fluttered in the breeze A young Marine saluted it, and then He stood at ease. I looked at him in uniform So young, so tall, so proud With hair cut square and eyes alert He’d stand out in any crowd. I thought, how many men like him Had fallen through the ...read more

  • Keeping Promises  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 31, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
     | 9,926 views

    KEEPING PROMISES It’s the story of a friendship forged during one of the worst battles of World War II, and a promise made almost 60 years ago, a promise that was finally kept Thursday, Aug. 2, 2001. HAROLD HUGGINS, a veteran of 10 major campaigns in World War II and the last survivor of his ...read more

  • Always Looking For Inspiring Stories To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 31, 2002
    based on 73 ratings
     | 2,934 views

    Always looking for inspiring stories to demonstrate the power of prayer, The Presidential Prayer Team shares this amazing story in the news today. Please pass it on to inspire others. 50 Christian truckers got together to pray to pray that somehow the sniper terrorizing the Washington, DC area ...read more

  • A World Of Peace  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 3, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 5,744 views

    A WORLD OF PEACE Bruce Larson tells how he helped people struggling to surrender their lives to Christ: "For many years I worked in New York City and counseled at my office any number of people who were wrestling with this yes-or-no decision. Often I would suggest they walk with me from my ...read more

  • Hello Walter!

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 3, 2002
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,727 views

    HELLO WALTER! Walter Cronkite, the famous newscaster tells the following story. He was sailing down the Mystic River in Connecticut, going through shallow water, when a boat filled with young people sped past him, shouting and waving their arms. Cronkite waved back a cheery greeting. His wife ...read more

  • He Was Healed  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 4, 2002
    based on 43 ratings
     | 10,005 views

    HE WAS HEALED Tony Campolo tells a story about being in a church in Oregon where he was asked to pray for a man who had cancer. Campolo prayed boldly for the man’s healing. That next week he got a telephone call from the man’s wife. She said, "You prayed for my husband. He had cancer." Campolo ...read more

  • Let Every Nation Know, Whether It Wishes Us Well ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 4, 2002
    based on 46 ratings
     | 1,737 views

    Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. ...read more

  • The Origins Of Veterans Day  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 4, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 6,913 views

    THE ORIGINS OF VETERANS DAY In 1921, an unknown World War I American soldier was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. This site, on a hillside overlooking the Potomac River and the city of Washington, became the focal point of reverence for America’s veterans. Similar ceremonies occurred ...read more

  • The Smiling Soldiers  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 4, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,800 views

    THE SMILING SOLDIERS "Weika Coenraad, of Dahlonega, Georgia, was a little girl in Holland during the War, and has vivid memories of the American soldiers who liberated her town in 1945. She’s now an American citizen. [She writes:] ’I was just a little girl during the Second World War, born in ...read more

  • Unsung Heroines  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 4, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 1,920 views

    UNSUNG HEROINES In Tom Brokaw’s book "The Greatest Generation Speaks," Veronica Mackey Hulick tells of her service during World War II. Veronica was 20 when she joined the Navy WAVES [Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service]. She and about 1500 other bright young women worked for hours ...read more

  • Name Of God...?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 5, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
     | 7,290 views

    NAME OF GOD...? If you’re in Lake City, Fla., one of these days and happen to run into a 50-something fellow with a sandy moustache, a receeding hairline, and aviator glasses, you may be in the presence of I Am Who I Am. Really. But that’s because Columbia County Court turned down his first ...read more