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  • No Fear  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 7, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 11,390 views

    NO FEAR Brian Simo is a race car driver, and most of you have probably never heard of him. However there is one thing about him with which you are probably familiar. In 1985 he created the "No Fear" clothing line and found an idea that appealed to many Americans. We have a lot of respect for ...read more

  • Jehovah-Shalom: The Lord Send Peace (Judges ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 9, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,661 views

    Jehovah-Shalom: The Lord Send Peace (Judges 6:24) Jesus! whose blood so freely stream'd To satisfy the law's demand; By Thee from guilt and wrath redeem'd, Before the Father's face I stand. To reconcile offending man, Make Justice drop her angry rod; What creature could have form'd the plan, Or ...read more

  • Practice Makes Perfect Tjbts

    Contributed by Blake Henson on Jun 6, 2023
     | 704 views

    Practice makes perfect shows that without good practice you can't expect to succeed in sports, but the same is true in your Christian life also. You can't just half prepare and expect to be a successful Christian. URL: https://youtu.be/eI92sWLcDIo SUMMARY In this video we see two teams. ...read more

  • Broken Steel Belts

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 22, 2010
     | 2,821 views

    BROKEN STEEL BELTS It is impossible to be prepared for every error around. When I bought my dad's old car, it had been sitting idle for a year. He had hardly used it; even the tires were original -- nine years old. When I brought it in for a flat tire, the mechanic fixed it and all seemed well. ...read more

  • Near The End Of His Life, Jean-Paul Sartre Told ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
     | 2,053 views

    Near the end of his life, Jean-Paul Sartre told Pierre Victor: “I do not feel that I am the product of chance, a speck of dust in the universe, but someone who was expected, prepared, prefigured. In short, a being whom only a Creator could put here; and this idea of a creating hand refers to God. ...read more

  • An Author For Reader's Digest Writes How He ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 2,080 views

    An author for Reader’s Digest writes how he studied the Amish people in preparation for an article on them. In his observation at the school yard, he noted that the children never screamed or yelled. This amazed him. He spoke to the schoolmaster. He remarked how he had not once heard an Amish child ...read more

  • Near The End Of His Life, Jean-Paul Sartre Told ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,197 views

    Near the end of his life, Jean-Paul Sartre told Pierre Victor: "I do not feel that I am the product of chance, a speck of dust in the universe, but someone who was expected, prepared, prefigured. In short, a being whom only a Creator could put here; and this idea of a creating hand refers to God. ...read more

  • When He Was The Pastor Of The Methodist Church ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,734 views

    When he was the pastor of the Methodist church in Scarborough, William Sangster had an eccentric member who tried to be a zealous Christian. Unfortunately, the man was mentally deficient and usually did the wrong thing. While working as a barber the man lathered up a customer for a shave, came at ...read more

  • The Contemporary Christian Band "Casting Crowns" ...

    Contributed by Mike Rexroat on Aug 10, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,926 views

    The contemporary Christian band "Casting Crowns" has a song called "Praise You in this Storm." In the song the artists talk about how, even in the midst of the storm, they are able to praise God within the storm. Storms of life happen...whether they be physical, like Hurrican Katrina, or ...read more

  • Now, My Dad Once Told Me The Story About A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Schroer on Mar 12, 2001
    based on 242 ratings
     | 6,521 views

    Now, my dad once told me the story about a peculiar fisherman from Minnesota. You see, this fisherman was very well prepared. He knew how to fish. He had everything you need to be a good fisherman. He had poles, nets, bait, and even a really nice boat, but this fisherman had a problem. You ...read more

  • Y2k

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Aug 27, 2012
     | 1,929 views

    13 years ago, there were people running all over the place, buying up food and bottled water and gas and everything else they could think of, just in case something happened with all of that Y2K stuff. They did all of that just in case they were without power, or open food stores for a few days. ...read more

  • The Fear Of Death Follows From The Fear Of Life. ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jun 4, 2009
     | 1,738 views

    The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. ~Mark ...read more

  • Retirement Ready? 74% Of Baby Boomers Believe ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
     | 1,886 views

    Retirement Ready? 74% of Baby Boomers believe they are financially prepared for retirement, but 59% expect to carry debt into retirement and 46% have less than $50,000 in savings. More than 50% of pre-retirees underestimate their life expectancy. According to mortality tables, a married couple at ...read more

  • A Chance To Warm Up?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,591 views

    Dr. Ted Engstrom said, “A man tends to overestimate what he can do in a year, and underestimate what he can do in five.” In a Peanuts cartoon strip, Charlie Brown says to Linus, "Life is just too much for me. I’ve been confused from the day I was born. I think the whole trouble is that we’re ...read more

  • I've Never Met A Man, I Don't Care What His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,924 views

    "I've never met a man, I don't care what his condition, in whom I could not see possibilities. I don't care how much a man may consider himself a failure, I believe in him, for he can change the thing that is wrong in his life anytime he is prepared and ready to do it. Whenever he develops the ...read more

  • Jesus Reminds Me Here Of The Long Distance ...

    Contributed by Ray Mckendry on Apr 2, 2007
     | 1,415 views

    Jesus reminds me here of the long distance runner. Think of the Marathon runner. There has to be a settled determination in your heart if you are going to win a Marathon. You train for the distance, for the conditions, your diet and liquid intake has to be measured and controlled; the opposition ...read more

  • The God Of Unmatched Shoes  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 7,624 views

    A man who was commissioned to paint a picture of the Prodigal Son. He went into his work fervently, laboring to produce a picture worthy of telling the story. Finally, the day came when the picture was complete, and he unveiled the finished painting. The scene was set outside the father’s house, ...read more

  • Rare Copy Of Declaration Of Independence ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2009
     | 3,319 views

    Rare Copy of Declaration of Independence Discovered at Garage Sale As Stan Caffy and his fiancé prepared to get married, they cleaned out their respective garages and sold everything to Goodwill. Between the two of them, they sold an assortment of clothes, bicycles, tools, computer parts, and a ...read more

  • Is God Good?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2011
     | 10,666 views

    IS GOD GOOD? Randy Alcorn talks about what happened to his friend, Ethel Herr in his new book, What Good is God. She had had a double mastectomy. Then two months later, doctors discovered that the cancer had spread. One of Herr's friends in shock asked her, "And how do you feel about God now?" ...read more

  • They're Not Ready For Heaven

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2011
     | 4,256 views

    THEY'RE NOT READY FOR HEAVEN The movie The End of the Spear tells the true story of five missionaries who gave their lives to reach the violent Waodoni tribe in the jungles of Ecuador in the 1950s. Led by Nate Saint, the missionaries were eager to reach the Waodoni people before they all died off ...read more