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  • Samuel Colgate, The Founder Of The Colgate ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 106 ratings
     | 5,870 views

    Samuel Colgate, the founder of the Colgate business empire, was a devout Christian, and he told of an incident that took place in the church he attended. During an evangelistic service, an invitation was given at the close of the sermon for all those who wished to turn their lives over to Christ ...read more

  • The Little Things  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on May 20, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 4,858 views

    Title: The Little Things A group of men were carrying on a friendly conversation. One of them remarked that he had learned to be especially careful about small things. "Would you believe," he said, "that a little thing like a pair of socks changed the entire course of my life?" "I can hardly ...read more

  • Faithful For A Promise  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 28, 2002
    based on 42 ratings
     | 8,762 views

    FAITHFUL FOR A PROMISE A promise from God is a statement we can depend on with absolute confidence. Here are 12 promises for the Christian to claim. God’s presence -- "I will never leave thee" (Heb. 13:5) God’s protection -- "I am thy shield" (Gen. 15:1) God’s power -- "I will strengthen thee" ...read more

  • Our Inheritance (Poem In Honor Of Jewel Hogan For ...  PRO

    Contributed by Troy Mason on Aug 23, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 5,240 views

    Our Inheritance (Poem in honor of Jewel Hogan for her funeral, Oct. 18, 1997) I dreamed that the Lord came by my bedside And took me far away. On a tour of Heaven, Everywhere I looked my eyes Saw the beauty of gold and prescious jewels As abundant as the grass of the earth Everywhere I walked ...read more

  • If We Want God To Guide Us, Our Attitude Needs To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,387 views

    If we want God to guide us, our attitude needs to be right. Here are some guidelines as to how we can play our part in arriving at right decisions. First, we must be willing to think. It is false piety, super-supernaturalism of an unhealthy pernicious sort that demands inward impressions with no ...read more

  • As A Two And Three-Year Old I Used To Gather All ...  PRO

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Apr 23, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,887 views

    As a two and three-year old I used to gather all my stuffed animals together and stand up on box and begin to “preach” to them. My Mom called me her “little preacher boy.” As a child God put within my imagination the dream of being a preacher. As a teenager I began to pursue my divine-daring ...read more

  • The Miraculous Human Body  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 2, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,612 views

    THE MIRACULOUS HUMAN BODY The average human heart pumps over 1,000 gallons a day, over 55 million gallons in a lifetime. This is enough to fill 13 super tankers. It never sleeps, beating 2.5 billion times in a lifetime. The lungs contain 1,000 miles of capillaries. The process of exchanging ...read more

  • God Is My Strength And Power, And He Makes My Way ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 5, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,165 views

    God is my strength and power, and He makes my way perfect. --2 Samuel 22:33 The picture in the newspaper caught my attention. Above the caption "Strong Man" was a photo of a workman displaying what seemed to be superhuman strength. He appeared to be lifting a piano up to a second story apartment ...read more

  • Those Of Us Who Had Anything To Do With The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Richards on May 18, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,663 views

    Those of us who had anything to do with the Billy Graham Crusade here in St. Louis a few years ago know how well organized everything was. In fact, if you involved in any way shape or form, you know that practically every detail is planned. You might even be tempted to think that the well organized ...read more

  • As A Minister Was Addressing A Group Of Men, He ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,755 views

    As a minister was addressing a group of men, he took a large piece of paper and made a black dot in the center of it with a marking pen. Then he held the paper up before the group and asked them what they saw. One person quickly replied, “I see a black mark.” “Right,” the preacher replied. “What ...read more

  • In Pakistan Eighteen-Year-Old Mohan Shazad Grew ...

    Contributed by Darryl Bell on Apr 17, 2006
     | 1,717 views

    In Pakistan eighteen-year-old Mohan Shazad grew up making bricks for less than a dollar a day. To free himself from that near-slavery, he began selling Christian literature to the brick kiln workers. “Late last September as Mohan was riding his bike home from a day of selling literature, two men ...read more

  • Irritation In A Church Service

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 18, 2006
     | 3,140 views

    Irritation in a Church Service: It is not all that strange for people to come to church and be dissatisfied with something going on there. On the two occasions I had recently to sit out in the audience at church with my family I noticed myself focusing on things like the temperature of the room ...read more

  • The Adultery Market

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009
     | 3,875 views

    THE ADULTERY MARKET Many of us have seen the wild and funny TV ads that go along with the Super Bowl. But fans in Texas got quite a shock during the game this year. An ad by AshleyMadison.com was seen as inappropriate by the NFL and NBC. But local affiliates in Texas decided that the $250,000 for ...read more

  • We Bring You Us!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,202 views

    "WE BRING YOU US!" Michael Sattler tells the story of Christmas 1930. His wife had just passed away the month before, and he was lonely and heartsick. But mostly, he worried about the type of Christmas his girls would have. When Christmas morning came, they opened their presents with unusual ...read more

  • Check-Out Line Deception  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 21, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,346 views

    Check-Out Line Deception And in verse 7, Jeremiah is mad at God! He says "O LORD, you deceived me, and I was deceived; you overpowered me and prevailed. You tricked me!" (From a sermon by Marc Axelrod, When You Are Mad at God, 10/20/2009) This reminds me of the guy who was shopping at WalMart. ...read more

  • The Best Comment On Faith Is Action  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,924 views

    THE BEST COMMENT ON FAITH IS ACTION The Apostle Paul spoke of "faith working through love" (Gal. 5:6). The apostle John wrote "If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear Children, let us not love with words or ...read more

  • Sing A New Song

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Mar 21, 2011
     | 2,948 views

    SING A NEW SONG Boom! Boom! The two-fold pounding of the avalanche cannon awoke me from my slumber. No, we didn't get snow last night, I mused. But sure enough, God dumped nine inches of fresh snow onto the mountains above. Now, I love winter; it's great skiing on fresh powder. However, I ...read more

  • Wellington Defeated...

    Contributed by Milo Velebir on Jul 14, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,800 views

    WELLINGTON DEFEATED... It is a story about how the news of the victory at the battle at Waterloo arrived in England. There were no telegrams or telephones in those days, nobody could send an SMS or put it up on Facebook or Youtube, of course, but everyone knew that Wellington was facing Napoleon ...read more

  • For The Life Of An Enemy  PRO

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Feb 14, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,038 views

    FOR THE LIFE OF AN ENEMY A Baptist pastor named Peter Miller was from a small town in Pennsylvania who lived during the American Revolution. And there was another man who lived there named Michael Wittmann, an evil-minded sort who did all that he could to oppose and humiliate the pastor. He made ...read more

  • H: The Aspirate Word

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Jan 22, 2013
     | 2,123 views

    H: THE ASPIRATE WORD When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him.....No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be AbraHam, for I have made you a father of many Nations.- Genesis 17:5 God also said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her ...read more