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  • A Free Gift  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 3, 2003
    based on 57 ratings
     | 8,955 views

    Salvation is a "Free Gift" from God. Although "Free" it does not mean everyone has it. If the local harware store was handing out free snow shovels today, does that mean you have one, no. You have to go to the hardware store and ask for one of those free snow shovels, and then when it is in your ...read more

  • My Neice, Esther, Has Been A Good Cook From The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 4, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,406 views

    My neice, Esther, has been a good cook from the time she was a little girl. She would have to stand on a chair just to get to the ingredients and mixing bowls. In the summer time she would make brownies and sell them at the local farmer’s market and had no problem sellling everything she made. ...read more

  • Two Friends Were Walking In The Forest One Day ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 4, 2003
    based on 91 ratings
     | 3,329 views

    Two friends were walking in the forest one day when suddenly they stumbled upon a large grizzly bear who decided that they looked like a good snack. The two started running away when all of the sudden one of them stopped. The other said, "What are you stopping for? Don’t you know the grizzly bear ...read more

  • The Lorica Of St. Patrick  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 7, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,467 views

    THE LORICA OF ST. PATRICK I arise today Through God’s strength to pilot me; God’s might to uphold me, God’s wisdom to guide me, God’s eye to look before me, God’s ear to hear me, God’s word to speak for me, God’s hand to guard me, God’s way to lie before me, God’s shield to protect me, ...read more

  • Christ With Me  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 7, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,838 views

    CHRIST WITH ME Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ on my right, Christ on my left, Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down, Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me, Christ in the mouth of every man who ...read more

  • God Alone Be Praised

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 9, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,566 views

    GOD ALONE BE PRAISED "But I entreat those who believe in and fear God, whoever deigns to examine or receive this document composed by the obviously unlearned sinner Patrick in Ireland, that nobody shall ever ascribe to my ignorance any trivial thing that I achieved or may have expounded that was ...read more

  • The Patrick You Never Knew  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 9, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,952 views

    THE PATRICK YOU NEVER KNEW He didn’t chase the snakes out of Ireland and he may never have plucked a shamrock to teach the mystery of the Trinity. Yet St. Patrick well deserves to be honored by the people of Ireland—and by downtrodden and excluded people everywhere. Some 1,500 years ago a ...read more

  • A Paddy's Day Joke  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 9, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,468 views

    A PADDY’S DAY JOKE Paddy was tooling along the road one fine day when the local policeman, a friend of his, pulled him over. "What’s wrong, Seamus?" Paddy asked. "Well didn’t ya know, Paddy, that your wife fell out of the car about five miles back?" said ...read more

  • The Risk—the Joy  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 9, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,041 views

    THE RISK-- THE JOY Patrick, the Patron Saint of Ireland, almost delighted in taking risks for the gospel. He said: "I must take this decision disregarding risks involved and make known the gifts of God and his everlasting consolation. Neither must we fear any such risk in faithfully preaching ...read more

  • St. Patrick: A Brief History

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 10, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,540 views

    ST. PATRICK, A BRIEF HISTORY The uncontested, if somewhat unspecific, biographical facts about Patrick are as follows: Patrick was born Patricius somewhere in Roman Britain to a relatively wealthy family. He was not religious as a youth and, in fact, claims to have practically renounced the faith ...read more

  • Harry Truman, Whose Presidency Included Such ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 18, 2003
    based on 31 ratings
     | 1,238 views

    …Harry Truman, whose presidency included such momentous decisions as the Marshall Plan and the first use of the atomic bomb, once said: “I wonder how far Moses would have gone if he had taken a poll in ...read more

  • The Young Woman Was Married And Had Two Beautiful ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 20, 2003
    based on 106 ratings
     | 2,614 views

    The young woman was married and had two beautiful children, but one day as she was standing over the sink, washing dishes, she thought, ’There must be more to life than this.’ When her husband came home, he found a note she’d written and began to weep. She would call him about once every week to ...read more

  • Freedom To Find God  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,706 views

    FREEDOM TO FIND GOD Every president invokes God and asks his blessing. Every president promises, though not always in so many words, to lead according to moral principles rooted in Biblical tradition. The English writer G. K. Chesterton called America a “nation with the soul of a church,” and ...read more

  • Prayer Of A Young Child  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2003
    based on 26 ratings
     | 4,843 views

    PRAYER OF A YOUNG CHILD "Bless my mommy and daddy...and dear God, take good care of Yourself. If anything happens to You, we’re ...read more

  • We Will Prevail  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,238 views

    WE WILL PREVAIL "My fellow citizens, the dangers to our country and the world will be overcome. We will pass through this time of peril and carry on the work of peace. We will defend our freedom. We will bring freedom to others. And we will prevail." --President George W. Bush, ...read more

  • The Weapon Of Prayer  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,714 views

    THE WEAPON OF PRAYER It takes more than bullets and bombs to win a war, residents said in Chatsworth, GA. "Prayer is the greatest weapon we’ve got," said Frank Lloyd of Chatsworth at a prayer service at First Baptist Church. "This war’s not going to be won on military might. It’s going to be ...read more

  • The Source Of National Security  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,672 views

    THE SOURCE OF NATIONAL SECURITY "It must be felt that there is no national security but in the nation’s humble acknowledged dependence upon God and His overruling providence." ...read more

  • An Instrument Of Peace  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2003
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,710 views

    AN INSTRUMENT OF PEACE "Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that ...read more

  • The Shame Of War.  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 25, 2003
    based on 86 ratings
     | 3,841 views

    The Shame of War. While living in Weil der Stadt, West Germany in 1989, my wife and I had a very profound experience with the local high school students. In order to make learning English a little more fun, the High School English teacher made an arrangement with the local theatre. The students ...read more

  • Touched By Rain

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 30, 2003
     | 3,534 views

    TOUCHED BY RAIN Pfc. Jeremiah Stoppel is a fuel truck driver with Alpha Co. 703rd Battalion. His supply convoy lost vehicles to enemy fire as it followed the 3-7th into battle. A Lutheran, he is from Lincoln, Neb. He stands near the cab of his truck, rubs his coarsely sheared hair and looks down ...read more