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  • Essay On Man

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 2,176 views

    All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good; And spite of pride in erring reason’s spite, One truth is ...read more

  • My Ideal Man Never Would Think About Morality. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 960 views

    "My ideal man never would think about morality. He naturally would do the kind, generous, splendid thing. While in all other departments we prefer native gifts to industry (which is also a gift of a less specialized ...read more

  • G. Campbell Morgan Summed Up Jesus He Said, "He ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,400 views

    G. Campbell Morgan summed up Jesus he said, “He was the God-man. Not God indwelling a man. Of such there have been many. Not a man deified. Of such there have been none save in the myths of pagan systems of thought; but God and man, combining in one personality ...read more

  • I Don't Remember  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Dec 31, 2008
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,728 views

    "I DON'T REMEMBER." Some will accept that they are going to heaven but not that they are forgiven while they still live on this earth. Bruce Larson tells the true story of a Catholic priest living in the Philippines, a much-loved man of God who once carried a secret burden of long-past sin buried ...read more

  • Crocodile Hunter Illus. ( One Thing To Fight With ...

    Contributed by Scott Epperson on Nov 4, 2006
     | 1,107 views

    Crocodile Hunter ILLUS. ( one thing to fight with something another to kill it) In the news the other day it was reported that the world famous Australian Crocodile Hunter had been killed by a sting ray, really by accident. I loved to watch the Croc Hunter on the animal planet and other ...read more

  • Quotation: Christian Love Links Love Of God And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,386 views

    Quotation: Christian love links love of God and love of neighbor in a twofold Great Commandment from which neither element can be dropped, so sin against neighbor through lack of ...read more

  • Evidences Of ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
     | 2,491 views

    Evidences of Salvation Repentance The truths relating to man’s acceptance of God’s great salvation are reflected through repentance, faith and obedience. The apostle Paul’s prayer for the church in Colosse was, “…That [they] live a life ...read more

  • The Yielded Life  PRO

    Contributed by John White on Aug 15, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,770 views

    The Yeilded Life Sometimes we allow sin to come into our lives and hinder the work of grace.  Paul cautions that the blessings of grace upon a yielded life can be hindered by sin.    "Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof." (Ro. 6:12)  Our ...read more

  • A Flippant Youth Asked A Preacher, "You Say That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,144 views

    A flippant youth asked a preacher, “You say that unsaved people carry a weight of sin. I feel nothing. How heavy is sin? Is it ten pounds? Eighty pounds?” The preacher replied by asking the youth, “If you laid a 400-pound weight on a corpse, would it feel the load?” The youth replied, “It would ...read more

  • Cocoon  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Demastus on Oct 22, 2001
    based on 100 ratings
     | 5,556 views

    ILLUSTRATION: “Cocoon” The cocoon of the Emperor moth is flask like in shape. To develop into a perfect insect, it must force its way through the neck of the cocoon by hours of intense struggle. Entomologists explain that this pressure to which the moth is subjected is nature’s way of forcing a ...read more

  • Let Us Suppose We Are Back In The Old Days Of The ...

    Contributed by Michael Fritz on Nov 12, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,822 views

    Let us suppose we are back in the old days of the high priest, who took incense into the sanctum and went behind the veil and offered it there. And let us suppose that rubber—the worst-smelling thing I can think of when it burns—had been available in those days. Let us suppose that chips of rubber ...read more

  • A New Belief System

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jul 13, 2006
     | 2,014 views

    A new belief system Richard Dawkins was recently asked “What do you believe is true even though you cannot prove it?” “I believe but I cannot prove, that all life, all intelligence, all creativity and all ‘design’ anywhere in the universe ...read more

  • We Were At The Loveall's House The Other Day ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Feb 2, 2010
     | 2,929 views

    We were at the Loveall's house the other day (having Louisiana style gumbo!) and I noticed this saying on a plaque on their wall. "Live in such as way that those who don’t know God will come to know God because they have come to know you." If ...read more

  • Billy Finds A Home  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jul 9, 2001
    based on 93 ratings
     | 3,296 views

    Illus.: “Billy Finds a Home” It happened many years ago, in a small town in one of our southern states. One evening, during an electrical storm, a bolt of lightning struck a house, setting it on fire. The fire spread quickly and burned the house to the ground. A man and his wife perished but ...read more

  • C. S. Lewis, In The Voyage Of The Dawntreader, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Sep 29, 2002
    based on 72 ratings
     | 1,348 views

    C. S. Lewis, in The Voyage of the Dawntreader, part of The Chronicles of Narnia series, tells the story of Eustace, a boy who happens upon a hidden treasure which is guarded by a dragon. He has become alienated from his friends and their values by his own churlishness, and when he finds the ...read more

  • Believers Throughout Church History – The Early ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 6, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,950 views

    Believers throughout church history – the early church fathers, the Reformers, the Puritans – have been inspired by Scripture to reduce spiritually to two lists known as “the seven deadly sins and the seven virtues” of saintliness. The sin list includes pride, envy, anger, sloth, avarice, gluttony ...read more

  • George Eliot Wrote A Book About Adam Bede. Adam ...

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Sep 11, 2007
     | 1,719 views

    George Eliot wrote a book about Adam Bede. Adam was a stalwart carpenter, a solid man, and he was in love with a woman who was pretty, vain, and superficial. There comes into their lives an author who is a wealthy playboy. He took advantage of this woman, and the rest of the story is about her ...read more

  • There Is A Small Tree Which Grows In Southeast ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Dec 11, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,455 views

    There is a small tree which grows in Southeast Asia known as the Judas-tree. From its branches grow gorgeous blossoms. These blossoms look like scarlet sunbeams. The brilliant beauty of the crimson flowers attracts thousands of tiny insects. Wild bees also try to draw honey from their exquisitely ...read more

  • En Segundo  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2002
    based on 22 ratings
     | 1,292 views

    Rom 5:8 Cierto dia un niño le pregunto a su padre. Papa podemos vivir un año sin pecar? Su papa le contesto; no creo que sea posible pues un año tiene 12 meses y en 12 mese muchas cosas puede sucer.El niño inclino su su rostro muy triste vovio a preguntar. Papa,podemod-emos vivir un mes sin pecar? ...read more

  • Because The Prince Had Come  PRO

    Contributed by J.d. Tutell on Jan 13, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,474 views

    BECAUSE THE PRINCE HAD COME A man named Phillip Keller was born in Kenya and then moved to the United States. To describe this principle he tells the story of the growing up there. The majority of people did not really think of themselves as subjects of the King of England. After all they ...read more

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