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  • Non-Verbal- New Websites Like Myspace Are Popping ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 1,600 views

    Non-Verbal- New websites like MySpace are popping up regularly. Popular with teens, it has more than 78 million members. Though sometimes intimidating, parents embracing the new technologies are learning kids are willing to communicate — on their own terms. Parenting experts say technology should ...read more

  • Greg Elder Grew Up On The East Coast. He Would ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 2, 2008
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     | 1,735 views

    Greg Elder grew up on the east coast. He would spend hours building intricate sand castles. Who cities would appear beneath his hands. One year, for several days in a row, there was a bunch of bullies who smashed his work. So, he tried something: he put cinder blocks and rocks and concrete chunks ...read more

  • Passion For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2008
     | 5,483 views

    Passion for God A. W. Tozer said, “God dwells in a state of perpetual enthusiasm. He is delighted with all that is good and lovingly concerned about all that is wrong. He pursues His labors always in a fullness of holy zeal. No wonder the Spirit came at Pentecost as a sound of a rushing mighty ...read more

  • When North Korea Fell To The Communists, All The ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Feb 9, 2009
     | 1,041 views

    When North Korea fell to the communists, all the Christians in a small village were ordered to go at once to their church. The building was plain and simple, and the people had placed a picture of Christ on the wall. When the soldiers walked in, they took it down and put it on the floor. All who ...read more

  • The Definition Of Laughter Is "…to Express ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,451 views

    The definition of Laughter is “…to express certain emotions, especially mirth or delight, by a series of spontaneous, usually unarticulated sounds often accompanied by corresponding facial and bodily movements.” The definition itself makes me want to laugh. Scientists have a variety of theories ...read more

  • Christian Growth Like A Garden

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Nov 3, 2009
     | 3,793 views

    CHRISTIAN GROWTH LIKE A GARDEN I’ve spent some time lately in the veggie garden; I enjoy the sights and sounds of the garden growing. The beans quietly stretching up through the soil, the tomato plant as it battles against the spring cold with its occasional dash of yellow that may grow into a ...read more

  • He Had A Hat

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Oct 4, 2019
     | 3,454 views

    During a tornado a mother was crying for help. It seems that her son was taken up into the tornado and blown away. The mother turned to heaven and shouted a prayer: “Please, Lord, bring back my son! He’s all I have. I’ll do anything to get him back.”--- Suddenly, her son fell from the sky right at ...read more

  • A Man Did Not Believe In All That Incarnation ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,591 views

    A man did not believe in all that incarnation stuff that the Churches proclaim at Christmas time, so he stayed home while his family went to church on Christmas Eve. Shortly after the family drove away in the car, snow began to fall. He went to the window to watch the flurries getting heavier and ...read more

  • If I Could Be One Of Them...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
    based on 36 ratings
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    If I Could Be One of Them... A man stayed home as his family went off to church one Christmas Eve. He just could not swallow the Jesus story about God coming to earth as man. Shortly after the family drove away in the car, snow began to fall. He went to the window to watch the flurries getting ...read more

  • Passing The Torch: Lessons From Castro  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 1, 2001
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    PASSING THE TORCH: LESSONS FROM CASTRO In August, President Fidel Castro celebrated his 75th birthday. The Cuban dictator came to power in 1959, after overthrowing former dictator, Fulgencio Batista. On the eve of his birthday, Castro made a powerful gesture. He publicly handed a Cuban flag to ...read more

  • Admirer Or Follower?  PRO

    Contributed by Ty Tamasaka on Jul 19, 2011
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    ADMIRER OR FOLLOWER? Recently I heard that in Scotland, a voluntary survey was given to law enforcement officers of their religious affiliations. That may not sound very interesting, but what caught my attention was that 8 of the officers claimed their religious affiliation to be "Jedi". I ...read more

  • Pastor Bruce D. Weaver And His Wife Drove In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Oct 17, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,238 views

    Pastor Bruce D. Weaver and his wife drove in their car to pick up their son from Vacation Bible School. The sky was growing dark and there was a storm watch in effect, but no rain was falling yet. The theme for their upcoming Vacation Bible School had to do with Noah’s ark and the flood, so he ...read more

  • I Realize There Are Many Pastors Here This ...

    Contributed by Douglas Duvall on Nov 13, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,850 views

    I realize there are many pastors here this afternoon that are frustrated. How do I know? I hear your sermons. Let me share something with you that not even my wife knows about. Sometimes in the ministry I’m sure that as a pastor you feel that things come at you from all sides. ...read more

  • A Minor Detail, A Major Distraction

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 26, 2011
     | 5,816 views

    A MINOR DETAIL, A MAJOR DISTRACTION Anything that hinders the worship of God incites the anger of God, and should be abandoned immediately. "It was a majestic evening. On Friday, October 18th, 1991, the world-class Chicago Symphony presented the final concert in its year-long celebration of the ...read more

  • Charles Swindoll Lists What He Calls The "Four ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Jan 20, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 1,357 views

    Charles Swindoll lists what he calls the "four spiritual flaws": Flaw #1: Because you are a Christian, all your problems are solved. (Please do tell non-Christian this.) Flaw # 2: All the problems you will ever have are addressed in the Bible. (When your computer crashes, please don’t go to ...read more

  • Charles Swindoll Lists What He Calls The "Four ...

    Contributed by Fran Van Hoven on Aug 11, 2007
     | 1,738 views

    Charles Swindoll lists what he calls the "four spiritual flaws": Flaw #1: Because you are a Christian, all your problems are solved. (Please do tell non-Christian this.) Flaw # 2: All the problems you will ever have are addressed in the Bible. (When your computer crashes, please don’t go to the ...read more

  • About A Third Of America's 8th-Graders And A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
     | 1,711 views

    About a third of America’s 8th-graders and a quarter of its high school seniors are proficient writers, according to national writing test results. Although basically unchanged from ’00, the latest test found modest increases in the skills of lower-performing students. 88% can now demonstrate at ...read more

  • Sinners Pour Out Love For Their Savior

    Contributed by Ryan Reed on May 30, 2008
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     | 3,363 views

    SINNERS POUR OUT LOVE FOR THEIR SAVIOR Leonard Ravenhill tells of going to a worship service at David Wilkerson’s skid-row mission in New York City. There he stood with former prostitutes and drunks and drug addicts and he said a short little man stood up and said, "Let's sing our national ...read more

  • Extreme Makeovers Are In. Of The 6.6 Million ...

    Contributed by Skip Alexander on Jun 30, 2008
     | 1,899 views

    Extreme makeovers are in. Of the 6.6 million cosmetic-plastic-surgery patients in 2002, nearly a third had multiple procedures at the same time. To facilitate the trend, a one-stop beauty shop has opened called the Advanced Aesthetics Institute. Interested customers consult with a "concierge" and ...read more

  • I ...

    Contributed by C Jordan on Nov 16, 2008
     | 1,336 views

    ILLUSTRATION: Worry is like a ‘loose cannon’ on the inside of us. Victor Hugo, author of Les Miserables, wrote a short story called, "93." In the midst of this story a ship at sea is caught in a terrible storm. The boat rocks to and fro, buffeted by the waves, when suddenly the crew hears a ...read more