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  • Would That Get Me Into Heaven  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2004
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,920 views

    WOULD THAT GET ME INTO HEAVEN "If I sold my house and my car, had a big garage sale and gave all my money to the church, would that get me into Heaven?" I asked the children in my Sunday School class. "NO!" the children all answered. "If I cleaned the church every day, mowed the yard, and kept ...read more

  • The Work Of The Riddler Is A Very Strange, ...

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Jan 13, 2005
     | 1,732 views

    The work of the Riddler is a very strange, different, and very unique work. The work of the Riddler requires much patience and time and skill. Ramone the Riddler can turn ninety bottles of champagne per minute, thirty-thousand bottles a day, and more than 100 million in his lifetime. Each bottle ...read more

  • I Can't Say I Have Ever Felt Afraid Of God, But I ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 28, 2009
     | 1,615 views

    I can’t say I have ever felt afraid of God, but I have felt the awe of His presence, and I have been overcome by a sense of His majesty. I remember standing out on a mound of earth out on a property and looking up at the stars. Away from the city, the stars seem so much brighter, and I cried out to ...read more

  • Ordinary People Talking. And That's How It Should ...

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Apr 8, 2010
     | 2,720 views

    Ordinary people talking. And that’s how it should be. Look at our reading. Jesus invested a lot of time in his 12 disciples. He invested even more in the four key disciples; Peter, Andrew,James and John. Yet it wasn’t the four who first asked to tell the people the good news of the resurection It ...read more

  • The Black Death And The Great Fire  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,141 views

    THE BLACK DEATH AND THE GREAT FIRE In 1665 the residents of London were dying by the thousands each day. The bubonic plague was spreading from house to house because of the unsanitary conditions. Rats and fleas spread the germs throughout the city. Almost 30,000 people died, almost a third of ...read more

  • I Don't Want To Be A Saint...  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on Dec 1, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,646 views

    "I DON'T WANT TO BE A SAINT..." So the Bible clearly teaches that everyone who has been sanctified and set apart by God is a saint. I read a story earlier this week about a Wisconsin mom who was trying to teach her kids how God sees them. She told them that when they receive Jesus as Savior that ...read more

  • How To Promote Good Health In Infants

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 8, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,758 views

    HOW TO PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH IN INFANTS A person who is "born again" starts a new life similar to that of a newborn infant. Seven rules that promote good health in babies can be adapted and applied to a Christian’s spiritual growth. 1. Daily Food. Take in the "pure milk of the word" through study ...read more

  • C.s. Lewis On Church And Worship

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 16, 2014
     | 3,509 views

    C.S. Lewis said that when he first became a Christian, he had trouble with church gatherings. “I thought that I could do it on my own by retiring to my rooms and reading theology, and I wouldn’t go to churches anymore.” He found the sermons often dull, and he disliked organ music, which he ...read more

  • Psalm 51 (Ad)

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Sep 23, 2019
     | 2,011 views

    Psalm 51 (AD) The only sacrifice you ever desired was done On that rugged Cross by Your own holy Son. In Your sight, I have sinned only against Thee. The painful burden of that sin is ever with me. If You took my life, it would be just and well. You have every right to send my soul to Hell. I ...read more

  • Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935) Wrote A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,275 views

    Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935) wrote a poem about a rich man during the early 1900s, called “Richard Cory”: Whenever Richard Cory went down town, We people on the pavement looked at him: He was a gentleman from head to crown, Clean favored, and imperially slim. And he was always quietly ...read more

  • One Day A Young Minister Was Being Escorted ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,638 views

    One day a young minister was being escorted through a coalmine. At the entrance of one of the dim passageways, he spied a beautiful white flower growing out of the black earth. "How can it blossom in such purity and radiance in this dirty mine? The preacher asked. "Throw some coal dust on it and ...read more

  • When I Was Growing Up, I Lived In A House That ...

    Contributed by Curt Cizek on Sep 19, 2007
     | 1,695 views

    When I was growing up, I lived in a house that had a brick patio in the backyard. The people that owned the house previously had put the bricks in place. They had not done a very good job. They had not made it level. This was bad enough but the part that really infuriated my father was the fact ...read more

  • Philip Keller In His Book 'a Shepherd Looks At ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Mobley on Mar 28, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,705 views

    Philip Keller in his book ’A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23’ speaks about one flock of sheep he watched as they were being led by the shepherd to what was a most magnificent and beautiful mountain stream… "The snow-fed waters were flowing pure and clear and crystal clean between lovely banks of trees. ...read more

  • There Are Many Traditions We Observe For Which We ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 14, 2008
     | 2,182 views

    There are many traditions we observe for which we have no reason or explanation. E.g., a person who spills salt will take a pinch of it and throw it over his left shoulder. I Googled it. Superstitions about salt date back to biblical times when salt was a highly prized commodity. It was ...read more

  • Because She Wanted ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
     | 1,437 views

    BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO Some years ago a woman married an overbearing man. That man printed up a list of rules he “required” her to follow...everything from how to cook pancakes, hang his shirts, clean the house, what she could and couldn’t wear, etc. As a Christian lady, she obeyed. However, when ...read more

  • Harder To Get To Hell?

    Contributed by Ruben Castro on Dec 16, 2008
     | 2,059 views

    Harder to Get to Hell? Hace algunos años, un titular que salió en un periódico debe haber hecho que unas cuantas personas se atragantaran con su café de la mañana, o que limpiaran sus lentes para asegurarse que habían leído correctamente. Decía: «Este año es posible que sea más difícil llegar al ...read more

  • Who Owns The Church?

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Jan 6, 2009
     | 1,921 views

    WHO OWNS THE CHURCH? My grandson Nate and I went to the Church New Year's day to clean up after our wonderful New Year's Eve party. On the way there he asked, "Granpa, do you own the church?" I said, "No. I just manage it." He says, "Well, who owns it?" I tried to tell him that the ...read more

  • If Marriage Is That Much Work....

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Oct 23, 2022
     | 892 views

    Because of a shortage of maids, the minister’s wife advertised for a male servant to help around the house. The next morning, a nicely dressed young man came to the front door of the parsonage. The minister opened the door and jumped right into the conversation. "Can you start breakfast by 7 ...read more

  • All I Really Need To Know I Learned In ...

    Contributed by Stephen Todd on Apr 15, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,463 views

    All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten. All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate-school mountain, but there in the sandpile at Sunday School. These are the things I learned. Share ...read more

  • Get Down In The Ditches

    Contributed by Betty Johnson on Aug 18, 2008
     | 2,265 views

    GET DOWN IN THE DITCHES A few years ago when I had my motorcycle accident and ended up in a ditch full of dirt, I was lost in the same way the Bible uses the world "lost." I could not get out of that ditch, even though every fiber of my being wanted to. My HEART wanted to. My spirit wanted to. ...read more

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