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  • Dr. Henry Brandt Told Of Going To Visit A Friend ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,337 views

    DR. HENRY BRANDT told of going to visit a friend whose wife had died. While there he shared these wonderful words of the apostle Paul from II Cor. 1: "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, ...read more

  • A Woman Was Driving Home One Night. The Weather ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 27 ratings
     | 4,911 views

    A woman was driving home one night. The weather was really nasty. Rain was coming down in buckets and visibility was very poor. Seeing taillights ahead of her, she followed the car in front. Not being able to see, the car in front seemed to be going in the right direction. So she stuck with it. All ...read more

  • There Is A Hill In The Lake District Called Rash ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,737 views

    There is a hill in the lake district called Rash Judgment Point and that it was given that name by William Wordsworth. The story goes that while he and his sister were standing at the top of this hill one day during the harvest season looking down on the lake below, they saw a man in a boat ...read more

  • A Young Baptist Minister Was Preaching A Revival ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,133 views

    A young Baptist Minister was preaching a Revival at a small church in Maryland. Following the service the pastor of the church asked him to stand at the back door with him to greet people as they left to go home. He enjoyed talking with several people, all of whom were very nice and complimented ...read more

  • Some Years Ago Donald Grey Barnhouse Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,673 views

    Some years ago Donald Grey Barnhouse was counseling a young woman on the sidewalk in front of a church following an evening service. She said she was a Christian and that she wanted to follow Christ. But she wanted to be famous too. She wanted to pursue a stage career in New York. "After I have ...read more

  • Are You Ready For Some Football! We Are Only 48 ...

    Contributed by Ronnie Knight on Jul 25, 2007
     | 927 views

    Are you ready for some football! We are only 48 days 3hrs and approximately 30 minutes to the kick off of Alabama football. Foot ball in Alabama is more than a sport. It is a way of life. We live foot ball 365 days a year. It is almost like a religion. In fact we begin to indoctrinate our children ...read more

  • I Remember The Church Where I Was Youth Leader. ...

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Aug 23, 2007
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    I remember the church where I was youth leader. None of the 12 members of the board but me were under 60. And I came before them with a proposal. "Give me the permission and several Bibles to go door to door around the tires factory where I worked for a while. I’ll go there with young people from ...read more

  • Here Is A Sign That Was Posted On A Bathroom ...

    Contributed by Kent Kessler on Aug 30, 2007
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    Here is a SIGN that was posted on a BATHROOM DOOR Attention Everyone: The Bathroom Door is Closed! Please do not stand there and talk, whine or ask questions. Wait until I get out. Yes, it is locked. I want it that way. No, it is not broken; I am not trapped. I know I have left it unlocked, and ...read more

  • The Senior Chaplain At The Marine Corps Base ...

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Oct 28, 2007
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    The senior chaplain at the Marine Corps Base where I work during the week lost his house and everything in it during the fires this week. When I spoke with him on Wednesday, he had just received the call telling him his house was on the list of addresses destroyed by the blaze. He didn’t mention ...read more

  • Thomas Andrew Dorsey Was A Black Jazz Musician ...

    Contributed by Jeremy Poling on Dec 30, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
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    Thomas Andrew Dorsey was a black jazz musician from Atlanta. In the twenties he gained a certain amount of notoriety as the composer of jazz tunes with suggestive lyrics, but he gave all that up in 1926 to concentrate exclusively on spiritual music. "Peace in the Valley" is one of his best known ...read more

  • You Probably Don't Remember Or Know The Name ...  PRO

    Contributed by Daniel Owens on Jan 18, 2008
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    You probably don’t remember or know the name Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin, nor should you. But during his day he was as powerful a man as there was on earth.  A Russian Communist leader  He took part in the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917  He was the editor of the Soviet ...read more

  • Does Christ Have Authority Over You? Do You ...

    Contributed by Charles Whitmire on Jan 20, 2008
     | 1,461 views

    Does Christ have authority over you? Do you submit to his will for your life? Here’s the real question: Who’s in charge of you? A few years ago a certain bracelet became popular with Christian youth. I’m sure you saw them... WWJD was the inscription, right? I had a police officer friend in Bastrop ...read more

  • The Big Question

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
     | 3,220 views

    THE BIG QUESTION “What things are important and what things are trivial?” Christmas night 2002, Jack Whittaker had five out of five numbers in the West Virginia Power ball drawing. Jack Whittaker had just won $314 million, the largest undivided lottery jackpot in history. He took the one lump ...read more

  • Can You Imagine How Embarrassing It Would Be If ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,785 views

    Can you imagine how embarrassing it would be if we had to stand up and say what we believe based on our game plan for life. I believe in God the Father, maker of heaven and earth who is not worthy of me making two hours of week in my schedule to pray or talk to and to attend church. I believe in ...read more

  • Introduction: Are You Ready For Some Football! We ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,420 views

    Introduction: Are you ready for some football! We are only 48 days 3hrs and approximately 30 minutes to the kick off of Alabama football. Foot ball in Alabama is more than a sport. It is a way of life. We live foot ball 365 days a year. It is almost like a religion. In fact we begin to indoctrinate ...read more

  • The Reverend John G. Paton, A Missionary In The ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Apr 20, 2008
     | 8,796 views

    The Reverend John G. Paton, a missionary in the New Hebrides Islands, tells a thrilling story involving the protective care of angels. Hostile natives surrounded his mission headquarters one night, intent on burning the Patons out and killing them. John Paton and his wife prayed all during that ...read more

  • The Boll Weevil

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Sep 11, 2008
     | 3,337 views

    The Boll Weevil In the center of Main Street in Enterprise, Alabama, stands one of the strangest monuments in the world. It's a memorial to an insect! Handsomely carved in stone is the likeness of a boll weevil. Many believe that divine providence was involved in the circumstances that led to the ...read more

  • Majority Rules?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,080 views

    Majority Rules? A rabbi was at odds with his congregation. The president of the synagogue said, "Rabbi, we must have a conference to settle this dispute once and for all." So the rabbi, the president an the ten elders met together to discuss the issue -- but the rabbi soon discovered that he was ...read more

  • The Big Question "What Things Are Important And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
     | 766 views

    The BIG question “What things are important and what things are trivial?” Illus. Christmas night 2002, Jack Whittaker had five out of five numbers in the West Virginia Power ball drawing. Jack Whittaker had just won $314 million, the largest undivided lottery jackpot in history. He took the one ...read more

  • A Dying Church  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,091 views

    A DYING CHURCH An artist was once asked to put on canvas what he considered to be the picture best symbolizing a decaying and dying church. After several months, he returned and reported that he had finished the task. The hour finally arrived when the painting was to be unveiled. Several people ...read more

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