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  • Is There A Hell? A Recent Usa Today (Reported ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,750 views

    Is There A Hell? A recent USA Today (reported in the 10/31/97 issue) poll discovered 52% of adults are certain that there is a hell, and 27% think there might be. 48% think it will be a real place where people suffer eternal torment, with 46% thinking it will be an anguished state of existence ...read more

  • The Story Is Told About The Baptism Of King ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 24, 2006
     | 1,426 views

    The story is told about the baptism of King Aengus by St. Patrick in the middle of the fifth century. Sometime during the rite, Patrick leaned on his sharp-pointed staff and inadvertently stabbed the king’s foot. After the baptism was over, Patrick looked down at all the blood, realized what he had ...read more

  • Well, Sometimes Things Are Not That Simple. ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 1, 2007
     | 894 views

    Well, sometimes things are not that simple. According to Medterms.com: "Fear of work: An abnormal and persistent fear of work. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety about the workplace environment even though they realize their fear is irrational. Their fear may actually be a combination ...read more

  • Divorce Aftershocks

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
     | 2,272 views

    DIVORCE AFTERSHOCKS The National Child Development Study in the U.K. tracks 17,000 people born in Britain during the same week in 1958. Comparing those individuals with those born years later, the study revealed those in both generations with divorced parents were more likely to suffer from ...read more

  • Why Have I Come To Australia? Well, If Dr Salk ...

    Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Jun 23, 2009
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    “Why have I come to Australia? Well, if Dr Salk had kept quiet about the vaccine he had discovered to help polio sufferers, what a tragedy that would have been! And when I have found Jesus to be the answer to the problems we have, both personal and national, I must share it with others.” Sir Lionel ...read more

  • Paul Krause Was Recently Inducted Into The Nfl ...  PRO

    Contributed by Anthony Bradseth on Jan 5, 2001
    based on 72 ratings
     | 5,180 views

    Paul Krause was recently inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. He played sixteen years and had eighty-one career interceptions as a safety with the Minnesota Vikings. However, his greatest challenge in life did not occur on a football field but in his response to the automobile ...read more

  • In The Wake Of War Torn Streets And Suicide ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 7, 2005
     | 2,468 views

    In the wake of war torn streets and suicide bombings, strengthened by a grateful heart,one brave Iraqi official stands tall and puts a price on his sufferings. Due to the brutal assassination of the former pro-American mayor, Ali Fadel gladly stepped in as Baghdad’s new leading official. Mr. ...read more

  • Picture A Scene From The Old West, Sometime In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
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    Picture a scene from the Old West, sometime in the 1870s. Weary cowboys in dusty Levi’s gather around a blazing campfire after a day on the open range. The lonely howl of a coyote counterpoints the notes of a guitar as the moon floats serenely overhead. Suddenly a bellow of pain shatters the night, ...read more

  • A Man Named Victor Frankl, A Jewish Psychiatrist ...

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jul 10, 2007
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    A man named Victor Frankl, a Jewish psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor, discovered this great truth in the midst of a Jewish concentration camp during WW II. While seeking to survive the horror of this imprisonment Frankl began observing his fellow prisoners in the hope of discovering what coping ...read more

  • A Man Named Victor Frankl, A Jewish Psychiatrist ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    A man named Victor Frankl, a Jewish psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor, discovered this great truth in the midst of a Jewish concentration camp during WW II. While seeking to survive the horror of this imprisonment Frankl began observing his fellow prisoners in the hope of discovering what coping ...read more

  • Give It To Get It

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Aug 18, 2008
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    Give It to Get It I have the opportunity to hang out with alcoholics and addicts that are working on recovery. And it is truly amazing to see how they often serve one another. You see for those in recovery serving those who are still suffering in terms of sharing the greatest thing that they have, ...read more

  • N India This Week (Early Oct., 2008), Here Is The ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 15, 2008
     | 1,145 views

    n India this week (early Oct., 2008), here is the latest: "Christians feel unsafe even under government protection, and are leaving the refugee camps to escape to other areas of India. In Kandhamal, the destruction has continued for more than a month. Bhubaneshwar (AsiaNews) - About 12,000 people ...read more

  • A. Wang Ming Dao Served Was The Preacher Of ...

    Contributed by Mitchell Skelton on Mar 22, 2009
     | 2,352 views

    A. Wang Ming Dao served was the preacher of Peking’s largest church. During Communistic persecution, he was thrown into prison because of his testimony and ministry. At the hands of his perpetrators, he was tortured for his faith. Fearing even greater suffering, Dao recanted his belief in Christ ...read more

  • Ever Feel Like Job?

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Sep 2, 2010
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    EVER FEEL LIKE JOB? I have been speaking with a friend on the internet of late who has been saying that GOD IS HARD TO FIND. What do you do when you come to God and all you get is SILENCE, and it feels like He has completely ABANDONED YOU? Have you ever felt like God doesn't care about you because ...read more

  • Hope Is The Dream Of A Soul

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2011
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    HOPE IS THE DREAM OF A SOUL When a member of my congregation, 18-year-old Heidi, was thrown from a car back in May and suffered a head injury, it was a real miracle that she recovered and was soon in rehab at Crystus Santa Rosa. She was learning to walk again through rehab and therapy when a young ...read more

  • A Sacrifice Of Praise Hurts!

    Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Mar 1, 2012
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    A SACRIFICE OF PRAISE HURTS! Several years ago, there was a song on Christian radio that said, "We bring a sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord." It had a happy, upbeat tune. Listening to it, I had the feeling that the singers were intrigued by the words but had not personally ...read more

  • Lovers Of The Cross

    Contributed by Rev. Dan Hesko on Jul 1, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,945 views

    Thomas a kempis wrote in the Imitation of Christ Jesus has many who love His Kingdom in Heaven, but few who bear His Cross (Luke 14:27). He has many who desire comfort, but few who desire suffering. He finds many to share His feast, but few His fasting. All desire to rejoice with Him, but few are ...read more

  • The Biggest Star Of The 2002 World Cup Was ...

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Aug 29, 2002
     | 1,632 views

    The biggest star of the 2002 World Cup was twenty-five years-old Ronaldo of the victorious Brazil team, the highest goalscorer and the comeback story of the tournament. When he was seventeen, he had his first taste of the World Cup as a non-playing reserve. Four years later Ronaldo was twice the ...read more

  • Does God Exist? Barbers Don't ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Feb 18, 2009
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     | 3,050 views

    Does God exist? Barbers Don’t Exist… This is one of the best explanations of why God allows pain and suffering that I have seen. It’s an explanation other people will understand. Does God exist? A man went to a barber shop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, ...read more

  • The Meaning Of The Cross

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2011
     | 4,625 views

    THE MEANING OF THE CROSS In the 19th century, Armenian Christians, under a Turkish Muslim government, experienced a tremendous amount of persecution. The government lifted the ban on Muslims converting to Christianity in 1856. Then just eight years later, they began arresting these Muslim converts ...read more

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