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  • There Was A Great Theologian Who Came To The Usa ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 6, 2002
    based on 19 ratings
     | 5,321 views

    There was a great theologian who came to the USA from England and was being interviewed by a group of seminary students. The question was asked, “What is the most profound thought that ever occupied your mind.” The answer was, “Jesus loves me this I know for the Bible tells me so.” You may go ...read more

  • Truth And Lies  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Aug 5, 2003
    based on 38 ratings
     | 4,990 views

    Listen to Adrian Rogers: “It is better to be divided by truth than to be united in error. It is better to speak the truth that hurts and then heals, than falsehood that comforts and then kills. It is not love and it is not friendship if we fail to declare the whole counsel of God. It is better ...read more

  • Ninety-Two Percent Of The Christians Attending A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 24, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,672 views

    Ninety-two percent of the Christians attending a recent Bible conference admitted in a survey that feelings of loneliness are a major problem in their lives. All shared a basic symptom: a sense of despair at feeling unloved and a fear of being unwanted or unaccepted. This is a tragic commentary ...read more

  • As A Third-Century Man Was Anticipating Death, ...

    Contributed by Paul Redwine on Jan 5, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,311 views

    As a third-century man was anticipating death, he penned these last words to a friend: "It’s a bad world, an incredibly bad world. But I have discovered in the midst of it a quiet and holy people who have learned a great secret. They have found a joy which is a thousand times better than any ...read more

  • The Other Night My 2 Year Old Daughter And I ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 24, 2004
     | 1,622 views

    The other night my 2 year old daughter and I were saying "her" prayers. The much rehearsed, "now I lay me down to sleep." After she went through her long list of family & friends she wished for God to bless, out of the blue she said, "and thank you for ice cream." Immediately I was thinking to ...read more

  • Keep Asking, Keep Seeking, Keep Knocking  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 11, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 7,188 views

    KEEP ASKING, KEEP SEEKING, KEEP KNOCKING There is a progression in this persistence: asking, seeking and knocking. Now let’s consider their meaning, “asking means making a simple request. Seeking implies a stronger desire and a more definite kind of request. It is something that takes time. It ...read more

  • In – The Introduction To His Book, ‘what The ...

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Dec 15, 2004
     | 1,669 views

    IN – the introduction to his book, ‘What The Bible says About Money,’ Alger Fitch writes; We need to be aware that we are but a small percent of the world’s population (less than 5%)… yet it is estimated that we own 50% of the earth’s wealth. We are an island of plenty in the sea of poverty. We ...read more

  • Adoption Is The Process By Which A Person Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Dec 28, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,661 views

    Adoption is the process by which a person who does not belong to a given family is formally brought into it and made a full, legal family member with the rights and responsibilities of that position. The practice of adoption was not common among the Jews, but was more widespread in the Greek and ...read more

  • Rest Your Whole Weight On God

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,942 views

    Rest your whole weight on God a. Ill: There once was a man, named John Paton, who was translating the Bible for a South Seas island tribe. John Paton discovered that the natives had no word for trust or faith. One day a native who had been working hard came into the missionary’s house, flopped ...read more

  • Keeping The Aquarium

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on May 18, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,357 views

    KEEPING THE AQUARIUM "With all our education, our fine buildings, our image of the church, we are doing less to win people to Christ than our unschooled forefathers did. We're no longer fishers of men, but keepers of the aquarium, and we spend most of our time swiping fish from each other's bowl." ...read more

  • The Master Of Religiosity

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Jun 29, 2009
     | 2,507 views

    THE MASTER OF RELIGIOSITY He made free use of Christian vocabulary. He talked about the blessing of the Almighty and the Christian confessions which would become the pillars of the new government. He assumed the earnestness of a man weighed down by historic responsibility. He handed out pious ...read more

  • In Haifa, The Largest City In Northern Israel, ...

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Feb 11, 2010
     | 2,731 views

    In Haifa, the largest city in northern Israel, a policeman, who knew his Bible, got on the trail of a gang of smugglers. The smugglers had used an donkey-drawn caravan to escape from the police, but the policemen managed to capture some of the donkeys. The clever officer let the beasts of ...read more

  • Don't Just Hang On...hang In

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 26, 2010
     | 3,898 views

    DON'T JUST HANG ON...HANG IN Decades ago, Oswald Chambers wrote about spiritual perseverance, defining it as... not to hang on and do nothing, but to work deliberately, knowing with certainty that God will never be defeated. The Bible is full of examples of men and women who didn't "just-hang-on" ...read more

  • Lions

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 31, 2010
     | 2,840 views

    LIONS Lions roamed the countryside and forests in Mesopotamia, and the people feared them and greatly respected their power. Some kings hunted lions for sport. The Persians captured lions, keeping them in large parks where they were fed and attended. Lions were also used for executing people. But ...read more

  • Sharing The Cup With All

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 31, 2010
     | 3,258 views

    SHARING THE CUP WITH ALL One Sunday morning in 1865, a black man entered a fashionable church in Richmond, Virginia. When Communion was served, he walked down the aisle and knelt at the altar. A rustle of resentment swept the congregation. How dare he! After all, believers in that church used the ...read more

  • Jesus Had A Rose

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2011
     | 4,785 views

    JESUS HAD A ROSE Judy Packard of Lake Leelanau, Michigan, talks about the time her neighbor, visiting the Holy Land, sent a letter describing the beautiful gardens. Her 6-year-old mused, "I wonder if he saw the rose." "What rose?" Judy asked. "You know," said her child, "like the Bible women ...read more

  • Making Lemonade

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Jan 13, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,575 views

    MAKING LEMONADE Charles Goodyear went to jail for a contempt of court citation. Imprisoned, he went to work in the kitchen and worked on an idea in which he developed the method for vulcanizing rubber. Martin Luther was forced to stay in Wartburg Castle and his lemonade was his translation of the ...read more

  • Raptured?

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 16, 2014
     | 6,315 views

    Herbert Washington, whom co-workers at Significant Plastics Inc. say was unduly concerned with the rapture and the second coming of Christ, suffered a serious heart attack when co-workers pretended they’d been caught away without him. "We didn’t mean to scare him to death," said one woman. "He’s ...read more

  • Too Busy To Die

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Dec 13, 2022
     | 1,145 views

    Too busy to read the Bible, too busy to wait and pray; Too busy to speak out kindly, to someone who passes by the way! Too busy working and worrying, to think of the life to come; Too busy building earthly mansions, to plan for the Heaven above. Too busy to help a brother, who faces trials and ...read more

  • Years Ago, I Spent A Couple Of Years At Purdue ...

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 14, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,775 views

    Years ago, I spent a couple of years at Purdue University and some of the classes I took were in Philosophy. In one of those classes, the professor (who was an atheist) stood up in front of the class and said “Jesus didn’t die on the cross, and I can prove it.” His proof? He said that when a ...read more