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  • Bad Meat

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Jul 3, 2008
     | 2,564 views

    Bad Meat Colin Byrne Smith of Australia told of a missionary who called on a tribe of cannibals. Taking his life in his hands, he crossed the inlet in a small boat, and when confronted by the tribe, meekly endured every insult. Long afterwards, when he had succeeded in converting many and ...read more

  • On March 5, 1994, Deputy Sheriff Lloyd Prescott ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 3, 2009
     | 1,276 views

    On March 5, 1994, Deputy Sheriff Lloyd Prescott was teaching a class for police officers in the Salt Lake City Library. As he stepped into the hallway, he noticed a gunman herding eighteen hostages into the next room. Dressed in street clothes, Prescott joined the group as the nineteenth hostage, ...read more

  • So Many Owed So Much To One  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,313 views

    SO MANY OWED SO MUCH TO ONE During World War II’s Battle of Britain, the Royal Air Force’s courageous defense of the skies over Britain foiled Hitler’s plans for an invasion of the British Isles. Afterward, Prime Minister Winston Churchill said in the House of Commons, "Never in the history of ...read more

  • A Professing Christian Justifies Her ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 6, 2010
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    A Professing Christian Justifies Her Adultery Oprah Winfrey had a program with women who were having affairs with married men. When the women were challenged on the morality of their adultery, one woman said, “Wait a minute. I’m a Christian, but I want everyone to know that my personal life and my ...read more

  • C.s. Lewis On God's Love

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2010
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    C.S. LEWIS ON GOD'S LOVE C. S. Lewis described God’s love like this: "God, who needs nothing, loves into existence wholly superfluous creations in order that He may love and perfect them. He creates the universe, already foreseeing—or should we say ‘seeing’?—the buzzing cloud of flies about the ...read more

  • Shout Of Triumph

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2011
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     | 4,872 views

    SHOUT OF TRIUMPH "'It is finished.' This shout of triumph rings with all the freshness and force of when He spoke it. The satisfaction He rendered to the justice of God was finished. But next, the Savior meant that the satisfaction which He rendered to the justice of God was finished. The debt was ...read more

  • When Things Go Wrong  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 19, 2012
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,650 views

    WHEN THINGS GO WRONG Several years ago, Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Bob Patterson described one of his pitches, which the Cincinnati Reds’ Barry Larkin hit for a game-winning home run: "It was a cross between a screwball and a change-up. It was a screw-up." (Wall Street Journal, 7/9/96; ...read more

  • From Stable To Table

    Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Dec 11, 2023
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    From Stable to Table Down from the splendors of Heaven to the lowliness of a stable, Wrapped in swaddling clothes, God’s Lamb lay in a manger cradle. His destiny ordained, Heaven’s loss, mankind to save, through a cross. From the lowly stable, to sitting with his disciples around the table: Do ...read more

  • Moses, Aaron And Hur Went To The Top Of The Hill. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Aug 14, 2003
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    Moses, Aaron and Hur went to the top of the hill. 11 As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning. 12 When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his ...read more

  • The Blood Of Jesus Christ Cleanses All Sin

    Contributed by Raymond Petzholt on Oct 17, 2005
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    How is it possible that the blood of Jesus Christ has such power to redeem and cleanse us from all sin? This is possible because of who Jesus is and what He did when He died on the Cross. First, Jesus was, is and always will be, absolutely sinless in thought word and deed. Secondly, Jesus ...read more

  • Man Gives His Life Rescuing Airplane ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 26, 2010
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    Man Gives His Life Rescuing Airplane Passengers But what do we see if we look at the cross from another angle—from God’s perspective? What if we have in our minds, as Jesus says, “the things of God”? Then we can see the cross as part of God’s rescue plan. We can see that Jesus chooses to be ...read more

  • Silly Signs  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Shockley on Jun 29, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,009 views

    SILLY SIGNS • Bargain basement upstairs. • Would the person who took the step ladder yesterday please bring it back or further steps will be taken. • After tea break staff should empty the teapot and stand upside down on the draining board. • This is the gate of heaven. ...read more

  • However, This Is Christmas So I Don't Want To Get ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dean Kennedy on Dec 29, 2002
    based on 21 ratings
     | 2,330 views

    However, this is Christmas so I don’t want to get you too down and out . So let me share a story that some of you may have heard before. It is about the Christmas truce that occurred during World War I, on Christmas Eve of 1914, that first year of the War German and British forces were facing ...read more

  • Onward Christian Soldier  PRO

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Oct 11, 2008
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    Onward Christian Soldier It was 1854. Pastor Dudley Tyng was voted as the new pastor of a Philadelphia church at only 29 years old. At first the work went well until he started to preach against the sin of slavery – at that point to church did not want to make anyone mad so they told him to shut ...read more

  • George Washington's Prayer

    Contributed by Jeffrey Powell on May 25, 2009
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    GEORGE WASHINGTON'S PRAYER We have a rich history of how God miraculously intervened in the creation of this nation. You won’t read this in the public school history books because anti-Christian writers take great pains to remove God’s handiwork in the building of America. In 1776, British ...read more

  • Prayer And Cadwalader

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Mar 8, 2012
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    PRAYER AND CADWALADER In 1747, Benjamin Franklin organized the "Philadelphia Associators." This was a volunteer militia for the protection of the city. Colonel John Cadwalader was elected its senior officer in 1776. In December of 1776, Cadwalader and his volunteer militia were stationed 10 miles ...read more

  • They Did Not Fear Death  PRO

    Contributed by Bill Sullivan on May 9, 2012
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     | 3,185 views

    THEY DID NOT FEAR DEATH Many of you have read Foxe's Book of Martyrs. It’s certainly not light bedtime reading, but is nevertheless inspiring and relevant as we look at this passage of scripture this morning. It’s important to remember that each of the apostles suffered persecution, and most ...read more

  • Saint Or Sinner?

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Sep 23, 2019
     | 4,158 views

    Saint or Sinner? Lord, I'm not sure what I am or what I ain't. Am I a saint playing sinner or a sinner playing saint? I love your truth, but I am not good at obeying, as you know. I can run with the sinners, but feel guilty when I go. Some of the things I crave are sin, and ...read more

  • My Favorite Bible Teacher, Steve Brown, Really ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Aug 30, 2001
    based on 81 ratings
     | 3,048 views

    My favorite Bible teacher, Steve Brown, really understands the problem of "Prosperity Theology," the belief that God wants us to be wealthy, healthy and happy all the time. He says, "I just can’t see how things could be so good for the followers of a religion [speaking of Christianity] whose ...read more

  • The Los Angeles Times Carried An Article In 1995 ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jerry Falwell on Mar 27, 2002
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     | 1,927 views

    The Los Angeles Times carried an article in 1995 with the title, “Things My Mother Told Me” that suggested: 1. Mind your manners and always write “thank you” notes. 2. Brush your hair. 3. Appearance matters. 4. Never marry a man in order to change him. 5. Stand up straight and clean your ...read more