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  • Several Years Ago, I Was Working On Replacing An ...

    Contributed by Todd Pugh on Jan 14, 2008
     | 1,388 views

    Several years ago, I was working on replacing an old, falling-over retaining wall on the side of my house. Some of the stones I replaced were too big for me to move and some were cemented together into “blobs” of rock and concrete. So I set out to bust them up with a sledge hammer. I struck ...read more

  • Francis Schaeffer Struggled To Know God's Will In ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Mar 3, 2008
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    Francis Schaeffer struggled to know God’s will in his life. His father wanted to hear from him soon as to what he was going to be and do in life. His heart was all out to pursue medicine and become a physician. His parents desired him to take on engineering. There was a tussle. It could go either ...read more

  • Albums Dying

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 2,558 views

    ALBUMS DYING Last year, digital singles outsold plastic CDs for the first time. So far in '07, sales of digital songs have risen 54%, to roughly 189 million units, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Digital album sales are rising at a slightly faster pace, but buyers of digital music are purchasing ...read more

  • Our Submission To Christ Is Imperfect And ...

    Contributed by Rickey Bennett on Aug 16, 2009
     | 5,464 views

    Our submission to Christ is imperfect and progressive, John Piper writes: “From the time of our first saving acceptance of Christ, He is our King and Lord and Savior and Priest and Prophet and Counselor. All that He is, He is for those who are His. And then begins a life of faltering and growing ...read more

  • In One Community -- The Village Atheist Was Not ...

    Contributed by Karl Popke on May 28, 2010
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    In one community -- the Village atheist was not a bad man. He just didn’t believe. He wasn’t interested in church…and there was only one in the area. And this church was,-- well, mostly a social club. Heartlessly and spiritually dead—no conversions or decisions for Christ had been made for some ...read more

  • Like A Rolling Stone

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Aug 29, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,984 views

    Bob Dylan is considered one of the greatest song writers of all time. In 1965 he wrote "Like a Rolling Stone" - one of his most popular songs. It has been acclaimed as the greatest lyric ever written. "Like a Rolling Stone" is statistically the most acclaimed song of all time. ...read more

  • One Of The Sweet Christians In Church History Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Wood on May 30, 2002
    based on 26 ratings
     | 2,049 views

    One of the sweet Christians in church history was a little guy named Billy Bray. He was a Cornish miner. He had one of the most remarkable salvation experiences you ever saw in all of your life. Billy Bray was so happy — he shouted all the time. He bothered people. He had so much joy, just shouting ...read more

  • Some Fascinating Psychological Detective Work Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 24, 2004
    based on 27 ratings
     | 837 views

    Some fascinating psychological detective work was once done in a second-grade classroom. The teacher had complained that the children were getting harder and harder to control. They were standing up and roaming around the room rather than doing their work. Two psychologists spent several days at ...read more

  • A Redhead Is Walking Through The Countryside, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Oct 17, 2005
    based on 13 ratings
     | 4,411 views

    A redhead is walking through the countryside, when she finds a bottle. She rubs it and, you guessed it, a genie appears. The genie says, “You are allowed three wishes. But, I must warn you, anything you get, all the blondes in the world get twice as much.” The woman agrees, “Okay. Give me a ...read more

  • A Little Boy Who Was Misbehaving One Night When ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Jan 16, 2008
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     | 2,674 views

    A little boy who was misbehaving one night when his father was trying to get him to go to bed. The boy’s mother had gone to a meeting and his father was taking care of things at home. Long after the little boy had been tucked in for the night, he was doing the classic drink of water routine: ...read more

  • The Shortening Of Private Devotions Starves The ...

    Contributed by Stephen Smarowsky on Jun 11, 2008
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     | 2,602 views

    The shortening of private devotions starves the soul. William Wilberforce, Christian statesman of Great Britain in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, once said, “I must secure more time for private devotions.” Following a failure in Parliament, he stated that his problems may have been due to ...read more

  • Satisfied Mind

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Jul 9, 2007
     | 3,272 views

    Satisfied Mind (By Rhodes & Hayes)(Starrite Music) How many times have you heard someone say "If I had his money, I could do things my way?" Little they know that it’s so hard to find One rich man in ten with a satisfied mind. Once I was winning in fortune and fame Everything that I ...read more

  • Converted Not Once, But Often

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Aug 3, 2010
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     | 2,116 views

    CONVERTED NOT ONCE, BUT OFTEN A person of no less stature than Ruth Graham, the daughter of a Presbyterian missionary and the wife of a world-famous evangelist, struggled with this idea of a "moment of conversion." She was raised in the faith and knew that she was secure in Christ, and yet she ...read more

  • Many Years Ago While Serving In One Small Church ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,667 views

    Many years ago while serving in one small church one of the board members came to me and said, “We need to change the evening worship time from 7 p.m. to 6.” I said, “Well, we will need to talk to the board about it.” He replied, ...read more

  • At A Funeral Service, The Preacher Got Carried ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,136 views

    At a funeral service, the preacher got carried away and his sermon far exceeded the time limit. Finally his assistant whispered, “It’s getting late sir!” “I know,” the preacher said, “But this doctrine of the Resurrection is so important.” “Yes, sir,” the ...read more

  • Your God Is God" From ...

    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Jul 14, 2008
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    "Your God is God" from wingclips.com In 1994, Heidi and Rolland Baker arrived in Mozambique amidst the hard times following the Mozambique Civil War. Even the Red Cross trucks were not safe and were bombed. During the hard times, sometimes even threatened by death, Heidi and ...read more

  • Aesop's Fables, The Fox And The Lion – Fox First ...

    Contributed by Shawn Rose on Jan 13, 2009
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    Aesop’s Fables, The Fox and the Lion – fox first sees lion, scared to death and runs away; second time sees the lion, stands at a safe distance and watches; third time sees the lion, walks up to him and strikes up a conversation, walks away ...read more

  • Reader Gap

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 1,894 views

    READER GAP Those age 65 and older are nearly three times more likely than average to read the print edition of newspapers six times per week, while those age 18-24 are 38% more likely than average to NOT read a print ...read more

  • Dr Martin Lloyd Jones Wrote - The Trouble With ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 13, 2010
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    DR MARTIN LLOYD JONES WROTE - THE TROUBLE WITH PEOPLE, WHO ARE NOT SEEKING FOR A SAVIOR, AND FOR SALVATION, IS THAT THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF SIN. IT IS A PECULIAR FUNCTION OF THE LAW TO BRING SUCH AN UNDERSTANDING TO A MANS MIND AND CONSCIENCE. THAT IS WHY GREAT EVANGELICAL PREACHERS ...read more

  • Preparing The Path Or Our ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2010
     | 3,157 views

    Preparing the Path or Our Youth? A judge who had a great number of cases involving families and homes once said: “We adults spend far too much time preparing the path for our youth and far too little time preparing our youth ...read more