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  • That Is Us Too, So Often. We Have The ...

    Contributed by Martyn Baxter on Nov 23, 2008
     | 1,180 views

    That is us too, so often. We have the scriptures, we know of its authenticity and yet we fail to live by its teaching. We live in a land of plenty where we fail to go without all we need and more, look on your television sets at home for a reminder, yet we fail to give thanks. We experience the ...read more

  • Getting Organized  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,092 views

    GETTING ORGANIZED In a Peanuts cartoon, Lucy demands that Linus change TV channels and then threatens him with her fist if he doesn’t. "What makes you think you can walk right in here and take over?" asks Linus. "These five fingers," says Lucy. "Individually they are nothing, but when I curl ...read more

  • Evil Is Still At Work. Not All Actions Are Of ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jun 2, 2009
     | 1,915 views

    Evil is still at work. Not all actions are of God. People often use “open door” theology to try to discern God’s will. We are presented with a choice and sometimes wait to see if one door closes. A new job opens up and we apply believing that if God wants me to have it then he will open up that ...read more

  • Robert Green Was Born June 5th, 1935. After High ...

    Contributed by Ronnie Knight on May 1, 2007
     | 805 views

    Robert Green was born June 5th, 1935. After high school he joined the US Navy from which he retired. He was a good husband, a wonderful father of two children, and the best uncle a boy could have ever had. After retiring from the Navy, Uncle Bobby settled his family in Panama City Florida where he ...read more

  • In 1992 America Watched The La Riots After The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,537 views

    In 1992 America watched the LA riots after the Rodney King beating trials. Thousands of people in Los Angeles joined in what has often been characterized as a race riot, or a mini-civil war, involving acts of law breaking compounded by existing racial tensions, including looting, assault, arson and ...read more

  • No One Missed Him

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Mar 7, 2012
     | 2,060 views

    NO ONE MISSED HIM There was a story in the papers years ago that occurred in Hamburg, Germany. The skeletal remains of a man were found in his apartment, sitting in front of a TV set, with Christmas lights twinkling nearby. But the lights were from a long past year. In fact, the man had been ...read more

  • Lucille Ball On What's Wrong With Families

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2012
     | 4,672 views

    LUCILLE BALL ON WHAT’S WRONG WITH FAMILIES Lucille Ball, shortly before her death, did a remarkable TV interview with Merv Griffin. He asked her a very serious and pointed question: "Lucille, you’ve lived a long time on this earth and you are a wise person. What’s happened to our country? What’s ...read more

  • Appetite Killers

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Mar 27, 2023
     | 1,529 views

    If we want our appetite for righteousness to grow, we must avoid appetite killers. This is true in the natural. Every parent knows that kids who eat too much candy will not have an appetite for the healthy food at dinner time. The same is true with our spiritual appetite. If we snack on the things ...read more

  • Everybody's Doing ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
     | 3,825 views

    “Everybody’s doing it.” This is a common phrase used today to excuse our behavior, but it is no excuse. We were shocked a decade ago when youth ministries guru Josh McDowell did an extensive survey of Bible-believing church teens that showed that more than half of them were sexually active, even ...read more

  • Charles Colson Tells The Story Of Being On Th...

    Contributed by Tim Smith on May 28, 2015
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     | 5,265 views

    Charles Colson tells the story of being on the Bill Buckley television program, talking about criminal justice reform. A few days later he got a call from Jack Eckerd, the founder of the Eckerd Drug chain, the second largest drug chain in America. He saw me on television and asked me to come to ...read more

  • The Pushcart Of Healing  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 3, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 6,003 views

    THE PUSHCART OF HEALING A tribe called Karbis lives In a remote village called Rongphar in Assam, India. It is a forest area and less connected with the modern facilities of the nearby city, Guwahati. When people in that village fall sick, they carry them on a pushcart to the nearby clinic which ...read more

  • Suffering The Rats: A Missionary Was Assigned To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kilson on Mar 3, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,580 views

    Suffering the Rats: A missionary was assigned to some remote islands in the Pacific. After three months, he sent a fax to mission headquarters: "I’m being plagued by rats. What shall I do?" Soon a crate arrived, filled with rattraps. However, hardly a month later the missionary sent a second fax ...read more

  • Many Years Ago, Pastor Stuart Briscoe Visited A ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 26, 2006
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     | 1,043 views

    Many years ago, Pastor Stuart Briscoe visited a mission in a remote, primitive area. He spent the night in the hut of the local "witch" doctor. Overhead, Briscoe noticed a variety of small objects hanging from the ceiling. The missionary informed him t hat each object represented some offence the ...read more

  • Get Used To It

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 22, 2010
     | 1,125 views

    GET USED TO IT A missionary was assigned to some remote islands in the Pacific. After three months, he sent a fax to mission headquarters: "I'm being plagued by rats. What shall I do?" Soon a crate arrived, filled with rat traps. However, hardly a month later the missionary sent a second fax ...read more

  • Worship Is More Than Experience

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Oct 17, 2011
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     | 5,297 views

    WORSHIP IS MORE THAN EXPERIENCE There was a woman who went on a short term missions trip to Kenya, helping the missionaries there. Before she left, she stopped at a remote village where she attended a medical clinic. As the native women outside the clinic began to sing together, she found herself ...read more

  • When Rules Can’t Save

    Contributed by David Dunn on Sep 27, 2025
     | 103 views

    The great Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy inherited vast wealth and hundreds of serfs. Though he freed them and gave away his book royalties, he was tormented by guilt and could not find peace. He invented endless rules —rise early, eat little, conquer lust —to perfect himself, but slid deeper into ...read more

  • Richard Foster Says That Most Of Us Consider ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,239 views

    Richard Foster says that most of us consider prayer a skill we must master, like algebra or auto mechanics. But such a belief deceives us to believe that somehow we are in control. He goes on to say that when we pray, we actually ...read more

  • Joseph M. Stowell Said, "Some Time Ago I Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,540 views

    Joseph M. Stowell said, "Some time ago I was chatting with a man who consults with some of the largest U.S. companies about their quality control. Because ministry is a form of human quality control, I though I’d ask him for some insights. "He said, ’In quality control, we are not concerned about ...read more

  • Joseph M. Stowell - Some Time Ago, I Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,406 views

    Joseph M. Stowell - Some time ago, I was chatting with a man who consults with some of the largest U.S. companies about their quality control. Because ministry is a form of human quality control, I thought I’d ask him for some insights. He said, "In quality control, we are not concerned about the ...read more

  • Warren Jeffs, Described As A Prophet And Self ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 22, 2006
     | 3,881 views

    Warren Jeffs, described as a Prophet and self proclaimed Prophet at that is head of a renegade Mormon splinter group called the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He is accused of arranging marriages between underage girls and older men. He is charged with child sexual ...read more