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  • Childlike Faith

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jun 20, 2010
     | 4,175 views

    CHILDLIKE FAITH Perhaps it is the reason that I embraced Christianity so easily was that the Christian faith doesn’t demand intelligence. I have an above average intelligence level. Well, actually, although it was above average according to the IQ test I completed at School, it was more tilted ...read more

  • Construction Worker Survives 110-Foot ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2010
     | 5,794 views

    Construction Worker Survives 110-Foot Fall This past week I was reading in “God’s Word for You Today” devotional about Randy Reid, a thirty-four-year old construction worker, who was welding on top of a nearly completed water tower outside Chicago. According to writer Melissa Ramsdell, Reid ...read more

  • Our Tongues Get Us Into Trouble

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,945 views

    OUR TONGUES GET US INTO TROUBLE The classic movie, "A Christmas Story," is a nostalgic look at growing up in Gary, Indiana, through the eyes of a boy named Ralphy. One scene depicts a school recess in the middle of winter. Two boys surrounded by their classmates argue whether a person’s tongue ...read more

  • Christians Still Persecuted

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 23, 2011
     | 3,641 views

    CHRISTIANS STILL PERSECUTED * Last year (July 2009), Catherina Cenzon-DeCarlo, a nurse at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City was told that she would help a doctor perform an abortion or be fired. Even though the hospital knew it was against her Christian values. * In September of 2009 at Pace ...read more

  • The One  PRO

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Apr 22, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,082 views

    THE ONE The crowds cheered and waved their hands. Many stood upon their tip-toes hoping to catch a glimpse of their deliverer as he processed by. "He's the one! echoed throughout the streets. Many praised his name with hands and fists held high. Was it true? Had "the one" finally come ...read more

  • James And John Talking

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on May 9, 2011
     | 3,061 views

    JAMES AND JOHN TALKING This is how I imagine it was before Salome approached Jesus about one of the boys being at either side of him in his kingdom. Remember these two disciples were the "sons of thunder." James: What do you reckon I’m sure that he'll be King soon and I want to sit on my throne ...read more

  • Memorial Day: Remember The Martyrs

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Jun 4, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 8,399 views

    MEMORIAL DAY: REMEMBER THE MARTYRS It’s honorable and fitting this morning we remember the sacrifice of our nation’s great veterans, who gave their lives on battlefields abroad and here at home. By some estimates, nearly 1.3 million Americans have shed their blood and died for freedom’s cause. ...read more

  • He's No Longer In The Grave  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2011
    based on 21 ratings
     | 7,958 views

    HE'S NO LONGER IN THE GRAVE In 1887, twenty two years after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, his coffin was dug up and opened because there were constant rumors that his body was not in the grave. So they dug it up and the body was there. The rumors continued so 14 years later they ...read more

  • Is God Good?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2011
     | 9,638 views

    IS GOD GOOD? Randy Alcorn talks about what happened to his friend, Ethel Herr in his new book, What Good is God. She had had a double mastectomy. Then two months later, doctors discovered that the cancer had spread. One of Herr's friends in shock asked her, "And how do you feel about God now?" ...read more

  • Lamb Over Me

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 8, 2011
     | 2,430 views

    "LAMB OVER ME" In his book “Eternity in their Hearts”, Don Richardson a Missionary writes of cultural compasses in other cultures and their language that point to one and only one person, Jesus, preparing the way for the Gospel to be heard. He tells the story of Robert Morrison who landed in ...read more

  • The Obedient Mule

    Contributed by Eugene Morell on Oct 11, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,697 views

    THE OBEDIENT MULE There is a story about a farmer who wanted to sell his mule so The put the add in the local paper. One day a man from another community came to the farm. The two farmers got to talking and eventually they got around to talking about the mule. The farmer who wanted to buy the ...read more

  • The Old Man And The Savior

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Nov 9, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,378 views

    THE OLD MAN AND THE SAVIOR Jan Weinert wrote: "The old man came into the service shortly after it started. He sat at the end of my row, with two vacant seats between us. A noticeable hearing aid was in his ear, and he held the bulletin up to within inches of his thick glasses to try to read it. As ...read more

  • The Lost (And Found) Baptistery

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 21, 2011
     | 1,947 views

    THE LOST (AND FOUND) BAPTISTERY Supposedly, it was constructed around 1828; sometime between then and about 1930 it was forgotten and unused till discovered in May of 2002. No one knows for certain when the open air baptistery of Mt. Gilead Baptist Church in Fort Gaines, Georgia, was last used. ...read more

  • Of A Sister In Faith Losing Her Valuable Purse ...

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Dec 22, 2011
     | 1,480 views

    Of a Sister in faith losing her valuable purse and then miraculously recovering it. Two years ago, the ladies of our Church went to buy some gifts in a busy market for Church widows and orphans during Christmas time. Mission accomplished, when they returned to the Church, one Sister in faith found ...read more

  • Spurgeon's Poor Sermon

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Mar 14, 2012
     | 3,901 views

    SPURGEON'S POOR SERMON Mr. Spurgeon once preached what in his judgment was one of his poorest sermons. He stammered and floundered, and when he got through felt that it had been a complete failure. He was greatly humiliated, and when he got home he fell on his knees and said, "Lord, God, thou ...read more

  • The Straightest Path  PRO

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Apr 12, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,803 views

    THE STRAIGHTEST PATH Two boys were playing in the snow one day, when one said to the other, "Let us see who can make the straightest path in the snow." His companion readily accepted the proposition, and they started. One boy fixed his eyes on a tree, and walked along without taking his eyes off ...read more

  • Where Is The Church When It Hurts?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 13, 2012
     | 4,261 views

    WHERE IS THE CHURCH WHEN IT HURTS? Where is God in the midst of the storm? One author answered that question with this incident: "In Washington and Chicago, as I talked about the special edition of Where Is God When It Hurts?, inevitably the interviewer would turn the question back on me. 'Well, ...read more

  • Michael Jordan: Persevere

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 17, 2012
     | 5,606 views

    MICHAEL JORDAN: PERSEVERE In the fall of 1978, fifteen-year-old Michael Jordan tried out for the varsity basketball team at Emsley A. Laney High School in Wilmington, North Carolina. The sophomore was 5 feet 11 inches and with his skills, the coach told him that he was not good enough, and Michael ...read more

  • Solid Ground

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Aug 13, 2012
     | 2,277 views

    SOLID GROUND On May 4th, just two months ago, the Lambro family woke to find the backyard of their Windermere home gone. Overnight a sinkhole had formed that grew to more than 100 x 50 feet and swallowed a hammock and 4 trees. Last month, on June 21st, Susan Minutillo left her house to run a ...read more

  • Go Get Your Mother!

    Contributed by Joe Bertone on Aug 27, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,523 views

    GO GET YOUR MOTHER! One of my favorite stories of a door is the story of the Amish boy and his father who went to the big city for the very first time. They were amazed by everything they saw. Having grown up and lived all their lives on a rural farm everything was completely new to them. The ...read more

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