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  • When You Talk About Forgotten, I Believe Joseph ...

    Contributed by Robert Fa’atoia-Collins on Sep 16, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,976 views

    When you talk about forgotten, I believe Joseph was one of God’s faithful servant that would shines above all. From the coat of many colours to the dusty road towards Egypt. From Potiphar’s house to the dungeon where the two servant of the Pharaoh met him and then forgot about him. God was NEVER ...read more

  • Being A Friend Of God Makes Us Better Friends To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 1, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,657 views

    Being a friend of God makes us better friends to each other. We need friends. If we find ourselves longing for someone to talk to, a true friend to whom we can bare our souls, we are not alone. Recently, a Duke University researcher concluded that 25% of Americans have no one with whom they can ...read more

  • 1918-1919, A Fifth Of The Worlds Population Was ...

    Contributed by Roger Nelmes on Jan 29, 2008
     | 2,120 views

    1918-1919, a fifth of the worlds population was infected with influenza. This pandemic killed 675K Americans, 10 times more than died in WWI (over 20M worldwide). Malaria now infects some 300 million people each year, killing at least 2 million children and adults. Two children die of malaria ...read more

  • The Love Of God

    Contributed by C Jordan on Feb 2, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,501 views

    THE LOVE OF GOD: A certain medieval monk announced he would be preaching next Sunday evening on "The Love of God." As the shadows fell and the light ceased to come in through the cathedral windows, the congregation gathered. In the darkness of the altar, the monk lighted a candle and carried it to ...read more

  • In The Fourth Century, Cyril Of Jerusalem Tells ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 9, 2009
     | 2,309 views

    In the fourth century, Cyril of Jerusalem tells catechumens what to do as they receive Holy Communion. We should make a throne of our two hands, laying the right hand upon the left to form a throne for the King. Try it right now. You are forming a cross, the cross that becomes a throne for the ...read more

  • At Delphi, In Ancient Greece, There Stood A ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 31, 2009
     | 1,413 views

    At Delphi, in ancient Greece, there stood a temple dedicated to Apollo. Carved over the entrance to this temple were two great principles of life: “Know thyself” and “Nothing in excess.” We are concerned here with the first of these wise sayings, “know thyself.” What the Greeks learned by ...read more

  • You Have To Get In

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 27, 2010
     | 1,899 views

    YOU HAVE TO GET IN A trapeze artist once supposedly boasted that he could take a person seated in a wheelbarrow across a tightrope many hundreds of feet up between two tall buildings. "Who thinks I can do it?" he asked a crowd who had gathered to watch. One man raised his ...read more

  • Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, By Robert ...

    Contributed by Sterling Franklin on Jun 22, 2010
     | 1,735 views

    Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson - Potion – transforms Dr. Jekyll into Mr. Hyde, and another potion transforms him back - Two personalities in one body: a mild man who seeks to do right, and a crazy monster with no conscience against evil. - We are in a similar ...read more

  • Nothing To Hold On To

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 6, 2010
     | 3,538 views

    NOTHING TO HOLD ON TO In his book The Fisherman and His Friends, Louis Albert Banks tells of two men who were assigned to stand watch on a ship out at sea. During the night the waves from a raging storm washed one of them overboard. The sailor who drowned had been in the most sheltered place, ...read more

  • What Not To Believe

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 22, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,772 views

    WHAT NOT TO BELIEVE Ben Patterson, campus pastor of Westmont College, tells the story of a retired pastor who began noticing that his former congregation was sliding away from orthodoxy. The pastor saw this as his fault and stated, in two sentences, his great failure as a pastor: "I always told ...read more

  • David Seamands, A Counselor, Says This:

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 29, 2011
     | 2,033 views

    David Seamands, a counselor, says this: "Many years ago I was driven to the conclusion that the two major causes of most emotional problems among Christians are these: the failure to understand, receive, and live out God’s grace and forgiveness; and the failure to give out that love, ...read more

  • Deacons And Lights

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Oct 7, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,387 views

    DEACONS AND LIGHTS In our church, we have someone that does the maintenance and replaces light bulbs and things like that. They do not want their pastor to do this for two good reasons: 1) I know very little about maintenance, and my church knows that I know very little. 2) They don't want the ...read more

  • Pick One

    Contributed by Kelly Mitchell on Oct 7, 2012
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     | 3,241 views

    Pick One The purpose and intent of the church, according to Ezekiel 36:23 is to be used to prove the Lord Holy to the nations. I can only think of two ways which God can use the church to prove the He is Holy to the Community: 1 - When He provides great happiness, peace, and success because of ...read more

  • Texas Longhorn Sermon!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 6, 2014
     | 3,860 views

    TEXAS LONGHORN SERMON! Being raised in Dallas, Texas.......I am very familiar with Texas and Longhorns. But, have you ever heard of the definition of a TEXAS LONGHORN sermon? If you have any pastor friends from Texas.....this one is for you! A TEXAS LONGHORN sermon is............a sermon ...read more

  • Wanting Without Knowing

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 1, 2022
     | 1,617 views

    . As my two sons were climbing into the back seat of our car, Eric, five, yelled, “I call the left side!” That didn’t sit well with Ron, four. “No, I want the left side!” “I want the left side!” “No, I want the left side!” Intervening, I said, “Since Eric is older, he can ...read more

  • It’s My Tongue I’ll Wag It If I Want To

    Contributed by James Snyder on May 29, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,703 views

    Like everybody else, I have my share of trouble. It’s not that I want to get into trouble, but trouble always seems to be somewhere near where I am at the time. I regret that time when I was first introduced to trouble. Some trouble I can't prevent. It just happens, and no matter what I do, ...read more

  • Dogs' Letters To God  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2002
    based on 14 ratings
     | 2,293 views

    Dogs’ Letters to God Dear God, Why are there cars named after the jaguar, the cougar, the mustang, the colt, the stingray, and the rabbit, but not one named for a dog? How often do you see a cougar riding around? We dogs love a nice ride! I know every breed cannot have its own model, but it would ...read more

  • I Love The Story Of A King That Wanted To Show ...  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on May 30, 2002
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,087 views

    I love the story of a king that wanted to show his people how much he loved them. So, he decided to pay for a great feast for his kingdom. He decided to have a great meal and invite every family. The king would provide all the meat, all the vegetables, all the desserts ... everything, the ...read more

  • Now, It's Probably Pretty Safe To Assume That ...

    Contributed by Matthew Sullivan on Mar 30, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,701 views

    Now, it’s probably pretty safe to assume that most everyone here today knows about Extreme Makeover Home Edition. Because just a couple weeks ago, that was the only thing anyone in town seemed to talk about. Extreme Makeover Home Edition was the biggest conversation of the area because their ...read more

  • This World Is Not Ours; Don't ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 14,354 views

    THIS WORLD IS NOT OURS; DON’T UNDERESTIMATE A farmer noticed that every autumn, a tragedy played out in his cornfields. All summer long, families of field mice had made their homes among the growing plants. They ate and slept, they worked and played and raised their families. The mice imagined ...read more