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  • It's Sunday. Sundays Are Always Busy Days For Me. ...

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Feb 12, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,723 views

    It’s Sunday. Sundays are always busy days for me. Sundays are always early days for me. Today promised to be no exception. With a full slate of activities planned, I got up early and drove to church. There was not much traffic at 6:00 A.M. I had the roads to myself. The orange of dawn had yet to ...read more

  • I Know Because I See

    Contributed by Bruce Montgomery on Apr 21, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,211 views

    I KNOW BECAUSE I SEE The fingerprints of God are everywhere in nature! Faith - at least in part - is the spiritual seeing or perceiving of the fingerprints on the things he has made. We see the order, the beauty, the greatness, the complexity of what he has made - and these are the evidence that ...read more

  • Medicine For ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
     | 1,631 views

    “Medicine for America” “Reformation is Called For” Biblically examining the rule of kings who oversaw the nations of Judah and Israel reveals the truth, God blesses obedience and He chastens for disobedience. 2 Chronicles 17-20 reveals God’s view on the reign of Jehoshaphat. Understanding how ...read more

  • When C.s. Lewis Came To Oxford University He Was ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Dec 3, 2005
     | 1,496 views

    When C.S. Lewis came to Oxford University he was an atheist. He had lost his mother at nine and the rest of his life was spent in boarding schools. But had no use or belief in God. But while at Oxford he met a man who became his best friend: J.R.R. Tolkein. You know him as the author of The Lord of ...read more

  • A Young Woodsman Came Into A Store One Day To Buy ...

    Contributed by Chris Edmondson on Feb 4, 2007
     | 1,277 views

    A young woodsman came into a store one day to buy a new axe. He manually chopped down trees. He saw an advertisement on the counter a chainsaw. The advertisement said, “Will cut down ten times the trees that can be cut by a hand axe.” Well, the woodsman seeing this for the first time got very ...read more

  • He Moved Into The Ward With Us  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 25, 2001
    based on 65 ratings
     | 1,606 views

    He Moved Into the Ward With Us. Dr. John Rosen, a psychiatrist in New York City, is well known For his work with catatonic schizophrenics. Normally doctors remain separate and aloof from their patients. Dr. Rosen moves into the ward with them. He places his bed among their beds. He lives the life ...read more

  • The Story Is Told Of A Terrible Traffic Accident. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 24, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 6,368 views

    The story is told of a terrible traffic accident. Police officers were called to the scene and when they arrived they found a husband, wife, and 2 children lying unconscious in the car. They pulled them from the car, and as they waited for the paramedics to arrive they noticed a monkey in the car ...read more

  • Worship Jesus For The Cross

    Contributed by Samuel M on Dec 18, 2024
     | 425 views

    Worship is not something that we should give to God, but something we owe God. We are worshipping God because we owe God our worship rather than free will. For all that Jesus has done and accomplished on the Cross, we owe Jesus our worship. Even if we repay every second from now by our praise and ...read more

  • How Linus Deals With Problems: Run ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 29, 2009
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    How Linus Deals With Problems: Run away Remember the cartoon series, Peanuts? In one of the scenes, Linus and Charlie Brown are walking along and chatting with one another. Linus says, “I don’t like to face problems head on. I think the best way to solve problems is to avoid them. In fact, this is ...read more

  • Childlike Faith

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jun 20, 2010
     | 4,742 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

  • Firm Foundation  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 13,725 views

    FIRM FOUNDATION Ravi Zacharias told about doing a lectureship several years ago at the Ohio State University. As he was being driven to the lecture, they passed what was then the "new" Wexner Art Center. The driver commented, "This is a new art building for the university. It is a fascinating ...read more

  • Edison Couldn't Make Life

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Mar 15, 2012
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    EDISON COULDN'T MAKE LIFE Are you extremely proud of your lifetime accomplishments? It was on November 21 of 1877 that Thomas Edison announced to the world that he had invented the phonograph. Edison's accomplishments are often forgotten. In his Menlo Park, New Jersey fix-it shop he designed the ...read more

  • Do Not Slander. What Is Slandering? It Can Be ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 26, 2012
     | 3,813 views

    Do not slander. What is slandering? It can be called many things such as: backstabbing, mud-slinging, bad-mouthing, and it could also include condemning someone. Whatever it is, it doesn’t sound good from the pages of scripture. ILL.- William Cowper (English poet) said, “He that slanders me paints ...read more

  • He'll Find Me

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 20, 2022
     | 1,602 views

    Two men have ended up marooned on an island in the South Pacific. On the deserted island is one palm tree and nothing to see but the ocean. One guy is in a complete panic, pacing back and forth, ranting about how they are going to die, hungry and alone, that nobody will stumble on them until they ...read more

  • See How Good You Can Get At Learning To Speak The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jul 23, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 1,660 views

    See how good you can get at learning to speak the language that your spouse understands. See your differences as endearing rather than annoying. Sit down with your wife after dinner, look her in the eye, and say, “Let’s talk.” Sit down with your husband after dinner, look him in the eye, and say, ...read more

  • Parents Get Low Grades: An Annual Poll Of Teens ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,492 views

    Parents Get Low Grades: An annual poll of teens by the Child Welfare League of America finds teens grading parents low in numerous categories. Failing grades were given when asked if adults are stopping teens from smoking, drinking or using drugs, and if adults “really listen to—and understand ...read more

  • I Think Jamie, Who Has Cancer In "Walk To ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Feb 4, 2006
     | 1,567 views

    I think Jamie, who has cancer in “Walk to Remember,”understands this attitude. {Movie clip “Walk To Remember” Start: Chap. 25:1:25:00 - End: 25:1:28:00 =3:00} Did you notice how Jamie is handling her trial? She trusts God even though she’s sick. ...read more

  • God Does Not Have To Come And Tell Me What I ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 9, 2006
     | 1,728 views

    "God does not have to come and tell me what I must do for Him, He brings me into a relationship with Himself where I hear His call and understand what He wants me to do, and I do it out of sheer love to Him... When people say they have had a call to foreign service, or to any particular sphere of ...read more

  • In "Light Of The Shadow Of Jihad," Ravi ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2002
    based on 17 ratings
     | 3,581 views

    In "Light of the Shadow of Jihad," Ravi Zacharias states, "What is the difference between companionship and communion? In companionship with God we come to Him recognizing our limit of strength. In communion with God we stay with Him, recognizing our depth of spirit. In companionship with God we ...read more

  • An Instrument Of Peace  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2003
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,799 views

    AN INSTRUMENT OF PEACE "Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that ...read more