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  • On His Side

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2008
     | 3,009 views

    On His Side During the US civil war, Abraham Lincoln met with a group of ministers for a prayer breakfast. Lincoln was a man of deep, if at times unorthodox, faith. At one point one of the ministers said, "Mr. President, let us pray that God is on our side". Lincoln's response showed far greater ...read more

  • More Than Feeling" By The Rock Group Boston Was ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Dec 4, 2008
     | 1,301 views

    "More than Feeling" by the rock group Boston was very popular in the 1970's and now with the Guitar Hero video game. The irony of this song is that it is all about feelings and emotions. "I looked out this morning and the sun was gone Turned on some music to start my day I lost myself in a ...read more

  • Nicholson Shed

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2008
     | 2,263 views

    Nicholson Shed William Pattison Nicholson has been called the 'tornado' of the pulpit. He was mightily used by God in Northern Ireland at the beginning of the 20th century. Nicholson was as Irish as the turf and as rugged as the hills of Donegal. But Holy Ghost power rested upon him. In the ...read more

  • The Harry Wilson Story

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Jun 3, 2009
     | 1,983 views

    THE HARRY WILSON STORY When I came to faith in Jesus in 1985 the vicar at the church was another Wilson, Harry Wilson, not Harold Wilson! He told us his story of believing in Jesus, being selected for ordination training and heading off to college. Whilst at Bible College he realised that he was ...read more

  • Liberty In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 14, 2009
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    LIBERTY IN LIMITS Tom Landry, former Hall of Fame Coach of the Dallas Cowboys and a great man of faith in Christ, once had this to say: "Most successful football players not only accept rules and limitations but, I believe, they need them. Players are free to perform at their best only when they ...read more

  • Easter In An Anti-God Rally

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Apr 14, 2010
     | 4,307 views

    EASTER IN AN ANTI-GOD RALLY During the early 1920's, a Communist leader named Nikolai Bukharin was sent from Moscow to Kiev to address an anti-God rally. For an hour, he abused and ridiculed the Christian faith until it seemed as if the whole structure of belief was in ruins. Then questions were ...read more

  • The Need For Evangelism

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Jan 29, 2013
     | 4,601 views

    THE NEED FOR EVANGELISM A few years ago George Barna reported some amazing facts. Most Americans, including profession Christians, believe that people are inherently good and that there primary purpose is to enjoy life as much as possible. a). 38% believe that it doesn’t matter what religious ...read more

  • Tozer On Ambition To Lead  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 8, 2013
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,840 views

    A. W. Tozer said, "A true and safe leader is likely to be one who has no desire to lead, but is forced into a position of leadership by the inward pressure of the Holy Spirit and the press of the external situation." He continued to elaborate, "I think there was hardly a great leader from Paul to ...read more

  • Inheritance

    Contributed by Joseph Adedio on Mar 28, 2017
     | 3,877 views

    The word of GOD is unique and encompassing.No matter what you think is not possible to the human thinking is possible to HIM.He promised us our inheritance and by faith we must claim it because He has promised and He will never fail. Whatever you labor for, you will duly enjoy it.Stand on His word ...read more

  • Fail In Order To Succeed

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jul 15, 2017
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    An old axiom says that failure is the stepping stone to success. Are we afraid of failure? The road to success is paved with failures. Before the farmer in the Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13) had a successful crop he failed in three areas. We fail in these same areas. We allow the devil to snatch ...read more

  • Cruel Times Are Coming...

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 2, 2020
     | 2,316 views

    In 1988, evangelical philosopher and theologian Carl Henry made a stunning prediction in his book, Twilight of a Great Civilization. He said that as America progressively loses its Christian heritage, paganism would grow bolder. What we saw in the last half of the 20th-century was a kind of benign ...read more

  • The Impact Of Divorce

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
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     | 3,538 views

    THE IMPACT OF DIVORCE Today, there is a generation of children of divorce that has grown up. Elizabeth Marquardt is author of Between Two Worlds: The Inner Lives of Children of Divorce. This scholar, a child of divorce herself, drew from her own experiences and also surveyed 1500 adult children ...read more

  • A Little Boy Was Lost Inside A Busy Shopping ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Jun 19, 2001
    based on 105 ratings
     | 2,163 views

    A little boy was lost inside a busy shopping mall. He was standing in the aisle of a department store just crying and crying, "I want my mommy.. I want my mommy." People who passed by felt sorry for him and many of them gave him nickels and dimes and quarters to try to cheer him up. Finally a ...read more

  • Like The Story I Heard About A Lady Strolling In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Nov 9, 2001
    based on 78 ratings
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    Like the story I heard about a lady strolling in the park, & a little frog came hopping up to her. The frog looked up at her & said, "If you kiss me, I’ll turn into a bank president." She looked at the frog for a moment, then reached down, picked up the frog, put it in her pocket & then kept ...read more

  • In An Old Peanuts Cartoon, Lucy Demanded That Her ...  PRO

    Contributed by Pat Cook on May 16, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,043 views

    In an old Peanuts cartoon, Lucy demanded that her brother Linus change TV channels and then threatened him with her fist if he didn’t. "What makes you think you can walk right in here and take over?" asked Linus. "These five fingers," said Lucy. "Individually they are nothing, but when I ...read more

  • Without God

    Contributed by John Raulerson on Oct 15, 2005
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    (Rick Warren, Purpose Driven Life, p21) Andrei Bitov, a Russian novelist, grew up under an atheist communist regime. But God got his attention one dreary day. He recalls, “In my twenty-seventh year, while riding the metro in Leningrad I was overcome with a despair so great that life seemed to ...read more

  • During The Civil War," Writes Author Tim Riter, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
     | 2,525 views

    “During the Civil War,” writes author Tim Riter, “President Lincoln attended Wednesday evening services at a church close to the White House. Accompanied by Secret Service agents, Lincoln would sit in the pastor’s study during the message; then they would walk back together. One evening, after the ...read more

  • I Think Of David Livingstone, The Pioneer ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,509 views

    I think of David Livingstone, the pioneer missionary to Africa, who walked over 29,000 miles. His wife died early in their ministry and he faced stiff opposition from his Scottish brethren. He ministered half blind. His kind of perseverance spurs me on. As I run, I remember the words in his diary: ...read more

  • On One Of His European Tours, The Master Magician ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 2,082 views

    On one of his European tours, the master magician and locksmith Harry Houdini found himself locked in by his own thinking. After he had been searched and manacled in a Scottish town jail, the old turnkey shut him in a cell and walked away. Houdini quickly freed himself from his shackles and then ...read more

  • Like The Story I Heard About A Lady Strolling In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 20, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,390 views

    Like the story I heard about a lady strolling in the park, & a little frog came hopping up to her. The frog looked up at her & said, "If you kiss me, I’ll turn into a bank president." She looked at the frog for a moment, then reached down, picked up the frog, put it in her pocket & then kept on ...read more