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  • Choices  PRO

    Contributed by Marcus Rosa on Sep 20, 2004
    based on 13 ratings
     | 11,101 views

    How in the world did Lot end up in such a mess? One word—choices. —Something each of us has in common. Every single day... every single moment we make choices. —What to eat. What to wear. What to say. What to do. How to act. —You’ve made a thousand choices before you arrived here this morning! ...read more

  • Keep Asking, Keep Seeking, Keep Knocking  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 11, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 7,066 views

    KEEP ASKING, KEEP SEEKING, KEEP KNOCKING There is a progression in this persistence: asking, seeking and knocking. Now let’s consider their meaning, “asking means making a simple request. Seeking implies a stronger desire and a more definite kind of request. It is something that takes time. It ...read more

  • Legend Has It That When The Famous Frontiersman ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bud Brown on Oct 14, 2004
    based on 9 ratings
     | 19,890 views

    Legend has it that when the famous frontiersman Davy Crockett was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1827, a newspaper reporter asked him if he’d ever been lost. Crockett had grown up in the woods and wilderness of middle and western Tennessee and was often gone out on hunting trips ...read more

  • Define Miracle  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 11, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,754 views

    DEFINE MIRACLE A miracle is a divine intervention into, or interruption of, the regular course of the world that produces a purposeful but unusual event that would not have occurred otherwise(Geisler). Scholar, William Lane Craig gives us an even more simple definition: A miracle is an event ...read more

  • You And I Were Born Into That Darkness. Many ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Jan 18, 2003
    based on 37 ratings
     | 2,894 views

    You and I were born into that darkness. Many people don’t believe that. In fact in a Barna poll 74% of Americans said that people were born neither good nor bad (Forward in Christ, Dec. 2002, p. 28). That illustrates how thick the darkness is. We don’t realize how lost and helpless we naturally ...read more

  • In September, 1938, A Man Who Lived On Long ...

    Contributed by Stephen Wright on Dec 12, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,447 views

    In September, 1938, a man who lived on Long Island ordered a very fine barometer. When it arrived he was extremely disappointed to find that the dial was stuck, pointing to “Hurricane.” After shaking the barometer very vigorously several times, its new owner sat down and wrote a scorching letter to ...read more

  • C. Are You Ready For His Return? A Young Woman ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 13, 2004
    based on 9 ratings
     | 6,239 views

    C. Are you ready for his return? A young woman was expecting a date. She was dressed up and waiting patiently. However, by the time he was an hour late she figured she’d been stood up. So, she took off her makeup, put on her pajamas, gathered all the junk food in the house and sat down to watch ...read more

  • If We Followed The Lead Of The Magi And Brought ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jane Willis on Dec 25, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,784 views

    If we followed the lead of the Magi and brought our finest gifts of, some of you would ante up: diamonds, coin collections, and your artwork. Perhaps your finest possession is a nice SUV or cabin in the woods. I would have to place at Jesus’ feet my complete set of Beatles albums on CD and my new ...read more

  • Mary Martin, Famous Broadway Actress Who Starred ...

    Contributed by Ric Feeney on Jan 7, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,189 views

    Mary Martin, famous Broadway actress who starred in “The King and I”, “Peter Pan”, Oklahoma” and “The Sound of Music”, among others, was asked to share the secret to how well she related to her audiences. She replied, “Before the show begins, I peek throught the curtains and while the audience is ...read more

  • The People Who Received Help From Jesus Were ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 1,504 views

    The people who received help from Jesus were mainly “normal,” respectable, religious people. Yet they were demonized. A demon had gained access to some area of their personalities, and as a result they themselves were not in full control. We need to remember that the moral and ethical code ...read more

  • Story: There Was An Article In One Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,317 views

    STORY: There was an article in one of the magazines where a one year old had such a serious medical condition that only an experimental medical procedure MIGHT help her. Otherwise she would die in a short time. Certain members of the family were strongly opposed to going ahead with it. The parents ...read more

  • There Are Two (2) African Tribes Who Have An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,958 views

    There are two (2) African tribes who have an unusual way of expressing thanks One of them, the Masai tribe, a pastoral and hunting people of Kenya and Tanzania, West Africa, bow and put their foreheads on the ground, and say, "My head is in the dirt." The other tribe, whose name I do not know, sit ...read more

  • There Was An Article In One Of The Magazines ...

    Contributed by Neil Partington on Jul 31, 2007
     | 1,523 views

    There was an article in one of the magazines where a one year old had such a serious medical condition that only an experimental medical procedure MIGHT help her. Otherwise she would die in a short time. Certain members of the family were strongly opposed to going ahead with it. The parents were ...read more

  • Do You Remember Me Saying That None Of Mary's ...

    Contributed by Dale Harlow on Dec 17, 2007
     | 1,605 views

    Do you remember me saying that none of Mary’s family was there for the birth? It wasn’t that way at his death. We don’t know her name, but it doesn’t matter. Those words say a lot, “his mother’s sister.” Because of the way Mary lived her life, at least one member of her family came around. She ...read more

  • Paul Describes This Situation As "Death-Dealing ...

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Feb 21, 2008
     | 1,026 views

    Paul describes this situation as “death-dealing sin.” He calls it “the dead-end abyss of separation from God.” The way they put in medieval times was to describe humanity -- listen to this: humanity was portrayed as a wingless bird, stuck in its alluring conditions, too heavy to fly. Does any ...read more

  • In Germany During World War Ii There Was A ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 25, 2008
     | 1,653 views

    In Germany during World War II there was a Protestant church the stood near some railroad tracks. These tracks often carried Jewish families on their way to be exterminated by the Nazi death camps. The cries for help and justice were sometimes very loud and disturbing especially as the congregation ...read more

  • I Heard The Story Of A Blind Girl Who Sold ...

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Mar 29, 2008
     | 1,475 views

    I heard the story of a blind girl who sold costume jewelry in a busy airport. Someone running to catch a plane bumped into her stand and knocked everything over and scattered jewelry everywhere. Overwhelmed at trying to gather everything back up she began to cry in frustration. Seeing her plight, a ...read more

  • When The Unsinkable Titanic Sank, Warning After ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
     | 2,433 views

    When the unsinkable Titanic sank, warning after warning had been sent to tell them they were speeding into an ice field. But the messages were ignored. In fact, when a nearby ship sent an urgent warning, the Titanic was talking to Cape Race about the time chauffeurs were to meet arriving passengers ...read more

  • Ron Jon Surf Shop Has A Commercial They Used To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,285 views

    Ron Jon Surf Shop has a commercial they used to run all the time. You may remember the ad saying, “Ron Jon Surf Shop, not one of many, but one of a kind.” Christians understand that Jesus Christ is not one of many, to fit in somewhere between Buddha, Mohammed, and Confucius. He is not one of many ...read more

  • It's Kind Of Like Someone Who Has A Slow ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,020 views

    Illus. It’s kind of like someone who has a slow leak in their tire. Each day it loses a little bit of air. And they might even notice it looks a little low. But they don’t take care of it. One morning they go outside and their tire is completely flat! And they think to themselves, “Man, my tire ...read more