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  • During The Second World War A Certain City Church ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2002
    based on 10 ratings
     | 1,567 views

    During the second world war a certain city church in London was all set out for harvest thanksgiving. In the center of the gifts was a sheaf of corn. The service was never held, for, on the Saturday night, a savage air raid laid the church in ruins. The months passed and the spring came, and ...read more

  • True Biblical Worship So Satisfies Our Total ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 10, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,110 views

    True biblical worship so satisfies our total personality that we don’t have to shop around for man-made substitutes. William Temple made this clear in his masterful definition of worship: For worship is the submission of all our nature to God. It is the quickening of conscience by His holiness; ...read more

  • Maybe You Remember The End Of The Movie ...  PRO

    Contributed by Peter Schmidt on Nov 23, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
     | 3,317 views

    Maybe you remember the end of the movie Braveheart. William Wallace, the Scottish hero, is being tortured. The king wants him and his people to give into his power and rule. But Wallace suffers through it. He won’t give in. And the very last word that he shouts as he marshals all his strength is he ...read more

  • True Biblical Worship So Satisfies Our Total ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Feb 7, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,461 views

    True biblical worship so satisfies our total personality that we don’t have to shop around for man-made substitutes. William Temple made this clear in his masterful definition of worship: For worship is the submission of all our nature to God. It is the quickening of conscience by His holiness; ...read more

  • Stop Paying The Bully  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,117 views

    STOP PAYING THE BULLY In his book Fuzzy Memories, Jack Handey writes: There used to be this bully who would demand my lunch money every day. Since I was smaller, I would give it to him. Then I decided to fight back. I started taking karate lessons. But then the karate lesson guy said I had to ...read more

  • Although He Wasn't The First To Use Ether As An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
     | 1,545 views

    Although he wasn’t the first to use ether as an anesthetic, Boston dentist William Morton was credited with this discovery after using ether for a tooth extraction in the mid-1840s. But Morton had done so at the recommendation of Boston chemist Charles Jackson, who also claimed part of the credit. ...read more

  • Admiral Heihachio Togo, Whose Brilliant Tactics ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,875 views

    Admiral Heihachio Togo, whose brilliant tactics had destroyed the Russian fleet at the battle of the Sea of Japan in 1905, visited the United States shortly after the Russo-Japanese War. At a state dinner in Admiral Togo’s honor, William Jennings Bryan was asked to propose a toast. Because Bryan ...read more

  • My Passion

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Oct 6, 2008
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    My Passion William Booth once had an audience with King Edward VII of England. His Majesty highly commended the salvationist for his unflagging zeal and wonderful work among the poor. How revealing was Booth's reply to the King's glowing words! He said, "Your Majesty, some men's passion is for ...read more

  • But What Is Meant By This ‘mark Of The Beast'? ...

    Contributed by C Jordan on Oct 16, 2008
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    “But what is meant by this ‘mark of the beast’? Various amusing answers have been given. These theories err in this respect, namely, that they interpret this mark as a single, individual, outward, visible sign that will appear on the forehead or hand of the wicked at one particular moment in ...read more

  • Stones: Throw, Stumble Or Climb ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
     | 3,322 views

    STONES: THROW, STUMBLE OR CLIMB OVER This week, I read a common-sense statement by William Andrew Ward about the way we live together in our world: "We can choose to throw stones, to stumble on them, to climb over them, or to build with them." The first three choices (throwing, stumbling and ...read more

  • Mistakes And The Certainty Of Son Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 27, 2009
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    Mistakes and the Certainty of Son of Man The late great English theologian and divine, Frederick William Robertson (1816 - 1853), once said, "Life, like war, is a series of mistakes, and he [or, she] is not the best Christian nor the best general who makes the fewest mistakes. Poor mediocrity may ...read more

  • The Problem Of Living For Time

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
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    THE PROBLEM OF LIVING FOR TIME By the time it’s all over, Tom Brady’s will be the fourth face on the Mount Rushmore of New England sports, right up there with Larry Byrd, Bobby Orr and Ted Williams. He is what they were: single-minded, blessed with the ability to lift a team, a cutthroat ...read more

  • George Washington's Prayer

    Contributed by Jeffrey Powell on May 25, 2009
    based on 1 rating
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    GEORGE WASHINGTON'S PRAYER We have a rich history of how God miraculously intervened in the creation of this nation. You won’t read this in the public school history books because anti-Christian writers take great pains to remove God’s handiwork in the building of America. In 1776, British ...read more

  • The Second Pilgrim Winter

    Contributed by Paul Barreca on Nov 19, 2011
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    THE SECOND PILGRIM WINTER After the first Thanksgiving with Massosiat and the Indians, the Pilgrims were excited that another ship arrived with 35 new colonists. Quoting again from William Bradford, “they were all landed; but there was not so much as bisket-cake or any other victialls [AO] for ...read more

  • Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit' Means: ‘blessed ...  PRO

    Contributed by Curtis Kittrell on Apr 23, 2002
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    “‘Blessed are the poor in spirit’ means: ‘Blessed is the man who has realized his own utter helplessness, and who has put his whole trust in God.’ If a man has realized his own utter helplessness, and has put his whole trust in God, there will enter into his life two things which are opposite sides ...read more

  • A Religious Assumption  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 30, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,910 views

    A RELIGIOUS ASSUMPTION In America, unlike any other country of the time, the Founders envisioned a land where people of all faiths could worship God without fear of persecution. The freedom to worship would, in turn, cultivate the piety and virtue necessary for the success of ...read more

  • In Their Book Your Work Matters To God, Doug ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2002
    based on 33 ratings
     | 1,292 views

    In their book Your Work Matters to God, Doug Sherman and William Hendricks wrote: “God has made you with a specific design. As one of His creatures, He has given you personal resources – a personality, talent, abilities, interests and so forth – which can be used vocationally … It is clear ...read more

  • Warren Wiersbe Tells About The Time The Late ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Sep 1, 2002
    based on 44 ratings
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    Warren Wiersbe tells about the time the late William Randolph Hearst sent out his agent to secure particular art pieces. After months of searching, the agent reported that he had finally found the treasures. They were in Mr. Heart’s warehouse. Hearst had been searching frantically for art pieces ...read more

  • It Seems There Was A Pretzel Stand Out Front Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Nov 15, 2003
    based on 39 ratings
     | 4,601 views

    It seems there was a pretzel stand out front of an office building in New York. One day, a man came out of the building, plunked down a quarter, and then went on his way without taking a pretzel. This happened every day for three weeks. Finally, the old lady running the stand spoke up: "Sir, excuse ...read more

  • Some Years Ago A Little Group Of Freethinkers In ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Young on Nov 23, 2004
    based on 15 ratings
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    Some years ago a little group of freethinkers in Scotland decided on a plan whereby they might reveal, as they put it, the inaccuracies of Scripture and thus cause people to realize that the Bible was not really the Word of God. One member was given the task of going to Asia Minor, southern ...read more