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  • No Atheist In Foxholes

    Contributed by Scott Epperson on Nov 11, 2006
     | 1,961 views

    No Atheist in Foxholes The world has come along ways in a short time. They refuse to believe in anything evil yet our world grows more evil every day. Unfortunately your decision to believe in hell does not lower the temp. of hell one degree, brighten the darkness in the least not calm the ...read more

  • I've Been Reading A Book By Robert Putnam, A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Apr 1, 2001
    based on 125 ratings
     | 2,636 views

    I’ve been reading a book by Robert Putnam, a professor at Harvard. The book is called "Bowling Alone," and in it, he documents the decline in community life in American over the last four decades. The title comes from a trivial but telling example: the percentage of adults who belong to a bowling ...read more

  • Values Can Be Completely Reversed In Certain ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Apr 7, 2001
    based on 96 ratings
     | 4,490 views

    Values can be completely reversed in certain circumstances. You may have heard the story of how when the "Titanic" was sinking, a rich lady was in her cabin when the order to abandon ship was given. There was no time for packing possessions. She noticed two things on her dressing table - her ...read more

  • I'd Rather See A Sermon Than Hear One Any Day; ...  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jun 30, 2001
    based on 63 ratings
     | 4,523 views

    "I’d rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I’d rather one would walk with me than merely show the way. The eye’s a better pupil and more willing than the ear; Fine counsel is confusing but example’s always clear. And the best of all the preachers are the ones who live their creeds, For to ...read more

  • Someone Tells About The Lady Who Walked Into A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Sep 3, 2001
    based on 101 ratings
     | 2,206 views

    Someone tells about the lady who walked into a hat store to buy a hat for a special night out on the town. She wanted something original, so she chose an emerald-colored ribbon and asked the weaver to make her a hat immediately. Within fifteen minutes, he made the most beautiful hat she had ever ...read more

  • When Corrie Ten Boom Of The Hiding Place Fame Was ...

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,812 views

    When Corrie Ten Boom of The Hiding Place fame was a little girl in Holland, her first realization of death came after a visit to the home of a neighbor who had died. It impressed her that some day her parents would also die. Corrie’s father comforted her with words of wisdom. "Corrie, when you and ...read more

  • Answered Prayers  PRO

    Contributed by Chris Hodges on Jul 28, 2003
    based on 13 ratings
     | 7,578 views

    An unknown confederate soldier wrote: I asked God for strength that I might achieve I was made weak that I might learn humbly to obey I asked for health that I might do greater things I was given infirmity that I might do better things I asked for riches that I might be happy I was given poverty ...read more

  • When You Fully Comprehend That There Is More To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 22, 2003
    based on 15 ratings
     | 1,755 views

    When you fully comprehend that there is more to life than just here and now, and you realize that life is just preparation for eternity, you will begin to live differently. You will start living in light of eternity, and that will color how you handle every relationship, task, and circumstance. ...read more

  • Why Should I Forgive?  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Oct 31, 2003
    based on 13 ratings
     | 6,367 views

    WHY SHOULD I FORGIVE? During a children’s sermon one Sunday morning, I held up an ugly-looking summer shirt that I wore occasionally around the house. I explained to the children that someone said the shirt was ugly and should be thrown away. "This really hurt me," I explained. "I’m having ...read more

  • My Unspoken Prayers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,100 views

    An unknown confederate soldier wrote: I asked God for strength that I might achieve I was made weak that I might learn humbly to obey I asked for health that I might do greater things I was given infirmity that I might do better things I asked for riches that I might be happy I was given poverty ...read more

  • My Neighbors Bible

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,452 views

    My Neighbors Bible I am my neighbor’s Bible He reads me when we meet Today he reads me in my home Tomorrow on the Street He may be a relative or friend, Or slight acquaintence be He may not even know my name Yet he is reading me And pray who is this neighbor Who reads me day by day to learn ...read more

  • How Would Your Church Respond If Your Young ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,869 views

    How would your church respond if your young people were approached by an organized cult? One night at a church skating party, a group of teenagers were "befriended" by several men who asked about their spiritual lives. The teenagers were given an invitation to join them for a series of special ...read more

  • Louis Pasteur's Theory Of Germs Is Ridiculous ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 16, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,882 views

    "Louis Pasteur’s theory of germs is ridiculous fiction." -- Pierre Pachet, Professor of Physiology at Toulouse, France, 1872. "The abdomen, the chest, and the brain will forever be shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon." -- Sir John Eric Ericksen, Surgeon to Queen Victoria ...read more

  • The Tongue

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Sep 17, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,814 views

    “The Tongue” A biblical writer said, “The tongue can no man tame.” A Greek philosopher asked his servant to provide the best dish possible. The servant prepared a dish of tongue, saying: “It is the best of all dishes, because with it we may bless and communicate happiness, dispel sorrow, remove ...read more

  • As President Washington Proclaimed The 26th Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Quigley on Dec 8, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,057 views

    As President Washington proclaimed the 26th of November 1789 to be a day of thanksgiving. The last paragraph reads as follows: "And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech Him to pardon our national and ...read more

  • We Have At Our Disposal Today More Knowledge Than ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 21, 2008
     | 915 views

    We have at our disposal today more knowledge than at any time in history. More information has been produced in the last thirty years than in the previous five thousand. Today information doubles every four years. Knowledge alone isn’t enough.: Did you know ... --that only two people in ...read more

  • Did You Know That Every Year 3,000 Lives Are ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 23, 2008
     | 1,521 views

    Did you know that every year 3,000 lives are killed and injured as a result of drunk driving in the United Kingdom and this heightens around Christmas time. So the government along with the DVLA run drink-driving campaigns on TV. Where they show real life car accidents as a result of drinking and ...read more

  • All Parts Are Important

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,525 views

    ALL PARTS ARE IMPORTANT One day a young girl came home from school in tears because she had been given only a small part in the class play, and one of her friends had gotten a leading role. After her mother dried her tears, she wisely took off her watch and put it in the little girl’s hand. She ...read more

  • Not Of Works

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Nov 3, 2008
     | 2,196 views

    Not of Works Grace, triumphant in the throne, Scorns a rival, reigns alone; Come and bow beneath her sway! Cast your idol works away! Works of man, when made his plea, Never shall accepted be; Fruits of pride (vain-glorious worm!) Are the best he can perform. Self, the god his soul ...read more

  • No House Without ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on May 31, 2009
     | 2,793 views

    No House Without Sorrow Among the parables that Chinese teachers use is the story of a woman who lost an only son. She was grief-stricken out of all reason. She made her sorrow a wailing wall. Finally she went to a wise old philosopher. He said to her, “I will give you back your son if you will ...read more