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  • War

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 15, 2019
     | 3,191 views

    WAR My life fell apart in the summer of ‘68. One minute I was the happiest man in the world then wham! It was all over. My countenance changed from a look of total contentment into one filled with agony and anguish. Here I was living in total rapture, married to the woman of my dreams. It’s hard ...read more

  • War Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
     | 3,657 views

    WAR IS HELL War is defined as “a state of usually open and declared armed hostile conflict between states or nations,” or more generally, as “a state of hostility, conflict, or antagonism.” About 15 years ago a group of academics and historians compiled some startling information. Since 3600 BC, ...read more

  • Politics Is War Without Bloodshed, And War Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 2,205 views

    "Politics is war without bloodshed, and war is ...read more

  • The Prevalence Of War

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 6, 2011
     | 2,022 views

    THE PREVALENCE OF WAR According to the statistics, there have 14,553 known wars from 36 BC to date. Since 1945, there have been over 70 wars and more than 200 significant outbreaks of violence. From 1958, over 100 nations have been involved in one way or another in armed conflict of some kind. In ...read more

  • Call To War

    Contributed by Sam Higgs on Sep 29, 2011
     | 2,539 views

    CALL TO WAR Have you ever heard the "trumpet" call to do battle in our culture? On every side we are bombarded with things and teachings that are anti-God. There is the lasciviousness where "free-sex" reigns as supreme. It is the Christian’s God ordained duty to confront this sin against God ...read more

  • We Want No War Of Conquest. . . . War Should ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,636 views

    We want no war of conquest. . . . War should never be entered upon until every ...read more

  • The Air War  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 24, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,956 views

    THE AIR WAR It was said of Desert Storm, “the air war won the ground war.” The fervent, faithful praying of a few in a well-developed prayer center can win the ground war for the troops of Christians going out into their places of work and ...read more

  • The Shame Of War.  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 25, 2003
    based on 86 ratings
     | 3,184 views

    The Shame of War. While living in Weil der Stadt, West Germany in 1989, my wife and I had a very profound experience with the local high school students. In order to make learning English a little more fun, the High School English teacher made an arrangement with the local theatre. The students ...read more

  • Tug Of War

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Mar 5, 2005
     | 2,442 views

    TUG OF WAR We play tug of war. The team that is able to pull the other team over their side wins. Each member must pull with his or her strength and body weight. We are all different - some stronger, some weaker; some fat some thin; but all must put their strength and weight in. It doesn’t ...read more

  • The Art Of War  PRO

    Contributed by Troy Borst on May 26, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,523 views

    INTRODUCTION Sun Tzu was a general in China about 500 BC. If we relate this time to other world events, the Jews were in captivity and the prophets Haggai and Zechariah were preaching. About 520, the Jews began to rebuild the temple and Jerusalem and we can read about this in the book of ...read more

  • Hummingbird War  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jul 5, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,238 views

    Hummingbird War Jay E. Adams writes that under the roof in his backyard hangs a hummingbird feeder that he keeps filled with sugar water. There are four openings in it from which birds may suck the nectar. Yet, day after day, from early morning until after dusk, the feeder is the source of the ...read more

  • The Unnecessary War

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Feb 4, 2012
     | 1,865 views

    THE UNNECESSARY WAR When Winston Churchill was in his early thirties, he tried with all his powers to awaken the English speaking world to the impending dangers of a resurgent Germany. At the time Germany was being influenced by one Corporal Hitler, but Churchill’s warnings were all to no avail. ...read more

  • Storage Wars. ...

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 6, 2012
     | 2,029 views

    I enjoy watching a TV show called Storage Wars. In this reality show people bid on storage units that have been abandoned after having five minutes to look at them from the doorway. I enjoy watching because many times they find some great treasures worth a lot of money buried in all the other ...read more

  • Casualties Of War

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 13, 2014
     | 2,903 views

    In the movie Casualties of War, Michael J. Fox plays Private Erikson, a soldier in Vietnam who is part of a squad that abuses a young Vietnamese girl. Though Private Erikson doesn’t participate in the crime, he still struggles with what has happened. He tells "Just because each of us might at any ...read more

  • The End Of The War

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,152 views

    Billy Graham wrote in "The Key To Personal Peace" “One of the powerful, enduring images that my wife, Ruth, and I have of our early years together is of the ticker-tape parades in New York City celebrating the end of WWII. The war was finally over And those who were spared from death by the enemy ...read more

  • Is God Behind This War?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 30, 2003
     | 2,028 views

    ’Is God behind this war?’ Staff Sgt. Larry Hill works with the 123rd Signal Battalion. He’s from Atlanta, and has two young sons. His wife is expecting a baby girl in June. He was told he would never see combat, but has spent the last several days fighting through ambushes with the 3-7th. He sits ...read more

  • All Wars Are Civil Wars, Because All Men Are ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,780 views

    "All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.... Each one owes infinitely more to the human race than to the ...read more

  • The Source Of National Security  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,235 views

    THE SOURCE OF NATIONAL SECURITY "It must be felt that there is no national security but in the nation’s humble acknowledged dependence upon God and His overruling providence." ...read more

  • An Instrument Of Peace  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2003
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,848 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

  • Touched By Rain

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 30, 2003
     | 2,897 views

    TOUCHED BY RAIN Pfc. Jeremiah Stoppel is a fuel truck driver with Alpha Co. 703rd Battalion. His supply convoy lost vehicles to enemy fire as it followed the 3-7th into battle. A Lutheran, he is from Lincoln, Neb. He stands near the cab of his truck, rubs his coarsely sheared hair and looks down ...read more