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  • The Lukewarm Sheep  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Aug 29, 2011
    based on 11 ratings
     | 8,636 views

    THE LUKEWARM SHEEP Now, for the sake of my illustration, I want to break a flock of sheep down into 3 groups. 1. The first group of sheep had DECIDED to look to Shepherd & follow Him wherever He leads. These are the "Good sheep" who follow the "Good Shepherd. Jesus said: "My sheep hear my voice, ...read more

  • Who Is This Guy?

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Aug 29, 2011
     | 2,397 views

    WHO IS THIS GUY? Chuck Colson relates this interesting story in his book How Then Should We Live?: "In William Steig's Yellow & Pink, a delightfully whimsical picture book for children, two wooden figures wake up to find themselves lying on an old newspaper in the hot sun. One figure is painted ...read more

  • David Seamands, A Counselor, Says This:

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 29, 2011
     | 1,811 views

    David Seamands, a counselor, says this: "Many years ago I was driven to the conclusion that the two major causes of most emotional problems among Christians are these: the failure to understand, receive, and live out God’s grace and forgiveness; and the failure to give out that love, ...read more

  • Meet Me At The Men's Store

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 29, 2011
     | 1,781 views

    MEET ME AT THE MEN'S STORE Paying my way through Ohio State University was demanding, but the benefit was worth the struggle. My father had died during my senior year in high school, and my mother had become blind. With her encouragement, however, I enrolled in the University on the eve of the ...read more

  • The Definition Of Grace

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 29, 2011
     | 3,929 views

    THE DEFINITION OF GRACE George Stansberry to a group of Bible college students: "If you leave this service today and see a needy person on the street and give him a dollar, that is unmerited favor. He did nothing to deserve it. But if you leave here and go to your car and find a man breaking ...read more

  • God's Glorious Creation

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Aug 28, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,349 views

    GOD'S GLORIOUS CREATION Sometimes it’s good for us to get out of our environment to see the glory of God, and to be even more thankful for all he’s done and given, for that which he is doing now, and forevermore will do for all of creation. Going on vacation last weekend t refreshed my soul. ...read more

  • On The Way To The Fair

    Contributed by Stephen E. Trail on Aug 28, 2011
     | 4,888 views

    ON THE WAY TO THE FAIR A man was going to the county fair one day with a pig under one arm and a chicken under one arm, and a basket on his head. He came to a crossroads and didn’t know which way to turn. While he stood there deciding, an attractive young woman approached him, heading the same ...read more

  • Truman's Faithfulness

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Aug 28, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,351 views

    TRUMAN'S FAITHFULNESS A number of years ago, the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, MO made public 1,300 letters that the late President wrote to his wife, Bess, over the course of a half-century. Mr. Truman had a lifelong rule of writing to his wife every day they were apart. He followed ...read more

  • The Example Of Bethany Hamilton

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 26, 2011
     | 3,946 views

    THE EXAMPLE OF BETHANY HAMILTON That word for "commit" is actually a banking term. It means to deposit something for safekeeping. Well, that's what we're to do with our lives when we go through times of suffering. Deposit your life in God's bank (so to speak) for safe-keeping. Trust Him to ...read more

  • No Shortcuts

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Aug 26, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,052 views

    NO SHORTCUTS Now that the New Year is right around the corner there are those infomercials that tout great fitness. It seems that each year the machines get weirder. Hang upside down, spin 360 degrees then throw up. That loses about 5 lbs. Then there are those that bend you like a pretzel while ...read more

  • Bread And Butter  PRO

    Contributed by David Tack on Aug 25, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 7,914 views

    BREAD AND BUTTER A small-town baker bought his butter from a local farmer. After weighing his butter, he concluded the farmer had been reducing the amount in the packages but charging the same. Therefore, the baker accused the farmer of fraud. In court the judge asked the farmer, "Do you have ...read more

  • They're Not Ready For Heaven

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2011
     | 3,998 views

    THEY'RE NOT READY FOR HEAVEN The movie The End of the Spear tells the true story of five missionaries who gave their lives to reach the violent Waodoni tribe in the jungles of Ecuador in the 1950s. Led by Nate Saint, the missionaries were eager to reach the Waodoni people before they all died off ...read more

  • Stay Out Of The Stagnant Water

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2011
     | 4,493 views

    STAY OUT OF THE STAGNANT WATER Palmer Chinchen, in his book, True Religion, talks about traveling to the western edge of Zimbabwe with his brothers to raft the Zambezi River, starting at the base of the Victoria Falls. The falls are the largest in the world, more than a mile wide and three hundred ...read more

  • Is God Good?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2011
     | 9,728 views

    IS GOD GOOD? Randy Alcorn talks about what happened to his friend, Ethel Herr in his new book, What Good is God. She had had a double mastectomy. Then two months later, doctors discovered that the cancer had spread. One of Herr's friends in shock asked her, "And how do you feel about God now?" ...read more

  • The Meaning Of The Cross

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2011
     | 4,625 views

    THE MEANING OF THE CROSS In the 19th century, Armenian Christians, under a Turkish Muslim government, experienced a tremendous amount of persecution. The government lifted the ban on Muslims converting to Christianity in 1856. Then just eight years later, they began arresting these Muslim converts ...read more

  • Good News And Bad News  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,491 views

    GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS A man went to see his doctor in a state of high anxiety. "Doctor," he said, "you have to help me. I'm dying. Everywhere I touch it hurts. I touch my head and it hurts. I touch my leg and it hurts. I touch my stomach and it hurts. I touch my chest and it hurts. You have to ...read more

  • A Peacemaking Church  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2011
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,314 views

    A PEACEMAKING CHURCH I can tell this story because one neighbor has died and the other neighbor no longer lives across the street from our church. Our neighbors endured the disruption of their lives as we built on to our church. I'm sure that contributed to their lack of patience with us. We put ...read more

  • The Value Of The Rock

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,319 views

    THE VALUE OF THE ROCK There is an old story told of an occasion in 1799 when a twelve year old boy named Conrad Reed skipped church and went fishing in Little Meadow Creek on the family farm near Fayetteville, North Carolina. In an attempt to spear a fish young Conrad Reed missed but his spear ...read more

  • Buried Treasure

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2011
     | 5,778 views

    BURIED TREASURE In 1992 volunteers from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, excavating in Caesarea dug up 99 gold coins that had been stashed in a makeshift safe beneath the floor of what was once a private dwelling. Caesarea is considered one of Israel’s richest archaeological sites in that ...read more

  • Focus On Christ

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 25, 2011
     | 4,424 views

    FOCUS ON CHRIST The healthiest people do not think about their health; the weak induce disease by morbid introspection. If you begin to count your heartbeats, you will disturb the rhythmic action of the heart. If you continually imagine a pain anywhere, you will produce it. And there are some ...read more

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