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  • In The Fall Of The Year, Linda, A Young Woman, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jamie Moore on Oct 31, 2000
    based on 191 ratings
     | 4,270 views

    In the fall of the year, Linda, a young woman, was traveling alone up the rutted and rugged highway from Alberta to the Yukon. Linda didn’t know you don’t travel to Whitehorse alone in a rundown Honda Civic, so she set off where only four-wheel drives normally venture. The first evening she found a ...read more

  • A Mother Was Preparing Pancakes For Her Sons, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Nov 8, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 8,293 views

    A mother was preparing pancakes for her sons, Kevin, 5, and Ryan, 3. The boys began to argue over who would get the first pancake. Their mother saw the opportunity for a moral lesson. “If Jesus were sitting here, He would say, ‘Let my brother have the first pancake; I can ...read more

  • Really Giving  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 22, 2005
    based on 12 ratings
     | 4,606 views

    REALLY GIVING The great Alliance preacher and renowned Christian author, A. W. Tozer, makes this observation: “Before the judgment seat of Christ my service will be judged not by how much I have done but by how much I could have done!... In God’s sight, my giving is measured not by how much I ...read more

  • Was That A No?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 22, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,381 views

    WAS THAT A NO? A Proud young man walked into a room looking for his friend. He passed two blond young women near the door who looked him over then looked at each other and said and the same time ‘NINE’. The prideful young man puffed out his chest and drew a big smile on his face then walked over ...read more

  • The Disease Of Pride  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 22, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,205 views

    THE DISEASE OF PRIDE “Pride is the only disease known to man that makes everyone sick except the one who has it” ...read more

  • Jokes And Potato Salad  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 22, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,035 views

    JOKES AND POTATO SALAD Tony Campolo said, "If you ever start to feel proud, just remember that soon after your body has been lowered into the grave, your family & friends will ...read more

  • To Be Six Years Old  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 22, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,435 views

    TO BE SIX YEARS OLD There is a story about a father who became disturbed about the length of time his six year old son was taking to get home from school. The father decided he would make the trip to discover for himself how long it should take a small boy to cover the distance. The father ...read more

  • Becoming Young  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 22, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,448 views

    BECOMING YOUNG In an exhibit hall in Cannes Hundreds of Picasso’s paintings were in chronological display from what he had painted as an adolescent all the way up to his experiments as an 85 year old master. During the exhibit one lady approached Picasso and told him she did not understand. His ...read more

  • Stayed To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2009
     | 2,442 views

    STAYED TO SERVE Last fall, Baptist deacon Joe Lusi was suspected of spying. Lusi is a physician in Rwanda, right near the border where the refugees cross into Zaire. Joe Lusi is a Zairian, but the Baptist hospital is in Rwanda. Moreover, the government-run hospital across town had always been ...read more

  • First Grader Learns That More Is Expected Of Him ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 14, 2009
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    First Grader Learns That More Is Expected of Him Than When He Was in Kindergarten When they came in the house, Jesus asked them, “What were you arguing about on the road?” But they kept quiet because on the way they had argued about who was the greatest. Sitting down, Jesus said, “If anyone wants ...read more

  • Unsung Heroines

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 6, 2011
    based on 1 rating
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    UNSUNG HEROINES In Tom Brokaw’s book "The Greatest Generation Speaks," Veronica Mackey Hulick tells of her service during World War II. Veronica was 20 when she joined the Navy WAVES [Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service]. She and about 1500 other bright young women worked for hours at ...read more

  • To Whoever Finds This...i Love You  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 19, 2012
    based on 12 ratings
     | 4,832 views

    TO WHOEVER FINDS THIS...I LOVE YOU Several years ago there was a girl in an orphanage. She was unattractive and had mannerisms that were not very attractive either, and so she was disliked and shunned by the other children and was not liked by her teachers. The head of the institution looked for ...read more