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  • Lord Have Mercy Me

    Contributed by D. Marie Hamilton on May 21, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,867 views

    LORD HAVE MERCY ME I am a huge fan of the Christian band Mercy Me. They are my favorite band of all time! My favorite CD is Almost There. Those worship and praise songs inspire me to stay in the race even when I want to quit because working for the Lord can be overwhelming. I'm strengthen by ...read more

  • Unsung Heroes-Claudius Lysias

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Aug 22, 2023
     | 527 views

    Introduction: He was a high-ranking officer in the Roman army, mentioned only a couple of times in Scripture. We don’t know if he ever became a Christian, but we do know that he saved the life of Paul the apostle at least twice! Text: Acts 24:22-23, KJV: 22 And when Felix heard these things, ...read more

  • Michael Is The Kind Of Guy You Love To Hate. He ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Jan 16, 2003
    based on 35 ratings
     | 2,775 views

    Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!" He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Michael was ...read more

  • Don Richardson, In His Book Eternity In Their ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Sep 11, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,504 views

    Don Richardson, in his book Eternity in Their Hearts, tells an amazing story of spiritual harvest. In an area once called Burma, which is now modern Myanmar, lying between China and Thailand, and touching the border of Laos, there lived about a quarter-million tribal people called the Lahu. For ...read more

  • Today Is Super Bowl Sunday, The Most Ballyhooed ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,607 views

    Today is Super Bowl Sunday, the most ballyhooed and widely watched pro football game of all. Someone defined a football game as 75,000 people sitting in a stadium, although they desperately need exercise, watching twenty-two people on the field who desperately need rest. Pastor Bob Schmidgall said ...read more

  • I Surrender All – Judson W. Van Deventer, 1896

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Mar 19, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,232 views

    I Surrender All – Judson W. Van DeVenter, 1896 Van DeVenter beautifully describes the process of absolute surrender in his timeless hymn I Surrender All. If I may impose my perception of this hymn, I would suggest that He reveals the struggle involved in surrendering all that he is to the Lord. ...read more

  • The Value Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2010
     | 3,746 views

    The Value of Water Colonel Nick Rowe is not a name most of you have probably heard of before. He was a war hero, in a war that had so few heroes. He was killed in the Philippines by an assassin. His funeral was one to be remembered. He is buried in Arlington national Cemetery. In all the history of ...read more

  • Serving Others

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Dec 27, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 18,438 views

    “True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever the cost”. - Arthur Ashe In a small, dusty town in western Oklahoma one November there lived a young single mother struggling to make ends meet. ...read more

  • The Lesson Of Grace

    Contributed by Jm Raja Lawrence on Sep 23, 2023
     | 949 views

    The Lesson of Grace In a serene, sunlit park nestled within a bustling city, an old man sat on a weathered bench, enjoying the simple pleasures of life. His wrinkled face bore the marks of wisdom, and his eyes held stories of countless yesterdays. Passersby often found themselves drawn to his calm ...read more

  • A Day In The Life Of A Shepherd  PRO

    Contributed by Ervin Kimrey on Jun 29, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 8,914 views

    A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A SHEPHERD With a spring in his step and an eye to the sky, at sunrise, he makes straight for the sheep fold. As soon as he rattles the gate, he gives his morning call, greets the sheep, often by name, every sheep is on its feet. They spring toward the gate, with expectancy ...read more

  • I Want To Tell You About A Practicing Christian, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 22, 2007
    based on 17 ratings
     | 3,819 views

    I want to tell you about a practicing Christian, a public figure who lives out his faith in Jesus Christ. Here is a behind-the-scenes story. There was a lot of excitement in watching the Indianapolis Colts, led by Head Coach Tony Dungy, win their trip to the Super Bowl this past January. A TV ...read more

  • Shorted-Sightedness  PRO

    Contributed by Dru Ashwell on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 50 ratings
     | 4,945 views

    SHORTED-SIGHTEDNESS "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons." --Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949 "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." --Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943 "I have traveled the length and ...read more

  • David Wilkerson's Founder Of Teen Challenge ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 30, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,470 views

    David Wilkerson's founder of Teen Challenge states from his book Sipping Saints: 1. Drinking is the world's most staggering problem. We face the horrible statistics of more than a million young Americans becoming alcoholics. Six million of their parents are already there. We have become a sodden ...read more

  • Grace  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 18, 2004
    based on 40 ratings
     | 16,350 views

    Grace The boy stood defiantly. “Go ahead, give it to me.” The principal looked at the young rebel and asked, “How many times have you been here?” The child sneered rebelliously, “Apparently not enough.” “And you have been punished each time?” the principal responded. “Yeah, I been ...read more

  • The Room

    Contributed by Fred Sigle on Jun 7, 2007
     | 1,688 views

    THE ROOM (I DO NOT KNOW THE AUTHOR) In that place between wakefulness and dreams, I found myself in the room. There were no distinguishing features except for the one wall covered with small index card files. They were like the ones in libraries that list titles by author or subject in ...read more

  • The Rope Held By Adela Rogers St. Johns  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,270 views

    THE ROPE HELD by ADELA ROGERS ST. JOHNS Sometimes on sunny days, when I could see my way and feel the pathway firm under my feet, I wondered--Would the rope hold if the worst happened? A bent old man brought me that telegram which in war years hung like a suspended sword over the heart of every ...read more

  • Attitude Is Everything".........by Francie ...

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jun 25, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,074 views

    "Attitude Is Everything".........By Francie Baltazar-Schwartz (from upbeatnews.net) Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be ...read more

  • Remember The Show, "To Tell The Truth?" There ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Aug 29, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,370 views

    Remember the show, “To Tell the Truth?” There would be one person who did something strange or different perhaps for a living while two others would try to pretend to be that person. The object was to try and fool the panel of stars and the audience. Sometimes the person would be something strange ...read more

  • Mike The Headless Chicken

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Apr 2, 2008
     | 1,677 views

    Mike the Headless Chicken On September 10, 1945, Mike’s short life was about to take a turn for the worse. On this day, Mike received a death sentence. His owners, Lloyd and Clara Olsen, decided that it was time to slaughter a group of birds, some to sell and to prepare others for themselves. Out ...read more

  • Mike The Headless Chicken

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Apr 2, 2008
     | 1,091 views

    Mike the Headless Chicken On September 10, 1945, Mike’s short life was about to take a turn for the worse. On this day, Mike received a death sentence. His owners, Lloyd and Clara Olsen, decided that it was time to slaughter a group of birds, some to sell and to prepare others for themselves. Out ...read more

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