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  • The Five People Who Secretly Control Your Life  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Jun 16, 2013
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,045 views

    Dave Navarro has written an article entitled, "The 5 People Who Secretly Control Your Life." In it, he says, what you may not realize is just how many people influence your life, feeding you ideas about what is "right," "wrong," "good," "bad," and practically every other subjective decision-making ...read more

  • Keys To Understanding The Parables

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Nov 13, 2022
     | 373 views

    KEYS TO UNDERSTANDING THE PARABLES Parables provide insight into the nature, coming, growth and of the Kingdom of God. Parables are by design intended to be surprising. They often sneak up on us. Parables are used to simulate thinking and cause the hearer to carefully contemplate what they ...read more

  • Many Years Ago A Senior Executive Of The Then ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,482 views

    Many years ago a senior executive of the then Standard Oil Company made a wrong decision that cost the company more than $2 million. John D. Rockefeller was then running the firm. On the day the news leaked out most of the executives of the company were finding various ingenious ways of avoiding ...read more

  • Missionary Encounters ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
     | 3,468 views

    Missionary Encounters Ants Steven Cook tells of reading an account of a missionary from India: "The Lord must have desired to teach me something through the "ants" because He allowed me to come in contact with enough of them! The encyclopedia says there are more ants than any other insect. It seems ...read more

  • Cross (S)  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,989 views

    Cross (S) Imagine with me for a moment… Pretend that a man from South America is speaking here. His name is Jose Samblanco, and having just arrived, he proclaims the good news to us that a Peruvian peasant by the name of Carlos Hernandez was electrocuted on the electric chair for your sins. He ...read more

  • Basement People Vs. Balcony People

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 3, 2009
     | 8,020 views

    BASEMENT PEOPLE VS. BALCONY PEOPLE Keith Miller, in his book Passionate People, which he co-authored with Bruce Larson, describes two kinds of people -- "basement people" and "balcony people." "Basement people" are the discouragers in our lives. They may be people from our past, or present, but ...read more

  • The Tomb Is Empty

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Apr 14, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,310 views

    THE TOMB IS EMPTY Little Philip, born with Down Syndrome, attended a third-grade Sunday School class with several eight-year-old boys and girls. Typical of that age, the children did not readily accept Philip with his differences, according to an article in Leadership Magazine. But because of a ...read more

  • Anger On The Golf Course

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 26, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,385 views

    ANGER ON THE GOLF COURSE There were times when golf course etiquette was completely traded in for the ever popular "lose control and act like a madman" routine. There's something intriguing about watching a full grown man crumble to pieces over a tiny ball that's 1½ inches in diameter. I've seen ...read more

  • A Young Pastor Learns About Rural ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 8, 2010
     | 4,518 views

    A Young Pastor Learns About Rural Ministry How I learned about the heartbeat of a good shepherd and how difficult it is to lead and herd sheep. This personal story is drawn from my ministry time in Grygla, Mn. It was my first pastorate – I had just recently graduated from North Central Bible ...read more

  • In A Recent Ncaa Cross-Country Championship Held ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Fordham on Oct 29, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,690 views

    In a recent NCAA cross-country championship held in Riverside, California, 123 of the 128 runners missed a turn. One competitor, Mike Delcavo, stayed on the 10,000 meter course and began waving for fellow runners to follow him. Delcavo was able to convince only four other runners to go with him. ...read more

  • Ed Young Jr. Grew Up With One Passion: ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 30, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,789 views

    Ed Young Jr. grew up with one passion: basketball. He dreamed of being a basketball player. After graduating from high school, he was given a full athletic scholarship to Florida State University. During his freshman year he discovered that God’s plan for his life was quite different than his own ...read more

  • In His Book, "How Great Generals Win", Bevin ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Atwood on Nov 23, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,144 views

    In his book, "How Great Generals Win", Bevin Alexander tells of "The General Who Beat Hannibal". One of Hannibal’s most effective tactics was the use of elephants in battle. For years Roman soldiers and horses were ineffective against the elephants - until the Roman general Scipio Africanus made ...read more

  • After A Three-Month Summer Recess, On October ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,610 views

    After a three-month summer recess, on October 3,1994, the Supreme Court of the United States opened its 1994-95 term. According to the New York Times News Service, the court’s legal business for that first day could be summed up with one word: “No.” The court announced it had refused to hear more ...read more

  • Robert Joseph (Rj) Ate Supper With Us Last Night. ...

    Contributed by Charles Newman on Aug 4, 2007
     | 1,445 views

    Robert Joseph (RJ) ate supper with us last night. He originally declined my special fried okra. I asked him if he had ever tried it before and he said he hadn’t. I encouraged him to try just one piece and if he didn’t like it he didn’t have to eat anymore. He tried it and most surprisingly, ...read more

  • Consumers Don't Spend Any More Time Standing In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,908 views

    Consumers don’t spend any more time standing in line to examine your product than their grandparents did, but they have a lot more lines to choose from. So if one line isn’t moving at a speed they like, they move to another one. Today marketers have to give their customers more than the traditional ...read more

  • A Widely Circulated Story Over The Internet Is ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 27, 2008
     | 1,100 views

    A widely circulated story over the Internet is one that is told a couple of different ways but with the same kind of an ending. One way that I have heard it (and perhaps have told it) is that a rushing businessman knocks over a child’s fruit stand in his hurry to catch a train. He stops after ...read more

  • Dos Políticos Están Debatiendo, Uno Exasperado ...  PRO

    Contributed by Luis Marquez on Dec 3, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,908 views

    Dos políticos están debatiendo, uno exasperado grita al otro: ¿“Dime cual es ese gran poder que te controla"? El otro airado responde: “A mi esposa la dejas fuera de todo esto.” En un año de elecciones cosa así pasan. Pero no nos damos cuenta que cada día es un día de elección. Elegimos ante cada ...read more

  • The Big Black Door  PRO

    Contributed by Dennis Marquardt on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 13 ratings
     | 5,916 views

    THE BIG BLACK DOOR An Arab chief tells a story of a spy who was captured and then sentenced to death by a general in the Persian army. This general had the strange custom of giving condemned criminals a choice between the firing squad and the big, black door. As the moment for execution drew near, ...read more

  • In 1904 William Borden, Heir To The Borden ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on May 22, 2009
     | 2,078 views

    “In 1904 William Borden, heir to the Borden Dairy Estate, graduated from a Chicago high school a millionaire. His parents gave him a trip around the world. Traveling through Asia, the Middle East, and Europe gave Borden a burden for the world’s hurting people. Writing home, he said, "I’m going to ...read more

  • Time Marches On  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,194 views

    TIME MARCHES ON There was once a middle aged man who was considering going back to school to get that degree he had always wanted. But he was balking at the idea because he was now over 50 and what good would it do him now. He went to his dad for advice and his dad asked him how long it would ...read more

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