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  • Power Of An Encouraging Word

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Apr 4, 2023
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,996 views

    Mark Eklund was a student in Sister Helen’s nineth grade math class at St. Mary’s School in Morris, Minnesota. He was much less talkative than he had been years earlier in her third-grade class. One Friday Sister Helen sensed the class’s frustration with trying to learn “ne math.” So, she asked ...read more

  • Someone Once Said That, As A Child When He ...  PRO

    Contributed by Morris Mott on Sep 27, 2001
    based on 68 ratings
     | 2,316 views

    Someone once said that, as a child when he thought of Heaven, he thought of a very cold ominous place with an innumerable amount of faceless angels. As years went by, one of his siblings died. When he then thought of Heaven, he pictured this family member, very lonely, standing in this ominous ...read more

  • Author Leo Buscaglia Tells This Story About His ...

    Contributed by Scott Bradford on Nov 15, 2002
     | 2,103 views

    "Author Leo Buscaglia tells this story about his mother and their "misery dinner." It was the night after his father came home and said it looked as if he would have to go into bankruptcy because his partner had absconded with their firm’s funds. His mother went out and sold some jewelry to buy ...read more

  • A Federal Reserve Survey Released On 1/15/00 ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 1,701 views

    A Federal Reserve survey released on 1/15/00 reports that U.S. families median net worth jumped from $60,900 in ’95 to $71,600 in ’98, the survey’s latest year. A rise of nearly 18%! 48.8% of families owned stock in ’98, up from 40.4% in ’95. The median net worth of households with incomes of ...read more

  • Pushover Parents: A Recent Study Found That 24% ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,191 views

    Pushover Parents: A recent study found that 24% of teens say their parents have given them alcohol, and 21% have been to a party where alcohol was supplied by the parents. Focus on the Family’s Dr. Bill Maier attributes the problem to what he calls pushover parents. “Unfortunately, there are a ...read more

  • In January, 1984, I Was Painting The Home Of An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 1,096 views

    In January, 1984, I was painting the home of an 89 year-old lady in Spokane. She had a large family Bible prominently displayed on the coffee table and remarked that it was 116 years old and a priceless heirloom. I commented on how remarkable that was, and added, "It doesn’t matter how old the ...read more

  • What Will They Say?

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010
     | 1,921 views

    WHAT WILL THEY SAY? A minister, a priest and a rabbi die and go to heaven for orientation. They are all asked, "When you are in your casket, and friends, family, and congregants are mourning over you, what would you like to hear them say?" The minister says, "I would like to hear them say that I ...read more

  • Persecution In Nigeria

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 10, 2011
     | 2,905 views

    PERSECUTION IN NIGERIA Muslim extremists carried out new attacks on villages in Nigeria’s Plateau state in September, killing more than 100 Christians, including entire families, according to Compass Direct News. On Sept. 10, 2011, Muslim extremists stormed Vwang Fwil village at 3 a.m., killing ...read more

  • I Met My Best Friend In A Texas High School In ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 10, 2008
     | 1,162 views

    "I met my best friend in a Texas high school in 1981. We were both military brats who’d spent time in Germany so we had some stuff in common. "While my mom was organizing old photos in 1986, we discovered that my family and my best friend’s family had stayed at the same hotel in Munich during the ...read more

  • I Believe That A Picture Of Jesus' Birth Has Been ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Dec 3, 2001
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,476 views

    I believe that a picture of Jesus’ birth has been painted throughout the years of a quiet and calm night in which everything was still and hushed. I don’t think so. Let’s think about if for a moment. What if every man in this country had to go back to his hometown on January 31, 2010 and register ...read more

  • In The Roanoke Times 2001. For Stephen Kuropas, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2002
    based on 51 ratings
     | 1,394 views

    In the Roanoke Times 2001. For Stephen Kuropas, born with cerebral palsy, some things just take a little while. But that hasn’t stopped him from trying- or from succeeding. Last Sunday, after 12 years of attending classes, Kuropas, 41, graduated with an associate’s degree from Community College ...read more

  • What Are Whales Worth?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 1,742 views

    WHAT ARE WHALES WORTH? During the 1988 presidential election, an unexpected shift of attention occurred. Instead of the evening news focusing on the candidates, all eyes were on three gray whales that were cut off from their migratory route by a frozen sea of ice. At first, only a few Eskimos ...read more

  • Prodigal Brings Christ Home, Citation: J. ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on May 24, 2002
    based on 40 ratings
     | 2,024 views

    [Prodigal Brings Christ Home, Citation: J. Granger, Sons: A Father’s Love (Word, 1999), quoted in Men of Integrity, Vol. 3, no. 2] My son called. Through years of drug abuse, Scott had stolen from our family, manipulated us, and failed us. It had been a relief not to hear from him for two ...read more

  • "Theology In The Pew"  PRO

    Contributed by Ronald Keller on Oct 15, 2002
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,256 views

    “THEOLOGY IN THE PEW” “A large share of people who attend Protestant or Catholic churches have adopted beliefs that conflict with the teachings of the Bible and their church, according to the latest release from the Barna Research Group (www.barna.org). There are some fundamental Christian precepts ...read more

  • Welcome Home!  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2003
    based on 12 ratings
     | 5,820 views

    WELCOME HOME! A number of years ago, Newsweek magazine carried the story of the memorial service held for Hubert Humphrey, former vice-president of the United States. Hundreds of people came from all over the world to say good-bye to their old friend and colleague. But one person who came was ...read more

  • A Couple Of Years Back, Susan, Esther And I Flew ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Jun 17, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,221 views

    A couple of years back, Susan, Esther and I flew out to Washington DC to spend time with my mentor for two weeks. One night after dinner at my mentor’s house, both Susan and I raced to the kitchen sink to do the dishes. When I beat Susan to the dishes, my mentor’s wife made the comment, "I guess ...read more

  • A Mother's Love  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 21, 2004
    based on 10 ratings
     | 4,839 views

    A MOTHER'S LOVE One of the most touching elements of the film "The Passion of the Christ" is the mother-son relationship. Every mother can relate to Mary’s total commitment to her son. Here’s the story of a modern day mother and her love for her son, as told by one member of the staff at Campus ...read more

  • Personal Property In The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
     | 1,577 views

    PERSONAL PROPERTY IN THE BIBLE Larry Burkett, the founder of Christian Financial Concepts, points out that the bible--with more than 700 references to money--says more about economics than many other subjects. He writes: "Money is such an important subject that nearly two-thirds of the parables ...read more

  • The Power Of Shame

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
     | 5,382 views

    THE POWER OF SHAME I remember how troubled I was after attending the funeral of an old lady who used to be my visitation partner for many years in a two-person team at a former church. Her brother and sister-in-law were deacons at the church. When I heard she had cancer some years after I left, I ...read more

  • One Scheme Of The Devil Is To Create A Twisted ...

    Contributed by Michael Walther on May 25, 2011
     | 2,641 views

    One scheme of the devil is to create a twisted view of God. USA Today ran an article on a very comprehensive religion survey conducted by Baylor University. This survey showed that 96% of Americans believe in some view of God. But of this group 40% , or almost half, believe in a God who does not ...read more

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