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  • Vote To Get Well

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Mar 6, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,038 views

    VOTE TO GET WELL Mrs Fisher, the primary school teacher, was at home recovering from surgery. She heard the letter box bang on the door, then her husband entered the room bringing in the post. One of the letters was a get well card from her 2nd year class ...read more

  • Quotations On Attitude

    Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on May 3, 2013
     | 2,478 views

    "Places and circumstances never guarantee happiness. You must decide within yourself whether you want to be happy." (Robert J. Hastings) "The last of human freedoms is to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances." (Victor Frankl) "Let this same attitude and purpose and [humble] ...read more

  • Adopted By Christ  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jul 9, 2001
    based on 110 ratings
     | 9,921 views

    Illus.: “Adopted by Christ” John was born into a family of 12 children. They were very poor. He was the youngest. He never remembered his father eating a meal with the rest of the family. He had to work long hours to feed his family. One day his father ran off with another woman, leaving his ...read more

  • En Segundo  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 18, 2002
    based on 22 ratings
     | 1,544 views

    Rom 5:8 Cierto dia un niño le pregunto a su padre. Papa podemos vivir un año sin pecar? Su papa le contesto; no creo que sea posible pues un año tiene 12 meses y en 12 mese muchas cosas puede sucer.El niño inclino su su rostro muy triste vovio a preguntar. Papa,podemod-emos vivir un mes sin pecar? ...read more

  • Joy Hard Won, Citation: Joni Eareckson Tada, ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Oct 30, 2003
    based on 33 ratings
     | 3,893 views

    [Joy Hard Won, Citation: Joni Eareckson Tada, "Joy Hard Won," Decision (March 2000), p.12, used by permission] In Decision, Joni Eareckson Tada writes: Honesty is always the best policy, but especially when you’re surrounded by a crowd of women in a restroom during a break at a Christian women’s ...read more

  • Parable Of Christ’s Sacrifice, Citation: ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on May 11, 2001
    based on 183 ratings
     | 7,622 views

    [Parable of Christ’s Sacrifice, Citation: Brad Walden, senior minister with the Tates Creek Christian Church, Lexington, KY; true story told by Mark’s grandfather at Westwood Cheviot Church of Christ, Cincinnati, OH] The mother of a nine-year-old boy named Mark received a phone call in the middle ...read more

  • How Have You Been Feeling Lately? Does It Seem ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Otterstatter on Feb 4, 2002
    based on 49 ratings
     | 2,273 views

    How have you been feeling lately? Does it seem like you have a decreased amount of energy? Do you feel fatigued? Have you been craving sugar and eating more than usual? In the last two months have you had difficulty getting out of bed in the morning? Are you sleeping more than usual, been less ...read more

  • The Big Feather Bed  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 27, 2002
    based on 76 ratings
     | 1,780 views

    “The Big Feather Bed” Dr. J.C. Massee was pastor of Tremont Temple in Boston but he was reared in Georgia. He said his mother was the sweetest woman in the world, but there was one thing she was very strict about. She wouldn’t let her children play on her snow-white feather beds. She prided ...read more

  • This Week I Was Reading The Story Of An ...  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Hamilton on Oct 26, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 23,956 views

    This week I was reading the story of an Australian couple who went to Bangladesh as missionaries. When Stuart and Margaret arrived in the country they were informed, by the Baptist missionaries already there that the Muslim people were impossible to reach with the Gospel message. For the six years ...read more

  • When The Federal Troops Occupied Cheraw, South ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 26, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,372 views

    When the Federal troops occupied Cheraw, South Carolina, the Confederates left so much gun powder behind that the Union troops decided to dump most of it in a little creek. Some of the Union troops were looking for some entertainment so they scooped up handfuls of the powder and carried it to ...read more

  • America's Faith Changing: George Barna Has ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 2,534 views

    America’s Faith Changing: George Barna has discovered discernible faith transitions have occurred across various subgroups. Young Adults—When Baby Busters (born between ‘65 and ‘83) enter a new life stage, a 1st marriage or parenthood, religious faith stabilizes. Since ’96 7% more attend Sunday ...read more

  • Unexpected ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 4,015 views

    UNEXPECTED ANSWERS Sometimes our prayers get answered in very unexpected ways. How exciting that is! Can you remember when you had prayer answered in a way that you never thought of? I would even say that if most of our prayers are answered in a predictable way, we are not praying for the right ...read more

  • Sending A Teacher To A Dying Boy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 3,103 views

    SENDING A TEACHER TO A DYING BOY There was a school system in a large city that had a program that helped children in the hospital keep up with their homework. One day a teacher who was assigned to that program received a routine call asking her to visit a particular. She took the child’s name and ...read more

  • World Of Words

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,659 views

    WORLD OF WORDS We live in a world of words. Words are all about us, words on TV, words on the radio, spoken words by family and friends, words printed in newspapers, books, on computers, and words on the Internet. The world of words have turned us into a people who have been overwhelmed, ...read more

  • I Was Blind, But Now I Can See  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,854 views

    I WAS BLIND, BUT NOW I CAN SEE There were two boys who grew up together. They were close friends as children, but as they entered their teen years their paths began to diverge, and they ended up in very different places. Ernie was always in trouble. He began by shoplifting small things from stores ...read more

  • Standing At The Edge Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
     | 4,320 views

    STANDING AT THE EDGE OF THE PRESIDENCY In early 1975, Jimmy Carter, the ex-governor of Georgia, began campaigning in Iowa, the site of the first statewide contest in the race for the 1976 Democratic presidential nomination. Carter knew almost no one in the state, and his first piece of business ...read more

  • God Moment: Wow Impact

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 10, 2009
     | 2,701 views

    GOD MOMENT: WOW IMPACT Chilly Chilton is the Sr. Pastor of Real Church in the inner city of Detroit. His church people have to listen 3 times a day to the Muslims call to prayer as it is broadcasted through the air waves. Chilly founded Real Church in June 2004. His community is called Hamtramck. ...read more

  • Chaffing Under ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2010
     | 3,155 views

    Chaffing Under Authority How many of you are ‘rule-keepers’? When you see a rule do you try to do everything possible to not break it? How many of you are ‘rule-breakers’? When you’re faced with a rule, do you find yourself wanting to inwardly disregard it or outwardly disobey it? I was accused of ...read more

  • If I Survive, I'll Be Ok

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 27, 2010
     | 2,759 views

    IF I SURVIVE, I'LL BE OK John Ortberg tells the story of going to a dude ranch in Arizona at the instance of his wife who felt the vacation was not complete without "the exhilaration of a truly challenging horseback ride." (His exact words.) The first time he went out at the ranch, he did so with ...read more

  • It Is Safe To Die In Jesus

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 12, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,671 views

    IT IS SAFE TO DIE IN JESUS Max Lucado in his book Fearless, says, "There are many rooms in my Father's home, and I am going to prepare a place for you." We Westerners might miss the wedding images, but you can bet your sweet chuppah that Jesus' listener's didn't. This was a groom-to-bride ...read more