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  • A Mother Noticed That It Was About Time For ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Mccutchen on Jan 29, 2001
    based on 119 ratings
     | 2,654 views

    A mother noticed that it was about time for school to dismiss and since it looked like it would rain, she drove toward the school to pick up her eight-year-old daughter. She turned down the street to see her daughter running towards her down the sidewalk. A lightning bolt flashed and the little ...read more

  • But There Is One Thing That Is Hard To Fathom In ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on Sep 17, 2001
    based on 88 ratings
     | 2,039 views

    But there is one thing that is hard to fathom in the World Trade Center attack. After the planes hit the towers in New York the people in the floors above the fire where trapped. I’m sure you’ve seen the pictures of people jumping out of the upper floors to escape the fire and smoke. The thing ...read more

  • I Must Not Hate  PRO

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Oct 26, 2001
    based on 61 ratings
     | 1,917 views

    I MUST NOT HATE In October of 2001, on the ABC network morning show, Diane Sawyer interviewed the sister-in-law of Osamma Bin Laden. She has been estranged from one of Bin Laden’s 23 brothers, Yeslam, and is seeking a divorce. For 27 years she put up with abuse – and she wants out! Diane ...read more

  • The Word ‘christian' Means Different Things To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 26, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,058 views

    “The word ‘Christian’ means different things to different people. To one person, it means a stiff, uptight, inflexible way of life—colorless and unbending. To another, it means a risky, surprised-filled venture, lived on tiptoe at the edge of expectation. Either of these pictures can be ...read more

  • Many Of You Have Probably Seen The Movie ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Dec 16, 2001
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    Many of you have probably seen the movie “Castaway” where Tom Hanks is stranded alone on an island. The film does a good job of showing his intense longing for the day when he will be rescued. He has a small picture of his fiancée, which he looks at day after day, year after year. Hoping, ...read more

  • My Wife Christina And I Came Here To Visit First ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Jun 23, 2007
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    My wife Christina and I came here to visit First Congregational Church in December of 2006 to candidate and interview for the position of Pastor. Some of you may recall what the church sign on the grass in front of the building had displayed on it that December… It said “What is missing in this ...read more

  • I Remember When I Was A Small Boy That I Was ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 13, 2008
     | 758 views

    I remember when I was a small boy that I was fascinated with soldiers. I played with little green army men, listened to Dad tell stories of the second world war he was in. I loved to dress up and play army (Get the pictures). I had the steel hat, inside liner, and jacket, etc. I loved playing ...read more

  • Works Thy Hands Have Made, Pt. 2

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on May 29, 2008
     | 1,325 views

    WORKS THY HANDS HAVE MADE, PT. 2 You ever wondered about some of the works His hand have made? Ever seen a picture of a platypus? Strand creature these things are. They live on the east coast of Australia. The bizarre appearance of this mammal baffled European naturalists when they first ...read more

  • Misdirection In A Football Game Is Fun. ...

    Contributed by David Nuhfer on Jul 16, 2008
    based on 1 rating
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    Misdirection in a football game is fun. Misdirection from Satan is deadly. He has been doing it for thousands of years, from the time in the Garden of Eden when he got Eve to believe that God was holding out on her and Adam, to Exodus when he got the Israelites focused on hating Moses, to the time ...read more

  • Submarine-Style Peace

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,700 views

    SUBMARINE-STYLE PEACE Several years ago a submarine was being tested and had to remain submerged for many hours. When it returned to the harbor, the captain was asked, "How did the terrible storm last night affect you?" The officer looked at him in surprise and exclaimed, "Storm? We didn't even ...read more

  • God Is Never Unsure  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,504 views

    GOD IS NEVER UNSURE Pastor and author A. W. Tozer once said: "All of God’s acts are consistent with all of his attributes. No attribute contradicts any other, but all harmonize and blend into each other in the infinite abyss of the Godhead. All that God does agrees with all that God is, and being ...read more

  • In My Former Pastorate There Was A Wonderful ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 8, 2009
     | 1,031 views

    In my former pastorate there was a wonderful elderly man named Mr. Billy Stewart. He had built four grandfather clocks from kits supplied by the Emperor Clock Co. I had long wanted such a clock so, with his being available to be my backstop, I ordered a kit. The directions said to spread all the ...read more

  • A Young English Woman's Locket Reveals Her True ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 2, 2009
     | 3,967 views

    A Young English Woman’s Locket Reveals Her True Love A young woman in England many years ago always wore a golden locket that she would not allow anyone to open or look into, and everyone thought there must be some romance connected with that locket and that in that locket must be the picture of ...read more

  • Rearranging Ashes

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2010
    based on 1 rating
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    Rearranging Ashes The story is told of an eastern ascetic holy man who covered himself with ashes as a sign of humility and regularly sat on a prominent street corner of his city. When tourists asked permission to take his picture, the mystic would rearrange his ashes to give the best image of ...read more

  • We Are Not Just Ants

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 20, 2011
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    WE ARE NOT JUST ANTS Broadway play: Spider Man Green Goblin has Spider Man in his grip as they fight atop the Chrysler Building in NYC. It is hundreds of feet to the ground. The Goblin says to Spider Man, "Look down there Spider Man. What do you see? Look at all those people. They look like ...read more

  • The Harp String Of Hope

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2011
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    THE HARP STRING OF HOPE G.F. Watt has a famous painting entitled Hope. It pictures a poor woman against the world. Her eyes are bandaged so that she cannot see ahead. In her hands is a harp, but all the strings are broken save one. Those broken strings represent her shattered expectations, her ...read more

  • Revenge In Witnessing

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jun 10, 2011
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    REVENGE IN WITNESSING Yubis was filled with grief and didn't know where to turn. Yubis' husband--a pastor--was brutally murdered as a martyr in Colombia for his faith and teachings of Jesus Christ. As a result, their two-year-old daughter was despondent--and she stopped speaking. She would only ...read more

  • You Have Value

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 9, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,130 views

    YOU HAVE VALUE I have a here a $20 bill -- how much is it worth? (WHO WANTS IT?) What if I tear it? What if I crumple it up? What if I throw it on the floor and stomp on it? Why? Because it's still a $20 bill. It has intrinsic value that makes it worth $20. But WHY is it worth $20? Is the ...read more

  • Surprise Surprise!

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 11, 2025
     | 221 views

    Blog stories: “Today, I went to my new job at a pre-school. I was really excited because everything was going so well, and a little boy even said he was drawing a picture of me. He even gave it to me when he was finished. Well it was me, but I was also on fire and being stabbed and shot multiple ...read more

  • Five Lies About Hell

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Apr 19, 2022
     | 1,223 views

    ON AN AMERICAN TROOPSHIP during World War II a new Chaplain came aboard. The rank and file of the sailors met him and they put to him this question, "Do you believe in Hell?" The Chaplain was a modernist and an unbeliever, and he said, "Men, certainly not." The men looked at ...read more