Contributed by Rick Stacy on Oct 15, 2003
based on 6 ratings
| 1,581 views
Joy comes from doing what you were designed to do.
Have you ever driven a really cool car that was designed to run flat out on the road.
Years ago I took my 65 Ford Falcon on a trip up north – no cars – just deer and jack pines for hundreds of square miles. I took it up to just shy of 100 mph
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
based on 7 ratings
| 2,551 views
In a marriage devotional Renee and I read together before we go to bed, the author noted in an evening devotion, “Blaming cripples the atmosphere in a marriage. It tears a couple a part” (H. Norman Wright, “After, You Say ‘I Do’”).
One partner blames the other for problems in the marriage. Sure
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Methodist
Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Oct 19, 2003
based on 1 rating
| 1,716 views
In C. S. Lewis’ book Till We Have Faces one of the characters is struggling with the ugliness she sees within her and says, “I would set out boldly each morning to be just and calm and wise in all my thoughts and acts; but before they had finished dressing me I would find that I was back in some
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Methodist
based on 8 ratings
| 1,768 views
Story: Nizhizaka Hill is the place in Nagasaki Japan where the 26 martyrs were executed on 15 February 1597, 400 years ago. They went to their deaths singing Ps. 113. Paul Miki was preaching. Contrary to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the ruler of Japan’s expectation the Christians’ faith was strengthened.
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Anglican
Contributed by Richard Tow on Nov 24, 2003
based on 1 rating
| 1,567 views
How many seen classic movie “Shanendoah” starring Jimmy Stewart?
It is about a farmer and his family during Civil War. Outstanding movie! There is one scene where they are praying at dinner table. Jimmy Stewart is father and all sons are sitting with him at dinner table.
This is the way
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Charismatic
Contributed by Robert Eggers on Dec 6, 2003
based on 14 ratings
| 2,021 views
Some children were asked what love is. The responses were quite interesting and instructive for us adults. One said, "Love is when my mommy makes a cup of coffee for my daddy and takes a little taste before she gives it to him to make sure it tastes okay." Another said, "Love is when your puppy
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Lutheran
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 26, 2004
based on 2 ratings
| 1,668 views
Grieving Person: It is so depressing being out of work so long, sometimes I wonder if life is worth living. Not that I’m planning on committing suicide or anything, but this really gets me down.
Right Response: I don’t blame you for feeling the way you do. It is bad, and I would probably have
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Independent/Bible
Contributed by Ian Johnson on May 21, 2004
based on 1 rating
| 1,251 views
When I was young I had never heard of or even known about a bird common in New Zealand called the Spotless Crake. It wasn’t until I saw a picture in a bird book that I even knew that they existed. I began to read about where I might find one. And then I began to go to those places in search of one.
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Pentecostal
Contributed by Andrew Chan on Jul 28, 2004
based on 6 ratings
| 2,263 views
A man was walking along our North shore mountain road and saw a First Nations man lying with his ear to the ground. As he approached the First Nations man, he heard him talking.
“Chevy pickup truck. Large tires. Green. Man driving with large German shepherd in passenger seat. Loaded with
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical Free
Contributed by Randy Bennett on Aug 17, 2004
based on 2 ratings
| 2,143 views
In “The Matrix,” Keanu Reeves plays a character named Thomas Anderson. He is also a computer hacker that goes by the name “Neo.” He is introduced to the Matrix and Morpheus tries to convince Neo that he is “the one.” Neo spends the entire movie denying that he is the one, a denial that is fueled by
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Presbyterian/Reformed
based on 11 ratings
| 1,619 views
g. Drs. Minirth & Meyer have written a book about overcoming depression entitled "Happiness Is a Choice." They wrote, "As psychiatrists, we cringe whenever Christian patients use the words, `I can’t’ & `I’ve tried.’ Any good psychiatrist knows that `I can’t’ & `I’ve tried’ are merely lame excuses.
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Randy Bennett on Nov 22, 2004
Becky and I bought a house in 2000. We got it for a really good price – because it was in need of a lot of work! We put a lot of time and energy into that house. We remodeled the kitchen, the baby’s room, the dining room, the bathroom, we put in a furnace, we tore out two old chimneys, we put on a
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Nov 30, 2004
based on 2 ratings
| 1,671 views
About 9 years ago I was sitting with my two friends Doug at Christmas time and we were all moaning about how out of shape we had become. We decided then and there that we would do a Triathlon that Summer. We started to meet to run together with on Saturday mornings. The Saturday runs were a
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
*other
Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 6, 2004
based on 10 ratings
| 2,697 views
Rules of chocolate:
If you’ve got melted chocolate all over your hands, you’re eating it too slowly.
Chocolate covered raisins, cherries, orange slices and strawberries all count as fruit, so eat as many as you want.
The problem: How to get 2 pounds of chocolate home from the store in a hot
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
based on 1 rating
| 2,173 views
c. A story is told of two men who got into conversation on a boat when returning from India. One was an English sportsman and the other was a missionary. The sportsman said, "I’ve been in India for 25 years, and I never saw one of the natives converted." "That’s odd," answered the missionary,
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 22, 2004
based on 23 ratings
| 7,791 views
REMEMBERING MY PURPOSE
The Taj Mahal is one of the most beautiful and costly tombs ever built, but there is something fascinating about its beginnings.
In 1629, when the favorite wife of Indian ruler Shah Jahan died, he ordered that a magnificent tomb be built as a memorial to her. The shah
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Contributed by Steve Miller on Jan 4, 2005
based on 2 ratings
| 4,273 views
GODLY MOTHER/BEHIND THE SCENES: (Wesley Brothers)
Susannah Wesley was one of the most terrific mothers of all time. Susannah’s father was a minister and she was born in England in 1669 as the youngest of twenty-five children! Susannah was married at 19 to Samuel Wesley, also a minister and, not
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
*other
Contributed by Kory Wilcoxson on Jan 12, 2005
based on 3 ratings
| 4,191 views
There’s a Far Side cartoon that shows a bum sitting in a dirty alley, and there’s a giant bug next to him. And the bug is saying, “There I was, vice president, stock options, corner office, Mercedes, then one day someone comes in and says, “Wait a minute! He’s nothing but a giant cockroach!”
Very
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ