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  • A Young Police Officer Was Taking His Final Exam ...  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Nov 16, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,900 views

    A young police officer was taking his final exam for the police academy. And he comes across this question: “You are on patrol in the outer city when an explosion occurs in a gas main in a nearby street. On investigation you find that a large hole has been blown in the footpath and there is an ...read more

  • National Religious Broadcasters Has Written To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 2,128 views

    National Religious Broadcasters has written to its 1,200 members decrying a recent FCC ruling that allows the federal agency to influence religious programming content. The ruling states, programming “primarily devoted to religious exhortation, proselytizing or statements of personally held ...read more

  • I'm A Fan Of The Television Show "24". It Has ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on May 7, 2007
     | 959 views

    I’m a fan of the television show "24". It has more fast-moving action packed into an hour than any show I have ever seen. The lead character, special agent Jack Bauer, is on the run practically the entire show. He has no sooner solved one crisis than another rises. The title "24" is taken from ...read more

  • Folks In The Arkansas Hills Have A Tradition Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,094 views

    Folks in the Arkansas hills have a tradition of strong family ties, which has sometimes led to unfortunate results. Like the time that Jeb Hollings stole a mule from the McCrary place. When the McCrary boys went to recover the mule, one of the Hollings clan shot Frank McCrary for trespassing. ...read more

  • A Sharp Knife For The Vine Branches

    Contributed by Lonnie Erwin on Oct 12, 2007
     | 3,495 views

    A sharp knife for the vine branches. -- I. THE TEXT SUGGESTS SELF-EXAMINATION. It mentions -- 1. Two characters who are in some respects exceedingly alike; they are both branches, and are in the vine: and yet for all this, the end of the one shall be to be cast away, while the end of the other ...read more

  • It Has Been Interesting To Have A Female Cat In ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Apr 7, 2008
     | 824 views

    It has been interesting to have a female cat in the house because there have been moments, when either real or playing, one of the boys has cried and Hanna (yes that is her name, Hanna) has come running to check them out. She gets in their face and sniffs and by her actions you can tell she is ...read more

  • The Labor Of Love Is Not A Duty

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 4, 2008
     | 2,610 views

    The Labor of Love is Not a Duty It is not something we have to do. It is not even something we ought to do. Loving God as we worship can never be done because we know we ought to do it. Now sometimes we need to fake it until we make it. Sometimes we need to do it even if we don't feel like it. ...read more

  • Some Of You Here Tonnight Will Be In That Same ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Dec 18, 2008
     | 1,076 views

    SOME OF YOU HERE TONNIGHT WILL BE IN THAT SAME PREDICAMENT - STILL IN YOUR TRESPASSES AND SINS, BUT THE WHY OF CHRISTMAS MEANS YOU CAN BE REDEEMED AND MADE A CHILD OF GOD. I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT A TRUE STORY TO DRIVE THIS TRUTH HOME TONIGHT. IT’S TOLD BY ERNEST GORDON INFACT THERE IS A FILM ...read more

  • David Barton In His Book "What Happened In ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 6, 2009
     | 1,117 views

    David Barton in his book “What Happened In Education” writes “As a result of Supreme Court decisions in Engel v. Vitale, Murray v. Curlett, and Abington v. Schempp, religious principles were separated from public education. School prayer, Bible reading, and any instruction which purported to have ...read more

  • What Would You Do?

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jun 30, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,053 views

    WHAT WOULD YOU DO? A number of years ago, a young police officer was taking his final exam for the police academy when he came upon the following question: "You are on patrol in the outer city when an explosion occurs in a gas main in a nearby street. On investigation you find that a large hole ...read more

  • God's Greatness

    Contributed by Ed Lu on Nov 26, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,269 views

    GOD'S GREATNESS Today it doesn’t take wars or persecutions to challenge our Christian faith or religious practices. No spears, no swords, no fiery torches or saddled horses to combat our religiosity. Sadly, these so called wars and battles among Christians are domesticated within the surrounding ...read more

  • Because Dad ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,569 views

    BECAUSE DAD CRIED The great author Walter Wangerin has a wonderful story, called "Matthew, Seven, Eight, and Nine" where he writes: "I tried to stop my son Matthew from stealing comic books. I even took him to the police station and reported his actions to a detective who I thought scared the ...read more

  • Remember Jonah? He Fought The Will Of God. He ...

    Contributed by Tim Adams on Dec 1, 2009
     | 4,229 views

    Remember Jonah? He fought the will of God. He was miserable in his hometown when he heard the will of God. He ran away to Tarshish and was miserable on the whole trip. When you have to hide in a belly of a ship to get away from the storm you brought upon yourself by disobedience you’re always ...read more

  • Looking For Pac Man Fulfillment

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 2, 2010
     | 2,293 views

    LOOKING FOR PAC MAN FULFILLMENT I was in the 5th grade, sitting tortured in a classroom, couldn’t wait for the dumb day to be over because at home ... I had waiting for me ... Pac Man on my Atari 2600. The day before I had plunked down $40 to have this game for myself. That was like 1982 - so it’d ...read more

  • Pelagianism A Simple Explaination

    Contributed by Clarence Eisberg on Sep 6, 2017
     | 5,632 views

    Pelagius. He was a British Monk who lived in the 4th century. He taught that Adam was created good and everything God creates is good. He went on to say that all human beings could be sinless, an never do an evil action if they chose. Nothing that some men have lived without sin. Adam’s sin, ...read more

  • The Power Of Choice

    Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Feb 26, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,150 views

    Rev. Billy Graham, who died at his home in North Carolina on 21st February 2018 Wednesday at the age of 99, was among the most influential religious leader of the 20th Century. He said “Someday you will read or hear that Billy Graham is dead. Don’t you believe a word of it. I shall be more alive ...read more

  • My Daughter Brought A Caterpillar From School One ...  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Aug 8, 2001
    based on 42 ratings
     | 1,869 views

    My daughter brought a caterpillar from school one day. We promptly found a shoe box and put some leaves and grass into the box. My daughter gently placed the little insect into its new home. We punched holes in clear wrap and placed it over the top of the box, so that we could watch our little ...read more

  • Some Years Ago The Minnesota Crime Commission ...  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Feb 25, 2002
    based on 14 ratings
     | 2,657 views

    Some years ago the MINNESOTA CRIME COMMISSION released a statement more in line with what the Bible teaches about man’s basic nature. ‘Every baby starts life as a little savage. He is completely selfish, and self-centered. He wants what he wants when he wants it – his bottle, his mother’s ...read more

  • What Kids Need  PRO

    Contributed by Lyn King on Jun 15, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
     | 3,931 views

    WHAT KIDS NEED Today’s kids desperately need Dads who: . . . play catch, enjoy tea parties or wrestle because the heart of a child is there and they set out to capture it. . . . laugh till their belly hurts and tears fall from their eyes while secretly creating deep friendships and memories that ...read more

  • We Need To Look At Storms And Painful Scenarios ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 1, 2002
    based on 44 ratings
     | 1,848 views

    We need to look at storms and painful scenarios in a different light. Possibly God’s light? Wirt helps us to see through a difference lens in his book Jesus Man of Joy.Sherwood Wirt has this to say about the positive side of pain: Pain does have this positive value. It will bring to halt our ...read more