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  • Think How Many Temptations You And I Face In An ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Chapman on Mar 26, 2001
    based on 150 ratings
     | 4,492 views

    Think how many temptations you and I face in an ordinary day. Staying in bed late - the temptation to laziness. Growling at the breakfast table - the temptation to unkindness. Arguing over who should change the baby this time - the temptation to selfishness. Starting work 10 minutes late - the ...read more

  • Once A Farmer Was Interviewing Prospective ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Gibson on Apr 10, 2001
    based on 137 ratings
     | 2,997 views

    Once a farmer was interviewing prospective workers. The farmer liked one young man especially as he seemed very joyful and able. He asked the man ’What makes you think you can have the job ?’. The man answered, ’I can sleep when the wind blows!’. The farmer thought his answer very strange but liked ...read more

  • In '06, Nearly 30% Of Americans 65 To 69 Were In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
     | 997 views

    In '06, nearly 30% of Americans 65 to 69 were in the workforce vs. 18% in '85, reports the Employee Benefit Research Institute. The increase in older workers reflects the erosion of traditional pensions, inadequate retirement savings and rising health care costs. But many simply don't want to quit. ...read more

  • This Story Comes From Reggie ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
     | 1,507 views

    This story comes from Reggie McNeal: I was sitting on a bench on a beach boardwalk late one afternoon, resting after an hour walk. I had passed a woman in a green uniform pushing a broom several times. She came toward my bench doing her meticulous sweeping of the sidewalk. Suddenly she stopped, ...read more

  • When She Turned 21, Tammy Harris From Roanoke, ...

    Contributed by David Ward on May 13, 2007
     | 1,281 views

    When she turned 21, Tammy Harris from Roanoke, Virginia, began searching for her biological mother. After a year, she had not succeeded. What she didn’t know was that her mother, Joyce Schultz, had been trying to locate her for twenty years. According to an Associated Press story, there was one ...read more

  • Action Speaks Louder

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Aug 27, 2007
     | 2,534 views

    ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER A minister was being shown through a large weaving mill where one of his parishioners worked. Mentioning that particular employee to the foreman, the pastor said, "I suppose that John is one of your best workers." The foreman responded, ’No, I’m sorry to say he isn’t. The ...read more

  • What Are Christians For?  PRO

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Sep 2, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 609 views

    “What Are Christians For?” A Christian woman who was engaged in work for the poor and degraded was once spoken to by one who was well acquainted with both the worker and those whom she sought to reach. “It does seem wonderful to me that you can do such work,” her friend said. “You sit beside ...read more

  • The Destiny Of Materialism

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 26, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,023 views

    THE DESTINY OF MATERIALISM The lure of wealth, or what we might call the magnetism of materialism. “Finns [people from Finland] who can’t get enough of winter swarmed to the northern town of Kemi for the opening of a sprawling ice castle that features a theatre, a playground, an art gallery, and ...read more

  • The Cross Has Been Saved—communion Meditation  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 24, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 4,720 views

    THE CROSS HAS BEEN SAVED--Communion Meditation Art Toalston in The Baptist Press - Nov. 15, 2001 reported from New York and he wrote: “The cross has been saved. That’s the cross of steel beams uncovered as workers in New York cleared away debris at the World Trade Center. Recovery worker Frank ...read more

  • Most Of Us Were Shocked In Early August When Flip ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,207 views

    Most of us were shocked in early August when Flip Benham, national director for Operation Rescue, baptized Norma McCorvey, the woman known as Jane Roe in the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. The events leading to the baptism started with an apology. Earlier this year Benhan relocated ...read more

  • The Gift Nobody Wants

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2008
     | 3,463 views

    The Gift Nobody Wants In 1999 Dr Paul Brand and Philip Yancey co-wrote a book called "Pain: the Gift Nobody Wants." Dr Brand was born in India to missionary parents, and has spent most of his life caring for people with leprosy. One of Dr Brand's greatest discoveries was that people with leprosy ...read more

  • In Other Translations The Word Bag Of Gold Is ...

    Contributed by Greg Wiens on Jul 14, 2007
     | 1,719 views

    In other translations the word bag of gold is replaced with the word talent of gold. A talent is the largest measure of weight in the Jewish scale system. It was the amount that a strong male servant or worker should be able to carry comfortably. To illustrate, it would be the amount that Randy ...read more

  • There's Always Hope  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,045 views

    THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE Ever felt like your life was the most unlucky of all? No matter what, the human spirit can be an amazing thing. Take for example the case of Larry Hanratty, who was named by the Los Angeles Times in 2007 the most unlucky man in California. This poor man was nearly executed to ...read more

  • On Shepherds

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 28, 2009
     | 6,730 views

    ON SHEPHERDS "Let me tell you a bit about shepherds. They were the last people you’d expect God to take notice of. First of all, they were religious outcasts. According to Jewish religious law, these men were unclean. Their line of work prevented them from participating in the feasts and holy days ...read more

  • Painlessness Is Your Enemy

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 31, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,361 views

    PAINLESSNESS IS YOUR ENEMY Dr Paul Brand was born in India to missionary parents and spent most of his life caring for people who couldn’t feel pain - people with leprosy. He spent much of life studying pain. At one point he was given a grant to develop a system of warning that would protect ...read more

  • Jesus—not Hate But Hope  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2003
    based on 31 ratings
     | 5,093 views

    JESUS- NOT HATE BUT HOPE "Jesus. It’s a little name. A small word. Say this little name in public, however, in a way other than an obscenity, and stand back and watch the fireworks. This little name is like a tiny detonator that triggers a nuclear warhead. You can say "God," and you won’t get a ...read more

  • In The Movie "Shawshank Redemption," An Old ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 10, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,101 views

    In the movie “Shawshank Redemption,” an old prisoner, Brooks Handlin, acts unreasonable and threatens to take another prisoner’s life. They find out that the reason Brooks has reacted this way is that he’s scared. Scared because his parole has been approved. You see those outside of Shawshank see ...read more

  • At A Recent Gathering Of Seminary Professors, One ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,012 views

    At a recent gathering of seminary professors, one teacher reported that at his school the most damaging charge one student can lodge against another is that the person is being "judgmental." He found this pattern very upsetting. "You can’t get a good argument going in class anymore," he said. "As ...read more

  • Do Not Conform Any Longer To The Pattern Of This ...

    Contributed by Doane Brubaker on Aug 28, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,926 views

    "Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is — his good, pleasing and perfect will (Rom 12:2, NIV). The word we translate "transformed" is metamorfousthe. Does that sound ...read more

  • How Many Christians To Change A Light ...

    Contributed by Michael Carbaugh on Jun 11, 2009
     | 5,833 views

    How Many Christians to Change a Light bulb? CHARISMATICS: Only 1 - Hands are already in the air. PENTECOSTALS: 10 - One to change the bulb, and nine to pray against the spirit of darkness. PRESBYTERIANS: None - Lights will go on and off at predestined times. ROMAN CATHOLICS: None, they only use ...read more

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