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  • You Know, 2006 Was An Interesting Year For The ...

    Contributed by W F on Nov 4, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,199 views

    You know, 2006 was an interesting year for the devil. Every 100 years the 6th day of the 6th month ‘06 comes around. “6/6/06” the devil’s birthday perhaps!? There’s a little town in Michigan which cashed in on the occasion too. Located just 90 miles from Detroit is a little town called “Hell.” ...read more

  • Children Not Happier After Divorce  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,474 views

    CHILDREN NOT HAPPIER AFTER DIVORCE "One of the many myths of our culture is that divorce automatically rescues children from an unhappy marriage . . . However, when one looks at the thousands of children that my colleagues and I have interviewed at our center since 1980, most of whom were from ...read more

  • To Reject The Bible's Instructions Is To Find ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Oct 27, 2008
     | 3,741 views

    To reject the Bible’s instructions is to find ourselves like the person in the story who rushed to the beach on a sunny day and dove into the water to go swimming. After surfacing for air he saw the sign on the dock ¡V ¡§No swimming. Sharks in water.¡¨ The swimmer can decide the ¡¥no swimming¡¦ ...read more

  • More Than Feeling" By The Rock Group Boston Was ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Dec 4, 2008
     | 1,162 views

    "More than Feeling" by the rock group Boston was very popular in the 1970's and now with the Guitar Hero video game. The irony of this song is that it is all about feelings and emotions. "I looked out this morning and the sun was gone Turned on some music to start my day I lost myself in a ...read more

  • Leaning On The Everlasting ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 21, 2009
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    Leaning on the Everlasting Arms What a fellowship, what a joy divine, Leaning on the everlasting arms; What a blessedness, what a peace is mine, Leaning on the everlasting arms. O how sweet to walk in this pilgrim way, Leaning on the everlasting arms; O how bright the path grows from day ...read more

  • S. Lewis Johnson Wrote In His Article Entitled ...

    Contributed by Doyle Hayes on Jul 7, 2009
     | 2,569 views

    S. Lewis Johnson wrote in his article entitled “The Paralysis of Legalism” One of the most serious problems facing the orthodox church today is the problem of legalism. One of the most serious problems facing the church in Paul’s day was the problem of legalism. In every day it is the same. ...read more

  • Money

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 29, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,079 views

    Married for many years, Paul had been ignored by his wife, Liz, for some days, so eventually he confronted her with what he perceived as the problem. 'Come on Liz, admit it,' he ranted, 'You only married me because my granddad left me $6 million, didn't you?' 'You really are silly, Paul,' retorted ...read more

  • Seeing/Feeling The Truth

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Nov 2, 2011
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    SEEING/FEELING THE TRUTH The earth rotates on its axis once each day. Since the circumference of the earth at the equator is 24,901.55 miles, a spot on the equator rotates at approximately 1,037.5646 miles per hour (1,669.8 km/h). In addition to the rotational speed of the earth spinning on its ...read more

  • The Next One

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Aug 16, 2013
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    THE NEXT ONE Eugene Peterson wrote about visiting a monastery. While on the way to the refectory for lunch, he and the monks he was visiting walked past a graveyard with an open grave. He asked one of the monks which member of the community had died recently, and he was told, "Nobody. That grave ...read more

  • Resurrection Reveille

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Apr 6, 2018
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    Before his death Winston Churchill became a follower of Jesus Christ. He made his own funeral arrangements. When they said the benediction, he had arranged for a bugler high in the dome of St. Paul’s Cathedral to play “Taps,” the universal signal of the day is over. After he finished there was a ...read more

  • An Unsung Hero

    Contributed by Richard L. Brown on Nov 7, 2021
     | 1,876 views

    When I was a boy there was a cartoon about a character called Hector Heathcote…….It was based on the colonial days of America and the Revolutionary War. The character Heathcote was always the unsung hero in each show. I remember one episode where General George Washington was preparing for his ...read more

  • Most Of You Are Familiar With The Calvin & Hobbes ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Feb 19, 2001
    based on 126 ratings
     | 1,485 views

    Most of you are familiar with the Calvin & Hobbes comic strip. Well, on one Mother’s Day, Calvin is pictured standing by his mother’s bed. "Hey, Mom! Wake up. I made you a Mother’s Day card." "My, how sweet of you." she says. "I did it all by myself. Go ahead & read it." She begins ...read more

  • At A Pastor's Conference In Spokane, Chuck ...

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
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    At a pastor’s conference in Spokane, Chuck Swindoll told of being at a California Christian camp. The first day there a man approached him and said how greatly he had looked forward to hearing Dr. Swindoll speak and his delight at now finally being able to realize that desire. That evening Swindoll ...read more

  • Writer Charles Swindoll Once Found Himself With ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005
     | 1,799 views

    Writer Charles Swindoll once found himself with too many commitments in too few days. He got nervous and tense about it. “I was snapping at my wife and our children, choking down my food at mealtimes, and feeling irritated at those unexpected interruptions through the day,” he recalled in his book ...read more

  • Writer Charles Swindoll Once Found Himself With ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,103 views

    Writer Charles Swindoll once found himself with too many commitments in too few days. He got nervous and tense about it. "I was snapping at my wife and our children, choking down my food at mealtimes, and feeling irritated at those unexpected interruptions through the day," he recalled in his book ...read more

  • Bobby Is A Small 4th Grader Who Somehow Caught ...  PRO

    Contributed by Doane Brubaker on Apr 2, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,107 views

    Bobby is a small 4th grader who somehow caught the unwanted attention of a bully in the 6th grade. One day, the bully said, “After school I’m gonna beat you to a pulp.” With no apparent fear, Bobby simply said, “Ok,” and went on his way. What the bully didn’t know is that Bobby’s 11th grade ...read more

  • This Is Forgiveness

    Contributed by Dr. Mark Eckart on Jul 6, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 14,592 views

    THIS IS FORGIVENESS I once invited a guest lecturer to speak to a counseling class I was teaching and ask him to specifically discuss the topic forgiveness. He told a powerful story from his own life that day to illustrate his point that we should forgive. His brother had many struggles, and ...read more

  • Residents Of Pompeii Ignored Warning ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 2, 2009
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     | 4,956 views

    Residents of Pompeii Ignored Warning Signs Naomi and I visited the ruins of Pompeii outside of what is today Naples. The Roman City of Pompeii was destroyed in A.D. 79. The explosion of Mount Vesuvius was so sudden, the residents were killed while in their routine: men and women were at the market, ...read more

  • Trung's Story

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Jan 3, 2013
     | 2,462 views

    TRUNG'S STORY To Dinh Trung was arrested more than 25 times for preaching the gospel in rural Vietnam. During his 24th imprisonment, in 1991, he was deprived of food for 12 days. He said: "In prison, I worshipped the Lord a lot, praying and singing in a room by myself. My room was the prison ...read more

  • Fight Like A Man

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jul 13, 2023
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     | 1,206 views

    A man came to his pastor who had attended church for 25 years and was a respected, leader in the church, said, "Pastor, I've got something to tell you. I've never told this to a soul, extremely difficult to tell you this now, but my wife and I have had a fight every day for the past 30 ...read more

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