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  • Ashamed When It Counted The Most

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Dec 18, 2019
     | 2,976 views

    Ashamed when it counted the most My two sisters, when they were somewhat younger, liked to play the piano and took lessons for some time. I like music, too, but not all the practicing that went along with it! We found out there was going to be a “recital” where all of the students in their ...read more

  • Friends And Acquaintances?

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Jan 26, 2020
     | 1,785 views

    Junior high/middle school basketball is always fun to play, and more fun to watch. These youngsters have acquired some skill—more or less—and it’s still more for fun than for competition. Oh, sure, we wanted to win, and few athletes that don’t want to win will ever get very far in any kind of ...read more

  • Dire Warnings?

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Mar 24, 2020
     | 3,757 views

    Once upon a time. . . . sorry, folks, I couldn’t resist that one. But it wasn’t that long ago that people paid their bills by writing a check and then mailing said item and bill to the address provided. That was true of car insurance, utility bills, credit card bills, among other things. Now, one ...read more

  • Mom Left Us More Than Her Insurance Policy

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Jun 2, 2020
     | 1,960 views

    Around April 28, 2020, my mother completed her earthly journey and went to be with the Lord. I have to confess, part of me was glad she wasn’t suffering any longer (she had several serious health issues) but of course there was the grief that comes along with losing someone you love. Yes, I know ...read more

  • Outwit, Outplay, Outlast

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Nov 18, 2020
     | 1,851 views

    Over the pandemic I reunited with an old friend – Survivor. That’s right, the father of all reality shows and I had been apart for several years when the shutdown brought us back together. I had faithfully watched the first few seasons, but, as it is with many relationships, we drifted away over ...read more

  • Praying For Unity

    Contributed by Jw Worcester on Feb 8, 2021
     | 2,992 views

    As I think of the unity of God’s Gospel to us, I’m reminded of the unity I’ve experienced over the years with other saints on short term mission trips, volunteer positions at a crisis pregnancy center and a “Rescue Mission”, Promise Keepers (Men’s nationwide Ministry), and the Urban-Suburban ...read more

  • They Will Give You Up  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Landry on Mar 31, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,319 views

    THEY WILL GIVE YOU UP Donald Grey Barnhouse led the son of a prominent American family to the Lord. He was in the service, but he showed the reality of his conversion by immediately professing Christ before the soldiers of his military company. The war ended. The day came when one of the ...read more

  • John Hull In His Book "Pivotal Prayer" Shares A ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 2, 2008
     | 1,807 views

    John Hull in his book "Pivotal Prayer" shares a story about a man who brought revival to a sinking ship: A widowed Scottish minister named John Harper and his six-year-old daughter were on board the Titanic the tragic night it sank. When the ship began to sink, Harper, traveling second class, ...read more

  • Poem: I Am Just A Raindrop  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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     | 6,411 views

    POEM: “I Am Just a Raindrop” The following poem was heard on Paul Harvey’s broadcast in 2004: I AM JUST A RAINDROP I am just a raindrop I was born in the sky and settled into a hillside there to dance in the sun and sparkle And nourish green and growing things But there are other raindrops on the ...read more

  • The Mirror  PRO

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 21, 2008
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     | 11,351 views

    THE MIRROR Author Robert Fulghum tells this story of one of his professors, a wise man whose name was Alexander Papaderos: At the last session on the last morning of a two week seminar on Greek culture, Dr. Papaderos turned and made the ritual gesture: "Are there any questions?" Quiet quilted ...read more

  • Titles

    Contributed by Doug Lyon on Jun 2, 2008
     | 2,418 views

    TITLES I have been a pastor at Shiloh Bible Church for eleven years. But my association with the church began long before that. My in-laws, Harold and Dorothy Wills, retired to the Bloomsburg area back in the 1980's and they started coming to Shiloh. And so when our family would come up from ...read more

  • Sooner Or Later, It Seems That At Least Once In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Todd Leupold on Jun 9, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,980 views

    Sooner or later, it seems that at least once in their life with God, every Christian gets infected with the virus of "false maturity." It's a weird virus in that it's symptoms are often easily seen and felt by others, but invisible and unfelt by the infected one! Once infected, the poor soul ...read more

  • We Refuse To Let ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
     | 2,478 views

    WE REFUSE TO LET GO Max Lucado tells about taking his two daughters to a park. They went into a plastic ball pit to play. One of those 3-foot-deep pits filled with thousands and thousands of lightweight, plastic balls. Max’s older daughter did just fine, but the younger one was only three, and she ...read more

  • ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
     | 1,202 views

    “Hope” Dedicated to All who have lost a child to a tragic early death, stillbirth, Miscarriage or even an abortion that was later regretted There is nothing quite as devastating as the loss of a child to an early death. There are always more questions than answers. There are many things we ...read more

  • You Can't Put God In A Box

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
     | 4,224 views

    You Can't Put God in a Box Have you heard that before? In a sense, it is certainly true. The eternal Creator God is outside all our finite minds can comprehend. He is not bound by the natural laws that He put into place for His creation. Though WE cannot confine Him or "put God in a box," HE ...read more

  • The ...

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Aug 22, 2008
     | 2,177 views

    The Mirror Author Robert Fulghum tells this story of one of his professors, a wise man whose name was Alexander Papaderos: At the last session on the last morning of a two-week seminar on Greek culture, Dr. Papaderos turned and made the ritual gesture: "Are there any questions?" Quiet quilted ...read more

  • Spiritual Manna

    Contributed by Paul Dietz on Sep 20, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,439 views

    Spiritual Manna How many can remember the story of the children of Israel gathering Manna every morning accept on the Sabbath to find the sustenance needed to make their spiritual journey from Egypt to the Land of Promise? We are told that they first of all began to murmur among themselves about ...read more

  • Reflections On John 3:16

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 22, 2008
     | 4,876 views

    Reflections on John 3:16 John 3:16 will help answer the question of why Paul called this the most excellent way. This passage is the most famous and the most familiar passage of the Bible. It is quoted the most and it's reference numbers are seen at football games, parades, graffiti, and the like. ...read more

  • Everybody's Doing ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
     | 3,850 views

    “Everybody’s doing it.” This is a common phrase used today to excuse our behavior, but it is no excuse. We were shocked a decade ago when youth ministries guru Josh McDowell did an extensive survey of Bible-believing church teens that showed that more than half of them were sexually active, even ...read more

  • The Matters Of The Heart

    Contributed by Segun Omole on Jan 14, 2009
     | 3,511 views

    Judge 16: 1-31 I have heard and read quite a number of analysis of the weakness of Samson, his lack of self control and his inability to resist the power of a woman...well, guess these are all correct in their own ways but I would like to look at this man of God from another perspective. I believe ...read more