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  • He Gave The ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 24, 2010
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    He GAVE the Blood! Ed Freeman, quoting Herb Cain, told in the San Francisco Chronicle about a poster for a blood bank. The poster read, “Be a volunteer Blood Donor.” Someone had wisely printed on the poster these words: “That’s the best kind.” If someone is taking your blood, and you are not a ...read more

  • Why Do You Ask?

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 24, 2010
     | 1,761 views

    WHY DO YOU ASK? A vicar was walking along the road when a lady stopped him and this question. "Vicar" she asked. "What do you think about cremation?" Without hesitation the vicar replied, "You know the scriptural principle don't you?" "No" the lady replied. "You bury treasure but you burn ...read more

  • Heel Grabber

    Contributed by Alan Vaughn on Mar 26, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,799 views

    HEEL GRABBER Have you ever gone to someone's house and they have this little dog and he thinks he is the great avenger or something. He runs up and barks at you just to run away when you reach down to pet him. Then you think he has run away and he’s not paying any attention to you, and you turn ...read more

  • Abusing One's Parents

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 8, 2012
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     | 2,268 views

    ABUSING ONE'S PARENTS According to aabss.org, "Nine to 33% of parents report being abused by their children ranging in age from 10 to 23... Some studies report that whites are more likely to batter than blacks;... [some] Studies show... that middle and upper class families have higher rates ... ...read more

  • Praying He Prayed  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Jones on Mar 28, 2012
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    "PRAYING HE PRAYED" The Characteristic of the prayer of Elijah was his FERVENCY. He prayed fervently. He used that particular Hebrew idiom - "praying he prayed." In other words when he prayed he got down to business. Remember that the prayer of a righteous man is of great force when energized - ...read more

  • Free To Be Your Slave

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Sep 5, 2012
     | 3,186 views

    FREE TO BE YOUR SLAVE Elisabeth Elliot wrote a beautiful prayer, in "A Lamp for My Feet": "Lord, break the chains that hold me to myself; free me to be Your happy slave – that is, to be the happy foot washer of anyone today who needs his feet washed, his supper cooked, his faults overlooked, his ...read more

  • I Don't Want To Be One!

    Contributed by Christopher Gregas on Sep 8, 2012
     | 2,957 views

    I DON'T WANT TO BE ONE! There was a pastor that was giving a "children’s sermon" to all the young children. And as they sate before him, a bright-eyed three-year-old girl listened intently as he explained that God wanted them all to get along and love each other. "God wants us all to be one," he ...read more

  • Nicodemus Was Ready To Take His Relationship With ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kevin Karhoff on Feb 18, 2013
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     | 6,070 views

    Nicodemus was ready to take his relationship with Jesus to another level, but it wasn’t that easy. It never is. There would be much to lose if he went public as a follower of Jesus. What would people think if they found out that Nicodemus was an admirer of this homeless-carpenter-turned-rabbi ...read more

  • Good News, Bad News

    Contributed by Ken Miller on Feb 22, 2013
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     | 6,633 views

    GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS A gallery owner tells one of his artists that heÍs got some good new and bad news. The artist asks for the good news first. "Well," he replies, "the good news is that a man came in here today asking if the price of your paintings would go up after you died. When I told him they ...read more

  • Billy Graham: Choices  PRO

    Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Mar 2, 2013
    based on 37 ratings
     | 10,959 views

    BILLY GRAHAM: CHOICES Billy Graham said, "The strongest principle of life and blessings lies in our choice. Our life is the sum result of all the choices we make, both consciously and unconsciously. If we can control the process of choosing, we can take control of all aspects of our life. We can ...read more

  • Christian Priesthood  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 1, 2013
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    From R. Paul Stevens: Christian priesthood is not a matter of being religious and Mr. Goody two shoes but of serving God and God’s purposes in the nitty gritty everydayness of life in the world, not a matter of sacred times and sacred places but ordinary times and ordinary places, not a matter ...read more

  • Facts About Persecution Of Christians

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Aug 18, 2020
     | 2,864 views

    FACTS ABOUT PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS: * More Christians were martyred in the 20th century than in all other centuries combined. * Currently over 200 million Christians are being persecuted worldwide. * 70 percent of the world's population lives in a religiously intolerant environment. * Every ...read more

  • Fully Divine And Fully Human

    Contributed by John Bright on Apr 17, 2025
     | 366 views

    "Hypostatic union" sounds fancy in English, but it's actually a simple term. Hypostatic means personal. The hypostatic union is the personal union of Jesus's two natures: one fully human and one fully divine. What the doctrine of the hypostatic union teaches is that these two ...read more

  • What’s So Bad About A Knucklehead?

    Contributed by James Snyder on Aug 26, 2023
     | 737 views

    Dr. James L. Snyder As I got older, the least little thing brought back memories from a lifetime ago. From some of the memories, I must have had an incredible boyhood. Too bad I can't live it again. I might improve those memories. Who knows. For some reason, I remembered the word ...read more

  • A Letter To Santa  PRO

    Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 21, 2002
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     | 3,373 views

    A LETTER TO SANTA: Dear Santa Claus: You’ll probably be surprised to receive this letter from an adult. You may be even more surprised as you read it to find that the writer is neither a maiden aunt nor a disgruntled bachelor. I’m a young mother. It isn’t my intention, Santa, to hurt your ...read more

  • Trapping The Ball!" Psalm 25: 16-21 Key ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jul 4, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,052 views

    “Trapping the Ball!” Psalm 25: 16-21 Key verse(s): 21 “May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope is in you.” Integrity! Perhaps it is one of the loneliest words in the English language. For many it creates the image of one standing alone, apart from the others, because just the ...read more

  • Staring Down The Critic's Barrel!" Proverbs 9: ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jan 17, 2005
    based on 12 ratings
     | 4,008 views

    “Staring Down the Critic’s Barrel!” Proverbs 9: 7-10 Key verse(s): 8b:“. . . rebuke a wise man and he will love you.” The Bible tells us that “rebuke a wise man and he will love you.” Love? What happened to getting the emotional revenge that is so satisfying? There doesn’t seem to be a lot of ...read more

  • Something's Happening...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 20, 2008
     | 1,950 views

    Something's Happening... This last week I began reading a book by James Rutz. James wrote this book to make the Christian church aware that God is moving all across the world. His observations are a wakeup call to the American Christian and churches in America. Listen to some of his ...read more

  • My Name Is Dawn Stefanowicz. I Grew Up In A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Chris Kelly on Oct 21, 2008
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     | 3,218 views

    "My name is Dawn Stefanowicz. I grew up in a homosexual household during the 60s and 70s in Toronto, exposed to many different people in Gay, Lesbian, bisexual, Transsexual subcultures and explicit sexual practices. My biggest concern is that children are not being discussed in this same-sex ...read more

  • What Are Fathers Made Of?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 28 ratings
     | 2,829 views

    WHAT ARE FATHERS MADE OF? A father is a thing that is forced to endure childbirth without an anesthetic. A father is a thing that growls when it feels good--and laughs very loud when it’s scared half to death. A father never feels entirely worthy of the worship in a child’s eyes. He’s never ...read more