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  • Who's The Boss

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,422 views

    WHO’S THE BOSS The young husband was henpecked, and he was going to a psychiatrist about the problem. The doctor told him, "You don’t have to let your wife bully you! Go home and show her you’re the boss!" The young man got home, slammed the door, shook his fist in his wife’s face, and growled, ...read more

  • Just An Old Shoe Box

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 11, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,340 views

    JUST AN OLD SHOE BOX It was just an old shoe box with a pink faded ribbon wrapped around. The old house was sad and sat strangely quiet… Ever since momma was called to go home. It’s like she had just turned loose of living… Dutifully to follow dad on. My Brother and I had moved things for ...read more

  • Without The Destination In View, We Easily Lose ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 2,057 views

    "Without the destination in view, we easily lose our waySo what is our destination? Our destination is home with our Father in heaven. It is so easy on this journey to lose sight of our destination and to focus on ...read more

  • If You Can't Run With The Big Dogs, Stay On The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Arliss Beavers on Jan 31, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,000 views

    If you can’t run with the big dogs, stay on the porch. Our forefathers taught us how to discipline and run our homes as the priest of the home. If we cannot immitate them, we will have to go hide in ...read more

  • Contractor

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,235 views

    Contractor There was once a contractor who built homes in a small town somewhere in Europe. He built most of the homes for the people who lived in the village and was a gifted carpenter. Unfortunately, he was never able to afford a home of his own. One day, the wealthiest man in town came to the ...read more

  • No Titles And No Deeds?  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Sep 29, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,597 views

    NO TITLES AND NO DEEDS? There was a terrible earthquake in California many years ago. Thousands of homes were destroyed and the state was in chaos. Many people were claiming the homes they lived in as their own. The courthouse and all the titles and deeds were destroyed completely. The gas lines ...read more

  • Have You Ever Wondered What A Mom Should Be Paid ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 1, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,805 views

    Have you ever wondered what a mom should be paid for her work as a mom? a. Salary.com has now valuated the "mom job" of both the Working and Stay at Home Mom! We consulted Stay at Home and Working Moms to determine the top 10 jobs that make up a mom’s job description. If paid, Stay at Home Moms ...read more

  • When You Are Born Again, The Holy Spirit Does ...

    Contributed by Bruce Willis on Nov 29, 2006
     | 4,734 views

    When you are born again, the Holy Spirit does not do a “renovation project” on you, but gives you a brand new life. It’s like the new home some of you visited last week. In Augusta, we renovated an older home with flooring, paint and fixtures. But here, we didn’t want to go through that costly ...read more

  • Students Involved In A Research Project At The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Norman Lawrence on Jul 11, 2002
    based on 51 ratings
     | 1,690 views

    Students involved in a research project at the University of Illinois called 2000 homes at random between midnight and 2 A.M. on a Friday night in the city of Chicago to see if parents knew where their children were. In 75% ...read more

  • Goodness That Lasts  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Dec 20, 2001
    based on 19 ratings
     | 2,391 views

    GOODNESS THAT LASTS A little girl said she liked Santa Claus better than Jesus because "you have to be good for Santa only at Christmas but for Jesus you have to be good all the time." Much of the Christmas observance at church is not far removed from that attitude. ...read more

  • Chuck Swindoll In Talking About This Issue Of ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Aug 11, 2004
     | 1,819 views

    Chuck Swindoll in talking about this issue of unrepentant unfaithfulness writes, "It is better to forgive the unfaithful mate and look for ways to make the marriage work, rather than to anxiously anticipate ways to break off the relationship.But there are occasions when every ...read more

  • In Matters Of The Heart, No Less Than The ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 31, 2006
     | 1,423 views

    "In matters of the heart, no less than the market, a bigger investment means better returns…..marrriage for most people is the means to health, happiness, wealth, sex, and long life. In love, victory goes not to the half-hearted but to the brave: to those ordinary people who dare to take on the ...read more

  • Running

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 9, 2010
     | 2,812 views

    RUNNING Herb Caen wrote, "Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn’t ...read more

  • Pray First In Community

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 30, 2012
     | 1,495 views

    PRAY FIRST IN COMMUNITY Daniel Henderson: "In our culture of rugged individualism we have come to the conclusion that it is better to pray alone than with others.  Unfortunately, most of us never learn to do either one very well.  Like most disciplines of ...read more

  • I Recently Heard From A Reliable Source That ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 1, 2008
     | 2,246 views

    I recently heard from a reliable source that research tells us teenage girls would rather be a gopher for a celebrity than be CEO of a major corporation. Fame is deceptive and beauty fleeting, as Proverbs says, but they are both mighty attractive to the superficial mind. We ...read more

  • A Good ...

    Contributed by Dwight L. Moody on Jun 11, 2009
     | 5,257 views

    A GOOD MOTHER (a classic illustration by D. L. Moody) A young man went home from one of our meetings some time ago. He had been converted. He had previously been a dissipated young man. His mother had made it a rule, she told me, that she "would not retire till he came home." That was her rule, ...read more

  • Jan Johnson In Moody Monthly Said, "Many ...

    Contributed by Bud Rose on Nov 26, 2005
     | 1,615 views

    Jan Johnson in Moody Monthly said, “Many believers are "rabbit hole" Christians. In the morning they pop out of their safe Christian homes, hold their breath at work, scurry home to their families and then off to their Bible studies, and finally end ...read more

  • A Young Girl Grows Up On A Cherry Orchard Just ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 15 ratings
     | 4,958 views

    A young girl grows up on a cherry orchard just above Traverse City, Michigan. Her parents, a bit old-fashioned, tend to overreact to her nose ring, the music she listens to, and the length of her skirts. They ground her a few times, and she seethes inside. "I hate you" she screams at her father ...read more

  • In The Late 1800's Into The Days Of The Great ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 5, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,358 views

    In the late 1800’s into the days of the Great Depression, there was a great evangelist that caught the imagination of the people. He was known not just as a great speaker but a great baseball player... his name was Billy Sunday. One wouldn’t say that he stood in the pulpit, for he would range ...read more

  • Teddy Stallard

    Contributed by Richard Sharp on Mar 29, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,385 views

    Ill- Teddy Stallard Teddy Stallard was an unattractive and unmotivated fifth grade boy. His teacher, Mrs. Thompson found him difficult to like due to his deadpan, expressionless, unfocused stare. She had to admit that down deep inside she took pleasure in marking his papers with red ink and ...read more

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