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  • Love Your Neighbour

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Oct 12, 2021
     | 1,822 views

    Canadian Folk singer (and believer) Bruce Cockburn wrote this song for his church in San Franciso. The story is told in Christianity Today, October 12, 2021. ORDERS; (Bruce Cockburn) The just the merciful the cruel The stumbling well-intentioned fool The deft the oaf the witless pawn The golden ...read more

  • Grading Papers  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 21, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,530 views

    On the Lighter Side of life: Can you imagine yourself to being the nun that is sitting at her desk grading these papers all the while trying to keep a straight face and trying to maintain her calm and posture! PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE WORDING AND SPELLING. IF YOU KNOW THE BIBLE EVEN A LITTLE, ...read more

  • About 25 Years Ago, Cruz And Debbe Santiago Met ...  PRO

    Contributed by Clyde Grimes on Dec 28, 2002
    based on 15 ratings
     | 2,660 views

    About 25 years ago, Cruz and Debbe Santiago met at Coney Island beach in New York City. They were homeless. They were addicted to drugs. They were experimenting with witchcraft. They were involved in gangs. They lived in the meager shelter underneath the Coney Island boardwalk. That was their ...read more

  • A Hearing Test  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on May 3, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
     | 5,454 views

    A HEARING TEST Here’s a test to see if you listen well… 1. A bicycle can’t stand on its own because it is two-tired. 2. What’s the definition of a will? (It’s a dead giveaway). 3. In democracy it’s your vote that counts. In feudalism it’s your count that votes. 4. A chicken crossing the road ...read more

  • Half A Cloak  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 22, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,322 views

    HALF A CLOAK There is a legend about Martin of Tours who is said to be the first military chaplain. He followed the Roman Army from place to place ministering to the soldiers, and to people in the places they conquered. One cold winter day he was following the Roman Army into a city. There was a ...read more

  • According To An Old Fable, A Man Made An Unusual ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,649 views

    According to an old fable, a man made an unusual agreement with Death. He told the Grim Reaper that he would willingly accompany him when it came time to die, but only on one condition—that Death would send a messenger well in advance to warn him. Weeks winged away into months, and months into ...read more

  • Booker T Washington, The Renowned Black Educator, ...  PRO

    Contributed by William Huegel on Dec 30, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,462 views

    Booker T Washington, the renowned black educator, was an outstanding example of this truth. Shortly after he took over the presidency of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, he was walking in an exclusive section of town when he was stopped by a wealthy white woman. Not knowing the famous Mr. Washington ...read more

  • A. I Was Riding With Retired Air Force Officer ...

    Contributed by Nathan Johnson on Aug 7, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,777 views

    A. I was riding with retired Air Force officer Wally Hall. We were approaching the guard house at the entrance to Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda, Michigan. Wally was about to give me my first tour of a military base. I wondered how I would get in. Would they ask me a lot of questions and make ...read more

  • George Sweeting, In His Book The No-Guilt Guide ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jan 8, 2003
    based on 16 ratings
     | 3,205 views

    George Sweeting, in his book The No-Guilt Guide for Witnessing, tells of a man by the name of John Currier who in 1949 was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Later he was transferred and paroled to work on a farm near Nashville, Tennessee. In 1968, Currier’s sentence was ...read more

  • Half A Cloak  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 6, 2003
    based on 11 ratings
     | 1,578 views

    HALF A CLOAK There is a legend about Martin of Tours who is said to be the first military chaplain. He followed the Roman Army from place to place ministering to the soldiers, and to people in the places they conquered. One cold winter day he was following the Roman Army into a city. There was a ...read more

  • Those Who Don't Understand The Food That God ...  PRO

    Contributed by Eric Stefanski on Aug 3, 2003
    based on 13 ratings
     | 4,154 views

    Those who don’t understand the food that God gives, those who don’t see how deep their need is for it, also consider the Gospel and Sacrament as ’fleeting’, and they seek some new ’rush’ in worship, desiring an emotional high, no matter how lacking in nutrition such a meal is. It’s like the ...read more

  • Far Too Many People Are Deceived About The Danger ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 28, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,556 views

    Far too many people are deceived about the danger of sin. Take it too lightly, and it may destroy you. What happened to the great city of Ephesus? Often mentioned in the New Testament, it was one of the cultural and commercial centers of its day. Located at the mouth of the Cayster River, it was ...read more

  • Don't Worry If You Feel Lost, Not Matter What It ...

    Contributed by Richard Francis on May 18, 2007
     | 1,770 views

    Don’t worry if you feel lost, not matter what it is Jesus loves you, turn to him today ask him for your meeting on the lake shore, lets all close our eyes now, imaging the mist, the gravel under your feet the smell of water and wood smoke, a beautiful aroma of fresh bread and fish sizzling on the ...read more

  • Grim Reaper

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,723 views

    Grim Reaper According to an old fable, a man made an unusual agreement with Death. He told the Grim Reaper that he would willingly accompany him when it came time to die, but only on one condition—that Death would send a messenger well in advance to warn him. Weeks passed into months, and months ...read more

  • A Family Was Sitting Around The Dinner Table One ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,143 views

    A family was sitting around the dinner table one evening waiting for their dad to get in from work. Finally, he came in late because it had been a rough day. When he came in, he sat down at the table and offered thanks for the food. As soon as he finished his prayer, he began to complain and ...read more

  • A Man Named Victor Frankl, A Jewish Psychiatrist ...

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jul 10, 2007
     | 1,683 views

    A man named Victor Frankl, a Jewish psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor, discovered this great truth in the midst of a Jewish concentration camp during WW II. While seeking to survive the horror of this imprisonment Frankl began observing his fellow prisoners in the hope of discovering what coping ...read more

  • A Man Named Victor Frankl, A Jewish Psychiatrist ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
     | 1,180 views

    A man named Victor Frankl, a Jewish psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor, discovered this great truth in the midst of a Jewish concentration camp during WW II. While seeking to survive the horror of this imprisonment Frankl began observing his fellow prisoners in the hope of discovering what coping ...read more

  • Even Before You Pray, God ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 1,922 views

    EVEN BEFORE YOU PRAY, GOD WORKS Dr. Helen Roseveare, missionary to Zaire, told the following story. "A mother at our mission station died after giving birth to a premature baby. We tried to improvise an incubator to keep the infant alive, but the only hot water bottle we had was beyond repair. So ...read more

  • Stephen Kuusisto Grew Up Feeling A Stigma About ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 5, 2008
     | 1,816 views

    "Stephen Kuusisto grew up feeling a stigma about being legally blind. For him, sight consisted of a kaleidoscope of shapes, colors, and shadows. Privately he would press his face close to the page of a book and memorize street names in an exhausting attempt to appear more able to see than he really ...read more

  • Take The Lord's Table To Others

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Aug 18, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,789 views

    Take the Lord's Table to Others And just as we experience the presence of the Lord, I believe with every part of my being and more that we are to take this presence to share with those around us. We are to take the Lord's Table to other people. So as I talk about taking the Lord's Table to ...read more