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  • Letting Go

    Contributed by Bruce Lee on Jan 27, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,318 views

    Letting Go “We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair.” 2 Corinthians 4:8 ESV She was only five years old. It was her first day of school. Her mommy will never forget crying all the way back as she walked to the house after letting her go and ...read more

  • What I'll Be Doing For Memorial Day  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 19, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
     | 5,538 views

    WHAT I'LL BE DOING FOR MEMORIAL DAY Memorial Day is a rough day for me. It’s a day of remembering. Remembering can be curse when you’ve spent years trying to forget. It’s even worse when you get mad at yourself for not being able to remember. It’s strange that you forget so many things you want ...read more

  • My Name Is Vicki, And I Am Addicted. I Am Not ...  PRO

    Contributed by Vicki Edwards on Apr 13, 2004
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,848 views

    My name is Vicki, and I am addicted. I am not attempting at this time to recover, though I am growing more aware of my neediness daily. I’ll tell you of this obsession, which began in my childhood. My mother knew the same dependence, though I feel she is not as addicted as I am today. I wish she ...read more

  • The Comparison Game

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on May 9, 2002
     | 4,093 views

    The Comparison Game There was a new mom who told this story: “I shouldn’t have been upset, but I must admit I was. My doctor released me from the hospital only two days after my baby was born because my mother would be here to help me. I had been home only about an hour when the doorbell rang. ...read more

  • Be Sure Your Sin Will Find You Out!  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Dickinson on Aug 20, 2002
    based on 15 ratings
     | 3,404 views

    Be sure your sin will find you out! This young couple were about to get married. The young man went to his Dad and said, "I’m a bit apprehensive about getting married, Dad". "Why, son", said the Dad. "Well, I’ve got terribly smelly feet Dad and it’ll be so embarrassing when my wife finds out". ...read more

  • C. S. Lewis, In The Voyage Of The Dawntreader, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Sep 29, 2002
    based on 72 ratings
     | 1,447 views

    C. S. Lewis, in The Voyage of the Dawntreader, part of The Chronicles of Narnia series, tells the story of Eustace, a boy who happens upon a hidden treasure which is guarded by a dragon. He has become alienated from his friends and their values by his own churlishness, and when he finds the ...read more

  • The Answer Is No  PRO

    Contributed by David Dykes on Mar 31, 2003
    based on 39 ratings
     | 2,864 views

    THE ANSWER IS NO I had a friend growing up who had the ugliest bicycle I’d ever seen. It was a hand-me-down made from the parts of other bicycles. It was so ugly it didn’t even have handlebar grips. He was always complaining that his hands would slip off the slick handlebars. He pestered his dad ...read more

  • John A Boor- I Had An Opportunity To Work In A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on May 26, 2003
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,762 views

    John A Boor- I had an opportunity to work in a bakery while going to high school. I remember one particular day when the telephone rang and one of the ladies went to answer it. She put down the phone like it was hot and yelled, “He’s coming!” I wondered what in the world was going on. The ...read more

  • In Colorado In 1996, Fifteen-Year-Old Danny ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 15, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,309 views

    In Colorado in 1996, fifteen-year-old Danny Phillips protested a classroom video on human reproduction from the PBS series NOVA, which opened with the sweeping statement that life originated billions of years ago when “powerful winds gathered random molecules from the atmosphere.” Danny approached ...read more

  • As A 5 Year Old I Would Pretend To Fall Asleep ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Doyle on Aug 22, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,045 views

    As a 5 year old I would pretend to fall asleep during the evening worship service! If I did, I knew my dad would carry me home. I would do this becasue we walked to and from church. It was about 1 each way. Being little wasn’t my problem. The length wasn’t my problem. I enjoyed the walk ...read more

  • Isaac Watts Was A Well Known Minister And Writer ...

    Contributed by Terry Barnhill on Jan 21, 2007
     | 1,777 views

    Isaac Watts was a well known minister and writer of songs in the 1700’s. Among his better known songs are, “Joy to the World,” “Oh God, Our Help in Ages Past,” and “I’ll Praise My Maker While I’ve Breath.” The theme of this last hymn reflects Isaac’s great interest in the afterlife with Christ. ...read more

  • Not Why, But What  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2001
    based on 91 ratings
     | 2,500 views

    NOT WHY, BUT WHAT Technically speaking, David Ring was born dead. Quick acting medical personnel were able to get him breathing, but oxygen deprivation left him with cerebral palsy. He suffered from a speech impediment, hands that don’t cooperate, and a limp. As if that wasn’t enough adversity for ...read more

  • The Novelist, A. J. Cronin, Tells A Story From ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,981 views

    The novelist, A. J. Cronin, tells a story from his own experience as a doctor that catches the wonder of the gift of grace. The Adams family at the close of the Second World War decided to open their home to a little refugee boy with the outlandish name of Paul Piotrostanalzi. The Adams had two ...read more

  • When I Was In Boy Scouts Growing Up In Tennessee, ...

    Contributed by Chris Edmondson on May 26, 2007
     | 1,293 views

    When I was in Boy Scouts growing up in Tennessee, one of the things I learned working for my First Aid Merit badge was this: “If you came upon a person involved in the scene of an accident, and they are bleeding profusely, and they are not breathing, which need to you tend to first?” You stop the ...read more

  • Leo Tolstoy Born 1828 And Author Of "War And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2007
     | 1,018 views

    Leo Tolstoy born 1828 and author of “War and Peace.” He was a great influence on Gandhi & Martin Luther King, Jr. He influenced them in their non-resistant movements for equal rights. Tolstoy once wrote a story about a successful peasant farmer who was not satisfied with his lot. He wanted more ...read more

  • Do Not Conform Any Longer To The Pattern Of This ...

    Contributed by Doane Brubaker on Aug 28, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,394 views

    "Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is — his good, pleasing and perfect will (Rom 12:2, NIV). The word we translate "transformed" is metamorfousthe. Does that sound ...read more

  • Someone Might Say, "Well, God Does Not Raise ...

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jan 10, 2008
     | 1,764 views

    -Someone might say, “Well, God does not raise dead people anymore.” I would agree that it is not very common, but the Lord still does it. I have told some of you about my own experience with death. When I was between 1 & 2 years old, I got a hold of a piece of wood from an old orchard sprayer tank. ...read more

  • Heart Attacks  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,198 views

    HEART ATTACKS Did you know that tension exhibits itself in the from of stress? And stress is not always caused by negative things; it is also caused by positive things in your life. For instance, Mike Parker was recovering from a severe heart attack, and the doctor said there should be no ...read more

  • Ever-Flowing Stream Of Grace

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
     | 3,278 views

    Ever-flowing Stream Of Grace (Chrisitans Need to Remember) Isaiah 40:28-31 says, "Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. Do You Not Know" Have You Not Heard?: The language of the prophet is one of reproving. We know that by ...read more

  • Ever-Flowing Stream Of Grace  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,082 views

    Ever-flowing Stream Of Grace (Christians Need to Remember) Isaiah 40:28-31says, "Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. Do You Not Know" Have You Not Heard?: The language of the prophet is one of reproving. We know that by ...read more