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  • In His Book The Pressure's Off, Psychologist ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Mitchell on Jan 31, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,925 views

    In his book The Pressure’s Off, psychologist Larry Crabb tells this story from his childhood. One Saturday afternoon, I decided I was a big boy and could use the bathroom without anyone’s help. So I climbed the stairs, closed and locked the door behind me, and for the next few minutes felt very ...read more

  • From The Dining Room We Walked Into The Living ...

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Feb 20, 2008
     | 2,107 views

    “From the dining room we walked into the living room. This room was intimate and comfortable. I liked it. It had a fireplace, overstuffed chairs, a sofa, and a quiet atmosphere. He said, ‘This is indeed a delightful room. Let us come here often. It is secluded and quiet, and we can fellowship ...read more

  • Let's Play 'let's Pretend'. Let's Pretend That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
     | 2,788 views

    Let's play 'Let's Pretend'. Let's pretend that you work for me. In fact, you are my executive assistant in a company that is growing rapidly. I'm the owner and I'm interested in expanding overseas. To pull this off, I make plans to travel abroad and stay there until a new branch office gets ...read more

  • Security

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Apr 21, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,548 views

    SECURITY When something historic occurs, we remember it the rest of our lives. Where were you on September 11, 2001? I was listening to the radio after taking my wife to work. Suddenly, an announcer interrupted and said there was "an incident" in New York. The reports worsened during that ...read more

  • Didn't You Get My Letters?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
     | 1,360 views

    DIDN'T YOU GET MY LETTERS? Let's play “Let's Pretend". Let's pretend that you work for me. In fact, you are my executive assistant in a company that is growing rapidly. I'm the owner and I’m interested in expanding overseas. To pull this off, I make plans to travel abroad and stay there until a ...read more

  • Zorthian's Fear

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Jan 26, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,742 views

    ZORTHIAN'S FEAR A mural artist named J.H. Zorthian read about a tiny boy who had been killed in traffic. His stomach churned as he thought of that ever happening to one of his three children. His worry became an inescapable anxiety. The more he imagined such a tragedy, the more fearful he became. ...read more

  • Loving ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 12, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,269 views

    LOVING HOLLAND I love what Emily Kingsley says about disappointment and handling disappointment. She’s talking about the disappointment when your kids don’t turn out the way you thought they ought to turn out -- particularly a handicapped child. She says, "I’m often asked to describe the ...read more

  • Christmas In The Great War  PRO

    Contributed by James Jack on Apr 10, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,045 views

    CHRISTMAS IN THE GREAT WAR A famous incident from WWI illustrates the nature of the Christmas season very well. It was December 1914, the first Christmas of the war. Already the stalemate along the western front in France had begun to set in. British, French and German troops faced each other in ...read more

  • As The Parents Of Three Young Children, My Wife ...

    Contributed by Ricki Lee Brooks on Oct 24, 2009
     | 2,655 views

    As the parents of three young children, my wife and I often took advantage of many helps in order to be good nurturers. However, sometimes even our best efforts resulted in the unexpected. With hopes of teaching our oldest son the necessity of depending upon God, we began reading to him from the ...read more

  • A Man, I'll Call Him Ken, Once Wrote Of A ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 24, 2009
     | 2,489 views

    A man, I’ll call him Ken, once wrote of a ‘chance’ encounter in his life. As a freshman in high school, he saw a boy from his class walking home from school. His name was Kyle. He had an arm full of books. Ken wondered why anyone would carry home so many books on a Friday. He wrote Kyle off as a ...read more

  • I Want To Buy An Hour

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Jun 17, 2005
     | 991 views

    I WANT TO BUY AN HOUR A man came home from work late again, tired and irritated. He found his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door. "Daddy, may I ask you a question?" The dad replied: "Yeah, sure, what is it?" "Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?" The dad got mad and said, ...read more

  • You Will Meet An Old Lady

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,171 views

    YOU WILL MEET AN OLD LADY You are going to meet an old lady someday. Down the road ahead, 10, 20, 30 years; she’s waiting for you. You will be catching up with her. What kind of old lady are you going to meet? That is a rather significant question. She may be a seasoned, soft, and gracious lady. ...read more

  • Armor That Holds Up

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,619 views

    ARMOR THAT HOLDS UP I came across what I thought was a rather interesting story this week as I was preparing for this message. It was a story detailing a class action law suit aimed at a company called Second Chance Body Armor. Second Chance manufactures bullet proof vests for police officers and ...read more

  • The Mark Of Jesus  PRO

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Feb 17, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,736 views

    THE MARK OF JESUS When I was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Levelland, there was a man in our church, the owner of a local business and a highly intentional Christian. The apostle Paul once said of himself that he bore "on [his] body the marks of Jesus" (Gal. 6:17). Well, this man bore ...read more

  • Don't Give Up—the Case Of Mrs. Ruth Ertel

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 8, 2012
     | 5,878 views

    DON’T GIVE UP--THE CASE OF MRS. RUTH ERTEL In 1965 a divorced mother of two, found a classified ad offering a restaurant for sale. She mortgaged her house to purchase the restaurant, the original Chris’s steakhouse. In 1976 a fire forced her to relocate. Under the original purchase agreement, the ...read more

  • The Keeper Of The Springs By Peter Marshall  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 8, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 14,084 views

    THE KEEPER OF THE SPRINGS by Peter Marshall Once upon a time, a certain town grew up at the foot of a mountain range. It was sheltered in the lee of the protecting heights, so that the wind that shuddered at the doors and flung handfuls of sleet against the window panes was a wind whose fury was ...read more

  • Who Saved Me?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 28, 2012
    based on 20 ratings
     | 6,400 views

    WHO SAVED ME? During a terrible storm at sea that threatened every moment to carry the ship to the bottom, one of the ship’s crew was doing something on the deck when a great sea struck the ship and went fairly over the deck, striking this man with great force, disabling him and carrying him into ...read more

  • Feel Free To Interject Your Own Experience Into ...

    Contributed by Kelly Mitchell on Aug 22, 2012
     | 3,900 views

    (feel free to interject your own experience into this pattern) One Christmas on a road trip with the my wife and kids to my parent’s home I decided to take them on a "scenic loop" through the Mississippi Delta. Its where I was born and raised and my parents still live there. To me, it is the ...read more

  • Using The Resources You Have  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 18, 2012
    based on 13 ratings
     | 8,317 views

    USING THE RESOURCES YOU HAVE At 12:55 pm the mayday call crackled through the speakers at the Flight Service Station on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula. The desperate pilot of a Piper A22, a small single-engine plane, was reporting that he had run out of fuel and was preparing to ditch the aircraft in ...read more

  • Make Your Reservation

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Jan 29, 2013
     | 4,298 views

    MAKE YOUR RESERVATION Is your name written in the book of life? Ruthanna Metzgar, a professional singer, tells a story that illustrates the importance of having our names written in the book of life. Several years ago, she was asked to sing at the wedding of a very wealthy man. According to the ...read more

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