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  • Tomorrow  PRO

    Contributed by David Parks on Sep 18, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,460 views

    TOMORROW He was going to be all that a mortal should be Tomorrow No one would be better than he Tomorrow Each morning he stacked up the letters he would write Tomorrow It was too bad indeed he was too busy to see Bill, but he promised to do it Tomorrow The greatest of workers this man would ...read more

  • Ill> The Roman Philosopher, Seneca, Wrote A ...

    Contributed by J. Brad Campbell on Nov 6, 2006
     | 1,395 views

    ILL> the Roman philosopher, Seneca, wrote a letter to his friend: “my wife has a ignorant child, who has suddenly became blind. What I am about to tell you will be difficult to believe, but is true. We cannot make her understand that she has become blind and no change in her environment will help ...read more

  • Jesus Had A Rose

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2011
     | 4,598 views

    JESUS HAD A ROSE Judy Packard of Lake Leelanau, Michigan, talks about the time her neighbor, visiting the Holy Land, sent a letter describing the beautiful gardens. Her 6-year-old mused, "I wonder if he saw the rose." "What rose?" Judy asked. "You know," said her child, "like the Bible women ...read more

  • Never Let Them See The Glory

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Aug 9, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,304 views

    NEVER LET THEM SEE THE GLORY C.S. Lewis wrote the book, "The Screwtape Letters". In the book, "Screwtape" is the Devil and his demon is "Wormwood". This is what the Devil says to the demon about Christianity: "Wormwood, the church is fertile field if you keep them bickering over details, ...read more

  • In 1994, Two Christian Missionaries Answered An ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rob Short on Apr 7, 2001
    based on 189 ratings
     | 10,601 views

    In 1994, two Christian missionaries answered an invitation from the Russian Department of Education to teach morals and ethics in a large orphanage. About 100 boys and girls who had been abandoned, abused, and left in the care of a government-run program were in the orphanage. It was nearing ...read more

  • He Sent His Son  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Mavis on Dec 10, 2001
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,330 views

    HE SENT HIS SON Pastor Clifford S. Stewart of Louisville, Kentucky, sent his parents a microwave oven one Christmas. Here’s how he recalls the experience: “They were excited that now they, too, could be a part of the instant generation. When Dad unpacked the microwave and plugged it in, ...read more

  • A Hug Of My Own  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,639 views

    A HUG OF MY OWN When my wife and I lived in Honduras, we spent part of our time helping a ministry called Amor y Vida (Love and Life). This ministry acted as an orphanage and hospice because the people who lived there were children who had cancer and had been abandoned by their family. While we ...read more

  • But, I Was Playing Cards  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 30, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,929 views

    BUT, I WAS PLAYING CARDS During the Revolutionary War, a loyalist spy appeared at the headquarters of Hessian commander Colonel Johann Rall, carrying an urgent message. General George Washington and his Continental army had secretly crossed the Delaware River that morning and were advancing on ...read more

  • About 9 Years Ago I Was Sitting With My Two ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Nov 30, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,837 views

    About 9 years ago I was sitting with my two friends Doug at Christmas time and we were all moaning about how out of shape we had become. We decided then and there that we would do a Triathlon that Summer. We started to meet to run together with on Saturday mornings. The Saturday runs were a ...read more

  • Americans Believe: A New Poll Released By ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 2,229 views

    Americans Believe: A new poll released by Newsweek reveals some surprising statistics on how Americans view Jesus and his birth. · 93% percent of all Americans believe Jesus really lived. · 82% see Jesus as God or the Son of God. · 73% say they believe Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit and was ...read more

  • There Is A Stage In A Child's Life At Which It ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,069 views

    There is a stage in a child’s life at which it cannot separate the religious from the merely festal character of Christmas or Easter. I have been told of a very small and very devout boy who was heard murmuring to himself on Easter morning a poem of his own composition which began ’Chocolate eggs ...read more

  • U.s. Workers Feel Rushed On The Job, But Are ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 1,888 views

    U.S. Workers feel rushed on the job, but are getting less accomplished due to technology intended to make work quicker and easier. “Technology has sped everything up and, by speeding everything up, it’s slowed everything down, paradoxically,” says John Challenger, Challenger, Gray & Christmas ...read more

  • Love Is Not Self-Seeking

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
     | 6,061 views

    LOVE IS NOT SELF-SEEKING I read a beautiful story that illustrates this truth. In December of 1971 the Daily News of Maryville, Tennessee, ran a brief story about a nine-year-old boy who did an inspiring and self-giving act. He loved his mother, who had been widowed, and wanted to buy her a ...read more

  • We Humans Tend To Come To Blockages And Stop. ...

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Dec 28, 2012
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    We humans tend to come to blockages and stop. The other day I was using a vacuum cleaner, the nice new yellow one here at the hall, I turned it on and it worked (tuned it on made all the right noises). But it had no suck. It had become blocked and jammed with hay where the hose met its body, thanks ...read more

  • During The Revolutionary War, A Loyalist Spy ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
     | 1,424 views

    During the Revolutionary War, a loyalist spy appeared at the headquarters of a British colonel, carrying an urgent message. General George Washington and his Continental army had secretly crossed the Delaware River that morning and were advancing on Trenton, New Jersey where that troop of British ...read more

  • Someone Has Said That If You Could Convince A Man ...

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Jul 14, 2008
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    Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Dusk was falling on the Saturday before Christmas in 1927 the S-4 submarine (S-class submarines, were the first class of submarines built to US Navy ...read more

  • I Have A Short List Of Qualities That Might Mark ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Aug 4, 2008
     | 1,176 views

    I have a short list of qualities that might mark you as someone from the 'burbs. In other words, this might show what community you belong to. You might be from the suburbs if: You have a garage but you can't get your car into it. (Now this could be because you have too much stuff stored there ...read more

  • People Need You To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
     | 1,815 views

    PEOPLE NEED YOU TO CARE People want other people to care about them. Many people will respond to evidence of your Christian concern. Remember the old saying: “People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” I read about a lady named Mamie Adams. She always went to a ...read more

  • We Should Also Note That Single Mothers Are ...

    Contributed by Dr. Franklin Kirksey on Jul 3, 2007
     | 2,313 views

    We should also note that single mothers are quite often in that position by no choice of their own, due to death, divorce or desertion. Some single mothers do a wonderful job of raising children to know and to serve the Lord. For example, “John M. Webb was born to Dr. Alfred Pellar Webb and Ida ...read more

  • Perhaps No Composer Has Captured The Musical ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,843 views

    Perhaps no composer has captured the musical heart and soul of America as did Irving Berlin. In addition to familiar favorites such as "God Bless America" and "Easter Parade," he wrote, "I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas," which still ranks as the all-time best-selling musical score. In an ...read more