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  • A Comfortable Emptiness!

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jun 2, 2005
     | 4,575 views

    A Comfortable Emptiness! On a faded scroll framed in mahogany and hung in the hallway of an old farmhouse I chanced many years ago to read what then, in my youth, seemed important but now many years later is ingrained in my heart as one of the most profound and impacting statements I have ever ...read more

  • The Guest  PRO

    Contributed by James Chandler on Jan 11, 2007
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,973 views

    The Guest Author Unknown A few months before I was born, my dad met a stranger who was new to our small Tennessee town. From the beginning, Dad was fascinated with this enchanting newcomer and soon invited him to live with our family. The stranger was quickly accepted and was around to welcome me ...read more

  • The Word "Fool" Doesn't Get As Much Use Now As It ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Jack on Jun 9, 2007
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,150 views

    The word “fool” doesn’t get as much use now as it once did. If one of my mates does something profoundly stupid I don’t usually cry out “you fool”. I might say “you are such an idiot” or “what a goose”. I’m sure many people you know would use much more colourful language than that. Fool is one of ...read more

  • Did You Hear About The Police Chief Who Gave ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,925 views

    Did you hear about the police chief who gave himself a ticket for a traffic violation? Police chief Richard Knoebel issued himself a $235 ticket complete with a four-point penalty against his license after he realized he had failed to stop for a school bus with its lights flashing. Knoebel said ...read more

  • What's Your Dream?

    Contributed by Grant Van Boeschoten on Apr 22, 2008
     | 2,525 views

    WHAT'S YOUR DREAM? Mathew Barnett, at the young age of 20, was asked by his father Tommy Barnett to pastor an Inner City Church in Los Angeles. The first day that Mathew was at the Church it had a congregation of forty people. But instead of growing under his young and enthusiastic leadership, ...read more

  • Stewarship As ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 1,039 views

    STEWARSHIP AS CHARACTER Enter stage right: Ed McMahon and Evander Holyfield. Ed said, "When you spend more than you make, you know what happens." Yes, and a 85-year-old man should know better! He said it was "poor planning." NO, I THINK IT WAS HIGH LIVING! He was living high in a multi-million ...read more

  • Getting Worse Before It Gets Better

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,270 views

    GETTING WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER "Celente, who is CEO of Trends Research Institute, has the best track record in the professional forecasting industry, so when he speaks people listen. He was almost alone in predicting well in advance the 1987 stock market crash, the 1990 collapse of the Soviet ...read more

  • A Few Weeks Ago My Parents Came Down To Visit For ...

    Contributed by Tyler Edwards on May 11, 2009
     | 1,857 views

    A few weeks ago my parents came down to visit for Easter and I got to relieve another childhood memory. My parents stayed at a hotel on Saturday night. Sunday after church we ate lunch and were hanging out before they had to start the journey back home. All of a sudden my mom panicked. She had ...read more

  • When I Was A Child Growing Up In North Central ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Sep 17, 2009
     | 1,799 views

    When I was a child growing up in North Central California, my favorite time of year was winter. While it seldom snows in the San Joaquin Valley, the great agricultural valley which runs nearly the full length of the State of California, only a little more than an hour’s drive away from Modesto are ...read more

  • Billy Graham's Story About An African Mother Who ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 1, 2009
     | 4,832 views

    Billy Graham’s Story About An African Mother Who Prayed Let me share this story to show you the position we have with the Lord in prayer. Billy Graham shares this story of an African mother who came to Christ and grew in her commitment and devotion to the Lord. She was a woman that prayed all the ...read more

  • The Tin—untold Riches

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 7, 2009
    based on 1 rating
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    THE TIN--UNTOLD RICHES In the late nineteenth Century in South Africa, an old man was digging for gold in a river bed. He had been at it for many years. Every now and then he found a little bit of gold, not enough to make him rich – but just enough to maintain his interest. The part of river in ...read more

  • Before I Became A Counsellor, While I Was Still ...

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Jun 16, 2010
     | 1,178 views

    Before I became a counsellor, while I was still going to school, I worked as a family support worker. Essentially I would pick up kids from troubled homes who social workers were involved with but hadn’t taken the children away yet, and I would spend a couple hours with them and take them back ...read more

  • The Mathematics Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2009
     | 3,683 views

    The Mathematics of Christmas In the famous 1947 film classic Miracle on 34th Street, which was re-made in recent years, a man claiming to be Santa Claus is placed on trial. The judge is hoping to provide an answer for the age-old question, “Does Santa Claus really exist?” The judge comes to the ...read more

  • Where Is God?  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 10, 2001
    based on 133 ratings
     | 4,876 views

    Poem: He was just a little lad, and on the week’s first day, Was wandering home from Sunday School, and dawdling on the way. He scuffed his shoes into the grass; he found a caterpillar He found a fluffy milkweed pod, and blew out all the ...read more

  • In His Autobiography, Just As I Am, Graham ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000
    based on 75 ratings
     | 4,470 views

    In his autobiography, Just As I Am, Graham doesn’t hide his faults or gloss over his mistakes. For instance, there was the time Ruth, his wife, pleaded with him to cancel his speaking engagement in Mobile, Alabama and stay home with her because she was having labor pains. Graham told her she wasn’t ...read more

  • Listen Slowly  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Hensley on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 94 ratings
     | 4,143 views

    LISTEN SLOWLY Writer Charles Swindoll once found himself with too many commitments in too few days. He got nervous and tense about it. "I was snapping at my wife and our children, choking down my food at mealtimes, and feeling irritated at those unexpected interruptions through the day," he ...read more

  • Maybe You Heard The Story About A Little ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Mar 13, 2001
    based on 85 ratings
     | 1,875 views

    ILL. Maybe you heard the story about a little girl named Sandra who was raised in an adobe house in a rural area of New Mexico, without electricity & running water. In fact, her mother & father had to drive to El Paso, 200 miles away, so that her mother could be in the hospital when Sandra was ...read more

  • A Lady Who Had A Small House On The Seashore Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on May 7, 2001
    based on 164 ratings
     | 4,663 views

    A lady who had a small house on the seashore of Ireland at the turn of the century was quite wealthy but also quite frugal. The people were surprised, then, when she decided to be among the first to have electricity in her home. Several weeks after the installation, a meter reader appeared at her ...read more

  • In 1993, Social Scientist Nicholas Zill Reported ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rob Morton on Jun 5, 2001
    based on 94 ratings
     | 1,963 views

    In 1993, social scientist Nicholas Zill reported that children of divorced parents are, regardless of their economic circumstances, more likely to have poor relationships with their parents, drop out of high school and receive psychological help. Uses the following statistics to support his ...read more

  • An Old Farmer Went To The City One Weekend And ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Aug 3, 2001
    based on 192 ratings
     | 3,009 views

    An old farmer went to the city one weekend and attended the big city church. He came home and his wife asked him how it was. "Well," said the farmer, "it was good. They did something different, however. They sang praise choruses instead of hymns." "Praise choruses?" said his wife, "What are ...read more