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  • Healthy Shame

    Contributed by Bruce Emmert on Sep 22, 2008
     | 2,821 views

    Healthy Shame Healthy shame is that inner compass—-the gentle voice of God-—that tells me something is amiss in my life, and it motivates me to change or make amends so that I can be true to myself. My first year of college was a bit of an exercise of 'livin la vida loca.' I didn't do well in ...read more

  • How Can We Be A Friend To The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 1,105 views

    How Can We Be A Friend To The Suffering? 1. We can be there for them. 2. We can feel their pain. 3. We can encourage them. 4. We can listen more than we talk. 5. We can be honest: I don’t know… don’t try to explain everything. 6. We can look beyond their faults and look to their needs. 7. We ...read more

  • The Ruined Hunting Dog

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
     | 2,468 views

    THE RUINED HUNTING DOG Robert Moffatt, missionary to savage tribes of South Africa, translated the Bible into the native language of the people and taught the people to read. He watched the remarkable changes which the gospel brought in the lives of these formerly fierce warriors. He saw them show ...read more

  • The Power Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
     | 6,732 views

    THE POWER OF GOD Hudson Taylor: "Many Christians estimate difficulties in the light of their own resources, and thus attempt little and often fail in the little they attempt. All God’s giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reckoned on His power and presence with ...read more

  • Hillel: "What Is Painful To You, Do Not Do Un...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 4, 2010
     | 2,271 views

    Hillel: "What is painful to you, do not do unto others". (Talmud, tracate Shabbat 31a; Midrash Avot de Rabbi Natan). Akiva states "Whatever you hate to have done unto you, do not do to your neighbor; wherefore do not hurt him; do not speak ill of him; do not reveal his secrets to others; let his ...read more

  • Angels And Demons

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Sep 24, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,601 views

    ANGELS AND DEMONS Talk about SUSPENSE AND INTRIGUE! Subatomic anti-matter threatens the existence of Vatican city in Rome. Key Cardinals from the Roman Catholic church vanish. And it all points to the ILLUMINATI, a secret society that has re-emerged from history. I watched the movie by Dan Brown ...read more

  • Because She Is A Mother  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,847 views

    BECAUSE SHE IS A MOTHER Out of the French Revolution came a story of a mother who wandered through the woods for three days with her two children, trying to survive on roots and leaves. On the third day, she heard some soldiers approaching and quickly hid herself and the children behind some ...read more

  • Working Hard To Earn Salvation

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 21, 2012
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     | 3,666 views

    WORKING HARD TO EARN SALVATION United Methodist Bishop Reuben Job writes, "If we are just good enough, do enough, deny ourselves enough, we will be forgiven, redeemed, and reconciled to God. Following this path brings no peace, assurance, or sense of companionship with God. Rather than asking ...read more

  • Charles Dickens And Reviving Christmas  PRO

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Dec 24, 2012
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,111 views

    Two hundred years ago, in the early 19th Century, as astonishing as it may seem, Christmas in Great Britain had become almost extinct. The Times newspaper did not mention Christmas once between 1790 and 1835. Not once! However, Charles Dickens was instrumental in reviving Christmas during the ...read more

  • Normally The Flight From Nassau To Miami Took ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Hensley on May 3, 2001
    based on 78 ratings
     | 3,557 views

    Normally the flight from Nassau to Miami took Walter Wyatt, Jr., only sixty-five minutes. But on December 5, 1986, he attempted it after thieves had looted the navigational equipment in his Beechcraft. With only a compass and a hand-held radio, Walter flew into skies blackened by storm clouds. ...read more

  • The Wizard Of Oz: Getting Home

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jul 10, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,047 views

    THE WIZARD OF OZ: GETTING HOME I remember watching the Wizard of Oz. Dorothy is trying to find her way home, and along the way she runs into a scarecrow with no brain, a tin man with no heart, and a lion with no courage. But they learn that there is a wizard in the land of Oz who can help them ...read more

  • Hugging

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Mar 1, 2016
     | 5,093 views

    Once at a young girl’s funeral, I had to make just such a decision. The girl’s father was a member of our church and an air force serviceman. He was an aide on Air Force One and had flown with the president many times. A few generals and lots of upper-crust brass attended the funeral. When it came ...read more

  • The Resources We Need

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on May 28, 2003
     | 1,528 views

    THE RESOURCES WE NEED Federal Express, a speedy postal delivery company, once ran a commercial similar to movie Castaway, in which Tom Hanks played a FedEx worker whose company plane went down, stranding him on a desert island for years. Looking like Tom Hanks in the movie, the FedEx employee ...read more

  • A Little Lame Boy Was Once Hurrying To Catch A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ronald Keller on Nov 24, 2003
    based on 22 ratings
     | 3,615 views

    “A little lame boy was once hurrying to catch a train. In the press of the crowd he experienced real difficulty in manipulating his crutches, especially as he was carrying a basket full of fruit and candy. As the passengers rushed along, one hit the basket by mistake, knocking oranges, apples, ...read more

  • People Do Judge You By What You Wear

    Contributed by James Chandler on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,567 views

    People do judge you by what you wear. A young man came into our worship service a few weeks ago. He was wearing lots of leather and chains. His hair was spiked blue. He wore black eye liner and had a ring in his lip. I could tell what lots of people were thinking when he strolled down the aisle ...read more

  • James 2:16 … And One Of You Says To Them, "Go ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Nov 12, 2007
     | 1,173 views

    > James 2:16 … and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well,” but you don’t give them what the body needs, what good is it? It’s easy to talk about loving someone when it doesn’t cost you anything. My goodness, our politicians do it all the time. They talk about how much ...read more

  • The Test Of A Truly Great Man

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 8, 2007
     | 1,720 views

    Quotes: The Test of a Truly Great Man It was John Riskin who said, “I believe the first test of a truly great man is his humility. I do not mean by humility, doubt of his own power, or hesitation in speaking his opinion. But really great men have a ... feeling that the greatness is not in them but ...read more

  • How Can We Be A Friend To The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
     | 1,180 views

    How Can We Be A Friend To The Suffering? 1. We can be there for them. 2. We can feel their pain. 3. We can encourage them. 4. We can listen more than we talk. 5. We can be honest: I don’t know… don’t try to explain everything. 6. We can look beyond their faults and look to their needs. 7. We can ...read more

  • Crooked On The Lot  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,175 views

    CROOKED ON THE LOT The Jewish leaders had rejected salvation. The builders had rejected the very cornerstone of the temple, and stumbled over the rock. Growing up, there was a vacant lot next to our house. One day, a bunch of equipment and workers from Philyaw Construction showed up—and built a ...read more

  • Never Despair (What A Hilarious Story!)

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Nov 14, 2021
     | 2,253 views

    Robert Morgan has the following humorous illustration to encourage us to emulate Paul and "never despair". I read about a man whose route to work every day took him through a particular park in the city, and every day he saw an old fellow sitting on the park bench. This fellow was an ...read more

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