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  • Tending Your ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2010
     | 3,912 views

    Tending Your Garden Suppose 2 women were planting a vegetable garden. On the same day, they prepared the earth and planted their seeds. One then neglected her garden and waited for her vegetables to grow. The other woman worked in her garden regularly. She put cages around the young tomato plants, ...read more

  • Baptism Of Paul ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2010
     | 7,706 views

    Baptism of Paul Harvey Paul Harvey wrote about his own baptism. He said that even though he had received almost every reward for his broadcasting ability that he still felt empty inside. One summer, however, he and his wife were vacationing in a place called Cave Creek, AZ. Sunday morning came and ...read more

  • Reflection On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 26, 2010
     | 4,242 views

    Reflection on Blindness When I first met PETER SUMNER he was blind. As a young man a terrible accident burned his eyes and left him without his sight. He walked down the aisles of the first Church I served in and his hand knocked the edge of the pew with quite some force. Until that time it didn’t ...read more

  • The Beatitudes: An Instrument Panel

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 31, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,880 views

    THE BEATITUDES: AN INSTRUMENT PANEL On July 16, 1999, John F. Kennedy, Jr. was killed when the Piper Saratoga light aircraft he was piloting crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. His wife, Carolyn Bessette, and sister-in-law, Lauren Bessette, were also ...read more

  • Fan Or Follower?

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
     | 3,777 views

    FAN OR FOLLOWER? Kyle Idelman writes: It was a Thursday afternoon, and I was sitting in our sanctuary where 30,000 people would soon be coming to one of our Easter services. I had no idea what I was going to say to them. I could feel the pressure mounting. I sat there hoping that a sermon would ...read more

  • Peale: A Simple Christmas In Africa

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
     | 3,259 views

    PEALE: A SIMPLE CHRISTMAS IN AFRICA Norman Vincent Peale writes of spending Christmas in Africa with his wife, children and grandchildren. He was hesitant but his wife told him he would love every minute of it. And yet, as Christmas day approached he was troubled because everything Christmas was ...read more

  • God Wants To Pull The Stickers Out  PRO

    Contributed by Tim White on Jun 6, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,525 views

    GOD WANTS TO PULL THE STICKERS OUT The little girl hopped away screaming. Obviously, the fear of living forever with a sticker in her foot was not as terrifying as the thought of me pulling it out. But a five-year-old could not out-run the preacher. Not hopping on one foot, anyway. After I ...read more

  • Humility: The Balloon Game  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 26, 2012
    based on 27 ratings
     | 16,921 views

    HUMILITY: THE BALLOON GAME Robert Roberts writes about a fourth grade class in which the teacher introduced a game called "balloon stomp." A balloon was tied to every child's leg, and the object of the game was to pop everyone else's balloon while protecting one's own. The last person with an ...read more

  • Lesson Of The Good Samaritan

    Contributed by Darian Hybl on Aug 21, 2013
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     | 9,107 views

    Recently I read an article that convicted me of my ‘blind spots’ where I have not wanted to ‘cross the road’ or enter deeper into relationship. Alex Early penned an article entitled, “A Pastor Walked into a Gay Bar And…” At first I avoided the article because I thought this article was more a ...read more

  • Good Gossip

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Dec 27, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,228 views

    “I resolve to speak ill of no man whatever, not even in a matter of truth; but rather by some means excuse the faults I hear charged upon others, and upon proper occasions speak all the good I know of everybody.” – Benjamin Franklin I knew a woman once who took a temporary job working for a large ...read more

  • The Power Of Daily Scripture Reading

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Aug 13, 2017
     | 4,336 views

    ian Hardin tells the story of traveling a lot for work with his friend Bobby. As they travelled, he’d read the Bible aloud to him. But he wasn’t reading the Bible to gain deep insights… or to solve theological quandaries. He was just reading it… yet even then, it often said something that got stuck ...read more

  • Trusting God Through Difficult Circumstances

    Contributed by Matthew Redder on May 17, 2018
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     | 16,053 views

    Some time ago I returned from a missions trip completely full of faith and ready to set the world on fire with the love of Christ. During my first church service back in the states I was asked to close our service in prayer. I joyfully obliged and went whole-heartedly into prayer full of faith and ...read more

  • Embracing The Interruptions (Fatherhood Thoughts)

    Contributed by Matthew Redder on Jun 8, 2018
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,450 views

    As a young Father I remember being frequently awakened in the middle of the night by my son. I would open my eyes to see him standing next to my bed, staring at me. It was startling and honestly, a little bit creepy. I would ask him what he needed and it was always something like, "I had a bad ...read more

  • A Respected Doctor, Who Practiced In The Maritime ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 11, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,507 views

    A respected doctor, who practiced in the Maritime Provinces during the latter half of the twentieth century, tells of the miraculous healing of one of his female patients, who was dying with what physicians referred to as “open TB.” She had become his patient in 1947, at which time she had dropped ...read more

  • Ode To Mom  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,556 views

    ODE TO MOM (from Pearl Sewell and Patti Cowell). POSITION: Mother, Mom, Mama JOB DESCRIPTION: Long term, team players needed, for challenging permanent work in an often chaotic environment. Candidates must possess excellent communication and organizational skills and be willing to work variable ...read more

  • Commander Hansen Had No Idea How Or Why His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,779 views

    Commander Hansen had no idea how or why his outpost was being attacked. The outpost where he was stationed was suddenly up against a very powerful enemy... one he had never encountered before. Oh, he had heard of them, sure, but he never expected that he would meet them head on. They had been at ...read more

  • John Wilkes Booth Was A Die Hard American. His ...

    Contributed by Mack Armstrong on Mar 19, 2008
     | 1,586 views

    John Wilkes Booth was a die hard American. His sympathy was with the Southern cause. Slavery was only a side line to the many who opposed the Union in the years leading up to the Civil War. The real issue was the rights of individual states to conduct their business under the umbrella of a national ...read more

  • Many Of You Here This Morning Know The Story Of ...

    Contributed by Joe La Rue on Apr 1, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,817 views

    Many of you here this morning know the story of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, the commander of the American forces in the Philippines when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941 and launched their assault on the Philippine Islands later that day. When all hope of saving the Philippines was ...read more

  • The Loser  PRO

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 9, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,288 views

    THE LOSER For Sparky, school was all but impossible. He failed every subject in the eighth grade. He flunked physics in high school, getting a grade of zero. Sparky also flunked Latin, Algebra, and English. He didn't do much better in sports. Although he did manage to make the school's golf ...read more

  • In Tough Economic Times Maybe You’re Thinking ...

    Contributed by Dean O'bryan on Jul 21, 2008
     | 1,848 views

    In tough economic times maybe you’re thinking about polishing your resume and applying for a different job. If you find yourself looking, let me give you a little help. I came across several statements from actual resumes and job applications – and you might want to take notes and file these ...read more