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  • There Was This Teacher...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 1, 2009
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    THERE WAS THIS TEACHER... Eric Butterworth once told about a college professor who had his sociology class go into the Baltimore slums to get case histories of 200 young boys. The students were asked to write an evaluation of each boy’s future. In every case the students wrote, "He hasn’t got a ...read more

  • Michael Jordon Confronts Compromise In A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 5, 2009
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    Michael Jordon Confronts Compromise in a Teammate If any athlete was known for focus, it was Michael Jordan. In Jordan’s book, Driven from Within, Fred Whitfield, president and chief operating officer of the NBA’s Charlotte Bobcats basketball team, tells a fascinating story about something Jordan ...read more

  • Peer Pressure In The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2010
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    Peer Pressure in the Classroom A few years ago psychologist Ruth W. Berenda and her associates carried out an interesting experiment with teenagers designed to show how a person handled group pressure. The plan was simple. They brought groups of ten adolescents into a room for a test. Subsequently, ...read more

  • A Sentence Can Change A Life

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Jan 22, 2011
     | 2,420 views

    A SENTENCE CAN CHANGE A LIFE When I was thirteen, a young lad only three years older than me said something that would change my life for ever. A single sentence of his is the reason I am a Christian today. What could you say in just ONE sentence that could switch someone from being an agnositic ...read more

  • The Story Of Faith Hope

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
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    THE STORY OF FAITH HOPE Myah Hope was given the news that she was pregnant. Like most mothers to be, she dreamed of what giving birth to a child and raising them would be like. But when she was 19 weeks pregnant, she was told that something was wrong with her baby's head. The doctor said that ...read more

  • No Shortcuts

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Aug 26, 2011
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     | 2,356 views

    NO SHORTCUTS Now that the New Year is right around the corner there are those infomercials that tout great fitness. It seems that each year the machines get weirder. Hang upside down, spin 360 degrees then throw up. That loses about 5 lbs. Then there are those that bend you like a pretzel while ...read more

  • Inlets And Outlets

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Dec 5, 2011
     | 2,647 views

    INLETS AND OUTLETS My favourite spot here on Cape Sable Island is the walk from Cat Rock to Clam Point. It’s a beautiful location, quiet and peaceful, and I love meeting God there. But along the way, you will walk by several ponds. Some of the ponds are quite nice. But some of them are not. ...read more

  • Don't Worry Be ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2012
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    DON’T WORRY BE HAPPY The song Don’t Worry Be Happy was a late 80’s chart buster as it gained phenomenal success for such a simple song. The lyrics written by Bobby McFerrin were copied from original Indian sage from the late 1800’s whose mantra was one of peace. I remember the first time I heard ...read more

  • The Majesty Of God

    Contributed by David Simpson on Jan 18, 2013
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    Just how can we comprehend the Majesty of God? By removing thoughts that limit the greatness, the Majesty of God. We need to show the majesty of God in our words and actions every day and start letting people know where we stand. It is not with great trumpets - or magnificent choirs - but it is ...read more

  • Rescue The Perishing

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 23, 2016
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    RESCUE THE PERISHING Fanny Crosby, the blind hymn writer, wrote so many hymns we love to sing. When she was up in years, she visited the Macaulay Rescue Mission in NYC. She stood before a crowd of homeless, drug-addicted, alcoholic men. She said, “is there a young man here who doesn’t have a ...read more

  • Get In The Game: Be A Disciple For Christ

    Contributed by Pastor Randall Timblin on Oct 23, 2017
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    Discipleship is never easy. It’s not something that you are born with. However, when you are born again, it is something you should plan on doing. Discipleship can be as simple as sharing your testimony with others. Some of us don’t even have a testimony but should. What were you like ...read more

  • The King Who Owned Everything

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 11, 2018
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    Once upon a time there was a king who ruled a vast domain. He was the wealthiest person in the world: thousands of horses, dozens of homes, access to anything his heart desired. There was nothing anyone could give him that he did not already possess. One day at the door of the throne room a ...read more

  • Where Can I Find Joy In Life?

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 31, 2022
     | 778 views

    People have pursued joy in every avenue imaginable. Some have successfully found it while others have not. Perhaps it would be easier to describe where joy cannot be found: • Not in Unbelief — Voltaire was an infidel of the most pronounced type. He wrote: “I wish I had never been born… (and at his ...read more

  • A Game Of Redemption And Unity

    Contributed by Jung Lee on Jan 16, 2024
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     | 1,632 views

    In Korea, there's a popular game called "Ice or Free." The rules are simple: one person is 'it' and chases others. Players can freeze themselves if cornered by shouting "Ice," becoming immune to being tagged. They remain frozen until a teammate tags them, setting ...read more

  • Fear And Division

    Contributed by John Bright on Feb 3, 2026
     | 80 views

    A Simple Game Teaches Kids About Fear and Division One of my friends told me about a powerful lesson in her daughter's high school class recently. They're learning about the Salem Witch Trials, and their teacher told them they were going to play a game. "I'm going to come ...read more

  • Anzac ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 27, 2010
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    ANZAC Day For those who do not know, ANZAC day is not the day to celebrate Australia’s victories, nor do we celebrate how great our country is. Rather we celebrate the sacrifice and loss of the young men and women who protect other people’s freedom. Australia has never been seriously attacked or ...read more

  • Who Doesn’t Like Baloney?

    Contributed by James Snyder on Feb 17, 2024
     | 730 views

    When I was young, my favorite sandwich was the baloney sandwich. Sometimes, with cheese and other things, but most importantly, baloney. I can’t imagine what my childhood would have been like without those bologna sandwiches. Until I went to school, I thought my mother had invented the baloney ...read more

  • We See Things Every Day; From The Moment We Open ...

    Contributed by Tyler Edwards on Apr 29, 2009
     | 2,070 views

    We see things every day; from the moment we open our eyes in the morning to the second we close them to sleep at night we are seeing things. Every day you wake up, you open your eyes and you see. You see using light. Light enables you to see the shoe that was left haphazardly on the floor before ...read more

  • You Are My Sunshine  PRO

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Dec 20, 2004
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     | 3,521 views

    You Are My Sunshine Karen was expecting another child and so she worked to prepare little three year old Michael for the birth of his baby sister. Every night Michael saying to his sister in his mother’s tummy. During the delivery of the baby serious complications developed. After many hours of ...read more

  • Evangelist Merv Rosell Relates A Story From His ...

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Oct 25, 2006
     | 2,520 views

    Evangelist Merv Rosell relates a story from his childhood when he and his brother contracted diphtheria. They were wrapped in white sheets and taken to the contagious ward of the hospital. He could still see his mother’s face, pressed against the glass of the ward, peering lovingly at her two ...read more