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  • Charles Swindoll In His Book On Grace Puts It ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Hamby on May 3, 2001
    based on 92 ratings
     | 3,091 views

    Charles Swindoll in his book on Grace puts it this way, "You want to mess up the minds of your children? Here’s how - guaranteed! Rear them in a legalistic, tight context of external religion, where performance is more important than reality. Fake your faith. Sneak around and pretend your ...read more

  • Vance Havner Says, "God Is Faithful, And He ...  PRO

    Contributed by Greg Yount on Oct 28, 2001
    based on 53 ratings
     | 4,869 views

    Vance Havner says, “God is faithful, and He expects His people to be faithful. God’s Word speaks of faithful servants, faithful in a few things, faithful in the least, faithful in the Lord, faithful ministers. And all points up that day when He will say, “Well done, thou good and faithful ...read more

  • Hotel Room ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
     | 2,004 views

    HOTEL ROOM THEFT Thefts from hotels and motels have reached 500 million dollars a year and probably more. Hotel managers count on one of every three guests stealing something. In a recent year, 4,600 Bibles were lifted from New York City hotel rooms. Professional thieves frequently strip motel ...read more

  • In 1996 Reverend Christopher Gray A Vicar Was ...

    Contributed by Nigel Heath on Mar 29, 2009
     | 2,148 views

    In 1996 Reverend Christopher Gray a vicar was knifed to death in the grounds of his vicarage by a man he had been helping who had recently been released from prison. Reverend Gray was apparently a great academic with a heart for the poor and disadvantaged. He turned down a good job in the ...read more

  • Abundant Life  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 8,043 views

    ABUNDANT LIFE In December 1990, the threat of war with Iraq was looming. Many reserves and National Guard troops were mobilized. There were some homes where father and mother were both deployed. Recognizing this situation (that both father and mother would be gone overseas), a civic organization ...read more

  • Recently Julie Expressed Her Desire To Go On Our ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 27, 2009
     | 1,422 views

    Recently Julie expressed her desire to go on our Church missions trip to Cambodia. She was excited because we expected that the Government’s stimulus package of $900.00 for each person would cover the cost. All we had to do was put in our tax returns. My $900.00 came as expected, so we had more ...read more

  • Ten Dollars Is Ten Dollars  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,193 views

    TEN DOLLARS IS TEN DOLLARS A man named Stumpy and his wife Martha went to the state fair every year and every year when Stumpy saw the antique bi-plane he would say, "Martha, I'd like to ride in that airplane." Martha always replied, "I know Stumpy, but that airplane ride costs 10 dollars, and ...read more

  • Just Didn't Work Right  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Boyne on Aug 13, 2012
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    JUST DIDN'T WORK RIGHT My parents bought my 16 year old daughter her first car, a 1970 VW Beetle. While it was cute and a collector car, it wouldn’t run right. Even though it had been a gift from her grandparents, it cost as much in repairs as a new car would have cost in payments. While it had ...read more

  • Understanding Justice And Mercy

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 2, 2021
     | 2,949 views

    As we consider the call of John and look forward at Christmas to the birth of Christ, let us look at the content of God’s message to us God knew exactly what he was doing when he sent Jesus to this earth. The Cross wasn’t a “horrible misjudgement” Rather the reason Jesus came into this world ...read more

  • After Being Away On Business, A Man Thought It ...  PRO

    Contributed by Merwin Rylaarsdam on Jan 4, 2006
    based on 25 ratings
     | 2,105 views

    After being away on business, a man thought it would be nice to bring his wife a little gift. “How about some perfume?” he asked the cosmetics clerk. She showed him a bottle costing $50.00. “That’s a bit much,” he said, so she returned with a smaller bottle for $30.00. “That’s still quite a ...read more

  • Imagine A Town Which Has Everything To Offer: ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Jan 11, 2007
     | 962 views

    Imagine a town which has everything to offer: State-of-the-art hospitals, prestigious schools, award winning entertainment, and many other things. There is nothing a person could need which couldn’t be found in this town except one thing: the water makes people sick; any time someone dares drink ...read more

  • Love Then Is The Giving Of Self, And As Long As ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,389 views

    Love then is the giving of self, and as long as we have a body and are working out our salvation, it will always be synonymous with sacrifice, in the Christian sense of the word. Love sacrifices naturally just as the eye sees and the ear hears. That is why we speak of "arrows" and "darts" of ...read more

  • Garibaldi Had An Incredibly Committed Volunteer ...  PRO

    Contributed by Doug Lyon on Jan 9, 2002
    based on 20 ratings
     | 3,582 views

    Garibaldi had an incredibly committed volunteer army. He would appeal for recruits in these terms: “I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor provisions; I offer hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death. Let him who loves his country with his heart and not with his lips only, follow ...read more

  • God Only Lives In The Best  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 18, 2002
    based on 33 ratings
     | 2,465 views

    GOD ONLY LIVES IN THE BEST The Old Testament Temple was only 30’ wide by 90’ long-- a mere 2700 square feet. It was smaller than many homes today. It has been estimated that to rebuild the Temple by the directions in the Bible would cost today about four billion dollars! It would take incredible ...read more

  • What Value

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,987 views

    (1)WHAT VALUE What value did it have, That old wooden cross, The day on which Jesus died? Just two beams of wood, And three nails of iron, On which He would be crucified. But the world could not know, The price to be paid, By the blood that forever would stain. For no greater cost, Could e’er be ...read more

  • Going To Memphis To See Gladys, Or To Pick Up ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 24, 2007
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    Going to Memphis to see Gladys, or to pick up Gladys each weekend to bring her back up to Ridgely. It was a long trip. 200 miles round trip. I didn’t lament that. I didn’t regret that. I didn’t complain. Why, because I got to spend time with my honey. I got to spend time with the love of my ...read more

  • Never Surrender

    Contributed by Richard Francis on Nov 5, 2007
     | 3,551 views

    Never Surrender“ "We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air. We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we ...read more

  • What's Your Life Worth?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
     | 3,513 views

    WHAT’S YOUR LIFE WORTH? It’s worth $50,000, according to the international standard used most private and government-run health insurance plans to determine whether to cover a new medical procedure. More simply, insurance companies calculate that to make a treatment worth its cost, it must ...read more

  • Great Verses For Following Jesus

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jan 16, 2020
     | 3,368 views

    FOLLOWING JESUS. Beside each passage of Scripture, write down what you think that verse is saying about following Jesus in the coming year. Matthew 16:24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. Philippians ...read more

  • In December 1994 Syndicated Columnist Bob Greene ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jan 15, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,433 views

    In December 1994 syndicated columnist Bob Greene told the inspiring story of Rob Mouw. Rob played on the soccer team in his senior year at Wheaton Christian High School. In the final seconds of a big game against favored Waubonsie Valley, with his team behind by one goal, Rob was dribbling the ball ...read more