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  • Moved By Grace

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Apr 20, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,335 views

    The word itself... grace... has become trite and debased through misuse and overuse. It does not move us the way it moved our early Christian ancestors. In some European countries, certain high ecclesiastical officials are still called, Your Grace. Sportswriters spoke of Michael Jordan's easy ...read more

  • The Joy Of Hearing Your Name

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Apr 26, 2023
     | 1,095 views

    This week is the National Football League Draft, a day that thousands of young men have been anticipating for years. I love to watch as the player hears his name called. The smiles. The hugs. Going to the platform and being congratulated by the commissioner. And then donning the jersey and cap of ...read more

  • There Is A True Story Of A Boy Who Suffered Under ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on Dec 3, 2001
    based on 9 ratings
     | 1,793 views

    There is a true story of a boy who suffered under the Nazis during WWII. This Jewish boy was living in a small Polish village when he and all the other Jews in the vicinity where rounded up by Nazi SS troops and sentenced to death. This boy joined his neighbors in digging a shallow ditch for ...read more

  • The Authenticity Of Worship  PRO

    Contributed by Dr.johnson Cherian on Jun 6, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 4,185 views

    The authenticity of Worship can be discerned if we really knew what was happening in the spiritual realm while we worship. At a certain point in our life, amidst great persecution from the enemy, as we worshipped the Lord with songs of praise and thanksgiving, my wife saw very few angels appearing ...read more

  • Our Salvation "Lorica"—communion Mediation  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 10, 2003
    based on 13 ratings
     | 2,671 views

    OUR SALVATION “LORICA”—COMMUNION MEDIATION A lorica was an ancient piece of armor that acted like a breastplate to shield its wearer from physical danger. But to the Celts of early Ireland, a lorica was also an oral chant that the pagan Druid magicians believed invoked magical powers of ...read more

  • The Spilled Fruit Salad!  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Dec 8, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,596 views

    THE SPILLED FRUIT SALAD! Here is a bowl of fruit salad for you! I always make fruit salad for Christmas, it has been a family tradition for many years. While at home, my Mom and Dad always received a lot of fruit for Christmas. We would always make fruit salad out of the fruit and top it with ...read more

  • Every Once In A While My Daughter Starts ...

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Apr 30, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,774 views

    Every once in a while my daughter starts crying. From then on in, the battle begins. My wife and I have an ignorance contest. Who can lay the stillest for the longest without getting up? The trick to winning this battle is to learn how to tune it out. If I can somehow stay in a sort of ...read more

  • Crisis And Trauma Counseling

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 25, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,665 views

    Dr. H Norman Wright tells this story: My wife and I had just arrived home from vacation, and the phone rang. It was our house painter. He said, “I remembered that your son died. My daughter just lost two of her little boys. Can you help her?” We agreed, so my wife and I made an appointment. This ...read more

  • Do You See, Do You See, All The People Sinking ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Jul 29, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,603 views

    Do you see, do you see, all the people sinking down, Don’t you care, don’t you care, are you gonna let them drown, How can you be so numb, not to care if they come, You close your eyes and pretend the job’s done. Oh Bless me Lord, bless me Lord, you know it’s all I ever hear, No one aches, no one ...read more

  • The Methodist Class Meeting Was Much Like The ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Oct 14, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,156 views

    The Methodist Class Meeting was much like the Giant Sequoia Trees in California. Just like the Methodist Class Meeting, the Great Sequoias “hold each other up.” They may reach a height of 311 feet, an age of 3200 years. They often weigh 2.7 million pounds. Their bark on the average is 31 inches ...read more

  • I Read An Email Story This Week About A Group Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 812 views

    I read an email story this week about a group of salesmen who attended a convention out-of-town some years back. As they rushed through the terminal to get to their departing flight, one of them accidentally knocked over a table that held a display of apples. They continued running for their ...read more

  • A Preacher Walked Through A Cemetery One Day And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
     | 2,041 views

    A preacher walked through a cemetery one day and saw a man desperate and distraught lying on one of the graves and pounding the sod with his clenched fists. The grave was obviously not a new one. The sod had established itself and the headstone showed signs of weathering. As the preacher ...read more

  • Her God Was Able

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Aug 22, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,483 views

    Her name will never be in the history books, but it is written in the Book of Life. She was never an item in the newspaper, but she was God’s reporter, telling His good news. She never had much formal education, but like her Lord she taught with authority from her own experience of God’s grace. ...read more

  • There Was A Little Railroad Train With Loads And ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Mcgee on Feb 16, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,464 views

    There was a little railroad train with loads and loads of toys All starting out to find a home for little girls and boys And as that little railroad train began to chug along The little train went racing on so fast it almost seemed to fly Until it reached a mountain that ...read more

  • Here's How Several Elementary School Students ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,267 views

    Here’s how several elementary school students answered the following questions about moms: Why did God make mothers? • She’s the only one who knows where the Scotch tape is. • Mostly to clean the house. • To help us out of there when we were getting born. How did God make mothers? • He used ...read more

  • The National Center For Fathering Conducts Father ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 20, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,824 views

    The National Center for Fathering conducts Father of the Year Essay Contests in partnership with local schools and sponsoring organizations. In 2005, eight contests were held and altogether, over 100,000 school children submitted essays on the topic, "What My Father Means to Me." Below is a ...read more

  • Jesus Is...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,067 views

    JESUS IS... In Genesis He is the Seed of the Woman. In Exodus He is the Passover Lamb. In Leviticus He is our High Priest. In Numbers He is the Pillar of Cloud by day and the Pillar of Fire by night. In Deuteronomy He is the Prophet like unto Moses. In Joshua He is the Captain of our Salvation. In ...read more

  • Kent Hughes, Who Pastored In Chicago, Tells ...

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Aug 13, 2008
     | 2,638 views

    Kent Hughes, who pastored in Chicago, tells something which happened to a dear friend. This lady was a missionary on furlough after a particularly difficult season of service. Now, for the first time since they had been missionaries, they had bought a place of their own to rest and recover. The ...read more

  • Kierkegaard's Complacent Duck  PRO

    Contributed by Dean O'bryan on Aug 25, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 8,867 views

    Kierkegaard's Complacent Duck There was a Danish philosopher named Kierkegaard whose writings are weighty and tough to read. But that deep thinker one time told a simple parable that describes how easy it is to slide into complacency. According to his parable, one Spring, a duck was flying ...read more

  • A Mother Dies So Her Boy May Live

    Contributed by Dwight L. Moody on Jun 11, 2009
     | 3,345 views

    A MOTHER DIES SO HER BOY MAY LIVE When the California gold fever broke out, a man went there, leaving his wife in New England with his boy. As soon as he got on and was successful he was to send for them. It was a long time before he succeeded, but at last he got money enough to send for them. The ...read more