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  • The Oyster  PRO

    Contributed by John Edmerson on Sep 13, 2001
    based on 218 ratings
     | 3,263 views

    The Oyster There once was an oyster whose story I tell, Who found that sand had got under his shell; Just one little grain, but it gave him much pain, For oysters have feelings although they’re so plain. Now, did he berate the working of Fate Which had led him to such a deplorable state? Did ...read more

  • Why The Dead ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jul 11, 2009
     | 2,298 views

    “Why the Dead Sea?” We have heard of dead people, dead beasts, dead trees and dead flowers, but is there such a thing as a dead sea? There is and they call it dead because it receives all and gives nothing. This body of water – the most remarkable in the world – is at the southern end of the ...read more

  • Prayer Journal Entry Of George Washington  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 13, 2012
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,994 views

    PRAYER JOURNAL ENTRY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON When George Washington was about 20 years old he wrote this in his prayer journal: "O most Glorious God, in Jesus Christ my merciful and loving father, I acknowledge and confess my guilt, in the weak and imperfect performance of the duties of this day. I ...read more

  • A Friend Of Mine

    Contributed by Spencer Miller on Jun 3, 2013
     | 3,906 views

    A FRIEND OF MINE Branch Rickey, whose name was recently placed back into our memories in the wonderful movie '42' a story about the baseball great Jackie Robinson, was a devout Christian. Once while head of the old Brooklyn Dodgers, he attended negotiations involving a certain ballplayer's ...read more

  • Seek Spiritual Advice From Spiritually Mature Christians

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Aug 7, 2023
    based on 2 ratings
     | 869 views

    Seek Spiritual Advice from Spiritually mature Christians. Albert Einstein ... had difficulty speaking until he was four years old ... and did not read ... until he was seven. Beethovens music teacher said: .... As a composer, ... he is hopeless. When Thomas Edison was a young boy, ... his ...read more

  • Unsung Heroes: They Helped A Desperate Father

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Jun 14, 2023
     | 749 views

    Introduction: True friends are those willing to help. These unsung heroes helped a desperate father bring his son to Jesus. Text, Mark 9:17-20a, KJV: 17 And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; 18 And wheresoever he taketh him, ...read more

  • Seventeen Years Ago I Was Keenly Interested In A ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,610 views

    Seventeen years ago I was keenly interested in a widow in our church. Renfro laughed at me for saying she and I had a conversation in which we negotiated whether we could date or not. Listen, if there are things on which you do not agree, either negotiate a lasting change or else keep on ...read more

  • Poem  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 4, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,197 views

    POEM Jesus! whose blood so freely stream’d To satisfy the law’s demand; By Thee from guilt and wrath redeem’d, Before the Father’s face I stand. To reconcile offending man, Make Justice drop her angry rod; What creature could have form’d the plan, Or who fulfill it but a God? No drop remains of all ...read more

  • We Need Hope

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
     | 2,867 views

    WE NEED HOPE Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Dusk was falling on the Saturday before Christmas in 1927 the S-4 submarine (S-class submarines, were the first class of submarines built ...read more

  • What Do You Do In Disaster?

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 31, 2011
     | 2,840 views

    WHAT DO YOU DO IN DISASTER? What do you do when you are faced with a disaster that strikes home at your heart? Do you respond or do you try to blame others? Do you ignore it? Pretend it’s just a story? Nehemiah finds out how bad the city of Jerusalem is from a recent news report. It perplexes ...read more

  • When A Fellow Pastor Was A Child, His Family Sold ...  PRO

    Contributed by Eric Vertein on Dec 12, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,509 views

    When a fellow pastor was a child, his family sold evergreens for Christmas. Since they did the trimming throughout the year, they could tell which tree was the fullest, and they would tag it, so that no one else would take the tree that they wanted... Spiritually, we probably resemble Charlie ...read more

  • A Young Couple Began Attending A Midwest Church. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Doug Johnston on Apr 23, 2001
    based on 145 ratings
     | 3,100 views

    A young couple began attending a midwest church. They had been saved ony about 8 months when they announced that they needed prayer; they had experienced several miscarriages and had just discovered they were with child again. The congregation responded; they had the most prayed for baby in the ...read more

  • Hard Times For Hell  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 6, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
     | 3,512 views

    HARD TIMES FOR HELL Hell, it would seem, has fallen on rather lean times. It used to be that the vast majority of Christians, regardless of denominational affiliation, believed that Hell was a real place where the wicked and the impenitent go when they died. The very thought of the pains and ...read more

  • Some Years Ago "The King's Business" Told Of A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jul 6, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,460 views

    Some years ago "The King’s Business" told of a Christian fisherman who lay in his boat one night when he heard a loud splash not far away. Knowing that the owner of another craft nearby was a heavy drinker, he hurriedly jumped into the cold water and with a great effort succeeded in pulling the ...read more

  • Most Of Us Have Had A Peter Moment, A Moment Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,573 views

    Most of us have had a Peter moment, a moment of spiritual strength followed by a moment of spiritual defeat. I remember returning from Texas after being baptized for the remission of my sins. I was on fire for God. I remember going down to Bridgewater to the County fair for a few days to stay with ...read more

  • History Of Israel Stands As A Witness...

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Nov 27, 2011
     | 2,609 views

    History of Israel stands as a witness... About 300 years ago, the King of Sweden was having personal doubts about God’s existence and the Bible's divine nature. He called for Count Von Zinzendorf, who was the bishop of the Moravian Church, to provide evidence about God’s existence and Divine ...read more

  • Protectors

    Contributed by Bruce Montgomery on Apr 17, 2008
     | 2,051 views

    PROTECTORS In 1956 during the Mau Mau uprisings in East Africa, a band of roving Mau Maus came the village of Lauri, surrounded it, and killed all 300 inhabitants - including all the women and children. Armed with spears, bows and arrows, clubs and torches they next went three miles away to the ...read more

  • Jehovah-Shalom: The Lord Send Peace (Judges ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 9, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,532 views

    Jehovah-Shalom: The Lord Send Peace (Judges 6:24) Jesus! whose blood so freely stream'd To satisfy the law's demand; By Thee from guilt and wrath redeem'd, Before the Father's face I stand. To reconcile offending man, Make Justice drop her angry rod; What creature could have form'd the plan, Or ...read more

  • On Profanity And Ungodly Language

    Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Apr 17, 2010
     | 2,327 views

    ON PROFANITY AND UNGODLY LANGUAGE Profanity and crude language are becoming more common on prime-time television programs. Many writers and producers seem to be intent on pushing the limits of how much immoral and offensive speech the public will allow. Profane and vulgar language is noise ...read more

  • The Definition Of A Saint  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 15, 2010
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,041 views

    THE DEFINITION OF A SAINT A young boy went with his parents touring around Europe one summer. Part of their tour included visits to the great old cathedrals of the past. As he visited cathedral after cathedral, he was impressed the massive stained glass portraits of the disciples and of other ...read more

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