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  • Food For The Next Day

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 14, 2010
     | 2,259 views

    FOOD FOR THE NEXT DAY Psychologist, Charles Allen tells this story in one of his books: As World War II was drawing to a close, the Allied armies gathered up many hungry orphans. They placed them in camps where they were safe and well-fed. Yet despite the excellent care they received, the orphans ...read more

  • Stay Focused

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Nov 29, 2010
     | 5,908 views

    STAY FOCUSED God's Word. That's what focuses our hearts so that we watch continuously, ready for Jesus. In a way, you might say, God's Word is like my glasses. Without my glasses, I couldn't even begin to catch a football. I wouldn't see it coming. But even with my glasses on, I still need to ...read more

  • The Post-It Note

    Contributed by Paul Barreca on May 23, 2011
     | 2,321 views

    THE POST-IT NOTE In his book, "Built to Last," Jim Collins describes how 3M employee Art Fry invented the Post-It Note: "One day in 1974, while I was singing in the church choir, I had one of those creative moments. To make it easier to find the songs we were going to sing at each Sunday’s ...read more

  • Revenge In Witnessing

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jun 10, 2011
     | 3,792 views

    REVENGE IN WITNESSING Yubis was filled with grief and didn't know where to turn. Yubis' husband--a pastor--was brutally murdered as a martyr in Colombia for his faith and teachings of Jesus Christ. As a result, their two-year-old daughter was despondent--and she stopped speaking. She would only ...read more

  • The Bible Treasure

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Sep 26, 2011
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     | 5,731 views

    THE BIBLE TREASURE Kathleen Norris tells the story of a South Dakota rancher and his bride who received a leather-bound Bible as a wedding gift from the groom's grandfather. They wrote a thank-you note and stowed the Bible away on a closet shelf, out of the way. As time passed, the grandfather ...read more

  • Grace And Matthew

    Contributed by Kevin Karhoff on Mar 12, 2013
     | 5,216 views

    GRACE AND MATTHEW These days people don't know Matthew as a failure and embarrassment who sold his soul to the Romans for a job. We know Matthew as a follower of Jesus who wrote the first book of the New Testament. It's important to understand that the grace of God doesn't simply invite us to ...read more

  • Complaint Department

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on May 29, 2019
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,377 views

    A gentleman decided to withdraw from society and its busyness. He joined a monastery and took a vow of silence.At the end of each year he could say two words. At the end of the first year of absolute silence, he met with his supervising monk and was given the opportunity to say two words. With ...read more

  • You Are Free To...

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Mar 20, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,838 views

    I was thinking about my niece who just got her 1st car. While my memory may be deteriorating, I remember how awesome it was to have my 1st car. While I loved that old car, it gave me an attitude that got me in trouble more than once. I began to think that I was grown, and I could do whatever I ...read more

  • Little Things Add Up

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 15, 2025
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    MY SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER TOLD A STORY OF A MAN THAT WORKED IN THE COAL MINES IN EAST TENNESSEE. The man drove a coal truck from the coal temple to the rail road loading dock. It was a short quick trip. Each time the driver drove by the house where he lived. He made a quick stop threw a very large ...read more

  • No One Will Know

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 15, 2025
     | 521 views

    No one will know? A man works at a car factory… getting paid a fair wage for a fair day’s work. His job is to grease the u-joint on the drive train. He gets busy joking around with his co-workers. One car gets by him. He misses applying the grease. He knows it will fail inspection. So he puts a ...read more

  • Be Found Faithful

    Contributed by Roger Hasselquist on Mar 31, 2025
     | 680 views

    There is a story of a choir director who was so stressed out because at least one or more members of the choir were absent at every rehearsal for a concert. Finally came the last rehearsal and he announced: “I want to personally thank the pianist for being the only person in this entire church ...read more

  • Grass On Your Path

    Contributed by David Dunn on Jan 21, 2026
     | 121 views

    Prayer sharpens perception. It tunes the heart so you sense danger before it speaks. John Bunyan once wrote, “Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer.” Both can’t thrive in the same heart. Early African believers understood this. Each had a path ...read more

  • The Church's Identity And Purpose

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,650 views

    THE CHURCH'S IDENTITY AND PURPOSE In his book, The Family of God, Batsell Barrett Baxter says the following: "There are some who think of the church as an organization like other organizations. It is true that the church is an organization, but it is not primarily an organization. Rather, it is ...read more

  • Surprise With Joy And Delight

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Mar 15, 2011
     | 4,265 views

    SURPRISE WITH JOY AND DELIGHT She squealed with joy – I just know she would. She grinned and chuckled while dashing from room to room as she gazed at all the balloons, streamers and other decorations scattered about. Her little fingers mined through the candy, presents, and other trinkets of fun ...read more

  • Humility

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Jun 27, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,698 views

    The Western meaning of humility derives from the usage of the Hebrew speaking Jews, Latin speaking Romans and the Greeks, in particular Greek speaking Christians of the first century. In all three languages the word used to describe humility means "low", as in low to the ground: the ...read more

  • He Led Them Up The Steep Slope Out Of The River ...  PRO

    Contributed by Todd Anderson on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 12 ratings
     | 4,033 views

    “He led them up the steep slope out of the river valley and then slightly to the right apparently by the very same route which they had used that afternoon in coming from the hill of the stone table. On and on he lead them into dark shadows out into pale moonlight. Getting their feet wet with the ...read more

  • Elton Trueblood, The Quaker Scholar, Once ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2001
    based on 128 ratings
     | 1,329 views

    Elton Trueblood, the Quaker scholar, once compared evangelism to fire. Evangelism occurs, he said, when Christians are so ignited by their contact with Christ that they in turn set other fires. It is easy to determine when something is aflame. It ignites other material. Any fire that does not ...read more

  • Looking Back, Looking Forward  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 28, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
     | 48,903 views

    LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD Hudson Taylor founder of China Inland Mission) used to hang in his home a plaque with two Hebrew Words on it: EBENEZER & JEHOVAH JIREH. The first word means ‘Hitherto hath the Lord helped us’ and the second, ‘The Lord will see to it or provide.’ One looked back while ...read more

  • Dr. S. I. Mcmillan In His Book, None Of These ...

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Aug 18, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,805 views

    Dr. S. I. McMillan in his book, None of These Diseases "the verbal expression of animosity toward others calls forth certain hormones from the pituatary, adrenal, thyroid, and other glands an excess of which can cause disease in any part of the body. Examples are: ulcers, high blood pressure, ...read more

  • John Vianney, 18th Century Pastor, Is Quoted As ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2008
     | 2,410 views

    John Vianney, 18th Century Pastor, is quoted as saying, “Love for our neighbor consists of three things: to desire the greater good of everyone; to do what good we can when we can; to bear, excuse, and hide other’s faults. The kind of love that Jesus is talking about here is the sacrificial love of ...read more