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  • This Is A Picture Of Johnny. Johnny's Mother Saw ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 14, 2008
     | 1,432 views

    This is a picture of Johnny. Johnny’s mother saw him playing church with the family cat. The cat was sitting there quietly while Johnny preached his sermon to the cat. Johnny’s mother smiled and went back to her work. A little while later, she heard a huge commotion where Johnny was supposed to ...read more

  • If You Want To Communicate Clearly And With ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 14, 2008
     | 1,391 views

    If you want to communicate clearly and with meaning to people in the street, be careful about using in-house talk they don’t understand. Years ago a traveling preacher was riding his horse through the country when he came upon an old farmer at his house. He greeted the farmer and asked, “Are ...read more

  • Your Beliefs Determine Your Attitudes

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 4, 2008
     | 2,351 views

    YOUR BELIEFS DETERMINE YOUR ATTITUDES Gary Smalley tells us "I can hardly overstate how life-changing it was to find that my beliefs, not my circumstances, determined my attitudes and actions. When I took my beliefs seriously and began to examine and change them, it did wonders for me by giving me ...read more

  • Robert Green Was Born June 5th, 1935. After High ...

    Contributed by Ronnie Knight on May 9, 2008
     | 1,412 views

    Robert Green was born June 5th, 1935. After high school he joined the US Navy from which he retired. He was a good husband, a wonderful father of two children, and the best uncle a boy could have ever had. After retiring from the Navy, Uncle Bobby settled his family in Panama City, Florida where he ...read more

  • Could Be Worse  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,655 views

    COULD BE WORSE It was a few days before Christmas on the Oregon coast. Two men whose families lived next door to each other opted to go sailing while their wives went Christmas shopping. An unexpected storm surprised the weekend sailors. Before long, the sea became angry, and the two had a ...read more

  • Church Is Good For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
     | 1,787 views

    CHURCH IS GOOD FOR MARRIAGE Married couples who attend church services frequently are happier and more likely to succeed in their marriages than those who don’t attend church often or not at all, finds a Univ. of Virginia study. 70% of husbands who attend church regularly are “very happy” in their ...read more

  • Common Good  PRO

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 9, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,544 views

    COMMON GOOD The other criterion is the common good, the good that is linked to living in society. It is the good of "all of us," individuals, families and intermediate groups forming society. It is a requirement of justice and society to take a stand for the common good and strive toward it. ...read more

  • Jesus Never Fails

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 15, 2010
     | 2,759 views

    JESUS NEVER FAILS Isaiah 11:5, " Righteousness will be his belt and faithfulness the sash around his waist." My good friend Charlie died about 3 years ago; he was 89 years old, and we were like family. Charlie was interesting, open-minded, and a great conversationalist. One day I called him and ...read more

  • Janet Reno, Attorney General Of The United States ...

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jun 2, 2010
     | 1,771 views

    Janet Reno, Attorney General of the United States during the Clinton administration, was interviewed on “60 Minutes” on June 26, 1999. She seems to hold this ancient opinion of Christians. Here is how she defined a cultist: A cultist is one who has a strong belief in the Bible and the Second ...read more

  • Missionary Martyred In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2010
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    Missionary Martyred in India That reminds me of a story I read about a missionary in India last month who was constructing a new church when he was killed by an extremist anti-Christian group. He had gone to a nearby town to purchase materials for the final phase of construction but never returned. ...read more

  • The City Of Nazareth Was Inhabited By ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 28, 2011
     | 1,373 views

    "...the city of Nazareth was inhabited by families from the royal line of David from which the Messiah was to come. The name of the city comes from the Hebrew word for a branch or sprout, netzer...Isaiah 11:1 predicts the coming of the Messiah. 'A shoot will come from the stump of Jesse, from his ...read more

  • Who Is John Three-Sixteen?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 4, 2011
     | 3,252 views

    WHO IS JOHN THREE-SIXTEEN? A few years ago the principal of the English Mission College at Cairo, Egypt, received a letter from a Japanese Buddhist of the city whose children were attending his school. "Who is John three sixteen? My children are always talking about him?" The principal sent a ...read more

  • No Picture Exists  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,547 views

    NO PICTURE EXISTS On a wall near the main entrance to the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, is a portrait of a man with this inscription underneath. "James Butler Bonham--no picture of him exists. This portrait is of his nephew, Major James Bonham, deceased, who greatly resembled his uncle. It is ...read more

  • Winning In Losing  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,060 views

    WINNING IN LOSING Both teams that play in the Super Bowl think they will win, so both teams have special t-shirts and hats designed that declare them the victors. It costs about $2 million to have the apparel made--which means for the losing team, $2 million goes to waste, right? Wrong. A recent ...read more

  • Everything We Need

    Contributed by Sylvester Fergusson on Jan 22, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,292 views

    EVERYTHING WE NEED The story is told about an American company which opened a new plant in Central America because the labour was plentiful and inexpensive. Everything went well until the villagers received their first pay cheque; afterward they did not return to work. Several days later the ...read more

  • Hope

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Mar 1, 2016
     | 15,952 views

    In September 1988, Hurricane Gilbert hit the Louisiana coast. At that time it was considered the “Storm of the century.” It battered the shoreline, severely disrupting the shrimping business. Many shrimp boats were lost, causing great concern for several families dependent on shrimping for their ...read more

  • If Billy Goes To Hell, Do You Care?

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 10, 2019
     | 2,749 views

    Billy was born in 1972 into a family of drug abusers. His mother died of an overdose when little Billy was three years old, His father was wanted in Tennessee for selling drugs. Little Billy was slipped into Tennessee to live with relatives. In all reality little Billy spent his life looking for ...read more

  • When You Don't Have To Pray....

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Aug 12, 2019
     | 2,847 views

    Little Johnny and his family were having Sunday dinner at his Grandmother' s house. Everyone was seated around the table as the food was being served. When little Johnny received his plate, he started eating right away. "Johnny! Please wait until we say our prayer," said his ...read more

  • Anxiety And Relationships

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Dec 27, 2020
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     | 3,023 views

    Anxiety can be the ruin or the salvation of our relationships. It is an alarm mechanism. It alerts us to potential danger. But sometimes it goes off too often or quickly. Sometimes we do not seem able to regulate it. Shocked, we lash out, hold our ground, or retreat. However, anxiety can be our ...read more

  • Maturity

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Dec 27, 2020
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     | 3,012 views

    Automatic behaviour is the hallmark of immature people bent on survival, they accept few challenges and experience little growth. Immature people react with a small part of themselves to a small part of the world. They limit themselves by paying attention only to what is close-up, by focusing on ...read more