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  • Everything Looks Different

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Dec 27, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,154 views

    “We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” - Thornton Wilder It was the anniversary of the fall of the Soviet Union when he got the call from Moscow. Some of the Russian oil companies had abandoned their wells, left their rigs with the ...read more

  • Some Of You Might Be Familiar With The Song, ...

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Nov 13, 2002
     | 2,176 views

    Some of you might be familiar with the song, "Cat’s in the Cradle": (A father retracing the growing up of his son) My child arrived just the other day; He came to the world in the usual way, But there were planes to catch, and bills to pay, He learned to walk while I was away. And he was talkin’ ...read more

  • When I Was About Nine Years Old There Was A ...

    Contributed by Daniel Austin on Jan 14, 2008
     | 2,051 views

    When I was about nine years old there was a wedding held at the church of Christ for the eldest daughter of one of the congregation families who was marrying the son of another long standing family. The family of the daughter was close friends with my family, their youngest son was about my age and ...read more

  • How To Adorn A Bride And How Not ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2010
     | 3,456 views

    How To Adorn A Bride and How Not To When I was about nine years old there was a wedding held at the church of Christ for the eldest daughter of one of the congregation families who was marrying the son of another long standing family. The family of the daughter was close friends with my family, ...read more

  • Thomas Campbell And The Restoration Movement  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,141 views

    THOMAS CAMPBELL AND THE RESTORATION MOVEMENT Back in early 1800's there was a preacher in Western Pennsylvania named Thomas Campbell. He was a preacher for the Old-light, Anti-burger, Seceder Presbyterian Church. Each of those phrases described a political division within the Presbyterian Church ...read more

  • 57 Cents  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Sharpes on Feb 16, 2002
    based on 212 ratings
     | 2,335 views

    57 CENTS One afternoon a little girl, who had eagerly wished to go, turned back from the Sunday-school door, crying bitterly because there was no more room . . . [I] asked her why it was that she was crying, and she sobbingly replied that it was because they could not let her into the ...read more

  • The Dog Gone Story!  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 28, 2003
    based on 40 ratings
     | 5,383 views

    THE DOG GONE STORY! Many years ago before airplanes and the great jets of today, people had to travel by ships. These great ocean going vessels were very slow sailing across long distances. The King of Greece made the decision to travel to the USA. The King had heard of the vast land and how God ...read more

  • I Am A 52 Year Old Adoptee. I Was Born On ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 11, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,865 views

    I am a 52 year old adoptee. I was born on February 1, 1951 in a Lynchburg, VA hospital. My first two years of life must have been traumatic as my birth mother gave me up when it became apparent that she could not take care of me. She was unmarried at the time and the birth father was a married ...read more

  • I Met Rosemary When I Was 15 Years Old. Her ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2005
     | 1,961 views

    I met Rosemary when I was 15 years old. Her father was the proprietor of a pool hall called El Rancho Grande. He had two rules concerning me and the pool hall. Rule #1 was “If you play and lose, you pay.” Rule #2 was “If you play and win, you play for free.” Needless to say, I got as good as I ...read more

  • Judge Alexander M. Sanders, Jr., The Chief ...

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Sep 20, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,856 views

    Judge Alexander M. Sanders, Jr., the Chief Juctice of the South Carolina Court of Appeals, tells a story about what happened when his daughter Zoe was just three years old. Sanders came home from work one day to find his home – and especially his young daughter – in a state of turmoil. Zoe’s pet ...read more

  • Deformed Foot Straightened By Long-Term Painful ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 26, 2010
     | 3,320 views

    Deformed Foot Straightened by Long-term Painful Pressure In Paul’s life he did face suffering for Christ - Colossians 1:24: "Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for His body’s sake, which is the Church." None of us ...read more

  • Indian Jones And The Last Crusade Is One Of My ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Emmert on Jan 22, 2002
    based on 17 ratings
     | 4,155 views

    Indian Jones and the Last Crusade is one of my favorite movies—it’s great entertainment but it packs a powerful punch of a message about finding happiness and joy [Show the clip toward the end of the movie when Elsa has fallen to her death grasping for the grail and then Indiana nearly dies as he ...read more

  • Audience With The President  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Apr 12, 2002
    based on 22 ratings
     | 2,566 views

    AUDIENCE WITH THE PRESIDENT Following the Civil War, a dejected confederate soldier was sitting outside the grounds of the White House. A young boy approached him and inquired why he was so sad. The solider related how he had repeatedly tried to see President Lincoln to tell him why he was ...read more

  • What Prayer Is…  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Jun 6, 2002
    based on 31 ratings
     | 2,534 views

    What Prayer Is… Prayer is coming into the presence of God… Prayer is entering the throne room of the KING of kings and LORD of lords… Prayer is taking our concerns to the one who cares for me Prayer is to stand on holy ground… Prayer is communicating with the creator of the world…(the one spoke ...read more

  • Culture Has Moral Confusion About Families  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 3, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,707 views

    Culture Has Moral Confusion about Families In a recent column, commentator Dennis Prager observes that he was recently asked to write an article defending the traditional two-parent family. He wonders what has happened to our society that such a concept even needs to be defended? He notes: "In ...read more

  • Australian Women Are 7 Times More Likely Than Men ...

    Contributed by W F on Jun 12, 2005
     | 1,196 views

    Australian women are 7 times more likely than men to be murdered by a partner or husband (Australian Institute of Criminology). 80% of sexual assaults in Australia are against women and 1 in five of these is perpetrated by a family member (i.e. either a father, male partner or husband - ...read more

  • Poem: Safely Home  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 11, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,147 views

    Poem: Safely Home I am home in Heaven, dear ones; Oh, so happy and so bright! There is perfect joy and beauty In this everlasting light. All pain and grief is over, Every restless tossing passed; I am now at peace forever, Safely home in Heaven at last. Did you wonder I so calmly Trod the valley ...read more

  • A Price Too High  PRO

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 28, 2008
    based on 12 ratings
     | 1,882 views

    A PRICE TOO HIGH A young man was to be sentenced to the penitentiary. The judge had known him from childhood, for he was well acquainted with his father--a famous legal scholar and the author of an exhaustive study entitled, "The Law of Trusts." "Do you remember your father?" asked the ...read more

  • Ernest Hemmingway Was Once Asked To Write A Story ...  PRO

    Contributed by W F on Jul 8, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,328 views

    Ernest Hemmingway was once asked to write a story in just six words. He wrote a sad one ... "For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn." The world's shortest story inspired writer Larry Smith who wondered what memoirs people might be able to concoct in just six words. So he began a website which, to date, ...read more

  • Grace Or Permission?

    Contributed by Norman Lawrence on Oct 12, 2008
     | 4,339 views

    Grace or Permission? You're worried about permissiveness—about the way the preaching of grace seems to say it's okay to do all kinds of terrible things as long as you just walk in afterward and take the free gift of God's forgiveness. While you and I may be worried about seeming to give ...read more