Contributed by Scott Chambers on Jan 2, 2003
based on 70 ratings
| 1,962 views
Two boys were playing in the snow one day, when one said to the other, "Let us see who can make the straightest path in the snow." His companion readily accepted the proposition, and they started. One boy fixed his eyes on a tree, and walked along without taking his eyes off the object selected.
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jun 18, 2003
based on 2 ratings
| 1,082 views
Seven days before his death John Donne wrote: “And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for me.” (4) But, what comes before this statement tells the whole tale.
No man is an island, entire to itself; every man is a piece of a continent, a part of the main; if a clod be
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 7, 2003
A farmer went into his house one day to tell his wife and family some good news. "The cow just gave birth to twin calves, one red and one white," he said. "We must give one of these calves to the Lord. We will bring them up together, and when the time comes, we will sell one and keep the proceeds
...read more
Contributed by Craig Hamlin on Jan 5, 2004
S. Truett Cathy, “If you wish to enrich days, plant flowers; If you wish to enrich years, plant trees; If you wish to enrich
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
based on 12 ratings
| 8,058 views
just the other day a mild mannered young man came into my office ready for a divorce. He complained that his bride was so bossy that she was driving him off the wall. He wanted things to change, immediately.
I told him that he needed to build his self-esteem and that this would take time. Then I
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Methodist
Contributed by Evie Megginson on May 11, 2004
based on 1 rating
| 1,614 views
It’s been stated these days, “They just don’t make missionaries like William Carey.” Carey changed the history of missions and the face of India 200 years ago. Few know of Carey’s sister, paralyzed and bedridden for 50 years. Although unable to speak for much of that period, with great effort she
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Jason Wall on Jun 21, 2004
based on 4 ratings
| 4,237 views
Since its Father’s Day I would like to share with you two things that you will never hear a man say on Father’s Day. You would never hear a father say to his son, “…here are the keys to my brand new truck, and here is my platinum Master Card… go wild!” And you would never hear a father say to his
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
based on 11 ratings
| 3,445 views
I will never forget the day I watched about 40 khaki-clad men get off an old rattletrap brown bus in Houston, Texas. Some had scars on their faces. I especially remember one man whose arm had been amputated. Some of them looked tough. I remember thinking I would not want to meet some of those guys
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Shawn Rose on Nov 28, 2004
based on 4 ratings
| 1,504 views
My daughter came home from school one day with tears in her eyes. "Tori said that she won’t be my friend unless I sit with her on the bus." Just like that, a seven year old had placed conditions on a friendship that should have been unconditional. Sometimes we forget that Jesus loves us
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
based on 1 rating
| 1,727 views
Visiting a village school one day, King Oscar II of Sweden asked the pupils to name the greatest kings of Sweden. The answers were unanimous: Gustavus Vasa, Gustavus Adolphus, Charles X. Then the teacher leaned over to one little boy and whispered something in his ear. "And King Oscar," volunteered
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Steven Cannon on Jan 16, 2007
based on 1 rating
| 1,847 views
Heb 5:7 During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission.
Heb 5:8 Although he was a son, he learned obedience from what he suffered
Heb 5:9 and,
...read more
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
An extra soda a day can add as much as 15 pounds of weight to person in a
...read more
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
One day, ten-year old Ryan was driving imaginary race cars with his friends. Several minutes later he came bounding into the house and yelled, "Mom, you’ve got to come quick. Billy wants to accept Jesus into his heart."
Skeptical of the child’s sudden interest in spiritual things, Susie asked,
...read more
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007
A pilot was flying his small plane one day, when he heard a noise which he recognized as the gnawing of a rat. Wondering what its sharp teeth were cutting through, he suddenly realized with horror that it might be an electric wire.
Then he remembered that rodents can’t survive at high
...read more
Denomination:
Pentecostal
based on 2 ratings
| 1,733 views
We hear it almost every day: sigh, sigh, sigh.
I just can’t get myself motivated to. . . . .[lose weight, test my blood sugar, etc.]. And we hear an equal number of sighs from diabetes educators who can’t get their patients to do the right things for their diabetes and health.
We have news for
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Pentecostal
Contributed by Nathan Garcia on Mar 8, 2005
June 6, 1944; the day when allied forces invaded the beaches of Normandy. Four days after D-Day a German soldier, Franz Gockel wrote to his family describing it. “We shot at everything that moved. The beach was soon covered with the bodies of American soldiers.” Maybe some of you have seen the
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Adventist
Sermon Central