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  • Good Intentions

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 29, 2021
     | 2,116 views

    In our younger days, my husband and I sign up for a “boot camp” fitness class. This class costs $300 per person for ten classes. At the start of the first class, our instructor. Tara, does a quick roll-call. She frowns and comments: “Hmm, Susie isn’t here. That’s a shame; attending the first ...read more

  • Cadillac Through And Through

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Nov 12, 2008
     | 2,783 views

    CADILLAC THROUGH AND THROUGH It is kind of like a brand new Cadillac. Inside, it has all the latest features installed. As it rolls off the assembly line at GM it has everything you would expect in a Caddy: Top of the line electronics, voice activated GPS navigation system, great surround sound ...read more

  • Following The ...

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 11, 2010
     | 2,424 views

    Following the Leader As Joshua prepares to enter the land, he confers with leaders from the 12 tribes. Every leader has a circle of influence. It was true in Israel, it is true in churches. But leaders must be united behind the leader, whether that be a Joshua in that day or a ...read more

  • Following Garibaldi And Following Jesus

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2011
     | 8,282 views

    FOLLOWING GARIBALDI AND FOLLOWING JESUS Garibaldi, the great Italian military hero from the 19th century, raised an incredibly committed volunteer army. His appeal for recruits was rather unique as he offered only these terms: "I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor provisions; I offer hunger, ...read more

  • Friends Are People With Whom You Dare To Be ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 28, 2001
    based on 106 ratings
     | 3,513 views

    Friends are people with whom you dare to be yourself. Your soul can be naked with them. They ask you to put on nothing, only to be what you are. They do not want you to be better or worse. When you are with them, you feel as a prisoner feels who has been declared innocent. You do not have to be on ...read more

  • Follow Me

    Contributed by Gregory Artz on Feb 17, 2023
     | 1,643 views

    Follow Me The United States Army is one of the most powerful forces in the world. The strongest and most trained soldiers in all the world. Each one is a valuable asset in order to have victory over an enemy. Therefore, training requires strict discipline and the ability to follow orders of the ...read more

  • Through The Son  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 11,146 views

    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 unjustly deprived of certain lands ...read more

  • Follow The Trail

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 2,525 views

    FOLLOW THE TRAIL In 1949, Mao Tse-Tung ran through China in a marauding storm. His communist army was wiping out anything in their path that would hinder an unrestrained dictatorship of communism. In the path of this malicious army, a CIA operative Douglas Mackiernan had to flee for his life. ...read more

  • Consider The Following ...

    Contributed by Ricki Lee Brooks on May 10, 2010
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    Consider the following exchange… “That’s easy for you to say; you’ve never been through what I’m dealing with!” “Yes, I think you’re right. Certainly, I do not know just how you feel. In fact, no one has ever experienced the exact same thing you are going through. No one ever will. No one, of ...read more

  • More To Follow

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 31, 2008
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     | 3,098 views

    MORE TO FOLLOW Sam Ducanannan was a simple man with very few talents, but he had a great desire to do something for the Lord. So he made it his practice to cut out pictures from cards and magazines and to paste onto these pictures appropriate verses and poems. He would then give them as simple ...read more

  • A Follower, Not A Disciple  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Stover on Mar 14, 2001
    based on 132 ratings
     | 4,930 views

    William Barclay writes: It’s possible to be a follower of Jesus without being a disciple; to be a camp-follower without being a soldier of the king; to be a hanger-on in some great work without pulling one’s weight. Once someone was talking to a great scholar about a younger man. He said, "So ...read more

  • Leaders And Followers  PRO

    Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 7, 2002
    based on 206 ratings
     | 6,474 views

    LEADERS AND FOLLOWERS S. I. McMillen, in his book "None of These Diseases," tells a story of a young woman who wanted to go to college, but her heart sank when she read the question on the application blank that asked, "Are you a leader?" Being both honest and conscientious, she wrote, "No," and ...read more

  • Fad Or Follower?

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 8, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,457 views

    FAD OR FOLLOWER? I was looking at a list of some fads from the 1990's. Among them were: spandex shorts, Pokemon, Grunge music and fashion, The Macarena, Bowl cut, What would Jesus do?, Pogs, Polly Pocket Toys, and Tickle Me Elmo. In that list, only one fad had long-term bearing, "What Would Jesus ...read more

  • Fan Or Follower?

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
     | 3,235 views

    FAN OR FOLLOWER? Kyle Idelman writes: It was a Thursday afternoon, and I was sitting in our sanctuary where 30,000 people would soon be coming to one of our Easter services. I had no idea what I was going to say to them. I could feel the pressure mounting. I sat there hoping that a sermon would ...read more

  • The True Follower

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on May 27, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,818 views

    THE TRUE FOLLOWER The true follower of Christ will not ask, "If I embrace this truth, what will it cost me?" Rather he will say, "This is truth. God ...read more

  • Admirer Or Follower?  PRO

    Contributed by Ty Tamasaka on Jul 19, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,881 views

    ADMIRER OR FOLLOWER? Recently I heard that in Scotland, a voluntary survey was given to law enforcement officers of their religious affiliations. That may not sound very interesting, but what caught my attention was that 8 of the officers claimed their religious affiliation to be "Jedi". I ...read more

  • Following The Masses

    Contributed by Dusan Tillinger on Mar 30, 2012
     | 4,105 views

    FOLLOWING THE MASSES A few years ago I was walking down Prague's Wenceslaus Square when I coincidently, without realizing it, found myself in the middle of a protest. It was so easy to blend with them, to get into their middle and march with them, but once I tried to leave that mob, step out and ...read more

  • More To Follow

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 4, 2012
     | 4,344 views

    MORE TO FOLLOW Preacher Charles Spurgeon tells of a man to whom was entrusted a large sum of money for the benefit of a poor minister. He thought it would be best to distribute the gift, instead of sending it all at once. So he mailed the poor minister five pounds and, inside the envelope, he ...read more

  • Following Jesus

    Contributed by David Simpson on Mar 23, 2017
     | 14,002 views

    Mark Batterson said in his book: “All In” – “Most people in most churches think they are following Jesus, but I’m not so sure. They may think they are following Jesus, but the reality is this: they have invited Jesus to follow them.” Too many times I want Jesus to follow me, to serve my ...read more

  • Follow The Light

    Contributed by Tim Baker on Jan 5, 2018
     | 5,856 views

    When I flew airplanes regularly landing at night was very different than daylight. I would use the instruments to guide me to the airport over most of the trip, but since I was a VFR pilot I would use my eyes outside of the cockpit to land the plane. In the daylight using your eyes to land was ...read more

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