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  • The World Needs People: Who Do Not Have A Price ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,314 views

    The world needs people: who do not have a price at which they can be bought; who do not borrow from integrity to pay for expediency; whose handshake is an ironclad contract; who are not afraid of risk; who have opinions instead of prejudices; who are as honest in large matters as in small ones; ...read more

  • Dr. Seamands Tells Of A Muslim Who Became A ...

    Contributed by Don Jones on Apr 1, 2007
     | 835 views

    Dr. Seamands tells of a Muslim who became a Christian in Africa. "Some of his friends asked him, ’Why have you become a Christian?’ He answered, ’Well, it’s like this. Suppose you were going down the road and suddenly the road forked in two directions, and you didn’t know which way to go, and ...read more

  • Arthritic Church

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Mar 30, 2009
     | 2,965 views

    ARTHRITIC CHURCH Dennis is suffering from Rheumatoid arthritis. Many of you are familiar with the disease. The body attacks itself causing pain, disfigurement, and an inability for the body to function as it should. My friends, the Bible says that we are the Body of Christ. This church and our ...read more

  • Farewell, President

    Contributed by Jim Kane on May 18, 2009
     | 2,899 views

    FAREWELL, PRESIDENT An on-line friend directed my attention this week by to a recently published note by one of our nation’s most distinguished church historians, Dr. Martin Marty on the eve of President Obama’s inauguration. It was titled, "Farewell, President" and in it he quoted the late ...read more

  • Bad Taste  PRO

    Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Aug 25, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,472 views

    BAD TASTE Treating each other in graceless ways is like putting salt in another person's drink. You're sitting there, your friend goes to the bathroom, and while he's gone you pour salt into his soda. And when he takes a sip he gets a terrible taste in his mouth. God says, "Don't do this ...read more

  • Asking Good Questions

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010
     | 1,846 views

    ASKING GOOD QUESTIONS A friend once asked Isidor I. Rabi, a Nobel prize winner in science, how he became a scientist. Rabi replied that every day after school his mother would talk to him about his school day. She wasn't so much interested in what he had learned that day, but she always inquired; ...read more

  • Better Influence

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Feb 19, 2011
     | 5,183 views

    BETTER INFLUENCE A Peanuts cartoon showed Peppermint Patty talking to Charlie Brown in which she said, "Guess what, Chuck? The first day of school, and I got sent to the principal’s office. It was your fault, Chuck." Charlie Brown responds, "My fault? How could it be my fault? Why do you say ...read more

  • Melt It, Don't Hammer It

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jul 24, 2011
     | 3,725 views

    MELT IT, DON'T HAMMER IT Alexander Maclaren once said, "Kindness makes a person attractive. If you would win the world, melt it, do not hammer it." The writer from the 1930’s, Somerset Maugham, had a mother who was an extraordinarily beautiful woman his father was an extraordinarily ugly man. ...read more

  • Asking Good Questions

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Oct 17, 2011
     | 1,356 views

    ASKING GOOD QUESTIONS A friend once asked Isidor I. Rabi, a Nobel prize winner in science how he became a scientist. Rabi replied that every day after school his mother would talk to him about his school day. She wasn’t so much interested in what he had learned that day, but she always inquired, ...read more

  • It Just Takes Over

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Jul 21, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,018 views

    One day my friend was looking at the beautiful blooming wisteria vine entwined in the fence by her home thinking how the woody vines just take over everything around them and choke the life out of it. They are extremely hard to eradicate once they've taken hold. Wisteria is actually an ...read more

  • Jim Lopardo Tells This Story: I Was A Percussion ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 16, 2009
     | 1,665 views

    Jim Lopardo tells this story: I was a percussion major when I was in college, and during a rehearsal of the student orchestra, my section kept making mistakes. "When you’re too dumb to play anything," the professor conducting us sneered, "they give you a couple of sticks, put you in the back and ...read more

  • French Impressionist Painters Henri Matisse And ...

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Feb 20, 2009
     | 1,604 views

    French impressionist painters Henri Matisse and August Renoir were the closest of friends. Renoir’s health failed and the final decades of his life he was nearly paralyzed with arthritis. Yet, he continued to paint fighting tortuous pain with each movement and stroke of the brush. Matisse asked, ...read more

  • Kids And Global Warming

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Mar 4, 2009
     | 1,393 views

    KIDS AND GLOBAL WARMING This past April, the Washington Post interviewed a 9-year-old who said the Earth is "just starting to fade away." In 20 years there will be "no oxygen" he said, and he’ll be dead. The Post went on to say, "for many children and young adults, global warming is defining their ...read more

  • The Ring Of Salvation  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 1, 2011
    based on 6 ratings
     | 7,067 views

    THE RING OF SALVATION It began at West Point in 1835. It is a practice that has endured almost 200 years. You may have chosen to obtain one, and undoubtedly you waited anxiously for it to arrive. Others of you weren’t really that into it and decided to pass. Some of you in the room may still wear ...read more

  • Showing Forgiveness To Jim Bakker  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,225 views

    SHOWING FORGIVENESS TO JIM BAKKER Former televangelist Jim Bakker speaks of events that occurred immediately after his release from prison: When I was transferred to my last prison, Franklin [Graham] said he wanted to help me out when I got out-with a job, a house to live in, and a car. It was my ...read more

  • Running Home To Mama!" Matthew 5:25-26 Key ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Feb 1, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,184 views

    “Running Home to Mama!” Matthew 5:25-26 Key verse(s): 25:“‘Settle matters quickly with your adversary who is taking your to court.’” There is a point of departure where disagreement becomes conflict. It’s that point of departure that is most critical in the process of making friends or ...read more

  • Wake Up Little Susie

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Sep 14, 2009
     | 3,402 views

    "Wake Up Little Susie" is a popular song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant and published in 1957. The song is best known in a recording by The Everly Brothers. It is written from the point of view of a high school boy to his girlfriend, Susie. In the song, the two go out on a date to a ...read more

  • Even Our Foundational Beliefs In This Country ...  PRO

    Contributed by Wayne Major on Apr 23, 2001
    based on 110 ratings
     | 2,039 views

    Even our foundational beliefs in this country see the “pursuit of happiness” as a basic right of all individuals. Yet with all our pursuit, happiness seems to elude many of us for much of our lives. Nathaniel Hawthorne said, “Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond ...read more

  • I Dreamed One Night That An Angel Was Talking To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Travis on Jun 27, 2001
    based on 401 ratings
     | 4,004 views

    I dreamed one night that an angel was talking to me. The angel spoke words of comfort all through the night. I awoke the next morning to find a lump under my pillow. It was a small stuffed "angel" bear that had fallen off the headboard of the bed. When you press its paw it says, "I’m your guardian ...read more

  • A Young Boy Was Sitting On The Front Row ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 6, 2001
    based on 58 ratings
     | 5,410 views

    A young boy was sitting on the front row watching a ventriloquist perform with his dummy on his lap. Interacting with the boy, the dummy proceeded to ask the boy questions and talk with him. Thinking that the boy had found a new friend, he approached the dummy after the show to ask him to come ...read more