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  • Tom And Eleanor  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Dec 19, 2001
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,453 views

    Illus.: Tom & Eleanor I’d like to tell you the story of two children. The parents of the first child were somewhat mismatched. His father was unemployed with no formal schooling. His mother was a teacher. This child, born in Port Huron, Michigan, was estimated to have an IQ of 81. He was ...read more

  • The Enemy Still Lives  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,612 views

    THE ENEMY STILL LIVES PBS Special covering the events that led up to the "Battle of the Bulge" in WWII revealed some interesting insights. It was the autumn of 1944 and Germany had been beaten back behind its borders. The Nazi war machine was in tatters and repeated bombing raids by the Allies all ...read more

  • Some Of You Will Know The Name Of J.b. Phillips, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Feb 20, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,976 views

    Some of you will know the name of J.B. Phillips, an Anglican bishop who wrote a number of books. One of his most popular books was a paraphrase of the New Testament. One of his other books was entitled Your God Is Too Small. In that book, Phillips exposed the views of God that we all hold to ...read more

  • Story Of Kip Keino

    Contributed by John Harvey on Aug 19, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,922 views

    ** Story of Kip Keino 1968 Olympics- Mexico City, Kip Keino ran 10,000 meters suffering from a gall bladder infection. Stumbled and fell into infield and was disqualified; although he got up and finished the race. On day of 1,500 meters, he had to jog two miles to the stadium because of a traffic ...read more

  • I Heard About A Woman Whose Dad Owned A Grocery ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jun 4, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,553 views

    I heard about a woman whose dad owned a grocery store when she was growing up, and several times a week the milkman would come to deliver milk to the store, and every time he saw her he would say, "How is my little Miss America doing today? So beautiful, so talented." Everyday, he would stack the ...read more

  • 10 Sobering Workplace Facts

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 2,594 views

    10 Sobering Workplace Facts (1) Half of all Americans today say they are satisfied with their jobs, down from nearly 60% in ’95. But among the 50% who are content, only 14% are “very satisfied.” (2) Job satisfaction has declined across all income brackets in the last 9 years. While 55% of workers ...read more

  • Ultra Orthodox Jews Still Today Form Hedges For ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Sep 3, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,596 views

    Ultra orthodox Jews still today form hedges for instance: Israel’s major airline, El Al, recently rejected a plea by ultra-orthodox Jews with a priestly heritage to fly inside body bags. Why would someone want to do this? Ritual law states that a priest who enters cemetery becomes religiously ...read more

  • Radical Revival

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
     | 5,766 views

    RADICAL REVIVAL Dr. J. Edwin Orr states, "I am convinced that more work for God could be done in six months of revival than in sixty years of any other kind of effort." If we as a church begin doing the work we are appointed with a touch of the radical, we will see more done in six months of ...read more

  • Traders Vs. ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 8, 2009
     | 2,445 views

    Traders vs. Investors We all have seen the effect of those who have given up on the economy. In his newspaper column called “Market Report,” Bill Barnhart once explained the difference between investors and traders in the stock market. “A trader in a stock,” writes Barnhart, “is making ...read more

  • Self-Centered Christianity  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,012 views

    SELF-CENTERED CHRISTIANITY John Koessler pastored for years before becoming a professor in the pastoral studies department at Moody Bible Institute. In 2007 he wrote, A Stranger In The House of God, chronicling his experience in various churches. "Most of the Christians I know are disappointed ...read more

  • I Don't Want To Be A Fireman

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Apr 20, 2011
     | 1,475 views

    I DON'T WANT TO BE A FIREMAN I recall a conversation I once had with a precocious little boy we once had in the church I pastored for 10 years in Wiesbaden. I asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up. "Well," he replied, "I don't want to be a fireman." I'd never had a kid tell me what ...read more

  • Dallas Willard Writes: "I Do Not Know Of A ...

    Contributed by Stephen Evoy on Jan 4, 2008
     | 1,923 views

    Dallas Willard writes: “I do not know of a denomination or local church in existence that has as its goal to teach its people to do everything Jesus said. I’m not talking about a whim or a wish, but a plan.” Willard’s book, The Great Omission (Willard, 2006), is his personal take on the popular ...read more

  • In A Poem Attributed To Archbishop Oscar Romero, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,560 views

    In a poem attributed to Archbishop Oscar Romero, entitled “Prophets of a Future Not Our Own,” he states: “It helps, now and then, to step back and take the long view. We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of the magnificent enterprise that is God’s work. Nothing we do is complete, ...read more

  • The Specialists

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Sep 17, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,146 views

    The Specialists In The Wounded Healer, Henri Nouwen retells a tale from ancient India: Four royal brothers decided each to master a special ability. Time went by, and the brothers met to reveal what they had learned. "I have mastered a science," said the first, "by which I can take but a bone of ...read more

  • How Then Do We Deal With Overload Across The ...

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Dec 3, 2008
     | 1,013 views

    How then do we deal with overload across the seasons of life? Here are some suggestions adapted from the thoughts of Dr. Richard Swenson. Learn to ask the question at each new season of life, ‘How much is enough?’ There are seasons in life when we need to do more and be more involved and there are ...read more

  • In A Poem Attributed To Archbishop Oscar Romero, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
     | 2,222 views

    In a poem attributed to Archbishop Oscar Romero, entitled "Prophets of a Future Not Our Own," he states: "It helps, now and then, to step back and take the long view. We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of the magnificent enterprise that is God's work. Nothing we do is complete, ...read more

  • My Dad Had To Be The Worse Driver I've Ever Met. ...

    Contributed by Hugh W. Davidson on Mar 13, 2009
     | 2,335 views

    My dad had to be the worse driver I’ve ever met. When I was a kid he had wrecked 9 cars in 8 years. I think he saw life as a demolition derby and his only goal was to get through it alive. The funny thing was; as he got older he became extremely nervous and he started blowing the horn whenever he ...read more

  • The Secret To Happiness

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on May 22, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 529 views

    Ecclesiastes tells us that the secret to happiness is to choose happiness. Don't kid yourself into believing that if you're not feeling good all the time then there is something wrong. Olympic athlete, poet, and filmmaker Alexi Pappas has some great advice to keep us grounded. One lesson ...read more

  • The First And Last  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2002
    based on 78 ratings
     | 3,421 views

    THE FIRST AND LAST He is the First and Last, the Beginning and the End! He is the keeper of Creation and the Creator of all! He is the Architect of the universe and The Manager of all times. He always was, He always is, and He always will be... Unmoved, Unchanged, Undefeated, and never Undone! He ...read more

  • God Knows I Tried! (10.25.05--Making It!--Genesis ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Oct 21, 2005
     | 2,554 views

    God Knows I Tried! (10.25.05--Making It!--Genesis 31:1-2) Success is a measure of looking down and not looking up. It all about winning and losing. For me that winning and losing began when I left college over thirty years ago. I had spent four years and a lot of money along with thousands of ...read more