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  • The Story Of Uncle George

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 22, 2010
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    THE STORY OF UNCLE GEORGE Being honest is not always easy. The children in a prominent family decided to give their father a book of the family's history for a birthday present. They commissioned a professional biographer to do the work, carefully warning him of the family's "black sheep" ...read more

  • In God We Trust...?

    Contributed by Christopher Glenn on Aug 22, 2011
     | 2,543 views

    IN GOD WE TRUST...? On the face of our money are the words: "In God We Trust." A few years ago, the use of those words on our currency was challenged in court. The case reached the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia where the court ruled that the words could remain on the façade ...read more

  • Unmarked Police Car

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 30, 2009
     | 1,857 views

    UNMARKED POLICE CAR As my husband, the county highway commissioner, was driving to the hospital for treatment of his painful leg, he decided to use the valet parking service so he wouldn’t have to walk far. Staring at his official-looking vehicle, one of the valets asked my husband if he was ...read more

  • What's Your Life Worth?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
     | 3,315 views

    WHAT’S YOUR LIFE WORTH? It’s worth $50,000, according to the international standard used most private and government-run health insurance plans to determine whether to cover a new medical procedure. More simply, insurance companies calculate that to make a treatment worth its cost, it must ...read more

  • Words Really Do Matter!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 6, 2024
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     | 601 views

    The children in a prominent family decided to create for their father’s birthday a book of the family’s history. They commissioned a professional biographer to do the work, carefully warning him of the family’s "black sheep" problem: Uncle George had actually been executed in the electric ...read more

  • Our Nation's Godly Heritage  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 28, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,019 views

    OUR NATION’S GODLY HERITAGE One of America’s well-known Colonial Americans began his career as a school teacher, using the Bible as his most valued textbook. Noah Webster was born in Connecticut and came of age during the American Revolution. He was educated at Yale University, and when he lacked ...read more

  • Jesus] Said To Them, "Come Aside By Yourselves To ...

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
     | 3,507 views

    Jesus] said to them, "Come aside by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.. --Mark 6:31 Philip Melancthon, the great Reformation theologian, once said to his friend Martin Luther, "This day you and I will discuss the governance of the universe." What Luther said in response was ...read more

  • The Zeal Of Communists

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,582 views

    The Zeal of Communists. In the late 1940s Whittaker Chambers was called to witness before a New York Grand Jury against Alger Hiss, one of our high government officials. Chambers, a one-time Communist, accused Hiss of trying to transmit confidential government documents to the Soviet Union through ...read more

  • When You Think About It, There Have Been A Lot Of ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jun 24, 2008
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    When you think about it, there have been a lot of famous walls built throughout history … and they were built for all kinds of reasons. • The Great Wall of China is one of the most famous walls. It was built to keep the invaders OUT. • On the other hand, the Berlin wall was built to keep the ...read more

  • He Didn't Know He Owned It

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    HE DIDN'T KNOW HE OWNED IT There was once a sheep ranch owned by a man named Mr. Yates. Mr. Yates wasn't able to make enough on his ranching operation to pay the overheads and the interest on the mortgage, so he was in danger of losing his ranch. With little money for clothes or food, his family ...read more

  • Recently Julie Expressed Her Desire To Go On Our ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 27, 2009
     | 1,279 views

    Recently Julie expressed her desire to go on our Church missions trip to Cambodia. She was excited because we expected that the Government’s stimulus package of $900.00 for each person would cover the cost. All we had to do was put in our tax returns. My $900.00 came as expected, so we had more ...read more

  • A Wise Heart ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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     | 3,633 views

    A Wise Heart Cry James, the half brother of Jesus, gives the Christian a powerful truth, “If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him” (James 1:5). The Body of Christ is called to make disciples and this calling is ...read more

  • Baptism In Romania  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 8, 2001
    based on 222 ratings
     | 7,480 views

    Back in 1989 the missionary: Gene Dulin wrote: A Romanian Christian told me of a communist government restriction on baptisms. One restraint was that proselytizing - baptizing someone from a non-church family - was forbidden. Another law required that the names of all who were to be baptized ...read more

  • The Pressure For Perfection  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,307 views

    THE PRESSURE FOR PERFECTION A British website had some interesting results from a survey of mothers. The survey showed that 91% of mothers constantly feel under the spotlight because of pressure to be the perfect mom. They blame that pressure on the media, the Government, schools and education ...read more

  • Social Justice, Contrary To Conventional Wisdom, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 1,602 views

    Social Justice, contrary to conventional wisdom, is more actively supported by evangelicals than mainline Protestants finds Calvin College research fellow Stephen Monsma. Of 500 welfare-to-work programs studied, 96 were Protestant programs, 61 sponsored by evangelical churches vs. 35 by mainlines. ...read more

  • If God Is Omnipresent, He Must Needs Be ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jul 12, 2008
     | 1,737 views

    “If God is omnipresent, he must needs be omniscient; but he is omnipresent; this supposes the infinite and immensity of his being, from which follows the ubiquity of his presence; heaven and earth include the whole creation, and the Creator fills both (Jer. 23:24); he not only knows both, and ...read more

  • History Books Report That Ww Ii Began On Sept 1, ...

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Dec 15, 2009
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    History books report that WW II began on Sept 1, 1939 when German armies invaded Poland. The original plan was to invade on August 26th. The order was sent out to stand down because of a last minute change in plans. All units but one received the news. That unit moved forward on the 26th, ...read more

  • What Is Culture?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 13, 2010
     | 2,627 views

    WHAT IS CULTURE? What is culture? It is the ways of thinking, living, and behaving that define a people and underlie its achievements. It is a nation’s collective mind, its sense of right and wrong, the way it perceives reality, and its definition of self. Culture is the morals and habits a mother ...read more

  • What Are You Waiting For?

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Dec 4, 2011
     | 2,728 views

    WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? On February 17th this year, Belgium set a record. They had gone for 249 days without a government. Guinness World records no longer accept claims for long periods of sleep or sleeplessness. However, it appears that the record for the longest period without sleep is 18 ...read more

  • Stubborn Joy—communion Meditation  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Dec 1, 2001
    based on 38 ratings
     | 11,162 views

    STUBBORN JOY--Communion Meditation "No man had more reason to be miserable than this one – yet no man was more joyful. His first home was a palace. Servants were at his fingertips. The snap of his fingers changed the course of history. His name was known and loved. He had everything – wealth, ...read more