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  • I'll Never Forget When My Bride Appeared At The ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 13, 2006
     | 845 views

    I’ll never forget when my bride appeared at the end of the aisle. I smiled a big smile -- couldn’t help myself! There were a lot of people happy for different reasons that day, but I was happy that I was taking Carrie Leigh Hart to be my wife! The groom’s joy comes because of the bride -- she ...read more

  • It Is Not The Preacher That Should Get Glory. It ...

    Contributed by James Chandler on Feb 1, 2007
     | 2,229 views

    It is not the preacher that should get glory. It is the God of the message. A basketball costs anywhere from $5 - $50. But what is the worth of a basketball signed by Michael Jordan? A sleeve of golf balls cost around $10. But what is the worth of a golf ball hit by Tiger Woods? A football can ...read more

  • Individuals Read Web Pages In An "F" Pattern. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2007
     | 1,068 views

    Individuals Read Web Pages in an “F” pattern. They’re more inclined to read longer sentences at the top of a page and less and less as they scroll down says a recent Nielsen Norman Group study. That makes the first 2-3 words of a sentence very important. Surfers connect well with images of people ...read more

  • Individuals Read Web Pages In An "F" Pattern. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 18, 2007
     | 1,155 views

    Individuals Read Web Pages in an “F” pattern. They’re more inclined to read longer sentences at the top of a page and less and less as they scroll down says a recent Nielsen Norman Group study. That makes the first 2-3 words of a sentence very important. Surfers connect well with images of people ...read more

  • If You're Speeding Down The Freeway, The Police ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jun 3, 2005
     | 1,475 views

    “If you’re speeding down the freeway, the police might pull you over. But no one ever makes you take pit stops. You have to choose them. It’s the same with life. Emergencies force us to stop, but pit stops of joy are events we plan for and savor. It’s good to let go and bring a little relief ...read more

  • With One Accord

    Contributed by Marianne Unger on May 28, 2009
     | 3,343 views

    WITH ONE ACCORD But notice one very important phrase that some of the translations left out: "They were all with one accord in one place." This word in the Greek, "Homothumadon" has two parts to it--a sense of coming together, but in unison, in one accord. This word in the T.R., Homothumadon, ...read more

  • Modern-Day Idolatry

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 7, 2009
     | 5,099 views

    MODERN-DAY IDOLATRY A couple of weeks ago one of the men in our Pueblo told about a time when one of the executives in his company made the statement: "This company is our life." He said he couldn't help but speak up. He said, "I'm loyal to the company, but it is NOT my life. God is first in my ...read more

  • Rembrandt's Sin

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 22, 2010
     | 3,033 views

    REMBRANDT'S SIN If you were to look at Rembrandt’s painting of The Three Crosses, your attention would be drawn first to the center cross on which Jesus died. Then as you would look at the crowd gathered around the foot of that cross, you’d be impressed by the various facial expressions and ...read more

  • God Told A River  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Walther on May 26, 2011
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     | 2,087 views

    GOD TOLD A RIVER God told a river to flow through a very dry desert to finally arrive at the sea. The river complained to God that it could never make it. It would dry up in the desert and die. But in the end the river trusted God. It changed its course and made a valiant attempt to flow through ...read more

  • Everyone Needs A Savior

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jun 25, 2011
     | 2,678 views

    EVERYONE NEEDS A SAVIOR Billy Sunday was a famous baseball player in the early part of the last century. He was dramatically converted to Christ, and became then even more famous as an evangelist. In preparation for a city wide mission in a large American city, Billy Sunday wrote a letter to the ...read more

  • A Mother Became Hysterical With Panic Because Her ...

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Feb 25, 2012
     | 2,211 views

    A mother became hysterical with panic because her little boy had swallowed a £1 coin. She turned to her husband and screamed for him to call a doctor. The husband picked up the phone, but instead of calling the doctor, he decided to call the local Church and ask for (insert your Church treasurer’s ...read more

  • Story: There Was An Article In One Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,134 views

    STORY: There was an article in one of the magazines where a one year old had such a serious medical condition that only an experimental medical procedure MIGHT help her. Otherwise she would die in a short time. Certain members of the family were strongly opposed to going ahead with it. The parents ...read more

  • If I Didn't Hope

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,865 views

    I wouldn’t go fishing if I didn’t HOPE to catch something or if I didn’t think I would catch something. I wouldn’t spend long hours preparing sermons if I didn’t HOPE to get some results from some people. And I guess I wouldn’t go to church if I didn’t HOPE to gain something. Perhaps that’s ...read more

  • There Was An Article In One Of The Magazines ...

    Contributed by Neil Partington on Jul 31, 2007
     | 1,331 views

    There was an article in one of the magazines where a one year old had such a serious medical condition that only an experimental medical procedure MIGHT help her. Otherwise she would die in a short time. Certain members of the family were strongly opposed to going ahead with it. The parents were ...read more

  • On Our Third Floor, You Will Find A Carpet Ball ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 12, 2007
     | 1,143 views

    On our third floor, you will find a Carpet Ball Table… The original surfaced for Camp Emmanuel in the early 1990’s. We thought about building one since then…one man measured, another man measured, even I measured and intended to build it. But it was never built. Finally, in 2006 -- over a dozen ...read more

  • In Germany During World War Ii There Was A ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 25, 2008
     | 1,470 views

    In Germany during World War II there was a Protestant church the stood near some railroad tracks. These tracks often carried Jewish families on their way to be exterminated by the Nazi death camps. The cries for help and justice were sometimes very loud and disturbing especially as the congregation ...read more

  • 1 Way Of Improving Your Chances Of Making Friends ...

    Contributed by Daniel Harman on Mar 28, 2008
     | 1,390 views

    1 WAY OF IMPROVING YOUR CHANCES OF MAKING FRIENDS – SMILE!!! It takes less muscles to smile than to frown & it also will help to keep you young! "A happy heart makes the face cheerful!" Prov. 15:13 (NIV), 2 Cor. 3:18 (our faces should reflect God’s glory!) A loving heart and a friendly smile ...read more

  • Your Will Gives Out First

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
     | 1,862 views

    YOUR WILL GIVES OUT FIRST I can remember trying out for the cross country team at my high school, I could not understand how some of these guys did it, they could run and be fine at the finish line, I on the other hand was literally dying and giving up a mile short. The coach told me that the ...read more

  • Expect To Lose 1/3 To 1/2 Half Of Your E-Mail ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,825 views

    Expect to lose 1/3 to 1/2 half of your e-mail database every year due to list churn. For many, a significant portion of this churn results from a poorly implemented e-mail address change procedure. Or worse yet, none at all! When you don't help subscribers change addresses, not only will you lose ...read more

  • Charlotte's Web: Templeton The Rat

    Contributed by Greg Nance on Apr 28, 2008
     | 2,171 views

    CHARLOTTE'S WEB: TEMPLETON THE RAT How many of you have seen or read Charlottes Web? Remember the rat? He was a very resourceful fellow, but do you remember what he always wanted to know whenever he was asked to contribute to saving the pig? "What’s in it for me?” He didn’t care about others ...read more

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