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  • In Run With The Horses, Eugene Peterson Writes ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 20, 2007
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     | 3,007 views

    In Run with the Horses, Eugene Peterson writes about seeing a family of birds teaching the young to fly. Three young swallows were perched on a dead branch that stretched out over a lake. "One adult swallow got alongside the chicks and started shoving them out toward the end of the ...read more

  • Adam And Eve Were Living The Kind Of Life People ...  PRO

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 3, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,949 views

    Adam and Eve were living the kind of life people can only dream about… I think that’s the kind of dream that makes a show like “Deal or No Deal” so popular. (In case you haven’t seen it, the TV show has 26 suitcases up on stage … and the Contestant must choose the ONE they think is worth a million ...read more

  • Wearing A Fresh Shine On His Shoes, A Suit His ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000
    based on 146 ratings
     | 3,717 views

    Wearing a fresh shine on his shoes, a suit his wife gave him on graduation day and a determined look on his face, Brian stood outside his new office. It wasn’t the corner office, but it looked pretty good to him. The smell of new leather from his chair and the warm glow of sunshine streaming ...read more

  • Jill Stanek Is A 44 Year Old Nurse Who Worked ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rich Young on Jan 21, 2001
    based on 142 ratings
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    JILL STANEK IS A 44 YEAR OLD NURSE WHO WORKED FOR SEVERAL YEARS AT THE CHRIST HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER IN OAK LAWN, ILLINOIS, A CHICAGO SUBURB. SHE CHOSE THIS HOSPITAL BECAUSE OF ITS CHRISTIAN NAME, HOPING THAT SHE WOULDN’T HAVE TO FACE SOME OF THE ETHICAL DILEMMAS REGARDING ABORTION THAT SHE ...read more

  • A Man In A Small Village Had Been Found Guilty Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Greg Warren on Apr 24, 2001
    based on 204 ratings
     | 4,536 views

    A man in a small village had been found guilty of starting a malicious rumor about another man. This rumor was not only untrue, but had seriously damaged the other man’s reputation and family. As is often the custom in small villages, the accused was taken before the chief of the village who ...read more

  • Have You Ever Seen A Young Boy Learning To Use A ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Oct 6, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,064 views

    Have you ever seen a young boy learning to use a hammer and nails? My 2 year old son Sebastian loves to help me whenever I am working around the parsonage. He even has his own little plastic hammer that he uses as I use the real one. Sometimes I will let him try to hit the nail with his plastic ...read more

  • From The Book "A Love Worth Giving" By Max ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 18, 2008
     | 1,644 views

    From the book "A Love Worth Giving" by Max Lucado chapter 5- Harold suffered from cerebral palsy. The condition left him unable to walk, dress, feed himself, or go to the rest room. My job was to help him with this. And I didn’t like it. I had moved to St. Louis for spiritual training. Fresh ...read more

  • You Can Tell What We're Going Through When You ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Sullivan on Feb 19, 2008
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     | 1,316 views

    You can tell what we’re going through when you come over to our house and check out the bookshelf. We’ve got James Dobson’s entire library: “Dare to Discipline”, “The Strong Willed Child”; “Parenting isn’t for Cowards.” I can’t tell you that I’ve actually read them all! We’ve got others, “How to ...read more

  • Go To God – He Is The Source Of Our Goodness On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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    Go to God – he is the source of our goodness on this earth. Matthew 7:11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! Story: This story about Hudson Taylor – a well known missionary ...read more

  • Camel Ride Up Mount Sinai

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Apr 29, 2008
     | 2,646 views

    CAMEL RIDE UP MOUNT SINAI It is 3:00 in the morning and we are waiting with other pilgrims on the back side of Saint Catherine’s Monastery at the base of mount Sinai. It is a moonless night, pitch black beyond the small light we huddle around. I wonder if I dressed warm enough, I am surprised it ...read more

  • Imagine You Are On An Airplane That Cannot Lower ...

    Contributed by Lloyd Vorderstrasse on Aug 2, 2008
     | 1,504 views

    Imagine you are on an airplane that cannot lower its landing gear, you know, let the wheels down. It can’t do anything on its own to land safely. It’s destined to crash and burn with all of its occupants because it no longer has the ability to make it safely on to the runway. It’s just a matter of ...read more

  • Blood Gift  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,171 views

    BLOOD GIFT In 1949, my father had just returned from the war. On every highway you could see soldiers in uniform hitchhiking home to their families. The thrill of the reunion with his family was soon overshadowed by my grandmother’s illness. There was a problem with her kidneys. The doctors told ...read more

  • The Gospel According To… Charlie Brown. Charlie ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Dec 22, 2008
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    The Gospel According to… Charlie Brown. Charlie Brown cannot catch a break. He is the stereotypical American loser. Whenever he tries to kick the football that Lucy is holding, every time she pulls it away at the last second and he misses it, flying through the air to land flat on his back. His ...read more

  • Good Gifts

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,367 views

    GOOD GIFTS Go to God--he is the source of our goodness on this earth. Matthew 7:11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! This story about Hudson Taylor, a well-known ...read more

  • Forget The Cup--Enjoy The Hot ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
     | 2,139 views

    FORGET THE CUP--ENJOY THE HOT CHOCOLATE A group of graduates, well established in their careers, were talking at a reunion and decided to go visit their old university professor, now retired. During their visit, the conversation turned to complaints about stress in their work and lives. Offering ...read more

  • Having Your "Rights"

    Contributed by Todd Leupold on Mar 2, 2009
     | 2,031 views

    HAVING YOUR "RIGHTS" Dr. Ironside tells a story from his childhood we should all remember: "Many years ago as a little fellow I attended a meeting in Toronto where some difficulty had come up between brethren and they did as the apostle suggests. My dear mother took me along . . . and I well ...read more

  • A Few Years Ago We Were At A Small Church In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,814 views

    A few years ago we were at a small church in Piggott, Arkansas. I was watching TV one afternoon and they had this segment called “in the garden” – it was right before the first freeze of the season. He looks straight at the camera and says, “If you to have tulips in the spring – you must plant them ...read more

  • In A Hurry  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,876 views

    A news story out of St. Louis last year began… "He was a loving father and loved his grandkids," Linda Heath never imagined Wednesday would mark the first time she referred to her husband of 31 years in the past tense.” On April 26, 2006 Henry Heath was killed while directing traffic in a ...read more

  • My First Pastoral Appointment Was The Marissa And ...  PRO

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Sep 4, 2007
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     | 1,135 views

    My first pastoral appointment was the Marissa and Zion United Methodist Charge in St. Clair County, Illinois, about forty miles southeast of St. Louis, Missouri. Zion had only three members and no electricity or running water. In past decades light had been provided in the sanctuary by kerosene, ...read more

  • The Contract Of ...

    Contributed by David Rumley on Apr 16, 2009
     | 1,445 views

    THE CONTRACT OF FREEDOM: Defining the Contract: A contract involves two parties agreeing on a focused intent. The two parties in this contract are you and God. If you are like most of us you don’t sign a contract without knowing ahead of time what you are signing. So what is this contract of ...read more

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