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  • Swindoll Stated, "Whoever Dubbed Our Times "The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 19, 2003
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     | 1,502 views

    Swindoll stated, “Whoever dubbed our times “The Aspirin Age” didn’t miss it very far. It is correct to assume there has never been a more stress-ridden society than ours. For many, gone are the days of enjoying bubbling brooks along winding pathways or taking long strolls near the beach. The ...read more

  • A Man In The Hospital Experienced This Kind Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Jan 6, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,972 views

    "A man in the hospital experienced this kind of love, a love he had not known before. This love made him think about his life made him seriously see what life was all about. One day he said to the chaplain, ’I am beginning to see what life is all about,. I saw it in the nurses who cared for me ...read more

  • In April 1998, A Series Of Tornadoes Ripped ...  PRO

    Contributed by Douglas Vincent on Jan 27, 2004
    based on 12 ratings
     | 1,716 views

    In April 1998, a series of tornadoes ripped through the southern part of the United States. A day after one of the Storms had hit the NPR program All Things Considered aired a story about a congregation called the Church of the Open Door. Their church had been destroyed the day previous. ...read more

  • They Tell Me The Story That Long Ago There Was A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 16, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,251 views

    They tell me the story that long ago there was a small church, in a small town, in a small county, where a small congregation had tried for years to get the biggest “sinner” in town, Sam, to come to church. Sam the sinner would have nothing to do with the church. He wouldn’t even come on Easter or ...read more

  • One Night While Conducting An Evangelistic ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,332 views

    One night while conducting an evangelistic meeting in the Salvation Army Citadel in Chicago, Booth Tucker preached on the sympathy of Jesus. After his message a man approached him and said, “If your wife had just died, like mine has, and your babies were crying for their mother, who would never ...read more

  • A Vanished Friend

    Contributed by Paul Humphrey on Feb 22, 2006
     | 1,776 views

    Around the corner I have a friend, In this great city that has no end; Yet days go by and weeks rush on, And before I know it, a year is gone, And I never see my old friend’s face. For life is a swift and terrible race. He knows I like him just as well As in the days when I rang his bell And he ...read more

  • Immanuel Is With You No Matter How Difficult The ...  PRO

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Dec 5, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,007 views

    Immanuel is with you no matter how difficult the pressures you face. He is there to help , strengthen, and uphold you. Civilla D. Martin endured hardships. It was during a time of illness that she wrote “God Will take Care of You”: Be not dismayed whate’er betide, God will take care of you; ...read more

  • Wives Want Soul Mates, Romantic Partners Who Are ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
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     | 1,606 views

    Wives Want Soul Mates, romantic partners who are compatible together and bring out the best in each other. The relationship has satisfying intimacy and includes friendship, companionship, and often a spiritual component as well as love. This means they want a husband who will talk about his ...read more

  • Life Examples: Moses: God's Pattern For Success ...  PRO

    Contributed by Nathan Parker on Mar 10, 2007
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    Life Examples: Moses: God’s Pattern for Success (Ex. 3:1-4) One of the greatest differences between the world’s message about success and God’s is this: The world seeks a single formula to produce one set of results for all people, while God’s plan is far more creative, far more individualized, ...read more

  • Go Get Your Own

    Contributed by Louis Pantelis on May 21, 2009
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     | 3,223 views

    GO GET YOUR OWN One day a group of scientists got together and decided that man had come along way and no longer needed God. So they picked one scientist to go and tell Him that they were done with Him. The scientist walked up to God and said "God, we’ve decided that we no longer need you; We’re ...read more

  • Author, John Kehoe Wrote An Article Called ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jun 21, 2009
     | 1,934 views

    Author, John Kehoe wrote an article called Authentic Relationships. I quote, “I have a good friend who is the most authentic person I know. People love being around her because she is so real, with no pretense. She makes everyone feel special, not in a phony way; she makes them feel special because ...read more

  • Lou Gehrig Was Such A Clumsy Ball Player That The ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Sep 1, 2009
     | 2,027 views

    Lou Gehrig was such a clumsy ball player that the boys in his neighborhood would not let him play on their team. But he was committed. He did not give up. Eventually, his name was entered into baseball’s Hall of Fame. Woodrow Wilson could not read until he was ten years old. But he was a ...read more

  • Crooked On The Lot  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,150 views

    CROOKED ON THE LOT The Jewish leaders had rejected salvation. The builders had rejected the very cornerstone of the temple, and stumbled over the rock. Growing up, there was a vacant lot next to our house. One day, a bunch of equipment and workers from Philyaw Construction showed up—and built a ...read more

  • When My Hat Is Here...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 21, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,656 views

    WHEN MY HAT IS HERE... So, it’s not true that you can be just as good a Christian without going to church. You can’t simply say "Well, I’m there in Spirit… but I don’t have to be there in body." It’s kind of like the true story of an incident that took place at a University. This university had a ...read more

  • Knowing Where To Tinker

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 10, 2010
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    KNOWING WHERE TO TINKER Charlie Steinmetz was a dwarf, ugly and deformed, but he had one of the greatest minds in the field of electricity that the world has ever known. Steinmetz built the great generators for Henry Ford in his first plant in Michigan, USA. One day these generators broke down ...read more

  • The Town Gossip

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,149 views

    THE TOWN GOSSIP Many years ago the Moody Church News carried a humorous story about a woman in a small town who was known for being a gossip. One day on vacation she visited the offices of The Chicago Daily News. She was wearing a white dress and inadvertently leaned against a wall where a freshly ...read more

  • The White Man

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 7, 2011
     | 3,351 views

    THE WHITE MAN When Wycliffe translator Doug Meland and his wife moved into a village of Brazil’s Fulnio Indians, he was referred to simply as "the white man". The term was by no means complimentary, since other white men had exploited them, burned their homes, and robbed them of their lands. But ...read more

  • You Can't Turn Off Time

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Oct 17, 2011
     | 3,299 views

    YOU CAN'T TURN OFF TIME James W. Moore says, "One of the greatest comedy acts in the history of show business was the beloved husband and wife team of George Burns and Gracie Allen. In real life, Gracie Allen was a bright, wise businesswoman, but she always played the part of a naive, off-the-wall ...read more

  • Don't Just Focus On The "Pops And Sizzles"

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Mar 17, 2012
     | 2,036 views

    DON'T JUST FOCUS ON THE "POPS AND SIZZLES" There once was a man who owned a record company. Besides running the record company, he spent many hours in production listening to the "master disc," from which was the record and all subsequent records were pressed. Over the years his ears became adept ...read more

  • Waiting For Kingdom Benefits

    Contributed by Jeff Van Wyk on Mar 2, 2013
     | 3,104 views

    WAITING FOR KINGDOM BENEFITS My wife and I live in a suburban neighborhood and moved in eleven years ago. I did not spend much time in my garden because there were no trees against the fence and my neighbors could look right into the property. I went to the nursery and bought some trees. They ...read more

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