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  • No Matter What  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,200 views

    No Matter What Two long-time golfing buddies got to the course and decided they would play the ball where it lies, no matter what! On the 14th hole, one of them sliced his drive and it ended up on the cart path. As he reached down to pick up his ball to get relief, his friend said, "Wait a ...read more

  • Saving The Ship, Remembering The Past  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 20, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,796 views

    SAVING THE SHIP, REMEMBERING THE PAST "Their hair is gray, their shoulders are slumped and they walk with the shuffle of the aged. Their ship, a rusty antique, wallowed through the Atlantic, battered by a winter storm. For the elderly crew of LST-325, a creaking World War II troop ship that had ...read more

  • To Jesus On His Birthday  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,540 views

    "TO JESUS ON HIS BIRTHDAY" The American poet Edna St. Vincent Millay once wrote a biting, ironic poem called "To Jesus on His Birthday." Surely none of us can deny guilt in some of the areas it includes in its brief scope: For this, your mother sweated in the cold, For this you bled upon the ...read more

  • At The Time Of His Death, This Man's Work ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mitchell Skelton on Oct 21, 2003
    based on 10 ratings
     | 1,668 views

    At the time of his death, this man’s work appeared in twenty-six hundred newspapers worldwide, and was the basis of a franchise earning $1 billion a year. Since its modest debut in just seven papers on October 2, 1950, his comic strip became a constant feature of daily life for nearly fifty years. ...read more

  • In Praise Of Your Table  PRO

    Contributed by Glenn Robertson on Nov 16, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,814 views

    In Praise of Your Table Father, I praise you for the table you have prepared. Not for food for the body, As much as food for the soul. Drink that satisfies my inner thirst. Bread that nourishes the hungers of my life. Fruit of the Spirit that grows me upward. Father, You have adorned your ...read more

  • Leslie B. Flynn Tells The Story Of An Orphaned ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on May 15, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,660 views

    Leslie B. Flynn tells the story of an orphaned boy living with his grandma when their house caught fire. The grandmother, trying to get upstairs to rescue the boy, perished in the flames. The boy’s cries for help were finally answered by a man who climbed an iron drainpipe and came back down with ...read more

  • A. Entirely ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jul 15, 2008
     | 1,807 views

    a. Entirely sanctified This idea was hugely important for the early Church of God reformers. They believed that this was one of the primary beliefs that made them as Church of God people distinctive. They believed and called people to be entirely sanctified meaning that God would sanctify his ...read more

  • Avoid ...

    Contributed by Joe Bertone on Aug 1, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,636 views

    AVOID TRAGEDY David Bloom, Today show co-host on weekends, died on April 6, 2003, while covering Operation Iraqi Freedom. Ironically, Bloom did not die from injuries sustained in conflict, but rather of a pulmonary embolism. Pulmonary emboli occur among those who sit for long periods of time, and ...read more

  • The Unknown Is An Adventure

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Mar 15, 2009
     | 2,934 views

    THE UNKNOWN IS AN ADVENTURE Stanley Jones writes, "Many live in dread of what is coming. Why should we? The unknown puts adventure into life; it gives us something to sharpen our souls on. The unexpected around the corner gives a sense of anticipation and surprise. If we saw all the good things ...read more

  • On September 6, 1995, Cal Ripken, Jr., ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tony Miano on Dec 8, 2000
    based on 121 ratings
     | 4,937 views

    “On September 6, 1995, Cal Ripken, Jr., broke the baseball record that many believed would never be broken: Lou Gehrig’s iron-man feat of playing in 2,131 consecutive games. Ripken gives much of the credit for his accomplishments to the example and teaching of his father Cal Ripken, Sr., who ...read more

  • Ruth Bell Graham, The Wife Of Billy Graham, Has ...  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Nov 25, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,257 views

    Ruth Bell Graham, the wife of Billy Graham, has written a story, which she calls “The Mender.” “He had built for himself a great house on one of the Caribbean islands. It is a thing to behold. Tall rusty iron columns, collected and resurrected with an ingenious homemade device. This Great ...read more

  • In The 1930s, Stalin Ordered That All Bibles Be ...

    Contributed by John Young on Nov 23, 2004
     | 2,026 views

    In the 1930s, Stalin ordered that all Bibles be bconfiscated and Christian believers be sent to prison camps. Ironically, most of the Bibles were not destroyed, yet many Christians died as "enemies of the state." With the dissolution of the U.S.S.R., a CoMission team arrived in Stavropol in 1994 ...read more

  • When Thomas Edison Was 38 Years Old, His Wife ...

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 9, 2009
     | 1,674 views

    When Thomas Edison was 38 years old, his wife died leaving him a very lonely man. Six months after her death, Edison began looking for a new mate. He would leave no stone unturned in a systematic search reflecting his scientific nature. Although he liked to be portrayed in the media as a genius ...read more

  • Hide And Seek With God  PRO

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Mar 7, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,468 views

    HIDE AND SEEK WITH GOD This week I have been hammered by the immensity of what it means to "abandon," "forsake," or "leave alone" the omnipresent God, God who is everywhere. How is that possible? It is ONLY possible if God allows us to leave, allows us to turn our back upon God Himself. Yes, it ...read more

  • It Is Well With My Soul  PRO

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Mar 1, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,111 views

    IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL Horatio Gates Spafford, a 43-year-old Chicago Businessman, suffered financial disaster in the great Chicago fire of 1871. He and his wife were still grieving over the death of their son shortly before the fire, and he realized they needed to get away for a vacation. Knowing ...read more

  • Golf Revenge  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,689 views

    GOLF REVENGE The story is told of two long-time golfing buddies who decided one day that they would play the ball where it lies, no matter what. On the 14th hole, one of them sliced his drive and it ended up on the cart path. As he reached down to pick up his ball to get relief, his friend said, ...read more

  • Overcoming Evil With Good; David, Saul, And God

    Contributed by Nickolas Kooi on Aug 30, 2017
     | 7,314 views

    King Saul tried to kill David numerous times. When Saul would be in David’s hand, David would refrain from showing him evil. Instead, he would spare Saul. He showed respect for his office of king, which led him to showing the mercy that Saul didn’t deserve. Sometimes, this led Saul to seeing ...read more

  • It Is Well With My Soul

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Apr 10, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 381 views

    in 1871, Spafford’s 4-year-old son died of Scarlet fever. Two years later, business demands kept Spafford from joining his wife and four daughters on a family vacation in England where his friend D. L. Moody would be preaching. On November 22, 1873, while crossing the Atlantic on the steamship ...read more

  • William Shakespeare Immortalized The Battle Of ...

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Sep 7, 2006
     | 1,842 views

    William Shakespeare immortalized the Battle of Bosworth with the words, "A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!" King Richard the Third was preparing for the fight of his life. An army led by Henry, Earl of Richmond, was marching against him. The contest would determine who would rule ...read more

  • Rock Soup

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 31, 2020
     | 2,976 views

    CONCLUSION: DO YOU EVER FEEL SO ALONE AND EMPTY? We often say the words “I CAN’T.” Maybe the real truth is “I WON’T.” I read a story about a poor little village and the village was so poor and because there was a terrible drought. There was a very old man in the village. He was old and feeble. He ...read more

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