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  • Love Tore Down The ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 19, 2008
     | 1,445 views

    Love Tore Down The Wall Some years ago, a couple decided they could not live together anymore. They separated and started divorce proceedings. Dr. J. Mike Minnix, Editor, PastorLife.com. Through their lawyers, they agreed to meet at the home and divide the property. As they went through the home ...read more

  • He Keeps Me ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
     | 5,404 views

    HE KEEPS ME SINGING A Methodist preacher by the name of Luther Bridges, was born in 1884, he married Sarah Veatch and three lovely sons were born. Pastor Bridges accepted an invitation to minister at a conference in Kentucky in the year 1910, so he left his family in the care of his father-in-law ...read more

  • Before It's Too Late

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2011
     | 8,825 views

    BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE USA Today had an article on the front page about those who escaped the World Trade Center on September 11. After interviewing over 300 survivors and family members of victims, USA Today concluded that in the South tower those who didn’t delay but ran for safety immediately ...read more

  • What The Cross Displayed  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,366 views

    WHAT THE CROSS DISPLAYED Author Henri Nouwen tells the story of a family he knew in Paraguay. The father, a doctor, spoke out against the military regime there and its human rights abuses. Local police took their revenge on him by arresting his teenage son and torturing him to death. Enraged ...read more

  • Death As Reward

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Sep 15, 2011
     | 4,360 views

    DEATH AS REWARD I am reading a book that has changed a lot of the ways I think about things of God. One statement really got me. "Your life is free to be radical when you see death as your reward." The book “Radical” by David Platt. That’s it isn’t it? That is why we worry. Because we don’t see ...read more

  • Mom, That Was For You!

    Contributed by Nickolas Kooi on Aug 30, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,903 views

    A pastor went to the hospital to visit Maggy, one of his members. She was in the last stages of her life because of cancer, and was heavily medicated, and unresponsive. He went to support her family, who was taking it hard. When he got there, he was surprised with what he saw. Her daughter, ...read more

  • From Daily Encounter Comes This Story By A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kim Huffman on Mar 31, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,830 views

    From Daily Encounter comes this story by a Chaplain Robinson: “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 his reunion with his family was soon overshadowed by my grandmother’s illness. ...read more

  • Stoyan's Father By Nik Ripken

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 14, 2019
     | 4,346 views

    When Stoyan was twelve, they imprisoned his protestant pastor father. His father remained in custody for ten years. “At first,” he said, “they held him in a secret police place in our city.” “Every morning one of the guards would take some of his own human waste and spread it on the piece of toast ...read more

  • There Is An Ancient Door On Display In St. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2005
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     | 2,251 views

    There is an ancient door on display in St. Patrick’s cathedral in Dublin, Ireland. The rough hewn door has a rectangular hole hacked out in its center. It is called the “Door of Reconciliation,” and gives rise to the Irish expression of “chancing one’s arm.” In 1492, two prominent Irish families, ...read more

  • I Think Of A Young Man Named Adrian Who Was In My ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jun 7, 2008
     | 2,106 views

    I think of a young man named Adrian who was in my Youth Group back in a former church. Adrian’s dad --- who had, unfortunately, never been much of a dad to Adrian --- decided to move to Mexico right before Adrian’s senior year of High School. A family in our church took Adrian in to live with ...read more

  • Having A Place To Go Is A Home. Having Someone ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,192 views

    Having a place to go is a home. Having someone to love is a family. ...read more

  • Patriotism Is As Much A Virtue As Justice, And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 2,188 views

    "Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural ...read more

  • A Father And His Son Were Seated At The Dining ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Chapman on Mar 26, 2001
    based on 184 ratings
     | 6,295 views

    A father and his son were seated at the dining room table, while the mother was finishing the final preparations on the family’s dinner. While the father and son were seated, the father asked the son if he would say the prayer for the meal. The youngster nodded his head, and said that he would ...read more

  • The Backwoods Preacher Found A Small Boy All ...  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on May 17, 2001
    based on 191 ratings
     | 2,219 views

    The backwoods preacher found a small boy all alone, playing in the dirt. “Where’s your father?” the preacher asked. The boy said, “He was hanged last week.” “Where’s your mother?” “She run off.” “Where’s your sister?” “She’s in jail.” “Is there anybody else in your family?” “Yup, I’ve got a ...read more

  • Dr. James Dobson, The Founder Of This Nation's ...

    Contributed by Ray Searan on Feb 21, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,746 views

    Dr. James Dobson, the founder of this nation’s leading Christian family organization, Focus on the Family, made the following observation: “Countless times each day a mother does what no one else can do quite as well. She wipes away a tear, whispers a word of hope, and eases a child’s fear. She ...read more

  • Diverse Gifts  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on May 16, 2003
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,942 views

    [illustration] On Christmas morning, the children in a family do not usually all receive the same gifts. One gets a football, one a puzzle, another receives a doll house, and another a table game. Yet, although each child does not receive the same gifts as the others, the parents intend the gifts ...read more

  • Sweet, Simple Submission  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 14, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,368 views

    SWEET, SIMPLE SUBMISSION Christin Ditchfield, in a recent issue of Focus on The Family magazine, writes that basically Mary took the news in stride. “[She] didn’t demand a sign,” notes Ditchfield, “some sort of proof or additional confirmation. She voiced no complaint at the total disruption of ...read more

  • Even When He's Silent

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,363 views

    Even When He’s Silent The Holocaust is one of the terribly traumatic episodes of modern history, yet it has also yielded some astounding stories of bravery and faith. In France a Jewish family were hidden by some concerned French nationals in the basement of their house. The Jewish family waited ...read more

  • Win Arn, A Leading Church Consultant Conducted A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
     | 1,196 views

    Win Arn, a leading church consultant conducted a survey: He surveyed members of nearly a thousand churches asking the question, “Why does the church exit?? The results? Of the church members surveyed, 89 percent said, “The church’s purpose is to take care of my family’s and my needs.? For many, the ...read more

  • Six Hundred Teenagers Found In New England's ...

    Contributed by Shawn Rose on May 10, 2009
     | 1,324 views

    Six hundred teenagers found in New England’s prisons gave these startling facts as to why they were there:  Six out of ten had fathers who drank to excess.  Many had mothers in the same condition.  Three out of four were permitted by parents to come and go as they pleased. ...read more