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  • I Can Remember A Time While I Was A Young And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ronald Keller on May 24, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,631 views

    I can remember a time while I was a young and poor college student of being invited to preach at a church without a pastor. I was to preach and my wife was to sing in the morning worship service and also in the evening service. I was about eighty miles from home. After the service all of the ...read more

  • As A Part Of An Assignment For A Doctoral Thesis, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 20, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,359 views

    As a part of an assignment for a doctoral thesis, a college student spent a year with a group of Navajo Indians on a reservation in the Southwest. As he did his research he lived with one family, sleeping in their hut, eating their food, working with them and generally living the life of a 20th ...read more

  • As A Part Of An Assignment For A Doctoral ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,884 views

    As a part of an assignment for a doctoral thesis, a college student spent a year with a group of Navajo Indians on a reservation in the Southwest. As he did his research he lived with one family, sleeping in their hut, eating their food, working with them and generally living the life of a 20th ...read more

  • How Easy It Is To Give Credit And Thanks To ...

    Contributed by Keith Broyles on Nov 24, 2008
     | 1,886 views

    How easy it is to give credit and thanks to everything and everyone but the real source of al our blessings! God deserves our thanks. For some of us there may be many reasons to be thankful this coming Thursday. Perhaps we may even see it as the best year we have ever had. For others of us, it ...read more

  • Choice As A Discipline

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 16, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,530 views

    CHOICE AS A DISCIPLINE Your will enables you to choose. Choose wisely. He who marries the spirit of the age will soon find himself a widower. God asks no one whether he will accept life. This is not the choice. The only choice you have as you go through life is how you will live it. God ...read more

  • A Little Girl's Alphabet ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 10, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 10,160 views

    A Little Girl’s Alphabet Prayer A father walked by his daughter’s bedroom door which was cracked just enough so that he could see that she was kneeling beside her bed in prayer. Interested to find out what subjects a child would bring before God, he paused and listened. He was puzzled though to ...read more

  • What Do You Mean "I Love You"?

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 4, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,636 views

    WHAT DO YOU MEAN "I LOVE YOU"? Dennis Rainey interviewed a man who had been stung by his father’s filthy heart, his failure to love. As a boy his dad decided to leave his mom for another woman. The Dad kissed his son on the forehead, said “I love you,” and walked out the door. What could he ...read more

  • Out-Of-Whack Priorities

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 26, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,445 views

    OUT-OF-WHACK PRIORITIES USA Today ran an article on October 25th, 1995 that is a great illustration about priorities. It reads... "Ronald Warwick, captain of the luxury cruise ship Queen Elizabeth II, questioned a passenger who paid full fare for his dog to join them on an around-the-world ...read more

  • Are You Ready For A Missions Trip?

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Oct 24, 2011
     | 2,285 views

    ARE YOU READY FOR A MISSIONS TRIP? Last Wednesday I received a text from a dear friend of mine in Phoenix. He said that his 15 year old daughter Katie was going in for some tests to determine the reasons for some health issues she was having. I went to bed without knowing the results. I woke up ...read more

  • The Rise, Fall And Posthumous Rise Of Jim Thorpe

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Dec 16, 2011
     | 1,893 views

    The rise, fall and posthumous rise of Jim Thorpe Jim Thorpe! Does it ring a bell? Well arguably he was the greatest athlete of 20th century. Blessed with abundant natural talent in those days of amateurism, Thorpe virtually “torpedoed” the competition into submission by winning the gold medals in ...read more

  • How To Finish A Great Book

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 11, 2018
     | 1,321 views

    There are a lot of books that are great and unread. You know, those books that everyone says are great: “it’s a classic,” “one of the best books of all-time,” “a masterpiece.” But almost no one reads them. Jordan Ellenberg, a University of Wisconsin professor, used Amazon’s Kindle to do an ...read more

  • Praying The Alphabet!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Mar 12, 2022
     | 1,220 views

    A father walked by his daughter’s bedroom door which was cracked just enough so that he could see that she was kneeling beside her bed in prayer. Interested to find out what subjects a child would bring before God, he paused and listened. He was puzzled though to hear her reciting the alphabet: ...read more

  • God Knows I Tried! (10.25.05--Making It!--Genesis ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Oct 21, 2005
     | 2,456 views

    God Knows I Tried! (10.25.05--Making It!--Genesis 31:1-2) Success is a measure of looking down and not looking up. It all about winning and losing. For me that winning and losing began when I left college over thirty years ago. I had spent four years and a lot of money along with thousands of ...read more

  • Give The Keys To Jesus

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Feb 14, 2007
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     | 3,074 views

    1. Give the keys to Jesus. Letting anyone drive our vehicle is tough. I admit that at times I’m not the best passenger, especially when it’s my vehicle. Just ask my wife. And just for the record, I think my wife’s a great driver. If I didn’t think so, I wouldn’t let her take my kids ...read more

  • Because One Gave

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,584 views

    BECAUSE ONE GAVE Former seminary and pastor, George Gaston tells the following story that speaks to the value of attitude in giving. Years ago, I pastored a church that decided to build a worship center. The old building had suffered a major fire. Even so, our decision to build a new facility ...read more

  • Against All Those Monks, Who Tried To Think Of ...

    Contributed by Eric Vertein on May 10, 2005
     | 2,861 views

    Against all those monks, who tried to think of the best ways to serve God, stood this one command: “Honor your father and mother.” Luther said, “Where will these poor wretches hide when in the sight of God and all the world they shall blush with shame before a young child who has lived according to ...read more

  • E-Libraries: The Newest Books In The New York ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2006
     | 1,210 views

    E-Libraries: The newest books in the New York Public Library don’t take up any shelf space. They are e-books library cardholders can point and click through the collection choosing among best sellers, nonfiction, novels and self-help guides. Patrons borrow them for set periods, downloading them ...read more

  • The Supreme Test Of Goodness Is Not In The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 1,987 views

    The supreme test of goodness is not in the greater but in the smaller incidents of our character and practice; not what we are when standing in the searchlight of public scrutiny, but when we reach the firelight flicker of our homes; not what we are when some clarion-call rings through the air, ...read more

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

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 13, 2006
     | 848 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

  • Work From Home Only 23% Of U.s. Employees Work ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007
     | 847 views

    Work From Home Only 23% of U.S. employees work from home or have that option; 59% of workers believe telecommuting at least part-time is the ideal work situation. This includes the 38% who think a mix of coming into the office and working from home is preferable and the 21% who say working at home ...read more

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