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  • Who Needs Your Help?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 17, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,401 views

    WHO NEEDS YOUR HELP? Of the 2,000 passengers on the Titanic, 1517 were lost. At the time the Titanic went down, another ship, the California was only 30 miles away. The Titanic’s operator frantically sent out SOS repeatedly; but the wireless set on the California was closed because there was only ...read more

  • Trusting Doctors, Trusting God  PRO

    Contributed by John Putty on Mar 19, 2011
    based on 8 ratings
     | 16,285 views

    TRUSTING DOCTORS, TRUSTING GOD Not many people enjoy going to the doctor, but according to Reuters, in 1994, one London accountant to that to an extreme. The 63-year-old man needed bladder surgery, but he couldn't overcome his fear of doctors and hospitals. So he self-reliantly did what had to ...read more

  • Eugene Peterson, From His Intro To Proverbs In ...

    Contributed by Chris Jordan on May 1, 2011
     | 3,645 views

    Eugene Peterson, from his intro to Proverbs in The Message Bible: "Wisdom has to do with becoming skillful in honoring our parents and raising our children, handling our money and conducting our sexual lives, going to work and exercising leadership, using words well and treating friends kindly, ...read more

  • The Circumference Of Your World

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on May 15, 2011
     | 1,294 views

    THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF YOUR WORLD The Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer Robert Louis Stevenson had not enjoyed a single day of good health in 14 years. One day, when he had been forced to set aside his writing because of violent coughing and wracking, his wife said to him, "I ...read more

  • Running Away

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Jul 29, 2011
     | 3,725 views

    RUNNING AWAY As a child did you ever think of running away from home? There were a couple times that I was so tried of discipline that I just wanted to leave, but I knew that when I got back home the discipline would probably be worse, so I stayed. Plus, where would I go? I remember movies of kids ...read more

  • Elvis Growing Up

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Jan 13, 2012
     | 2,597 views

    ELVIS GROWING UP Elvis once said, "We were an affectionate family. My mother was the most wonderful person in the world. I always felt a little bit lonely--maybe a better word would be 'incomplete'--when I was little. But I could tell my mother about it, how I felt and then the feeling would go ...read more

  • Do You Know Of A Bloke Called Daniel Carter, ...

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Apr 21, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,650 views

    Do you know of a bloke called Daniel Carter, arguably the world’s best rugby player. This from Andy Howell of The South Wales Echo in 2008 “Scrum-half [Justin] Marshall took Dan the man under his wing when he burst on the scene with Canterbury, helping him through games as he developed into the ...read more

  • Singing Your Resolution

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Aug 27, 2012
     | 2,570 views

    A while back I got discouraged, I got frustrated. Things were not going the way that I had planned. I was tired. I was tired of solving problems and dealing with people. You ever get like that? I didn’t know what to do. I still remember walking up down the road to my house, tears streaming down ...read more

  • Why Did You Marry?

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Oct 13, 2019
     | 2,460 views

    An 80 year-old woman was recently married to her 4th husband. A reporter questioned the occupation of her newly acquired husband. She replied that he owned a funeral home. Curious about the other husbands, the reporter also asked about their occupations. The woman paused for a while and stated ...read more

  • Foot In Mouthj

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 25, 2020
     | 2,619 views

    Here is a true story from Patrick Grilliot: We Uber drivers never know whom we’re going to end up with as a passenger. One day, I was driving over a new bridge, the design of which was very confusing. Completely confounded, I muttered, “I’d love to meet the genius who designed this mess.” With ...read more

  • Just As Scared Of You  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Apr 3, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,585 views

    JUST AS SCARED OF YOU The great musician Louis Armstrong told the story about the old lady who sent him to spring with a bucket to get water. When Armstrong got there, he saw the eyes of an alligator, and in fear he drops the bucket and runs back to the lady. She asks him where her water is, and ...read more

  • A Church's Mission Drives Its ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2009
     | 2,286 views

    A CHURCH’S MISSION DRIVES ITS MORALE John Polak in his book, The Future in Past Tense, says: "A study of the history of the people of God reveals an interesting fact--the wellbeing of the believing community was directly proportional to their obedience to God’s mission for them. When the people of ...read more

  • Q ...

    Contributed by Chris Jordan on May 16, 2009
     | 1,164 views

    QUOTE: “I tell the Lord my troubles and difficulties, and wait for Him to give me the answers to them,” said one man of God. “And it is wonderful how a matter that looked very dark will in prayer become crystal clear by the help of God’s Spirit. I think Christians fail so often to get answers to ...read more

  • Pick Out Three Hymns

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,598 views

    PICK OUT THREE HYMNS I heard about this pastor. He was raising money for a new sanctuary. He told his congregation one Sunday morning "If anybody will give $1000, you can pick out three hymns." A little old lady in the back raised up her hand and said "Pastor, I’ll do it." He was so excited. He ...read more

  • Write It Down

    Contributed by Ted Harvey on Jul 31, 2009
     | 2,650 views

    WRITE IT DOWN Ma and Pa were sitting on the porch swing. Ma asked Pa to go down to the drug store and buy her an ice cream sundae with chocolate syrup. And she told him to write it down because he wouldn’t remember it. He told her he would not write it down; he didn’t need to write it down; he ...read more

  • Rich Landowner Learns That God Owns ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
     | 4,142 views

    Rich Landowner Learns that God Owns Everything The late Bishop Edwin Hughes once delivered a rousing sermon on "God’s Ownership" that put a rich parishioner’s nose out-of-joint. The wealthy man took the Bishop off for lunch, and then walked him through his elaborate gardens, woodlands, and farm. ...read more

  • Heathers And Gratitude

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Nov 6, 2009
     | 3,722 views

    HEATHERS AND GRATITUDE Some people think being thankful all the time is like going around with a goofy smile on your face all of the time and being insensitive to other people’s feelings. Some think it means to always be happy. We can be grateful, thankful, without being irrationally "happy" in ...read more

  • A Suitcase Of Pavement

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 13, 2022
     | 867 views

    A story is told about a man who found out it was his time to go to Heaven. He asked the Lord if he could bring just one thing. The Lord said, “No”. Finally after many requests the Lord said, “You can bring one thing.” Happily, the man packed his suitcase full of gold. When he arrived in Heaven ...read more

  • Rocks In The Road

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Sep 4, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,178 views

    In 1996 staff members at Bridger Wilderness Area collected the following comment cards: · Trails need to be reconstructed. Please avoid building trails that go uphill. · Too many bugs and leeches and spiders and spider webs. Please spray the wilderness to rid the areas of these pests. ...read more

  • The Eating Thing  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Hamilton on Sep 29, 2002
    based on 89 ratings
     | 4,008 views

    The Eating thing Let me share with you a fairly personal issue that I’m working through that has caused me to ask this question about loving God. Last year – in fact for a number of years now I have been aware that I have been struggling with an addiction. As soon as I say the word it arouses ...read more

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