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  • Unexpected Journey Thru Cancer

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 12, 2024
     | 843 views

    The unexpected journey and a second Dove appeared on a difficult day walking thru cancer: I hit another rough day in the journey after my second surgery with Dr. Q – He got back pathology and said it did look good the light showed cancer lining my bladder like a carpet. When the Dr, Q called to ...read more

  • A Little Parable For Mothers  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 24, 2012
    based on 8 ratings
     | 7,161 views

    A LITTLE PARABLE FOR MOTHERS The young mother set her foot on the path of life. "Is the way long?" she asked. And her guide said: "Yes, and the way is hard. And you will be old before you reach the end of it. But the end will be better than the beginning." But the young mother was happy, and she ...read more

  • A Medical Doctor Provides A Physical Description: ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,648 views

    A medical doctor provides a physical description: The cross is placed on the ground and the exhausted man is quickly thrown backwards with his shoulders against the wood. The legionnaire feels for the depression at the front of the wrist. He drives a heavy, square wrought-iron nail through the ...read more

  • The Trouble Tree  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 5, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,234 views

    THE TROUBLE TREE The carpenter I hired to help me restore an old farmhouse had just finished a rough first day on the job. A flat tire made him lose an hour of work, his electric saw quit, and now his ancient pickup truck refused to start. While I drove him home, he sat in stony silence. On ...read more

  • I Remember Once While I Was Visiting On A ...

    Contributed by Gary Huckaby on Mar 9, 2004
     | 2,745 views

    I remember once while I was visiting on a Saturday, it was around noon and I had been at it for about three hours. I decided to stop at a trailer that sat back from the Highway a good distance. When I knocked at the door of the home, a man in his late thirties came to the door and said come in. I ...read more

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

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Nov 14, 2004
    based on 12 ratings
     | 3,498 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 ...read more

  • What Are Fathers Made Of?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 28 ratings
     | 2,800 views

    WHAT ARE FATHERS MADE OF? A father is a thing that is forced to endure childbirth without an anesthetic. A father is a thing that growls when it feels good--and laughs very loud when it’s scared half to death. A father never feels entirely worthy of the worship in a child’s eyes. He’s never ...read more

  • Anybody Who Is Walking With The Spirit Can't Help ...

    Contributed by Chris Edmondson on May 26, 2007
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    Anybody who is walking with the Spirit can’t help but to talk about Jesus. What is the Holy Spirit? The witness of Jesus. And Jesus says, “You will be My witness also…” If you can go a month, 2 months, and Jesus’ name doesn’t come up in the workplace, He doesn’t come up in School teenagers, He ...read more

  • Children's Message Used "Horton Hears A Who" By ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
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    : Children’s message used "Horton Hears a Who" by Dr. Seuss The children’s message this morning gave us one literary vision of being “neighborly”. Horton, the elephant heard a cry for help and did all in his power (even amid the teasing of his friends) to protect the small people, affirming his ...read more

  • Sole Witness

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,545 views

    SOLE WITNESS A fine lad entered the Army. He faced a real test the first night he went to be in the barracks. He had formed the commendable habit of placing his Bible on his bed at home and kneeling down to read a chapter while having his daily prayer time before retiring. Surrounded by scores of ...read more

  • Death

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Feb 29, 2016
     | 7,890 views

    IN LATE WINTER DURING THE FIFTY-NINTH YEAR of his life, John Donne braved the weather and rough roads of the English countryside to keep his final preaching engagement before the king in London. He had spent most of that winter, what would be his last, battling “consumption,” and on several ...read more

  • Fellowship Of The Unashamed

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Mar 10, 2007
     | 3,758 views

    Pastor Paul Ciniraj of India wrote these words: “I’m a part of the fellowship of the unashamed. I have the power of the Holy Spirit. The dye has been cast. I have stepped over the line. The decision has been made. I’m a disciple of Jesus. I won’t look back, let up, slow down, back away, or be ...read more

  • The Power Of Giving Thanks  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 17, 2002
    based on 55 ratings
     | 8,985 views

    THE POWER OF GIVING THANKS Something to reflect on as you sit down to your Thanksgiving dinner: If you had been a Pilgrim, would you have given thanks? Consider what they had been through, the men and women who broke bread together on that first Thanksgiving in 1621. They had uprooted ...read more

  • The Final Inspection  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,060 views

    THE FINAL INSPECTION The policeman stood and faced his God, which must always come to pass. He hoped his shoes were shining, just as brightly as his brass. "Step forward now, policeman. How shall I deal with you? Have you always turned the other cheek? To My church have you been true?" The ...read more

  • W.a. Criswell Was Pastor Of A Country Church ...

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Oct 25, 2004
    based on 1 rating
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    W.A. Criswell was pastor of a country church when he was in college. He had a family in his church named Davison. They were some of the finest people. One day he complimented one of the Davisons on their love and loyality to Christ. He said, "Tell me why the Davisons are so devoted and active for ...read more

  • Anger Management

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 28, 2011
     | 4,052 views

    ANGER MANAGEMENT Mr. Burton was not angry enough to hire a hit man to knock off the AD at the University of Connecticut...but he was angry enough that he wanted to punish him even if it hurt the students and the program he is said to have loved. In a letter sent to the Athletic Director of the ...read more

  • Excerpts From Saturday Evening Post Magazine ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 19, 2001
    based on 152 ratings
     | 2,447 views

    Excerpts From Saturday Evening Post Magazine article on Jack La Lanne: Fit for Life. At 86, Jack La Lanne has dipped, chinned, pushed, pulled, and lifted more often than anyone in recorded history. His present training regimen is tailor-made for only superheroes. While many of his contemporaries ...read more

  • I Want You To Walk

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,123 views

    “I WANT YOU TO WALK” -Arthur Gordon (A Touch of Wonder) relates a story that graphically describes the impact that one life can have on another. The man Gordon spoke of had been stricken with polio at the age of three and his parents had abandoned him in the Depression era. Taken in by a foster ...read more

  • The Wise ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 6, 2008
     | 4,621 views

    The Wise Fool There is an old, corny story about the young man who was the first in his family to go to college. In fact, he was the first in his small town to go to college. And so when he came home after his freshman year, he was the apple of his father’s eye. His dad, who had never in his life ...read more

  • God's Protection

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Mar 18, 2016
    based on 2 ratings
     | 12,464 views

    Nadin Khoury was thirteen years old, five foot two, and weighed, soaking wet, probably a hundred pounds. His attackers were teenagers, larger than Nadin, and outnumbered him seven to one. For thirty minutes they hit, kicked, and beat him. He never stood a chance. Khoury’s mom had recently moved the ...read more