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  • Obituaries  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Apr 14, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,081 views

    OBITUARIES Jeruselem 33 AD Calvary Jesus Christ, 33, of Nazareth died Friday on Mount Calvary, also known as Golgotha, the place of the skull. Betrayed by Judas, Jesus was crucified by the Romans, by order of the Ruler Pontius Pilate. The causes of death were extreme exhaustion, severe torture, ...read more

  • Forgiving When You Can't

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 15, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,310 views

    FORGIVING WHEN YOU CAN'T by Jeannette Williams Her car had killed my husband, a school crossing guard. She had struck Tom down while he was on duty, helping the children. The investigating officer and witnesses had told me it was a "no fault" accident. I didn't want to believe them. In the ...read more

  • Our Dungeons  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Barnhill on Oct 10, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,915 views

    "Our Dungeons" (by Rev. Terry L. Barnhill) A story tells of a man who was imprisoned within an ancient stone dungeon. A grey shadowy jailor shook the iron lock on his daily rounds. It was the only sound that reminded the prisoner he was not alone in all the hopeless, dim and dying world of his ...read more

  • I'm Not A Christian, So...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 28, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,947 views

    "I'M NOT A CHRISTIAN, SO..." You need to know what is going on in the head of a non-saved or pre-saved person. * "I'm not a Christian, so ... I really don't understand this religious stuff. I did try and read bits of the Bible when I was at school, but found it hard to understand. I never went ...read more

  • Together Communication And Attitude Have ...

    Contributed by Ricki Lee Brooks on May 5, 2010
     | 2,278 views

    Together communication and attitude have potential... either for good or for evil. Here’s what we mean… It was attitude that took out yet another marriage. They were in their twenties. They were the parents of two beautiful children. He, however, had a miserable problem. She endured it. The ...read more

  • Fear Of Aging

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Dec 27, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,556 views

    “Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened.” - Jennifer Yane As you grow older, what’s inside you doesn’t change but your body changes, and it’s confusing to look in the mirror. If you live your life as though you are a perpetual image contestant, your age is ...read more

  • Years Ago, A Very Wealthy Man Shared With His ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 20, 2007
     | 2,020 views

    Years ago, a very wealthy man shared with his devoted young son a passion for art collecting. Together they travelled the world, adding only the finest art treasures to their collection. Priceless works by Picasso, Van Gogh, Monet and many others adorned the walls of the family estate. The ...read more

  • Serving Others

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Dec 27, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 18,708 views

    “True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever the cost”. - Arthur Ashe In a small, dusty town in western Oklahoma one November there lived a young single mother struggling to make ends meet. ...read more

  • A Good Name: The Case Of Butch O'hare

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,699 views

    A GOOD NAME: THE CASE OF BUTCH O'HARE His name was Butch O'Hare, one of the heroes of World War II. He was a fighter pilot assigned to an aircraft carrier in the South Pacific. One day his entire squadron was sent on a mission. After he was airborne, he looked at his fuel gauge and realized that ...read more

  • The Devastating Power Of Criticism

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Dec 25, 2014
     | 3,893 views

    "Go where you’re celebrated, not where you’re tolerated." - Author Unknown I know a number of people whose lives have been profoundly affected by the criticism of others. For some, it was being cruelly taunted at school by their peers, for others, a close family member who criticized or ...read more

  • Bitter And Resentful

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Dec 27, 2014
     | 6,283 views

    "Bitterness is like taking poison, and waiting for the other person to die." - Malachy McCourt I once knew a woman whose heart had been broken by disappointing relationships. She became very sarcastic towards the opposite sex and could often be overheard making disparaging remarks about ...read more

  • He Who Has The Son Has It All

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 31, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,198 views

    I wrote this at the end of 2014 Fourteen years from the Millennium seemed a long time and now we are into a new year – again!! I have spent much of last week preparing to lead a pilgrimage to Israel – a new experience for me. And with the new it is good to recall the old. Our Gospel reading is ...read more

  • Story Number One  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 13, 2003
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,736 views

    STORY NUMBER ONE Many years ago, Al Capone virtually owned Chicago. Capone wasn’t famous for anything heroic. He was notorious for enmeshing the windy city in everything from bootlegged booze and prostitution to murder. Capone had a lawyer nicknamed "Easy Eddie." He was his lawyer for a good ...read more

  • May 5, 2004 "You Can Walk Boy!" John 16: 19-24 ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2004
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,634 views

    May 5, 2004 “You Can Walk Boy!” John 16: 19-24 Key verse(s): 21 “‘A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world.’” Why do Christians have to suffer? If I had ...read more

  • Leon Lett: A Legacy Of Failure

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2010
     | 5,456 views

    LEON LETT: A LEGACY OF FAILURE Leon Lett. Nice name. It has a bit of a ring to it. However, unless you are a true NFL football fan, it’s probably not a name that rings a bell for you. So let me fill you in on Leon. Leon played in the NFL with the Dallas Cowboys from 1991 to 2000 and the Denver ...read more

  • In Praise Of Crazy

    Contributed by James Snyder on Feb 1, 2020
     | 3,344 views

    I made a mistake the other night of complaining out loud. It is one thing to complain under your breath so that nobody hears you or knows what you are complaining about. But when you complain out loud, then you run the chance of somebody hearing you. The somebody I was most concerned about was the ...read more

  • David F. Lloyd In His Essay "Rights Vs ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 16, 2008
     | 1,582 views

    DAVID F. LLOYD in his essay “Rights vs Responsibilities” Summer 2001 Issue of Vision: Legally, rights have never been so extensively defined. For starters, there are the rights of ethnic minorities. Then we have the rights of women. The rights of children. The rights of homosexuals. The right to ...read more

  • What To Do About The Bloopers

    Contributed by Ricki Lee Brooks on Jun 28, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,158 views

    WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE BLOOPERS Leon Lett. Nice name. It has a bit of a ring to it. However, unless you are a true NFL football fan, it’s probably not a name that rings a bell for you. So let me fill you in on Leon. Leon played in the NFL with the Dallas Cowboys from 1991 to 2000 and the Denver ...read more

  • Whoever Gets The Son, Gets All The Father Has!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 3, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 962 views

    Years ago, there was a very wealthy man who, with his devoted young son, shared a passion for art collecting. Together they traveled around the world, adding only the finest art treasures to their collection. Priceless works by Picasso, Van Gogh, Monet and many others adorned the walls of the ...read more

  • Finishing Well

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Aug 13, 2017
     | 10,620 views

    John Baker was too short and too slight to be a runner for his high school track team but he loved to run. His best friend was tall and lanky and had the perfect build to be a runner but wanted nothing to do with the sport. So John went to the track coach to convince him to let John on the team ...read more

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