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  • Just Passing Through

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 2, 2010
     | 3,560 views

    JUST PASSING THROUGH If a business trip took you to Pueblo for 8 weeks and your company rented you an apartment to stay in ... how much time would you spend decorating the place and making it look nice? Why? You’re just passing through, you won’t be there long. Is it possible that we invest far ...read more

  • In A Peanuts Cartoon Lucy Demanded That Linus ...

    Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Feb 27, 2010
     | 2,816 views

    In a Peanuts cartoon Lucy demanded that Linus change TV channels, threatening him with her fist if he didn't. "What makes you think you can walk right in here and take over?" asks Linus. "These five fingers," says Lucy. "Individually they're nothing but when I curl them together like this into a ...read more

  • Corrie Ten Boom On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 4, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,948 views

    Corrie Ten Boom on Prayer It was Corrie Ten Boom who asked, “Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tyre?” I am afraid for too many of us it is the spare tyre, the source we look to only when our journey has ground to a halt, but really, it ought to be our steering wheel, and Jesus teaches us ...read more

  • Actress Julia Roberts’ Wedding To Daniel ...

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jun 23, 2010
     | 3,194 views

    Actress Julia Roberts’ wedding to Daniel Moder featured the vow to “love, support, but not obey.” Will Smith’s vows merely promised good manners. He revealed that in his vows to Jada Pinkett in 1997 “our vows did not promise to forsake all others. The vow that we made was that ‘you will never ...read more

  • God's Elect

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Aug 26, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,371 views

    GOD'S ELECT There is no indication anywhere in Scripture that when a man or woman first believes in Jesus for salvation, God says something like, "Oh, look! We hooked another one! Get out the book and write his name down!" God is not taken by surprise, God is not waiting for people to ...read more

  • Is Your Church On Fire?

    Contributed by K. Simms on Nov 5, 2010
     | 4,751 views

    IS YOUR CHURCH ON FIRE? In a little town unknown to many, there was a small church. One night smoke and flames consumed this little church. People from all over town stood in the streets and watched the church as it burned. The local preacher drove up and noticed several people that he hadn't seen ...read more

  • What Will They Say?

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010
     | 2,279 views

    WHAT WILL THEY SAY? A minister, a priest and a rabbi die and go to heaven for orientation. They are all asked, "When you are in your casket, and friends, family, and congregants are mourning over you, what would you like to hear them say?" The minister says, "I would like to hear them say that I ...read more

  • Counterfeit Christmas

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 12, 2011
     | 3,751 views

    COUNTERFEIT CHRISTMAS According to a British Paper (Romsey Advertiser): "Christmas shoppers looking for a bargain should be wary of counterfeit goods which flood the market in the run-up to the festive season," the UK Border Agency has warned. "Fake Ugg Boots, GHD hair straighteners, iPhones and ...read more

  • What I Wouldn't Give...

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on Mar 28, 2012
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    WHAT I WOULDN'T GIVE... When Oliver Wendell Holmes was still on the U.S. Supreme Court, he and Justice Louis Brandeis took walks every afternoon. On one of these occasions Holmes, then ninety-two, paused to gaze in frank admiration at a beautiful young girl who passed them. He even turned to look ...read more

  • Vacation For Seniors!

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Jul 22, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,529 views

    A number of years ago I attended a pastors gathering in Toronto. A retired Pastor, now crippled by a stroke, sat along the wall on a chair, all alone. In his prime he was a highly esteemed professor, author and preacher. Now, he sat alone and unnoticed. I walked across the room and lamented this ...read more

  • Yuri Gagarin Did Not See God.

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 9, 2020
     | 5,152 views

    Do you know the name of Yuri Gagarin?? The year was 1961 and this Russian cosmonaut was the first human to travel into space. After circling the earth, the atheistic astronaut came back and declared that he looked outside his capsule and didn’t see God anywhere. To which Dr. W. A. Criswell ...read more

  • One Author Wrote, "I Shall Never Forget Dr. R. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,224 views

    One author wrote, "I shall never forget Dr. R. A. Torrey saying to me as a young preacher, ’Young man, make up your mind on one thing and stick to it.’" Vance Havner comments: "The Christian life should be like a sword with one point, not like a broom ending in many straws. Such a single purpose ...read more

  • Calvin Coolidge's Father Told Of A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,299 views

    Calvin Coolidge’s father told of a characteristic his son had upon becoming the president of the United States. His father said that often when he had to go out of town he would leave certain instructions with Calvin Coolidge about things that needed to be done before he returned. And, he said, he ...read more

  • There Was A Guy Who Leaned Slightly To The Left. ...

    Contributed by Danny Pinksen on Jun 28, 2007
     | 1,987 views

    There was a guy who leaned slightly to the left. His friend suggested he go and see a chiropractor and have his legs checked. After years of refusing, he finally went to the chiropractor only discover that one leg was ¾" shorter than his right. A quick bit of adjusting later, he was cured, and both ...read more

  • Spiritual Leadership

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Sep 9, 2007
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     | 4,307 views

    Spiritual Leadership Samuel Logan Brengle said: Spiritual leadership is not won by promotion, but by prayers and tears. It is attained by much heart-searching and humbling before God; by self-surrender, a courageous sacrifice of every idol, a bold, uncompromising, and uncomplaining embracing of ...read more

  • The Creature "Strife"

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Nov 9, 2007
     | 2,016 views

    The Creature “Strife” There is a legend from Greek mythology that the god Hercules was once walking along a narrow road when a strange-looking creature appeared threateningly in front of him. Hercules struck this creature with his club and passed on, but soon afterwards was surprised to be ...read more

  • I'm Going To Be Forty This Month, But I ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Nov 27, 2007
     | 1,202 views

    “I’m going to be forty this month, but I approached thirty with more apprehension, I think, and the sense of time gone by. I’ve had more time to learn about myself, ten more years. “I no longer fool myself, not easily anyway. I know when I’m making excuses and when I’m making choices, and the ...read more

  • I Will Never Forget The Story Of A Famous Bishop ...

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Nov 28, 2007
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    I will never forget the story of a famous bishop who spoke to a gathering of ministerial students. He repeated Jesus’ story of the wise and foolish maidens. Then he looked at those young men and challenged them, “Young men, would you rather be in the light with the ten wise maidens or out in the ...read more

  • A Young Woman Asked For An Appointment With Her ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Jan 26, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,649 views

    A young woman asked for an appointment with her pastor to talk with him about a besetting sin about which she was worried. When she saw him, she said, "Pastor, I have become aware of a sin in my life which I cannot control. Every time I am at church I begin to look around at the other women, and I ...read more

  • A Preacher Remembered When His Daughter Was Two ...

    Contributed by Matthew Sullivan on Feb 19, 2008
     | 1,382 views

    A preacher remembered when his daughter was two years old and he was watching her at the house. His wife was shopping and he was watching a basketball game, while he was supposed to be watching the little one. You know how that goes, as he was watching the game, all of a sudden he looked up and ...read more