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  • I Didn't Save You. God Did.

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012
     | 1,891 views

    "I DIDN'T SAVE YOU. GOD DID." Fireman Edward Cushing tells the story of an old frame house burning on the southside of Chicago. He ordered the hoses to start fighting the fire and then dashed inside and pulled three people out. When the blaze was over, the Chief came over and told him he did a ...read more

  • Adversity

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Dec 27, 2014
     | 8,388 views

    “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow.” - Mary Anne Radmacher Sometimes life deals us a situation so adverse, a loss so great, we feel unable to meet the challenge of facing day after day in our pain and loss. ...read more

  • Blessings In The Messes

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on May 27, 2015
     | 6,923 views

    Sometimes life is a mess! As I sit in my own office you can barely see the top of my desk and just about every available flat surface is cluttered with some books or papers of some sort! Sermons to preach, classes to teach, meetings to prepare for, schedules to keep - my office sometimes ...read more

  • The Carnival Ride

    Contributed by Paul Steen on Dec 9, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,524 views

    Some years ago, while our family was vacationing in the high Sierras, we decided to visit a small county fair near the town of Quincy. There weren't many people there that morning. In fact, we were about the only ones visiting the carnival rides. So when I climbed into the Tilt-O-Wheel with my ...read more

  • Growth Takes Time

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jul 18, 2018
     | 4,771 views

    GROWTH IS RARELY AN ACCIDENT, GROWTH HAS A PLAN… GROWTH REQUIRES EFFORT… THE MORE EFFORT THE MORE THE GROWTH WILL THRIVE… Blessed is he who expects nothing for he shall get exactly what he expected. Les Brown tells a wonderful illustration that we need to consider… There is a tree that grows in ...read more

  • Jay Fondren Is A Recent Hero. When My Wife ...  PRO

    Contributed by Chris Surber on May 24, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,577 views

    Jay Fondren is a recent hero. When my wife Christina was an auditor for the Department of Veterans she met Jay in a Veteran’s Regional Office in Waco, Texas. She was conducting interviews to determine the timeliness of transition between the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans ...read more

  • Joni Eareckson Tada, A Quadriplegic Who Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jun 3, 2007
    based on 22 ratings
     | 5,224 views

    Joni Eareckson Tada, a quadriplegic who was paralyzed in a diving accident as a teenager, talks about her wedding day. She says, “I felt awkward as my girlfriends strained to shift my paralyzed body into a cumbersome wedding gown. No amount of corseting and binding my body gave me a perfect ...read more

  • The Late Erma Bombeck Tells Of God In The Act Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,526 views

    The late Erma Bombeck tells of God in the act of creating mothers. She says that on the day God created mothers He had already worked long overtime. And an angel said to Him, “Lord, you sure are spending a lot of time on this one.” The Lord turned and said, “Have you read the specs on this model? ...read more

  • Did You Hear About The Police Chief Who Gave ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,926 views

    Did you hear about the police chief who gave himself a ticket for a traffic violation? Police chief Richard Knoebel issued himself a $235 ticket complete with a four-point penalty against his license after he realized he had failed to stop for a school bus with its lights flashing. Knoebel said ...read more

  • We Have Two Walnut Trees That Are Growing On The ...

    Contributed by Virgil Gibson on Oct 17, 2007
     | 1,378 views

    We have two walnut trees that are growing on the property line. We have a fence between us and the neighbor, and the trees are growing up the back side of the fence. There are several limbs growing over on our side of the fence. The owner of the property owns several duplex apartments on the ...read more

  • About Nine Years Ago, They Found That Their ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Oct 20, 2007
     | 1,107 views

    About nine years ago, they found that their worship service had lost its spark Senior minister Mike Pilavachi says, “We seemed to be going through the motions, but I noticed that although we were singing the songs, our hearts, were far from Him.” They became too focused on what they liked about the ...read more

  • You Perhaps May Have Heard The Story Of Mr. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Jan 12, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,109 views

    You perhaps may have heard the story of Mr. Whitefield, who made it his wish wherever he stayed to talk to the members of the household about their souls—with each one personally. But stopping at a certain house of a Colonel, who was all that could be wished for except a Christian, Whitefield was ...read more

  • Let's Play 'let's Pretend'. Let's Pretend That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
     | 3,044 views

    Let's play 'Let's Pretend'. Let's pretend that you work for me. In fact, you are my executive assistant in a company that is growing rapidly. I'm the owner and I'm interested in expanding overseas. To pull this off, I make plans to travel abroad and stay there until a new branch office gets ...read more

  • Complaining Is Remedied By Thankfulness  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,235 views

    COMPLAINING IS REMEDIED BY THANKFULNESS Turn back again to the book of Exodus—Exodus chapter 34. The cure for complaining is not found in changing our circumstances, but rather gaining a proper view of God. · Do you really believe that God has your best interests at heart? · Do you really ...read more

  • The Key … After 29 Floors

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 12, 2008
     | 1,518 views

    5411 The Key … After 29 Floors Three men, John Newton, Louis Weatherford, and Samuel Preston, were out to find the best that this life had to offer. Willing to try anything, they were now on their way to New York City to “to the Ambassador Hotel, a twenty-nine floor building. Upon entering the ...read more

  • Earlier This Week, I Was Talking To Our Music ...

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on May 28, 2008
     | 1,339 views

    Earlier this week, I was talking to our music director, Jim Turk, about this sermon. I told him that I was going to challenge you to live out your faith. I told him a story about myself that makes me very self-conscious. It is a story I had never told anyone else. I explained to Jim that it was ...read more

  • The Cluttered Closet

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jul 19, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,629 views

    THE CLUTTERED CLOSET Mark 12:29-31 Object: Picture of a cluttered closet Objective: Sometimes we must take the time to pull all the "stuff" out of the closet and go through it piece by piece if we want to bring order to chaos. In my house there is a closet that I call the "junk closet." This ...read more

  • Caterpillar Ugly, Butterfly Beautiful  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 15 ratings
     | 8,634 views

    Caterpillar Ugly, Butterfly Beautiful It is a well-known fact that a caterpillar changes into a butterfly. The butterfly can truthfully say as he looks at the caterpillar, "Such was I, but now I am changed." Every Christian has once been a sinner, living for self and the momentary pleasures ...read more

  • The Wise ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 6, 2008
     | 4,542 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

  • Didn't You Get My Letters?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
     | 1,498 views

    DIDN'T YOU GET MY LETTERS? Let's play “Let's Pretend". Let's pretend that you work for me. In fact, you are my executive assistant in a company that is growing rapidly. I'm the owner and I’m interested in expanding overseas. To pull this off, I make plans to travel abroad and stay there until a ...read more