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  • The Way We Value Our Stuff Can Get Out-Of-Whack. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Doane Brubaker on May 3, 2007
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     | 1,339 views

    The way we value our stuff can get out-of-whack. One day in San Antonio the temperature had risen to 99 degrees. Fred Arriola, a wrecker driver stopped his truck in the street because he saw two women hysterically running around a car and a neighbor trying to unlock it with a hanger. Inside was ...read more

  • Today...we're Going To Look At An Example From A ...

    Contributed by Mike Rexroat on Nov 5, 2007
     | 1,373 views

    today...we’re going to look at an example from a very deep movie...Funny Farm. I’m sure all of you recognize the title...it’s probably in your library right beside all of the Charlton Heston movies. On the slim chance that you aren’t familiar with this particular movie let me give you a brief ...read more

  • Family Stages

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 22, 2009
     | 3,720 views

    FAMILY STAGES Now you know why I say, "The family takes a lot of work!" A healthy family will go through several stages that require perseverance and a good work ethic. Stage One -- The family begins at the, "I do"s and a couple is birthed. Now comes the dying to self. Stage Two -- The couple's ...read more

  • Gladstone: Risk For The Greater Victory  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,202 views

    GLADSTONE: RISK FOR THE GREATER VICTORY WILLIAM GLADSTONE, a prime minister of England in the nineteenth century, one night was working late on an important speech he was to give to the House of Commons the next day. At about two o'clock in the morning a woman knocked on his door, asking the ...read more

  • God's Promises And Urban Legends  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Carson on Nov 20, 2011
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    GOD'S PROMISES AND URBAN LEGENDS Do you really believe that being godly is great gain and not financial gain, but something that really matters and lasts? If you believed that, wouldn’t it change your life? Most people believe that if you smoke, you’ll get lung cancer. Many of you quit smoking ...read more

  • Many Turns–one Road! (07.01.05--Direction--John ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jun 29, 2005
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     | 3,032 views

    Many Turns–One Road! (07.01.05--Direction--John 21:20-25) Like life, most highways that we find ourselves on aren’t always straight and true. In fact, what makes some highways fun to drive is that they give you the opportunity to make a turn here and there from time to time, just to break up the ...read more

  • Unexpected Journey Thru Cancer

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 12, 2024
     | 357 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

  • Any Pie à La Mode Is My Kind Of Pie

    Contributed by James Snyder on Jul 3, 2021
     | 1,076 views

    Choices are a very important part of our everyday life. I am what I am today because of choices I made yesterday. I would like to blame someone else, but the truth of the matter is, I am what I am because of my choices. I must confess that there are a lot of bad choices I have made throughout my ...read more

  • Mark Twain, El Escritor Norteamericano Que Nos ...

    Contributed by Alberto Valenzuela on Oct 5, 2006
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    Mark Twain, el escritor norteamericano que nos diera Tom Sawyer y Huckleberry Finn, escribió una vez una carta abierta al Comodoro Vanderbilt: ¡Pobre Vanderbilt! ¡Qué lástima me das! Y lo digo honestamente. Eres un hombre viejo y deberías descansar, pero sigues luchando y negándote a ti mismo, ...read more

  • A Vacation Of Compassion  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 5,023 views

    A VACATION OF COMPASSION In 1958, 35 year old Englishwoman Anita Goulden went on holiday to Peru to visit her brother. Anita was a widowed, single mother who owned two haberdasheries in Manchester, England. She was about to go home by way of the United States when she saw an unbelievable ...read more

  • Our Man Of Hope  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 13, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,458 views

    OUR MAN OF HOPE In the 1930’s Winston Churchill was the only voice sounding the alarm against Hitler. His fellow Conservatives shunned him, and he was not offered a position in the government. But Churchill was a man of action. Not content to sit on the sidelines as a spectator, he became ...read more

  • Writing About The Importance Of Helping People ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 7, 2004
     | 2,147 views

    Writing about the importance of helping people become all they can be, author and speaker John Maxwell writes, "In 2000, Atlanta Braves star pitcher John Smoltz suffered a blow that could have ended his illustrious career. After battling various injuries for several seasons, he underwent ligament ...read more

  • One Of My Favorite Christmas Stories, Is About A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Oct 13, 2004
    based on 10 ratings
     | 4,050 views

    One of my favorite Christmas stories, is about a 7th-grade boy by the name of William Spurling. William Spurling was big for his age, & a little slow mentally. But he was a good boy & all the kids liked him. In fact, they wanted him for a friend because he was big enough to take their part if they ...read more

  • Repentance Of Chuck ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2009
    based on 1 rating
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    Repentance of Chuck Norris I was reading about a martial arts fighter. He came forward at a Billy Graham crusade and accepted Christ as his Savior when he was 12 years old. But he never really committed his life to serving Christ. He went on to become the karate middleweight champion of the world ...read more

  • The Rise And Fall Of Nine Rich Men  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2011
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,764 views

    THE RISE AND FALL OF NINE RICH MEN A popular story recounts a meeting that may have taken place at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago in 1923. There is debate whether the meeting in fact occurred, but what is not in question is the actual rise and fall of the men featured in the story, who were ...read more

  • Adoniram Judson Returns To The Lord

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 13, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,589 views

    ADONIRAM JUDSON RETURNS TO THE LORD Adoniram Judson graduated at the top of his class in college, then he headed to New York City to seek fame and fortune as an actor and/or writer. He had left the God of his father, thinking he was beyond such "primitive notions." But such a life was empty for ...read more

  • Running The Race God's Way

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 16, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,159 views

    RUNNING THE RACE GOD'S WAY Joni Eareckson Tada recently told a story commenting on Romans 15:1-2: "We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up." She writes, "My husband, Ken, serves ...read more

  • With Regard To Alcohol Abuse

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,872 views

    With regard to alcohol abuse: 1. Currently, nearly 14 million Americans—1 in every 13 adults-abuse alcohol or are alcoholic. 2. Several million more adults engage in risky drinking patterns that could lead to alcohol problems. 3. Even more scary and sad is how young people are when they get ...read more

  • Myron

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Sep 11, 2008
     | 1,415 views

    Myron Do you need encouragement on a smaller scale for a person with lesser abilities? Kenneth Dodge, San Leandro, California: In a small town in the Midwest where I spent six years of my early youth, there lived a mentally retarded adult named Myron. It was during depression years and there was ...read more

  • In His Book Ghost Soldiers, Hampton Sides Tel...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
     | 2,753 views

    In his book Ghost Soldiers, Hampton Sides tells the story of a dramatic mission during World War II. On January 28th, 1945, 121 hand-selected Army Rangers slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines in an attempt to rescue 513 American and British POW’s who had spent three years in a hellish ...read more

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