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  • The Dark Side

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 12, 2024
     | 763 views

    The Dark side we need to see into: Proverbs 4:19 “But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.” Years ago, the movie Star Wars came out and my daughters and I made a pact to go see every Star Wars movie together. We have loved the series and one of ...read more

  • When The Door Opened

    Contributed by Austin W. Duncan on Apr 18, 2026
    based on 1 rating
     | 98 views

    Before Cassy and I moved to Middle Tennessee, we were in West Texas. I was running a pretty small graphic design business and driving for Uber and Lyft in the evenings, and I was frustrated overall. Not because anything was particularly wrong, but because I kept feeling like I wasn't doing what ...read more

  • Standing ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,219 views

    STANDING ALONE Richard Exley relates a story in his book, Deliver Me. He grew up in a very similar church as to what this one is now. In fact, the church that he is from, in years past, held the same convictions that we still hold today. In the past, you could not tell a difference between how ...read more

  • If Only My Fishing Rod Could Talk

    Contributed by James Snyder on Sep 5, 2020
     | 2,468 views

    It has been a busy week, more so than any other week. Just when I thought I was caught up, something else presented itself without my permission. That seems to be what life is all about. I remember my father telling me when I complained to him how busy my life was and how my employer wanted me to ...read more

  • How Can I Get My Sneeze Back?

    Contributed by James Snyder on Sep 28, 2024
     | 474 views

    I've had a lot of health issues during this past year, and now that I seem to be over them, something else has taken their place. I have had a sneezing fit for the past two weeks that I've never experienced before. Every time I sneeze, it is in triplets. I don't know why I have to ...read more

  • Poor Communication Can Led To All Kinds Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Apr 5, 2001
    based on 198 ratings
     | 2,652 views

    Poor communication can led to all kinds of misunderstandings; A rather old fashioned lady, was planning a couple of weeks vacation in Florida. She also was quite delicate and elegant with her language. She wrote a letter to a particular campground and asked for reservations. She wanted to ...read more

  • Showing Up Each Day  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Apr 9, 2001
    based on 193 ratings
     | 3,377 views

    Erma Bombeck writes; For the first 4 or 5 years after I had children, I considered motherhood a temporary condition -- not a calling. It was a time of my life set aside for exhaustion and long hours. It would pass. Then one afternoon, with 3 kids in tow, I came out of a supermarket pushing a ...read more

  • Phan Thi Kim Phuc  PRO

    Contributed by John Harvey on Feb 12, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,431 views

    Phan Thi Kim Phuc (Illustration from Still More Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks” Wayne Rice. Printed by Youth Specialties) On June 8, 1972, a nine-year-old Vietnamese girl, her clothes flaming from gasoline bombs, fled the American-led assault on her village of Trang Bang. With her eyes ...read more

  • I Say, "My Car," But It's Not Really My Car, It's ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Aug 22, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,929 views

    I say, "my car," but it’s not really my car, it’s the Lord’s. He has just loaned it to me to use for Him. Every bit of metal, plastic, every bit of glass and for my car, every bit of rust belongs to God. And someday my car will be dropped into some giant compressing machine, be folded up into about ...read more

  • Unmanufactured Tissue Of The Universe!" Joshua ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Dec 23, 2004
     | 3,276 views

    “Unmanufactured Tissue of the Universe!” Joshua 10: 12-15 Key verse(s): 13b: “The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.” “What ‘cha doing?” The old man said to the young man as he sat lazily next to an old haystack at the side of the road. “Just killing a ...read more

  • Children Leave Gift Of Love At Funeral By Paul ...  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Apr 4, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,373 views

    Children leave gift of love at funeral by Paul Harvey The Rev. Harry Pritchett Jr. is rector of All Saints Episcopal Church in Atlanta. His church includes specific ministries for the poor, for street people, for college students. It is Pritchett who called my attention to a boy named ...read more

  • Insurgency! (11.08.05--Christian ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 6, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,499 views

    Insurgency! (11.08.05--Christian Soldiers!--Revelations 12:7) What war? That was the response that I got from a friend recently when I referred to Operation Iraqi Freedom as a war. I looked at him and asked: “How would you define a war?” His response? “A war is when freedom is at stake and our ...read more

  • Children Leave Gift Of Love At Funeral

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,478 views

    Children leave gift of love @ funeral The Rev. Harry Pritchett Jr. is rector of All Saints Episcopal Church in Atlanta. His church includes specific ministries for the poor, for street people, for college students. It is Pritchett who called my attention to a boy named Philip. He was 9 – in a ...read more

  • What's Your Dream?

    Contributed by Grant Van Boeschoten on Apr 22, 2008
     | 2,583 views

    WHAT'S YOUR DREAM? Mathew Barnett, at the young age of 20, was asked by his father Tommy Barnett to pastor an Inner City Church in Los Angeles. The first day that Mathew was at the Church it had a congregation of forty people. But instead of growing under his young and enthusiastic leadership, ...read more

  • No Greater ...

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 16, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,319 views

    No Greater Love During the beginning of World War II, a large British military force on the European continent, as well as English citizens and diplomats, retreated to a French coastal port of Dunkirk. With it’s back against the English Channel, the British army faced a German army that threatened ...read more

  • Christmas In The Great War  PRO

    Contributed by James Jack on Apr 10, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,447 views

    CHRISTMAS IN THE GREAT WAR A famous incident from WWI illustrates the nature of the Christmas season very well. It was December 1914, the first Christmas of the war. Already the stalemate along the western front in France had begun to set in. British, French and German troops faced each other in ...read more

  • Cinderella (From Max ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 19, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,536 views

    Cinderella (From Max Lucado) Now I want to turn things to an illustration as we transition to our final point. It is a true story that takes place at Disney World. Cinderella’s castle. It was packed with kids and parents. Suddenly all the children rushed to one side. Had it been a boat, the castle ...read more

  • Miss Bettye And Her All-Night Prayer Kitchen  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 1, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,121 views

    MISS BETTYE AND HER ALL-NIGHT PRAYER KITCHEN Just this last September (2009), the Chicago Tribune ran a story about Bettye Tucker, a Christian cook who works the night shift at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago. She has been doing her job for 43 years -- 28 of them on the night shift. On ...read more

  • Cinderella Grace

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 2, 2010
     | 4,417 views

    CINDERELLA GRACE Cinderella’s castle at Disneyland was packed with kids and parents. Suddenly - all the children rushed to one side. It’s a good thing it was a castle and not a boat, or it would have tipped over. The pristine princess had entered the room. Cinderella. A gorgeous young girl with ...read more

  • B.c. = Bad Communication

    Contributed by Louis Gibson on Jun 28, 2010
     | 4,016 views

    B.C. = BAD COMMUNICATION Poor communication can led to all kinds of misunderstandings. A rather old fashioned lady was planning a couple of weeks vacation in Florida. She also was quite delicate and elegant with her language. She wrote a letter to a particular campground and asked for ...read more