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  • So This Is Old Age

    Contributed by James Snyder on Jul 29, 2023
     | 1,490 views

    Dr. James L. Snyder The other morning I got up; at least, I tried to get up, but the bones in every part of my body had organized a labor strike against me. I’m not quite sure what they were protesting. As I lay there groaning over these bones, I did not realize how many bones I had in my body. ...read more

  • Stoyan's Father By Nik Ripken

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 14, 2019
     | 4,374 views

    When Stoyan was twelve, they imprisoned his protestant pastor father. His father remained in custody for ten years. “At first,” he said, “they held him in a secret police place in our city.” “Every morning one of the guards would take some of his own human waste and spread it on the piece of toast ...read more

  • What Did She Just Say?

    Contributed by James Snyder on Jan 22, 2022
     | 1,667 views

    To be honest, I don't always hear what I'm supposed to hear. I do have ears, but sometimes they are not working in such a way as to benefit me. Often, The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage will talk to me about something, and then at the end of that, she will ask me a question of which I ...read more

  • Always Looking For Inspiring Stories To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 31, 2002
    based on 73 ratings
     | 2,931 views

    Always looking for inspiring stories to demonstrate the power of prayer, The Presidential Prayer Team shares this amazing story in the news today. Please pass it on to inspire others. 50 Christian truckers got together to pray to pray that somehow the sniper terrorizing the Washington, DC area ...read more

  • A Prayer For A Nation At War  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 19, 2003
    based on 13 ratings
     | 2,419 views

    A PRAYER FOR A NATION AT WAR Our Father in Heaven, We thank You that You know exactly what is going on here on earth. We sinful human beings constantly find ourselves confused, distressed, and alarmed because of our own behavior and that of others. What miseries result from our sinful ...read more

  • Strike First, Strike Fast, Strike Hard

    Contributed by Jeffrey Kellum on May 8, 2003
     | 5,211 views

    strike first, strike fast, strike hard - Illustration: For years many Karate schools taught this philosophy. In competition these opponents are the easiest to read. They become proficient at initiating a number of specific combinations that lead to quick victories. But there are inherent ...read more

  • In My Study For The Fishers Of Men Series I Came ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 27, 2003
    based on 31 ratings
     | 3,133 views

    In my study for the Fishers of Men series I came across an essay written by A. J. McClane called, “The Song of the Angler.” In this essay he examines why fishermen fish. 1. People fish for each others company, for the fellowship. Able to share in a common activity. People fish for the ...read more

  • Perhaps You Have Read Various Versions Of "The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Ferris on Jan 26, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,648 views

    Perhaps you have read various versions of “The Penny” on the Internet. Here is a slightly different version: A rich man was observed by friends to repeatedly pick up any penny he found on the street. This behavior was quite intriguing to his friends for the condition of the penny wasn’t an ...read more

  • Up In The Northern Parts Near The Source Of The ...

    Contributed by James Stewart on Nov 17, 2006
     | 1,799 views

    Up in the northern parts near the source of the Mississippi, it was a bitterly cold winter, and the Mississippi River had frozen over. There was a man who, rather than going to the bridge, decided he would walk across the frozen ice. He didn’t see anyone else out there. It looked so crusty and so ...read more

  • I Love To Cook. The Only Problem Is That Many Of ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Mar 1, 2008
     | 2,073 views

    I love to cook. The only problem is that many of the things I like to cook are things that my wife does not particularly care to eat. I like to cook things in a crock pot or in a pressure cooker. One of my favorite things to cook is ham hocks and beans. My dad taught me to cook it and we used ...read more

  • Eternal Life  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,823 views

    ETERNAL LIFE If you are Christian, eternal life does not simply mean going to heaven for eternity. Eternal life means a never-dying spirit that has already sprung to life in you! In other words, eternal life starts NOW! Your life that lasts eternally in the next world is the same life that begins ...read more

  • I Know Because I See

    Contributed by Bruce Montgomery on Apr 21, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,232 views

    I KNOW BECAUSE I SEE The fingerprints of God are everywhere in nature! Faith - at least in part - is the spiritual seeing or perceiving of the fingerprints on the things he has made. We see the order, the beauty, the greatness, the complexity of what he has made - and these are the evidence that ...read more

  • What Are You Looking For?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,896 views

    WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? A certain man went to Church one Sunday. He frowned when the organist missed a note during the opening hymn. He gave a mean stare at two teenagers talking to each other when the congregation was at prayer. During the Scripture readings, he kept looking impatiently at his ...read more

  • The Penny Is An Interesting Piece Of Metal. The ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Nov 11, 2008
     | 2,109 views

    The penny is an interesting piece of metal. The price of the metal within the penny actually is worth more than its assigned value. And to top it off, the penny is almost worthless at least in terms economic buying power. You can’t get anything for penny nowadays. I can’t think of anything. ...read more

  • Eternal Life

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008
     | 5,285 views

    Eternal Life If you are Christian, eternal life does not simply mean going to heaven for eternity. Eternal life means a never-dying spirit that has already sprung to life in you! In other words, eternal life starts NOW! Your life that lasts eternally in the next world is the same life that begins ...read more

  • On January 8, 1956 Jim Elliot, Along With Four ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 1,583 views

    On January 8, 1956 Jim Elliot, along with four other missionaries was killed while trying to bring this Good News of Christ to the Waodoni people of the Auca Indians in Ecuador. In his journal published in a book titled SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY, Jim wrote these words: “One doesn’t learn to speak ...read more

  • Does God Exist? Barbers Don't ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Feb 18, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,751 views

    Does God exist? Barbers Don’t Exist… This is one of the best explanations of why God allows pain and suffering that I have seen. It’s an explanation other people will understand. Does God exist? A man went to a barber shop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, ...read more

  • Common Bitterness

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Mar 11, 2011
     | 4,522 views

    COMMON BITTERNESS When I was in college, I worked as a youth director at a little church out in the country about an hour’s drive away. There were two families in that congregation that didn’t get along. When they came to worship, they would take up their positions on opposite sides of the room ...read more

  • Trust The Narrow, Unbeaten Path

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Aug 5, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,100 views

    TRUST THE NARROW, UNBEATEN PATH When I was younger I went hiking up Golden Ears Mountain. Several years earlier I went with my school and there was a nice rope bridge that crossed the waterfalls to keep you on the trail up the top of the mountain. The path that led to the bridge was wide, covered ...read more

  • The Meaning Of The Cross

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2011
     | 5,396 views

    THE MEANING OF THE CROSS In the 19th century, Armenian Christians, under a Turkish Muslim government, experienced a tremendous amount of persecution. The government lifted the ban on Muslims converting to Christianity in 1856. Then just eight years later, they began arresting these Muslim converts ...read more