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  • Everything Is Wonderful

    Contributed by Hugh W. Davidson on Mar 13, 2009
     | 2,901 views

    EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL Charles Spurgeon said, "Everything is wonderful until you get used to it." I remember the first time I ever saw an automatic transmission in a car; I thought it was amazing but, unless we ordered it now, we’d never even see a standard on the lot. I remember the first ...read more

  • In Rebuilding Your Broken World, Gordon Macdonald ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,212 views

    In Rebuilding Your Broken World, Gordon MacDonald suggests twenty-six questions to help develop accountability and invite feedback. If we desire to grow, we should submit our selves to a spiritual mentor and answer these questions honestly. 1. How is your relationship with God right now? 2. What ...read more

  • Tomorrow I'll Be Big

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 22, 2007
     | 1,584 views

    TOMORROW I’LL BE BIG (anonymous). If only he’d say -- just once, "All right, Timmy, let’s do it together, right now." But it’s always, "Wait a little. Can’t you see I’m busy? Just a minute, Timmy. Tomorrow." Tomorrow I’ll be big. I’m only little now. Now is when I need you, Daddy. Not ...read more

  • That's Right – "Slavery" Is The Primary Word Used ...

    Contributed by Todd Stiles on Nov 14, 2006
     | 1,853 views

    That’s right – “slavery” is the primary word used to talk about service or ministry in the Bible. In fact, let me bring you up to speed on our most biblical title: “doulos!” That’s right…you’re a doulos! Simply a slave. Feel better now, don’t you? • Paul calls himself this every time, along with ...read more

  • Today Is Your Day And Mine, The Only Day We ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,951 views

    "Today is your day and mine, the only day we have, the day in which we play our part. What our part may signify in the great whole we may not ...read more

  • Editors Evolve

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 1,781 views

    EDITORS EVOLVE As print's dominance wanes, publishers are asking editors to expand their skill sets and become much more public brand stewards. The volume of content and pages online is not just two or three times that in print, it is 50 to 1,000 times, states Steve Fox, Editor and chief of ...read more

  • To Follow Christ Is To Walk With Him First Into ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Jan 24, 2009
     | 1,937 views

    To follow Christ is to walk with Him first into the presence of His Father. If that is so, we had better know how to act in the divine presence now (in this present life) and then (in the life everlasting). ...read more

  • Why Go To Church  PRO

    Contributed by Dean Kennedy on Aug 26, 2002
    based on 51 ratings
     | 5,597 views

    Why Go To Church A Churchgoer wrote a letter to the editor of the newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday. "I’ve gone for 30 years now," he wrote, "and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of me, I can’t remember a single one ...read more

  • Commitment

    Contributed by Tim Smith on May 28, 2015
     | 15,140 views

    Dave Hood tells the story of training to run a 5K run. Every time his wife and he would go running on their favorite trail, they’d walk a little faster, and with a little more gusto. One day, a half mile in and a young lady came at them sprinting towards them. They jumped out of the way so she ...read more

  • Absence

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Jan 18, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,858 views

    Absence A strange silence I have never heard As I walk a path alone, An unfamiliar moment When I realize you are gone. As I look around to notice That the roads have all been changed For there's one that now is fading At a place I called your name. So I must go on without you With the memories ...read more

  • Have A Heart

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 28, 2023
     | 882 views

    HEARTBEAT? DO WE EVER SAY: THANK YOU? DO WE EVER GET TIRED AND WEARY? DO WE EVER LISTEN TO HEAR THE HEART BEAT OF GOD? John 13:23 Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved. On the average your heart beats around 70 times a minute, 100,800 TIMES A DAY. ...read more

  • One Airline Passenger Told His Companion Shortly ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rich Young on Jan 18, 2001
    based on 104 ratings
     | 3,660 views

    One airline passenger told his companion shortly after take-off, "Time sure changes things. See that lake down there? When I was a boy, I used to go out on it in a rowboat & fish. Every time a plane flew over I’d ...read more

  • First Consider What We Should Not Do. Imagine ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Zukas on Jan 2, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,421 views

    First consider what we should not do. Imagine that you made the trip and paid the price to go to a professional football game. Now, imagine that instead of playing the game, for the entire time the teams just had huddles. That isn’t what you paid for, you want to see some action. But we as a ...read more

  • I Believe I Never Was More Acceptable To My ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006
     | 1,367 views

    “I believe I never was more acceptable to my Master than when I was standing to teach those hearers in the open fields…I now preach to ten times more people than I would if ...read more

  • Richard Daly Was Mayor Of Chicago For 21 Years. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 4, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,575 views

    Richard Daly was mayor of Chicago for 21 years. Mayor Daly was known as a rather difficult man to work for. One of Mayor Daly’s speech writers came in and demanded a raise. Mayor Daly responded, “I’m not going to give you a raise. You are getting paid more than enough already. It should be ...read more

  • Graham: I Would Read The Bible More

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,716 views

    GRAHAM: I WOULD READ THE BIBLE MORE In an interview with Newsweek on 14 Aug 2006, Billy Graham, then aged 88, was asked what would he do if he could live his life over again. The article writes: If he had his life to live over again, Graham says he would spend more time immersed in Scripture and ...read more

  • A Redhead Is Walking Through The Countryside, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Oct 17, 2005
    based on 13 ratings
     | 4,199 views

    A redhead is walking through the countryside, when she finds a bottle. She rubs it and, you guessed it, a genie appears. The genie says, “You are allowed three wishes. But, I must warn you, anything you get, all the blondes in the world get twice as much.” The woman agrees, “Okay. Give me a ...read more

  • The Status Of Good Credentials Can Be Seen In ...

    Contributed by David Butcher on Nov 12, 2006
     | 1,149 views

    The status of good credentials can be seen in many different ways, being able to flash the ‘Gold Card’ was at one time good. Now the banks have Platinum Cards and no doubt someone will come up with ...read more

  • Death

    Contributed by Jeffrey Rowe on Dec 29, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 8,032 views

    In Psalm 23, death is described as casting a shadow. Let’s look at that for a moment. Have you ever been enjoying a nice sunny day when all of a sudden a dark cloud hides the sun? All of a sudden you’re in this shadow! What does the shadow do? It hides the light. It makes it more difficult to ...read more

  • Why Go To Church?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2001
    based on 160 ratings
     | 4,785 views

    Why go to Church? A Church goer wrote a letter to the editor of the newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday. “I’ve gone for 30 years now,” he wrote, “and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of me, I can’t remember a ...read more