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  • For You, Mother  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jun 17, 2003
    based on 23 ratings
     | 2,946 views

    FOR YOU, MOTHER This is for all the mothers who have sat up all night with sick toddlers in their arms, wiping up barf full of Oscar Mayer wieners and cherry Kool-Aid saying, "It’s OK honey, Mommy’s here." This is for all the mothers who show up at work with spit-up in their hair and milk stains ...read more

  • Seeing The Rainbow From God's Side  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Jul 19, 2003
    based on 12 ratings
     | 4,682 views

    SEEING THE RAINBOW FROM GOD’S SIDE Some years ago it was my privilege to be one of the speakers in a large Bible Conference held in Dallas, Texas. Inasmuch as I was conducting a revival meeting in Houston that same week, it was necessary for me to fly to and from the Dallas appointment. My oldest ...read more

  • Years Ago Father John Powell Told The Story Aboit ...  PRO

    Contributed by Erik Estep on Nov 13, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,648 views

    Years ago Father John Powell told the story aboit a young girl named Norma Jean Mortenson. She was a young girl who spent much of her childhood in foster homes. In one of those foster homes, when she was 8 years old, she was abused physically and given a nickel and told to tell no one. ...read more

  • Mavis Lays An Egg  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 7, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,385 views

    MAVIS LAYS AN EGG On a bright, beautiful day, full of promise, Mavis laid an egg. This was not an extraordinary event since Mavis was a chicken, but Mavis was not pleased. "An egg? An egg? What do I want with an egg?" said Mavis to herself. "An egg is just not in my plans. I’ll have to get rid ...read more

  • Somebody Said  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2004
    based on 40 ratings
     | 4,395 views

    SOMEBODY SAID Somebody said it takes about six weeks to get back to normal after you’ve had a baby. Somebody doesn’t know that once you’re a mother, normal is history. Somebody said you learn how to be a mother by instinct. Somebody never took a three-year-old shopping. Somebody said being a ...read more

  • Robert Frost -- Mending Wall -- Something ...

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Sep 27, 2004
     | 2,394 views

    Robert Frost -- Mending Wall -- Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, And spills the upper boulders in the sun, And makes gaps even two can pass abreast. The work of hunters is another thing: I have come after them and made repair Where ...read more

  • Thank You For The Goats In Our Lives!" 1 ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 23, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,011 views

    “Thank You for the Goats in Our Lives!” 1 Chronicles 16: 1-4 Key verse(s): 4: “He appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the Lord, to make petition, to give thanks, and to praise the Lord, the God of Israel. ” “God would surely understand if I wasn’t thankful for this!” If ...read more

  • Kenneth Wuest Gives An Accurate And Graphic ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on May 17, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,182 views

    “Kenneth Wuest gives an accurate and graphic translation of these words: “In which the heavens with a rushing noise will be dissolved, and the elements being scorched will be dissolved, and the earth also and the works in it will be burned up” (2 Peter 3:10). Many Bible students believe that Peter ...read more

  • But Sometimes I Think The Church Has Forgotten ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,806 views

    But sometimes I think the church has forgotten how to celebrate How to party Maybe it is because we have forgotten what Jesus has done for us. Or maybe because the stories the Bible have gotten old and we haven’t been around any new believers to remind us of the hope we have in Jesus Christ. That ...read more

  • A. First You Jump Out Of An Airplane With A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,827 views

    A. FIRST YOU JUMP OUT OF AN AIRPLANE WITH A HUNDRED POUNDS OF GEAR, INTO THE MIDDLE OF A BURNING FOREST, AND YOU CHASE THE FIRE AND FIGHT IT BY HAND -- USUALLY WITHOUT WATER OR, FIRE RETARDANT AND YOU DO IT BECAUSE YOU’RE A SMOKE JUMPER B. MIMI SCISSONS, A 37-YEAR-OLD SMOKE JUMPER STATIONED IN ...read more

  • Helen P. Mrosla -A Teaching Nun P44-46 Maxwell ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 27, 2007
     | 1,471 views

    Helen P. Mrosla -a teaching nun p44-46 Maxwell Person of Influence Helen taught Mark Eklund in third grade and again in junior high math. One Friday the lesson wasn’t going well and the class was bickering, so Helen asked the kids to make a list of all the kids in the class and write the nicest ...read more

  • A Professor At Southwestern Baptist Theological ...

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Oct 9, 2007
     | 1,538 views

    A professor at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary from bygone days was called home to be with the Lord. H. C. Brown. I have some of his books on preaching. His words and works continue to live in the hearts of preachers everywhere. H. C. Brown from the time of 10 years of age was afraid. ...read more

  • Locked In Cages

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
     | 1,824 views

    Many people fear the prospect of dying. · Some fear the pain associated with dying. Although because of modern medicine most deaths are not that painful. · Some fear the separation from loved ones that dying brings. · Some fear the unknown. They don’t know what awaits them beyond the ...read more

  • Unexpected ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 4,019 views

    UNEXPECTED ANSWERS Sometimes our prayers get answered in very unexpected ways. How exciting that is! Can you remember when you had prayer answered in a way that you never thought of? I would even say that if most of our prayers are answered in a predictable way, we are not praying for the right ...read more

  • Mother's Face

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Jul 28, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,088 views

    MOTHER'S FACE Calvin Miller reminds us of the fable of the little girl whose mother's face was hideously scarred from an early injury. As the little girl grew, made friends, and gained her own identity, she became more and more ashamed of her mother's horrid appearance. As she walked down the ...read more

  • Purifying Agent

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,753 views

    Purifying Agent The Apostle Paul writes about the empowering agent that enables the child of God to live that victorious life: Romans 8:9-11 says, "You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if the Spirit of Him who raised ...read more

  • Hospitality To Strangers  PRO

    Contributed by Susan Babb, Osl on Oct 9, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 8,444 views

    A. Friend – some years ago B. Sunday worship service, church like ours C. Service begun – member of congregation began worship, no pastor yet D. Man dressed shabbily in a heavy overcoat and wild hair and who could of used a bath came into service 1. Trouble finding a seat, pretty ...read more

  • We Get A Whole Bunch

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
     | 1,374 views

    We Get a Whole Bunch Pastor John R Ramsey once wrote, "For some time I have had a person provide me with a rose boutonniere to pin on the lapel of my suit every Sunday. Because I always got a flower on Sunday morning, I really did not think much of it. It was a nice gesture that I appreciated, but ...read more

  • Steven Curtis Chapman Talks About His Tragedy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,080 views

    STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN TALKS ABOUT HIS TRAGEDY Two months after the tragic accident that claimed the life of his five-year-old daughter Maria Sue, Steven Curtis Chapman appeared with his wife and three oldest children on CNN’s "Larry King Live" Aug. 7 to testify to the solid hope believers have in ...read more

  • Jesus Stands ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
     | 3,056 views

    JESUS STANDS READY During the years of 1980s, I traveled quite a bit from Washington D.C. to New Jersey to go between my father and mother’s house. As a 10-year-old I traveled alone on planes, so news stories about planes and travels were on my radar, so to speak. So, in 1982 when January 13th ...read more