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  • Would You Look At That...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 10, 2009
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,469 views

    "WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT..." The story is told of an old man whose grandson rode a donkey while they were traveling from one city to another. The old man heard some people mumbling, "Would you look at that old man walking, suffering on his feet, while that strong young boy is totally capable of ...read more

  • We Never Stop Growing Until We Stop Learning, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,859 views

    "We never stop growing until we stop learning, and people who are learning this simple truth ...read more

  • New Every Morning

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 13, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,000 views

    New Every Morning Yea, “new every morning,” though we may awake, Our hearts with old sorrow beginning to ache; With old work unfinished when night stayed our hand With new duties waiting, unknown and unplanned; With old care still pressing, to fret and to vex, With new problems rising, our minds ...read more

  • I Recall One Sunny Afternoon When I Was 13 Years ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Feb 5, 2009
     | 3,158 views

    I recall one sunny afternoon when I was 13 years old and had only recently moved to Butte, Montana where I lived for a couple of years during high school with my father and grandfather. One afternoon I was exploring a very old log cabin style garage on the back of the property where we lived. It ...read more

  • How Much Knowledge  PRO

    Contributed by Martin Scarce on Nov 25, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
     | 4,076 views

    How Much Knowledge A young university graduate crossed a large river on a barge. An elderly, worn, gentleman was driving the barge. The university student asked the old man three questions: 1) “Do you know anything about physics?” “Nope”, replied the old man. “Then 1/3 of your life has been ...read more

  • Couldn't You Endure Him?

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Oct 15, 2008
     | 2,577 views

    Couldn't You Endure Him? According to a traditional Hebrew story, Abraham was sitting outside his tent one evening when he saw an old man, weary from age and journey, coming toward him. Abraham rushed out, greeted him, and then invited him into his tent. There he washed the old man’s feet and gave ...read more

  • A Lot Of People Think That Being Saved Is A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on May 23, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,987 views

    A lot of people think that being saved is a matter of works. But, here it says that you are God’s workmanship. It says you were created (kitzo) for good works. The word created means that refers to the work of God in creating you for a purpose. Think of it this way, if you have a apple tree in ...read more

  • Love Does Not Seek Its Own, But Hurt People ...

    Contributed by Greg Yount on Jul 30, 2005
     | 3,723 views

    Love does not seek its own, but hurt people become more and more self-seeking and self-contained. In this climate the love of God waxes cold. A natural example of this is the two seas in the Holy Land. The Sea of Galilee freely receives and gives out water. It has an abundance of life, nurturing ...read more

  • I Read An Article In The Atlantic Journal The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,862 views

    I read an article in the Atlantic Journal the other day; it said, “The world is too big for us. Too much going on, too many crimes, too much violence and excitement. Try as you will you get behind in the race…It’s an incessant strain, to keep pace… and you still lose ground. Science empties its ...read more

  • Phoebe Brown Was A Lady Who Knew How Important ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,975 views

    Phoebe Brown was a lady who knew how important worship is, and how beneficial it can be. Phoebe was a farmer’s wife and she and her husband had several children. So, naturally her days were full of hard work. By the end of the day her body was tired, her nerves were on edge, and her spirit was low. ...read more

  • Someone Once Asked, Why Does A Caged Bird Sing? ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joshua Deonarine on Nov 27, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,133 views

    Someone once asked, Why does a caged bird sing? Every Sunday morning hundreds of Guyanese meet at the Smokey Oval Park a few blocks from my home. The men have one thing in common a little bird in a cage. It amazes me to see these little birds although caged would sing so melodiously. Why would the ...read more

  • For Those Who Are Single And Wish To Marry, You ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 10, 2007
     | 783 views

    For those who are single and wish to marry, you must pray, prepare yourself as a bride is to be adorned for her husband (Rev. 21:2, 19:7-8) and go where you are called. You must discover your gifts, develop your gifts and demonstrate your gifts. This thereby attracts the mate that best first with ...read more

  • I Recently Had A Nursery Operator Inform Me That ...

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Sep 13, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,713 views

    I recently had a nursery operator inform me that keeping my young fruit trees tied up so that the wind would not “damage” them was, in actuality, damaging them! They told me that the strong winds strengthened the fibers of the tree’s trunk and limbs so that it could withstand the fury of nature. ...read more

  • Are You Prepared?

    Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Sep 25, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,723 views

    ARE YOU PREPARED? One day, a king died. His servants spread the unbelievable news all over the palace. He had died in his bed of natural causes. "Where has he gone?" asked one of the king's wisest counselors "Why, to Heaven of course!" answered all the others. "No", said the other gravely, "I ...read more

  • He Who Is

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 22, 2012
     | 2,491 views

    He Who is "the image of the invisible God" (Col. 1:15),(21) is Himself the perfect man. To the sons of Adam He restores the divine likeness which had been disfigured from the first sin onward. Since human nature as He assumed it was not annulled,(22) by that very fact it has been raised up to a ...read more

  • The Physics Professor Had Just Finished His ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 9, 2008
     | 1,074 views

    The physics professor had just finished his lecture about the pendulum, wherein he had shown the mathematical proof that an untouched pendulum will always swing in ever-decreasing arcs. He then asked for a volunteer to demonstrate this fact by standing against a wall with a pendulum bob against ...read more

  • First ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
     | 2,988 views

    First Fight Three weeks after her wedding day, Joanna called her pastor in hysterics. She was crying, “Pastor, John and I had our first fight together! It was awful. What am I going to do?" The pastor, leaning back in his chair and shaking his head said, "Calm down, Joanna, this isn’t nearly as ...read more

  • I Had A Discussion With A Friend Before I Left My ...

    Contributed by Grant Sisson on Mar 5, 2009
     | 1,115 views

    I had a discussion with a friend before I left my career in the oil industry. We were driving down the road on company business discussing various political issues, and he made the comment, “You can’t legislate morality.” I countered immediately, “Woah – there’s never been a law ever put on the ...read more

  • Factor In Fallenness

    Contributed by John Bright on Mar 1, 2025
     | 187 views

    A few years ago, our congregation joined with many churches in the area praying for a 6-year-old boy with extremely aggressive form of brain cancer. Of course, we prayed for a full healing so that the boy could have a long life. He died within 6 months. His parents grew in their faith of a God ...read more

  • Midas Dekkers, Biologist: "To Learn Something ...

    Contributed by Dave Browning on Dec 22, 2008
     | 888 views

    Midas Dekkers, Biologist: "To learn something new, one first has to unlearn something old. So learning is twice as much work for an old ...read more