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  • Love One Another...?

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Nov 13, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,126 views

    LOVE ONE ANOTHER...? A story from the Peanut’s cartoons - you know - with Snoopy and Charlie Brown: It’s Christmas time and Lucy comes in where Charlie Brown is standing and says, "Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown. `Tis the season of peace on earth and good will toward men. Therefore, I suggest we ...read more

  • One More Round

    Contributed by Jerry Thorpe on Mar 8, 2013
     | 2,958 views

    Boxing Champion James J. Corbett, when asked, "What's the most important thing for a person to do to become the champion of ...read more

  • No One Is A Lost Cause

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 11, 2015
     | 6,823 views

    Ron Smith was in law enforcement for 20 years. After he retired, he was asked to join a prison ministry of his church. He scoffed at the idea, knowing he had put a lot of those guys in prison and he, above all, knew what types of peoplethey were. But eventually he broke down and joined and God ...read more

  • You Are The One On Trial

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Apr 17, 2017
     | 3,752 views

    Some people come to the Bible or to any work of great literature without the capacity to understand what is in it. They are like a person who comes to a well for a drink of water, only to find that there is no bucket to draw the water out of the well. When people say, "I don’t get anything out ...read more

  • It Was One Of Those Weeks

    Contributed by James Snyder on Oct 19, 2019
     | 1,423 views

    At my stage in life, I have experienced a gazillion weeks. I thought about actually counting how many weeks I have lived, but I don’t have that many fingers or toes. It doesn’t matter how many weeks it is. I have lived enough weeks to know, when you think you have experienced everything there is ...read more

  • Loving One Another.

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Sep 13, 2020
     | 3,929 views

    There is a song where a woman with a flat tire on a cold wet and very dark night, has a man stop to help her change her flat tire. He won't take money for helping her but tells her to pass it on to someone else that she can help. She stops at a dinner and tips the pregnant waitress that looks ...read more

  • No One Thanked Him.

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 2, 2020
     | 1,751 views

    Back in 1860, an excursion boat on Lake Michigan collided with a freighter and began to sink less than a mile from the shore. Hundreds of passengers began screaming as they leaped into the icy water. Edward Spencer was a student at a nearby seminary, and he ran down to the beach to see what he ...read more

  • One Solitary Life

    Contributed by Craig Cramblet on Mar 1, 2008
     | 1,359 views

    “One Solitary Life" Here is a man who was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman. He grew up in another village. He worked in a carpenter shop until He was thirty. Then for three years He was an itinerant preacher. He never owned a home. He never wrote a book. He never held an ...read more

  • Part One (Kid's ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 17, 2008
     | 1,234 views

    Part One (kid’s sermon) Let me tell you about the most memorable day of my life. There I was living this average conditions with no one recognizing my worth. No one really could see the great potential that I had when suddenly everything change. All of a sudden, out of no where, I taken from my ...read more

  • The Art Of "One-Anothering"

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,227 views

    THE ART OF "ONE-ANOTHERING" "One hot day, Herman Trueblood, all clean and cooled off by a nice swim in the ocean, saw a sweating man and his two sons trying on a hot day to push a disabled car up an incline. Two voices started yelling at each other inside him. One said, "There is an opportunity ...read more

  • One Full Hour

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 1, 2008
     | 1,439 views

    ONE FULL HOUR Mark McCormack, author of What They Don’t Teach You at Harvard Business School, says that he spends a full hour each day deciding how to invest the other twenty-three hours. If we will take time out of each day to bring our worries to God, and seek his guidance for every ...read more

  • The One-Dollar Bill  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,406 views

    THE ONE-DOLLAR BILL Take out a one dollar bill and look at it. The one dollar bill you’re looking at first came off the presses in 1957 in its present design. This so-called paper money is in fact a cotton and linen blend, with red and blue minute silk fibers running through it. It is actually ...read more

  • Without One Plea  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,555 views

    WITHOUT ONE PLEA Charlotte Elliott was a sickly English woman who had developed a long history of refusing to do things she was asked to do because of her illness. Her brother, who was a pastor, had been particularly persistent in trying to get her out of herself, trying to get her involved in ...read more

  • Only One Boy

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Feb 6, 2009
     | 1,487 views

    "Only One Boy" One missionary to China tells of a boy who "prepared the way" for Jesus in a certain village. The missionary had never visited this village before. "Are there any Christians in your village?" he asked a man. "Only one boy," was the answer. The missionary walked on, and stopping at ...read more

  • At Least One Follower  PRO

    Contributed by Dale Krueger on Feb 9, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,914 views

    AT LEAST ONE FOLLOWER A father was filling out an application form for his daughter who was seeking entrance to a very exclusive college. He came to the question on the form which asked whether the applicant was a leader. In honesty he wrote, "No, but she is a good follower." The application ...read more

  • One Man For All

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Feb 25, 2009
     | 1,056 views

    ONE MAN FOR ALL A small village was about to be attacked by their enemies. A young man who the enemy was looking for ran into the village to hide. The enemy threatened to kill everyone if they did not give up the man. They asked the village elders what to do. They determined it was better that ...read more

  • No One Stopped To Help  PRO

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on Mar 5, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,198 views

    NO ONE STOPPED TO HELP This past week in DC, a frightening thing happened. In a bad neighborhood where drunkenness and drugs are wide spread. Three men got into an argument, probably about a bottle of beer. One man was punched. They called it a "sucker punch." The man fell backwards and hit ...read more

  • In His Book "One Lord, One Faith," Author Rex ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Mavis on Nov 16, 2001
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,332 views

    In his book "One Lord, One Faith," author Rex Koivisto warns: We cannot read into the [biblical] text some meaning if it conflicts with the writer’s intended meaning. [For example,] in the early 1960’s the folk group Peter, Paul, and Mary sang a song about a young boy’s ...read more

  • One Can Never Consent To Creep When One Feels An ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,211 views

    "One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to ...read more

  • Have You Ever Had One Of Those Dreams? One Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Berthiaume on May 2, 2002
    based on 56 ratings
     | 1,620 views

    Have you ever had one of those dreams? One of those dreams where you’re getting ready for the party of the year, it’s the biggest thing and every one will be there so you want to look your best. You spend hours getting ready, guys, you slick your hair back and comb your sideburns and put on your ...read more