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  • Chrysostom On Ecclesiastes  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 21, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,125 views

    CHRYSOSTOM ON ECCLESIASTES Eutropius had fallen into disgrace. As the highest-ranking official in the Byzantine Empire (late fourth century), he served as the closest adviser to the emperor Arcadius, then ruling in Constantinople. But Eutropius abused his imperial power and aroused the anger of ...read more

  • The Grace Gate

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 17, 2011
     | 5,247 views

    THE GRACE GATE An active, dedicated, hard-working church member dreamed that he passed away after a long and satisfying life. As he approached the heavenly gate, he noticed a sign posted which read, "ENTRANCE REQUIREMENT: 1,000 POINTS." The man looked a bit worried. He walked up to the ...read more

  • God Will Go Before You!

    Contributed by Bala Samson on Oct 17, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,947 views

    I will go ahead of you! Exodus 17:6”Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb, and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it, and the people will drink..” I simply love these words! God would go before us to prepare the place of miracle! Moses struck the rock but ...read more

  • This Is A Fictional Christmas Correspondence ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 20, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,872 views

    This is a fictional Christmas correspondence between Martha Stewart and Erma Bombeck to remind us that Christmas isn’t always picture perfect. Hi Erma, This perfectly delightful note is being sent on paper I made myself to tell you what I have been up to. Since it snowed last night, I got up ...read more

  • This Is A Fictional Christmas Correspondence ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 20, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,616 views

    This is a fictional Christmas correspondence between Martha Stewart and Erma Bombeck to remind us that Christmas isn’t always picture perfect. Hi Erma, This perfectly delightful note is being sent on paper I made myself to tell you what I have been up to. Since it snowed last night, I got up ...read more

  • Do We Value Our Family ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 13, 2008
     | 807 views

    Do we value our Family Time? Family time is something we all say we value, but few of us actually experience. Surveys suggest that most families rate time together as their number one priority. Those same surveys show that fathers spend only a few minutes a day with their children. In his book If ...read more

  • Making Decisions Is The Hardest Part Of My Life

    Contributed by James Snyder on Feb 3, 2024
     | 1,000 views

    If it were not for decisions, my life would be perfect. After all these years, I still wrestle with decision-making. I admit that I often don’t make good decisions. I'm not sure, so don't repeat this, but I think The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage knows this and uses it to her ...read more

  • And Then It All Came To An End

    Contributed by James Snyder on Dec 28, 2024
     | 341 views

    Time has a way of getting ahead of me. Just when I think I’ve caught up, I find out I was wrong. The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and I were sitting down, relaxing after a wonderful Christmas activity with all the kids, grandkids, and great-grandkids. It was a wonderful time, but with my ...read more

  • John 3:16" In Chicago During The Great ...  PRO

    Contributed by Billy Kryger on Aug 19, 2002
    based on 143 ratings
     | 6,082 views

    “John 3:16” In Chicago during the Great Depression there was a little boy who sold newspapers on the street corner to help provide for his family. His tattered jacket that was about three sizes too small provided little relief from the bitter Winter Chicago wind.. On one particularly cold day ...read more

  • A Hungry Enemy  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 27, 2002
    based on 23 ratings
     | 7,039 views

    A HUNGRY ENEMY A woman wrote to "Pulpit Helps" to explain a miraculous lesson her family experienced. During one of their family Bible readings as new Christians, they ran across the verse, "If your enemy is hungry, feed him" (Romans 12:20 RSV). She writes: Ours sons, 7 and 10 at the time, ...read more

  • Two Old Saw Bucks On A Hill! ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jun 25, 2005
     | 3,525 views

    Two Old Saw Bucks on a Hill! (06.27.05--Direction--John 21:4-6 ) How often we see things dimly in the morning light only to confront something altogether different than what we thought we saw in the first place. Not long ago I was awakened early, much earlier than I normally venture out in the ...read more

  • Foot In Mouth Disease! (07.20.05--Pride--John ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jul 19, 2005
     | 3,620 views

    Foot In Mouth Disease! (07.20.05--Pride--John 7:51) Open mouth, insert foot! There are few times in life more embarrassing than when we say something we didn’t mean to say or let something slip that should not have been said. On the occasion of a recent birthday in our household, I was given ...read more

  • Michael Yaconelli's "Messy Spirituality"  PRO

    Contributed by David Selleck on Oct 26, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,896 views

    Michael Yaconelli’s, "Messy Spirituality" Vincent’s story about grace graciously given in the messiest of circumstances from Michael Yaconelli’s book Messy Spirituality. In a book aby New Zealand author Mike Riddell, Vincent has met and fallen in love with a young girl named Marilyn. Neither one ...read more

  • The Resurrection Of Debbie" (From The Case For ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 2, 2008
    based on 16 ratings
     | 3,770 views

    “The Resurrection of Debbie” (from The Case For Christ – Strobel, Pg.325) Habermas rubbed his graying beard. The quick fire cadence and debater’s edge to his voice were gone. No more quoting of scholars, no more citing of Scripture, no more building a case. I had asked about the importance of the ...read more

  • Refusal To Believe  PRO

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on May 27, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,938 views

    REFUSAL TO BELIEVE I once served a very wealthy congregation. Over the years the different members had donated various items to the church, many of which were quite valuable. The stained glass windows were valued and tens of thousands of dollars each; The communion table was an intricately carved ...read more

  • Truth In Chemistry

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
     | 5,620 views

    TRUTH IN CHEMISTRY Theologian, writer, speaker R. C. Sproul: "Truth is that which accurately describes reality." Hold with reality; hold with the truth. Let me give you a couple of examples. Jesus often took something that was material to explain something spiritual. He took the ordinary to ...read more

  • Bullet-Proof Vest Of Righteousness  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2011
    based on 9 ratings
     | 7,292 views

    BULLET-PROOF VEST OF RIGHTEOUSNESS Terry Schafer, a young wife, lived with her husband in the small city of Moline, Illinois. She had a special gift she wanted to give to her husband for Christmas but was afraid that they would not be able to afford it. She started shopping for it in September, ...read more

  • Grace And George Williams

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012
     | 2,435 views

    GRACE AND GEORGE WILLIAMS Max Ellerbusch tells the story of the Friday six days before Christmas. He was working feverishly in his instrument repair shop so he could have all of the Christmas holiday at home with the family when the call came. His 5-year-old Craig had been fatally struck by a car. ...read more

  • Howard Hughes Vs. Jim Elliot

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 8, 2012
     | 5,114 views

    HOWARD HUGHES VS. JIM ELLIOT Howard Hughes' last years were spent in isolation, hidden on the top floor of the Xanadu Hotel in the Bahamas. One biographer wrote about Hughes' appearance before he died: "He was emaciated, practically skeletal, with only 120 pounds stretched over his six-foot, ...read more

  • Failed Love

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Sep 15, 2020
     | 1,627 views

    Thomas Carlyle lived from 1795 to 1881. He was a Scot essayist and historian. During his lifetime, he became one of the world’s greatest writers. However, he was human, and humans make mistakes. On October 17, 1825, Carlyle married his secretary Jane Welsh. She was an intelligent, attractive, ...read more