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  • It Used To Be That To Find Out Who Or What Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Nov 10, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,249 views

    It used to be that to find out who or what was ‘in’ or ‘out’ you consulted the society section of the local newspaper, or Look magazine, or a well-known celebrity reporter for the latest on whatever was deemed the latest ‘in’ and ‘out.’ Now we have the Internet to help us determine what is ‘in’ and ...read more

  • Years Ago A Farmer Owned Land Along The Atlantic ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,331 views

    Years ago a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. He constantly advertised for hired hands. Most people were reluctant to work on farms along the Atlantic. They dreaded the awful storms that raged across the Atlantic, wreaking havoc on the buildings and crops. As the farmer interviewed ...read more

  • Missionary Encounters ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
     | 3,899 views

    Missionary Encounters Ants Steven Cook tells of reading an account of a missionary from India: "The Lord must have desired to teach me something through the "ants" because He allowed me to come in contact with enough of them! The encyclopedia says there are more ants than any other insect. It seems ...read more

  • Not Everything Is Gone

    Contributed by Tammy Garrison on Jul 14, 2010
     | 1,959 views

    NOT EVERYTHING IS GONE As I was putting this message together his past Monday evening, I got a phone call. It was the police department. I serve as one of their chaplains, and they called me to respond to a house fire. A woman was found dead inside, and her husband had just arrived on the scene, ...read more

  • Demolition Derby And The Surrender Stick

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2011
     | 8,923 views

    DEMOLITION DERBY AND THE SURRENDER STICK Lydia and I went to the Demolition Derby at the 4-H Fair this past week and had a blast. I loved watching drivers take aim at each other with the attempt to demolish or disable one another. We saw some great smash ups and did a lot of laughing. I don't know ...read more

  • Church Asks Non-Participants To Leave

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2011
     | 3,889 views

    CHURCH ASKS NON-PARTICIPANTS TO LEAVE Just a few years ago, Larknews.com carried the following fictional piece of satire on its website. In the form of a news release, it reported: Julie and Bob Clark were stunned to receive a letter from their church in July asking them to "participate in the ...read more

  • What Really Matters  PRO

    Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Jul 28, 2011
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,270 views

    What Really Matters It was two weeks before Christmas and it began to start. Everyone was scrambling and rushing to get to Wal-Mart. Their credit cards were in the orange and checking account in the red in hopes that their rich uncle would soon be dead. Old Saint Nick sitting high on a mountain ...read more

  • Visited By Angels

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012
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    VISITED BY ANGELS Dr. Ralph Harlow tells the story getting away with his wife Marion for a few days to visit family and of walking with his wife through the woods of Ballarvale, MA as Spring was breaking forth. The path that he and Marion were on was spongy as they walked along a beautiful creek. ...read more

  • There Is Good In All

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012
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    THERE IS GOOD IN ALL Norman Vincent Peale tells the story of one Christmas when he was 15 and his father, a physician turned minister, received a call from a brothel in the red light district. The madam had a girl who was dying and was calling for a minister. Quietly, his father explained to his ...read more

  • Close: (The Following Illustration Can Be Found ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,069 views

    CLOSE: (the following illustration can be found on the internet – the event occurred April 25, 2003) Maurice Cheeks is the retired All Star point guard who at one time coached the Portland Trail Blazers. His team had just finished warming up for a playoff game against the Dallas Mavericks. The ...read more

  • He Wasn't Cured But He Was Healed

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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     | 3,291 views

    He wasn’t cured but he was healed Can sickness, even sickness unto death, be such a blessing for a Christian? On the surface it would seem not. How can a Christian do God’s will if he is lying in bed, flat on his back? How can pain, discomfort, medical treatment and surgery as well as the ...read more

  • During The Early Morning Hours Of Sunday, January ...

    Contributed by Joe La Rue on Feb 12, 2008
     | 1,485 views

    During the early morning hours of Sunday, January 27, just one week ago today, fire swept through Tim and Victoria Lasita’s Delhi Township home. The house was destroyed, and with it, practically all their possessions. Tim, Victoria and their two sets of triplets—6 children in all, under the age ...read more

  • Twilight Of The Book In 1937, 29% Of American ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008
     | 881 views

    Twilight of the Book In 1937, 29% of American adults told the pollster George Gallup they were reading a book. In ’55, only 17% were. In ’78, a survey found that 55% had read a book in the previous 6 months. The question was even looser in ’98 and ’02; 71% of Americans had read a novel, short ...read more

  • In Or Out Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
     | 1,857 views

    IN OR OUT OF THE FORT? One of the things I find really neat about this area is all of the forts. You have Fort Morgan, all the Forts over at Pensacola NAS. We have had forts all over this country since the day the Pilgrims first landed, up to right now. Some were made of wood, stone, brick and ...read more

  • Even You Can Be Forgiven

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
     | 2,622 views

    Even You Can Be Forgiven I heard the story of a preacher who was at a certain church preaching on the subject of forgiveness. In the crowd that day there was young woman whose heart was heavy with a load of guilt and shame. After he had finished preaching, a few moments had passed by and every one ...read more

  • There Is A Place Near Where Christina And I Used ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Jan 20, 2009
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    There is a place near where Christina and I used to live in Florida, called Wall Spring Park. When Sebastian was a baby and then very little and first beginning to walk, she and I would regularly take him there. We would often push him the stroller around this beautiful pathway which had been ...read more

  • Vesuvius: Check The Map

    Contributed by Rob O'neal on Jul 7, 2009
     | 3,001 views

    VESUVIUS: CHECK THE MAP The people of the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum lived at the bottom of a mountain. They loved the mountain, because they believed it was a place where gods dwelt. The land was fertile, and the harbor was good, so the city prospered and grew. Then in 62 and 63 AD, ...read more

  • So This Morning, We Are Going To Try To Stimulate ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 10, 2009
     | 1,609 views

    So this morning, we are going to try to stimulate different portions of the brain. We are going to have communion. Tactile worship and meditation definitely engage our senses in a way that make God more real. We are going to sing about worshipping in the best times and worst times with a song ...read more

  • [068]. A Message From A Poem – Established Now And Changed

    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 28, 2025
     | 132 views

    [068]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – ESTABLISHED NOW AND CHANGED This poem is made up of couplets and each couplet is a contrast. What we were, to what God has made us to become. For example, in the first stanza, a member of the world system, but now, a member of the Body of Christ. The last two ...read more

  • [199]. A Message From A Poem – On Stony Shores

    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Sep 13, 2025
     | 1,063 views

    [199]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – ON STONY SHORES This is a short poem and I do not wish to add to it. I live close to the beach and the rainforest. Some beaches in the tropics here have a lot of smooth rocks on them, basalt in origin from past volcanic activity. In the tropical rainforest you ...read more