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  • Life Lesson:  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2003
    based on 49 ratings
     | 3,271 views

    LIFE LESSON: Jaime Rodriguez, a schoolteacher in Chicago, Ill., was named as the worst offender on the city’s list of employees with unpaid parking tickets. After checking into things, he discovered it was actually his 26-year-old son, also named Jaime, who had run up $11,040 in unpaid tickets. ...read more

  • Rug Rat Rage: Miriam Feldman Wrote About Some ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006
     | 1,795 views

    Rug Rat Rage: Miriam Feldman wrote about some revealing research by Ron Taffel and Jan Drucker in a recent issue of the Utne Reader. Taffel interviewed a diverse group of 150 5, 6 and 7 year olds and found disturbing levels of anger. Not lethal rage, but rather “casual explo-sive.” Violent media ...read more

  • A Funny Thing Happened In Darlington, Maryland, ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Mar 12, 2006
     | 7,661 views

    A funny thing happened in Darlington, Maryland, several years ago. Edith, a mother of eight, was coming home from a neighbor’s house one Saturday afternoon. Things seemed too quiet as she walked across her front yard. Curious, she peered through the screen door and saw five of her youngest children ...read more

  • Legal Drug Addiction While Use Of Illegal Drugs ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006
     | 2,604 views

    Legal Drug Addiction While use of illegal drugs like marijuana, heroin, and cocaine appear to be going down or leveling off, prescription drug abuse is increasing at an alarming rate. In an ‘05 Partnership for a Drug Free America survey, nearly 20% of teens admitted to taking some sort of ...read more

  • Children Of Divorce Often Blame Themselves For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 2,419 views

    Children Of Divorce often blame themselves for the breakup of their parent’s marriage, and many grow up alienated from church and God. A survey of adults whose parents divorced when they were young, found divorce had a major impact on their spiritual lives. They were much less likely to go to ...read more

  • Dr. James Dobson Writes In "Preparing For ...

    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Nov 29, 2007
     | 817 views

    • Dr. James Dobson writes in “Preparing For Adolescence” that there are several important things to note about emotions (Pgs. 124-136): o They are cyclical-no one stays up to long or down to long…we go from high to low and back again. o Don’t rely solely on impressions…be sure your inner voices are ...read more

  • Real Mothers

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 3, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,718 views

    REAL MOTHERS Real Mothers don't eat quiche; they don't have time to make it. Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils are probably in the sandbox. Real Mothers often have sticky floors, filthy ovens and happy kids. Real Mothers know that dried Playdoh doesn't come out of shag ...read more

  • Danny Wuerffel

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 20, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,297 views

    DANNY WUERFFEL Danny Wuerffel attended high school in Ft. Walton Beach, FL and played at the University of Florida, winning the Heisman Trophy in 1996. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints and then played for several NFL teams. He was offered to rejoin to the Washington Redskins and his former ...read more

  • Alan Redpath Once Formed A "Mutual Encouragement" ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Sep 21, 2003
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,762 views

    Alan Redpath once formed a "mutual encouragement" fellowship at a time of stress in one of his pastorates. The members subscribed to a simple formula applied before speaking of any person or subject that was perhaps controversial. · T - Is it true? · H - Is it helpful? · I - Is it inspiring? · N - ...read more

  • Maybe You Think About My Preaching Sometimes Like ...  PRO

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Aug 20, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,863 views

    Maybe you think about my preaching sometimes like this minister I heard about. He gave an unusual sermon one day, using a peanut to make several important points about the wisdom of God in nature. One of his members greeted him at the door and ...read more

  • Paul Told Timothy To Do The Work Of An ...

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Nov 1, 2004
    based on 1 rating
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    Paul told Timothy to do the work of an evangelist. That was not his gift. He had the pastoral gifts of shepherding, teaching, and administration, but he still had to work outside his comfort zone. He may not have been called to be an evangelist or especially empowered for that type of ...read more

  • Kalman And Sue Csia Were Friends Of Mine Who ...

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Jun 30, 2005
     | 2,055 views

    Kalman and Sue Csia were friends of mine who during World War II were fleeing from the Germans. It seems the Germans were rounding up protestant pastors because of the Barmen Declaration. They literally fled for their lives. I asked them what they had learned from this experience. They ...read more

  • Maybe You Heard About The Man Who Was Awakened By ...  PRO

    Contributed by Wes Richard on Mar 30, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,181 views

    Maybe you heard about the man who was awakened by his mother one Sunday morning for church. He groaned, saying, “I don’t want to go today.” “Oh, but you must,” she said. “Your shoes are polished; your clothes are ready. You haven’t ...read more

  • A Religious Paper Tells Of The Reporters Who ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Oct 17, 2006
     | 833 views

    A religious paper tells of the reporters who rushed to see Pastor Martin Niemoeller after his release from prison that they might get some juicy words to print in their newspaper. Instead, they heard a stirring Gospel message and one reporter was heard to say: “Six ...read more

  • Do We Not Ask Because We Are Too Busy Doing Good? ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 27, 2000
    based on 115 ratings
     | 3,245 views

    Do we not ask because we are too busy doing good? Billy Kim is the newly elected Baptist World Alliance President and the pastor of a 13,000 member church, the Suwon Church in South Korea. In his comments after his election, he ...read more

  • Love For Our Neighbor

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,901 views

    Love for Our Neighbor John Vianney, 18th Century Pastor, is quoted as saying, “Love for our neighbor consists of three things: to desire the greater good of everyone; to do what good we can when we can; to bear, excuse, and hide other’s faults. The kind of love that Jesus is ...read more

  • Christian Home

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 7, 2009
     | 3,053 views

    CHRISTIAN HOME A family was driving home after church and they noticed little Johnny was sitting in the back seat crying his eyes out. Mom asked him several times what was wrong, but he just kept crying. Then finally he sobbed, "The pastor said ...read more

  • Bonhoeffer On Christmas

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Jan 6, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,170 views

    BONHOEFFER ON CHRISTMAS Dietriech Bonhoeffer was a pastor and theologian who spoke out against Hitler and the Nazis. As a result he was arrested, imprisoned and then executed just hours before the Allies liberated the concentration camp where he was held. While there, he wrote a series of ...read more

  • The Rich Family In Church By Eddie ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 11, 2009
     | 2,719 views

    THE RICH FAMILY IN CHURCH by Eddie Ogan I’ll never forget Easter 1946. I was 14, my little sister Ocy was 12, and my older sister Darlene 16. We lived at home with our mother, and the four of us knew what it was to do without many things. My dad had died five years before, leaving Mom with seven ...read more

  • God Held My Hand  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,548 views

    GOD HELD MY HAND As a child my parents took me to church You see for me they didn’t have to search. And when at my grandparents house we all went together. In rain, snow, heat and all kinds of weather. Growing up on a farm in rural Kentucky, work was all we knew Of the outside world we had no ...read more