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  • Value In Work, Or Motherhood?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,523 views

    VALUE IN WORK, OR MOTHERHOOD? In a May 2005 report, USA Today says mothers enjoy their work as mothers, but they would like to feel more valued. 1 in 5 mother’s who took the survey say they feel less valued by society since becoming a mother. The survey was conducted by the University of ...read more

  • The Movie, "Stand And Deliver" Is Based Upon The ...

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 22, 2005
     | 2,092 views

    The movie, "Stand and Deliver" is based upon the true story of a math teacher, named Jamie Escalante. Through his leadership, a group of inner city students at East Los Angeles Garfield High School rise to excellence on the National Advanced Calculus Exam. “All’s well that ends well” and by the ...read more

  • Joseph Castleberry And His Family Were ...  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Caley on Sep 27, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,409 views

    Joseph Castleberry and his family were missionaries to Ecudor in 1998. Because of financial setbacks they were living month to month. Finally a month came when after paying bills on payday, there was no money left—plus there was an electric bill which had to be paid by the next day and there was ...read more

  • Women's Priorities: A Recent Center For The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
     | 2,313 views

    Women’s Priorities: A recent Center for the Advancement of Women survey finds 51% of women in the U.S. believe in banning abortion completely or allowing abortion only in cases of rape, incest, or saving the mother’s life. 30% agree with abortion being “generally available to those who want it.” ...read more

  • Maturity Is Recognizing That The Choices We Make ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 4, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,685 views

    Maturity is recognizing that the choices we make carry consequences. I had a good laugh at a story in the newspapers sometime back about a teacher who found a great way to make students pay for their crimes. Troublemakers at Riverside Brookfield High in Chicago are being forced to serve after ...read more

  • Don't Judge A Book By Its Cover

    Contributed by Tim Parsons on Sep 24, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,856 views

    STORY. I once new a man that was very well off but dressed has a poor man for the reason he did not want people to know that he had money, one day he went to buy a car and stop at this dealership to buy a new car, he was dress in his bib overalls. As he was in the cat Lot looking at some a ...read more

  • Friends And Family, This You Need To Hear And ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Dec 28, 2006
     | 2,565 views

    Friends and family, this you need to hear and understand today. If you are one who has believed from your heart in Jesus Christ as the One who shed His blood and died to pay the penalty for your sins and then rose bodily from the dead on the third day just as He said that He would, and you now ...read more

  • Ah, What An Easy Job Is His  PRO

    Contributed by Mack Armstrong on Feb 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,009 views

    Ah, what an easy job is his, The man who’s in the preaching biz! He has but little work to do, For all he does the whole week through Is just to call upon the flock As regularly as the clock; To cheer the sick who groan in bed, To preach a sermon for the dead; To teach the sinner righteousness, ...read more

  • A Highly-Publicized Landmark Court Ruling In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,097 views

    A highly-publicized landmark court ruling in Japan at the new millennium mandated the Japanese government to pay $15 million to 127 plaintiffs for the government’s discriminatory Leprosy Prevention Law that was enacted in 1907. New York Times commented on the case: “Despite popular belief, it is ...read more

  • I Once Offered To Be A Listening Ear To A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on Oct 13, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,559 views

    I once offered to be a listening ear to a gentleman I had never met before. I felt compelled to talk to him and make myself available to discuss his situation. The man was a bit taken back as he his mother had just recently become sick. He was unsure of how she would do or how he would find the ...read more

  • Third And Fourth Graders In A Christian School ...

    Contributed by Ned Bartlebaugh on Oct 21, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,745 views

    Third and Fourth graders in a Christian school were asked to complete this sentence: “By faith I know that God is…” 1. By faith I know that God is forgiving because he forgave in the Bible and he forgave me when I went in the road on my bike without one of my parents. 2. By faith I know that God is ...read more

  • Moving The Fence

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 25, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,916 views

    Moving The Fence Another story from World War II is that of a group of American soldiers who lost their buddy in battle. They carried his body to the only cemetery in the area, which happened to be Catholic. When the priest was told that the dead man was not Catholic he said, "I am sorry, but he ...read more

  • The Average Cost Of Rehabilitating A Seal ...  PRO

    Contributed by Roger Nelmes on Jan 29, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,789 views

    1. The average cost of rehabilitating a seal after the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska was $80,000. At a special ceremony, two of the most expensively saved animals were released back into the wild amid cheers and applause from onlookers. A minute later they were both eaten by a killer ...read more

  • Years Ago When I Was In The College, ...

    Contributed by Abiodun Adeniyi on Feb 1, 2008
     | 1,357 views

    Years ago when I was in the College, accommodation on campus was very scarce. It was very difficult to get accommodated throughout one’s study period. But no sooner I stepped into the University that I learnt from “satellites’ that it was possible to get accommodated throughout if I participated ...read more

  • Swindoll States From His Book Living On Ragged ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 8, 2008
     | 1,200 views

    Swindoll states from his book Living on Ragged Edge, “But the flesh will answer back, ‘Aw what’s the rush? Why not wait until you have sown a few wild oats? Why not wait thirty or forty years until you’ve had a pile of fun doing things your own way then turn to God? I mean, you get the best of both ...read more

  • Each Of Our Days Are Measured In The 24 Hours It ...

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Feb 10, 2008
     | 1,075 views

    Each of our days are measured in the 24 hours it takes for the Earth to rotate on its axis. A year is the time the Earth takes to revolve around the Sun, about 365 and a quarter days. That’s why every four years an extra day at the end of February is added – well that’s not quite true because if ...read more

  • Mentoring As A Church Practice  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on May 18, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,534 views

    MENTORING AS A CHURCH PRACTICE "...In most churches, the congregation pays the pastor to preach, win the lost, and build up the saved—-while the church members function as cheerleaders (if they are enthusiastic) or spectators. The "converts" are won, baptized, and given the right hand of ...read more

  • Recently I Read An Article A Pastor Wrote On ...

    Contributed by Ryan Reed on May 30, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,880 views

    Recently I read an article a pastor wrote on today's church: "I look around at church people who really, by any standards, just love Christ a little bit. They don't care for worship, not much of it anyway. Prayer bores them to tears. The Bible is tedious. Their offering is only a token to ease the ...read more

  • Dedicated Recruits Only  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,045 views

    DEDICATED RECRUITS ONLY Giuseppe Garibaldi, an Italian military leader called "The Hero of the Two Worlds" had an incredibly committed volunteer army. He would appeal for recruits in these terms: “I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor provisions; I offer hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles ...read more

  • Checking On Himself

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Oct 24, 2008
     | 1,414 views

    CHECKING ON HIMSELF I’m reminded of a story of a grocery store owner who overheard a young boy using the pay phone at the entrance of his store. You know how telephone conversations are; you usually hear only one side of the conversation. The young boy was talking and the store manager was ...read more

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