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  • Bad Taste  PRO

    Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Aug 25, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,472 views

    BAD TASTE Treating each other in graceless ways is like putting salt in another person's drink. You're sitting there, your friend goes to the bathroom, and while he's gone you pour salt into his soda. And when he takes a sip he gets a terrible taste in his mouth. God says, "Don't do this ...read more

  • Old Fat Bald Hero

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Sep 3, 2009
     | 8,660 views

    OLD FAT BALD HERO One of the great sports stories of the decade of the 1990’s was of George Foreman regaining the heavyweight boxing championship of the world. At age 45, George Foreman, more than a decade past the prime of most fighters, knocked out his opponent, Michael Moore, and regained the ...read more

  • Every Day Over 25,000 People Die Of Hunger. ...

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Apr 28, 2010
     | 2,959 views

    Every day over 25,000 people die of hunger. That's over 1,000 people an hour. In other words, as many people die of hunger every hour as are killed in the world's deadliest wars in a year. One person every 3 seconds ... most often, children. If the effects of death by famine in the world today were ...read more

  • Defensive Striving

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Oct 27, 2010
     | 2,254 views

    DEFENSIVE STRIVING There's a term in driver's education - Defensive Driving. Driving to save lives, time, and money, in spite of the conditions around you and the actions of others. Its aim is to reduce the risk of driving by anticipating dangerous situations, despite adverse conditions or the ...read more

  • Melt It, Don't Hammer It

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jul 24, 2011
     | 3,725 views

    MELT IT, DON'T HAMMER IT Alexander Maclaren once said, "Kindness makes a person attractive. If you would win the world, melt it, do not hammer it." The writer from the 1930’s, Somerset Maugham, had a mother who was an extraordinarily beautiful woman his father was an extraordinarily ugly man. ...read more

  • Middle Management

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2011
     | 2,715 views

    MIDDLE MANAGEMENT Cyril Barber, in his commentary on Nehemiah, transfers this principle into all of life; "Middle management involves being able to translate the ideals of one’s superiors into practice and, at the same time, knowing how to motivate one’s subordinates. It necessitates keeping ...read more

  • Running While Weighed Down

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 5, 2011
     | 1,710 views

    RUNNING WHILE WEIGHED DOWN David Posman was arrested in Providence, Rhode Island, after allegedly knocking out an armored car driver and stealing the closest 4 bags of money. It turned out they contained $800 in pennies, weighing 30 pounds each, and slowed him to a stagger during his getaway so ...read more

  • Let Your Adorning Be Hidden

    Contributed by David Hodgin on Oct 9, 2011
     | 2,509 views

    LET YOUR ADORNING BE HIDDEN Author Jennifer McBride wrote, "Ladies and gentlemen, I exhort you to dress in such a way that does not capture anyone’s gaze, but actually gives others something else, besides your attire, to think about. Discretion is a godly trait. At times, it is better to ...read more

  • There Is A Growing Awareness Of The Exalted ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 15, 2012
     | 3,139 views

    There is a growing awareness of the exalted dignity proper to the human person, since he stands above all things, and his rights and duties are universal and inviolable. Therefore, there must be made available to all men everything necessary for leading a life truly human, such as food, clothing, ...read more

  • The Wonder Of The Hummingbird

    Contributed by David Simpson on Jan 15, 2013
     | 2,044 views

    A few weeks ago, a hummingbird came and fluttered in front of my face. I was stunned. I've never seen one up that close and personal. It was so close I counted the number of times it flapped its wings - 25 beats per second - or 1500 flaps per minute! (No I looked it up!) It is the only bird ...read more

  • Confidence

    Contributed by Bruce Lee on Jun 12, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,454 views

    2 Corinthians 5:6 says "Therefore we are always confident." Confidence is something that comes from believing. Success or failure is often a result of either our confidence or lack thereof. The Apostle Paul was a person of confidence. He wasn’t always right, but he was sure about his experience ...read more

  • Henry Wingblade Used To Say That Christian ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2008
     | 1,144 views

    Henry Wingblade used to say that Christian personality is hidden deep inside us. It is unseen, like the soup carried in a tureen high over a waiter’s head. No one knows what’s inside—unless the waiter is bumped and he trips! Just so, people don’t know what’s inside us until we’ve been ...read more

  • Pascal's Night Of Fire

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Sep 10, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,722 views

    Pascal’s Night of Fire Blaise Pascal was an influential scientist who lived in the 1600’s. He was something of a genius. For example, at the age of twelve, even before he had received any formal training in geomoetry, Pascal independently discovered and demonstrated Euclid’s thirty-two ...read more

  • A Thanks Offering

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
     | 6,999 views

    A Thanks Offering 1 Chronicles 29:16, "O LORD our God, as for all this abundance that we have provided for building you a temple for your Holy Name, it comes from your hand, and all of it belongs to you." Christians are the temple that God cares about today, for 1 Corinthians 3:16 and 17 ...read more

  • Getting Your Hands Dirty: Grandma's Apron

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 12, 2011
     | 5,130 views

    GETTING YOUR HANDS DIRTY: GRANDMA'S APRON There are all sorts of "questionably clean" things that spread love and give meaning to our lives. Does anyone this morning remember a grandma or great-grandma swathed in a big all-enveloping apron? Not some perky little decorative thing worn on Christmas. ...read more

  • True Beauty

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 18, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,724 views

    TRUE BEAUTY Carre Otis was once among the world’s top super models for 17 years, beginning her career at the age of 14. To prepare for each photo shoot, she routinely binged and purged, took laxatives and diet pills, and exercised intensely. Being extremely thin made possible a modeling career ...read more

  • Dream Center

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 26, 2012
     | 3,480 views

    DREAM CENTER At age 16, Matthew Barnett dreamed of a church that would be open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year serving the inner-city’s physical and spiritual needs and bringing a message of hope to the hopeless. In 1994 at the age of 20, he moved from Phoenix to Los Angeles to pastor a small ...read more

  • Life Full Of Gratitude

    Contributed by Saumiman Saud on Feb 22, 2025
     | 190 views

    Life Full of Gratitude My Father in Heaven, forgive me if I have been negligent in giving thanks to You, even though the blessings I receive are always abundant. Although I am not wealthy, I am not poor, thanks to God's grace. Thank you, Lord, Thank you. Give thanks in all circumstances; for ...read more

  • Nothing But Prayer And Worship  PRO

    Contributed by Ray Pritchard on Aug 28, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,377 views

    Nothing But Prayer and Worship This week I chance to stop and worship God in an extended way for the first time in the last seven years. I spent four days with 75 other pastors in a Pastor’s Prayer Summit at a place called Wonderland Camp in Wisconsin. In my time I’ve been to many camps, ...read more

  • Sadly, We Are Sometimes Ashamed Of Jesus. I'm ...  PRO

    Contributed by Peter Schmidt on Nov 20, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,537 views

    Sadly, we are sometimes ashamed of Jesus. I’m guilty of it, and so are all of you. Sometimes we might not hide our faith, but we don’t go out of the way either to let people know that how much Jesus means to us. “Oh man, my friend will think I’m nuts if I tell him about the Savior. I don’t want to ...read more