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  • Striking The Last Note

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Aug 10, 2010
     | 3,829 views

    STRIKING THE LAST NOTE It is said of one of the famous composers that he had a rebellious son who used to come in late at night after his father and mother had gone to bed. And before going to his own room, he would go to his father's piano and slowly, as well as loudly, play a simple scale, all ...read more

  • Old-School Church Discipline

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
     | 4,002 views

    OLD-SCHOOL CHURCH DISCIPLINE The Amish practice shunning – ignoring, turning away from, avoiding. When a person is disciplined by the community, relationships are severed between parents and children, or brother and sister, or even husbands and wives. Because the Amish are so isolated from those ...read more

  • The Public Scavenger

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 21, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,943 views

    THE PUBLIC SCAVENGER A long time ago in Greece, some politicians decided to play a joke on a fellow politician in their group. They got him appointed to the post of Public Scavenger. It was a dirty, lowly post. But instead of being humiliated, the man decided he would show everybody what he could ...read more

  • Higher Ground

    Contributed by John Putty on Apr 5, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,430 views

    HIGHER GROUND The old hymn, “Higher Ground” is a spiritual declaration of one determined man Johnson Oatman, Jr. put to music! While some refuse to believe that our personal faith plays any real role in our spiritual growth and in experiencing Christian victory, in all my 20 years of preaching ...read more

  • The Occult, The Supernatural, And Teenagers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 6, 2011
     | 2,806 views

    THE OCCULT, THE SUPERNATURAL, AND TEENAGERS In 2006, researcher George Barna came out with the top 12 most significant or surprising faith findings for that year. Coming in second was this report: "Three out of every four teenagers have engaged in at least one type of psychic or witchcraft-related ...read more

  • Winning In Losing  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,516 views

    WINNING IN LOSING Both teams that play in the Super Bowl think they will win, so both teams have special t-shirts and hats designed that declare them the victors. It costs about $2 million to have the apparel made--which means for the losing team, $2 million goes to waste, right? Wrong. A recent ...read more

  • The World: A Temporary Container

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 3, 2012
     | 2,289 views

    THE WORLD: A TEMPORARY CONTAINER The first garbage day after Christmas must be the biggest garbage day of the year. You can tell what most people got for Christmas by just looking at the garbage pile in front of the house. We usually throw out all the boxes--unless you have children who like to ...read more

  • The Substance Of Faith

    Contributed by Antonio Silveira on Mar 1, 2012
     | 2,985 views

    THE SUBSTANCE OF FAITH Example: Give some play-doh to 2 people and ask them to create something out of that "substance" In the millennia-old Aristotelian tradition, as well as early modern traditions that follow it, substances or ousia are treated as having attributes and modes or things. This ...read more

  • A Little Boy Told His Father, "I Want A New ...  PRO

    Contributed by Phillip Parkin on Nov 24, 2012
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,762 views

    A little boy told his father, "I want a new bike". The father said, "In this house we pray and ask God for the things we want and need". That night the little boy prayed, " Dear God, I need a new bike". The next morning the little boy woke up and ran to the garage but there was no bike. The little ...read more

  • Wild Bill Resurrected?

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Apr 15, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,333 views

    WILD BILL RESURRECTED? In 1876, Wild Bill Hickock was killed in Deadwood, SD by Jack McCall while playing poker at the Nuttal and Mann's Saloon. You may recall that he was holding what has been referred to as the "Dead Man's Hand" (2 8s and 2 Aces -- all black with an unknown 5th card). He was ...read more

  • Standing Up On The Inside  PRO

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Sep 17, 2013
    based on 2 ratings
     | 10,489 views

    STANDING UP ON THE INSIDE A five year old girl was having one of those trouble-filled days with her mother. It seemed they spent the day arguing back and forth. Finally the mom had enough. "Jenny, go sit in the corner, right now! Don’t get up until I tell you to!" Jenny went to the corner and sat ...read more

  • Casualties Of War

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 13, 2014
     | 3,029 views

    In the movie Casualties of War, Michael J. Fox plays Private Erikson, a soldier in Vietnam who is part of a squad that abuses a young Vietnamese girl. Though Private Erikson doesn’t participate in the crime, he still struggles with what has happened. He tells "Just because each of us might at any ...read more

  • In A Recent Book, Presidential Praise: Our Pr...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 30, 2015
     | 2,689 views

    In a recent book, Presidential Praise: Our Presidents and Their Hymns authors C. Edward Spann and Michael E. Williams Sr. note that the title of President George W. Bush’s autobiography, A Charge to Keep, was drawn from Charles Wesley’s hymn. 
The choice of this title is but one indication of ...read more

  • Picking Up The Large Bails Of Hay And Carrying ...

    Contributed by Deborah Guptill on Jun 11, 2007
     | 1,522 views

    Picking up the large bails of hay and carrying them to the horse pasture was not the easiest job. I could only carry one bail at a time, my friends who worked at the barn however were able to carry one in each hand and then toss them with ease once in the pasture. I would struggle under the weight ...read more

  • A Georgia Farmer, Ragged And Barefooted, Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,404 views

    A Georgia farmer, ragged and barefooted, was standing on the steps of his tumbledown shack. A stranger stopped for a drink of water and just to pass the time of day he asked: "How is your cotton coming along?" he asked. "Ain’t got none," replied the farmer. "Did you plant any?" asked the ...read more

  • Georgia Tech. Football Game Years Ago. Gt Was ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,441 views

    Georgia Tech. Football game years ago. GT was ahead 7 to 6. •Coach told QB not to throw no matter what. •They ran to the opponents 10 yd. line in last minute of play, but he was overcome by temptation. •He threw and it was intercepted by the fastest back on the team. •He started rushing toward the ...read more

  • Total Sacrifice  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 19 ratings
     | 10,915 views

    Total Sacrifice Bryan Chapell tells this story that happened in his hometown: Two brothers were playing on the sandbanks by the river. One ran after another up a large mound of sand. Unfortunately, the mound was not solid, and their weight caused them to sink in quickly. When the boys did not ...read more

  • I'm Free

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,774 views

    I’M FREE Don’t grieve for me, for now I’m free. I’m following the path God laid for me. I could not stay another day, To laugh, to love, or to play. I know my parting has left a void, You must fill it with joy. A laugh, or perhaps a kiss. Ah yes, these things I too will miss. Be not burdened ...read more

  • You See "Perfect" In Terms Of God's Expectation ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jul 4, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,176 views

    You see “perfect” in terms of God’s expectation of us does not mean sinless - we can’t be sinless we’ve already blown that! But perfection when understood in the context of progression is possible. Let Odessa Texas’ Permian Cougars coach Gary Gaines explain it. {Video Clip: Friday Night Lights - ...read more

  • Charlie Brown Is Seen At Bat. "Strike Three!" He ...  PRO

    Contributed by Archie Luper on Jul 7, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,675 views

    Charlie Brown is seen at bat. "STRIKE THREE!" He has struck out again and slumps down on the players’ bench. He say, "Rats! I’ll never be a big league player. I just don’t have it! All my life I’ve dreamed of playing in the big leagues, but I know I’ll never make it." Lucy turns to console him. ...read more

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