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  • Keep Waiting

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Oct 20, 2010
     | 7,238 views

    There’s a story from the 1800’s of a young couple, William & Elizabeth, madly in love, and engaged to be married. Elizabeth enjoys planning for their future. William on the other hand knows that it’s only a matter of time before he is called away to sea to fight various enemies in far-off lands. ...read more

  • The Brother's Song

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Apr 13, 2012
     | 3,475 views

    THE BROTHER'S SONG Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could to help her 3-year-old son, Michael, prepare for his sister. Day after day and night after night, Michael sang to his sister in Mommy's tummy. He was building a bond of love ...read more

  • A Pound Of The Eternal

    Contributed by David Parks on Jan 14, 2022
     | 2,424 views

    A Pound Of The Eternal David E. Parks One of the most compelling quotes I have ever read comes from a book by Charles Swindoll, Improving Your Serve: The Art of Unselfish Living. Out of the hundreds of books that I have read over the decades, I know of no quote that has as frequently returned to ...read more

  • One Day I Was Seeking To Emphasize To A Christian ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 23, 2001
    based on 96 ratings
     | 2,288 views

    One day I was seeking to emphasize to a Christian Brother the intimacy of this union. We happened to be drinking tea together, so I took a lump of sugar and stirred it into my tea. A couple of minutes later I asked, “Can you tell me where the sugar is now, and where’s the tea?” “No,” he said, ...read more

  • It Just Can't Wait  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2001
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,148 views

    IT JUST CAN'T WAIT Following the news of ex-Beatle George Harrison’s death, "Today" how anchor Anne Curry interviewed Anthony DeCurtis, a writer for Rolling Stone* magazine. DeCurtis talked at length about Harrison’s search for a meaningful spiritual life. Curry said, "Apparently Harrison was the ...read more

  • Frank Herbert, The Author Of Dune Has A Mantra ...

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 14, 2003
     | 2,232 views

    Frank Herbert, the author of Dune has a mantra called the Shai-Hulud and goes. I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it is gone past me I will turn to see ...read more

  • Dave Brown, Author Of "Entertaining Ourselves In ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Aug 12, 2005
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    Dave Brown, author of “Entertaining Ourselves in church” speaks about “Neil Postman, a professor of communications arts and sciences at New York University wrote a fascinating book called, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business. He says, “Postman doesn’t write as a ...read more

  • Carlyle Had A Very Devoted Wife Who Sacrificed ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
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    Carlyle had a very devoted wife who sacrificed everything for his sake, but he never gave her a single expression of appreciation for which her heart yearned. She came to regard herself as the most miserable woman in London and evidently died of heart hunger. After her death, Carlyle, reading her ...read more

  • A.m. Hunter Says, "'remembering,' In The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Darryl Bell on Apr 17, 2006
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    A.M. Hunter says, “’Remembering,’ in the biblical idiom, is not to entertain a pallid idea of a past event in one’s mind, but to make the event present again so that it controls the will and becomes potent in our lives for good or ill” (quoted in David Garland, The NIV Application Commentary: Mark, ...read more

  • Limits Defined

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Jun 24, 2009
     | 2,720 views

    LIMITS DEFINED As I began to think and pray on the passage that we will uncover and talk about today, I started to think about "limits." The most obvious limit I could think of was "speed limit." A speed limit, of course, is the maximum speed allowed on a road for a vehicle. Believe it or not, the ...read more

  • Give While You're Still Alive

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Apr 19, 2010
     | 2,524 views

    GIVE WHILE YOU'RE STILL ALIVE I remember a friend of mine suggesting that waiting until after your death to give the people you love something you want them to have is not the best way to do it. If you wait until they get it from your will, in many cases, they must pay an inheritance tax on it. ...read more

  • Raptured?

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 16, 2014
     | 6,302 views

    Herbert Washington, whom co-workers at Significant Plastics Inc. say was unduly concerned with the rapture and the second coming of Christ, suffered a serious heart attack when co-workers pretended they’d been caught away without him. "We didn’t mean to scare him to death," said one woman. "He’s ...read more

  • Someone Has Said That We Are In Danger Of ...

    Contributed by William Hooper on Jul 12, 2007
     | 1,105 views

    Someone has said that we are in danger of entertaining ourselves to death. In his blog, Michael Spencer has said that "work must be entertaining. Education must be entertaining. Marriage must be entertaining. Family life must be entertaining. Children must be entertained. Our lives must be full of ...read more

  • Do You Remember Me Saying That None Of Mary's ...

    Contributed by Dale Harlow on Dec 17, 2007
     | 1,663 views

    Do you remember me saying that none of Mary’s family was there for the birth? It wasn’t that way at his death. We don’t know her name, but it doesn’t matter. Those words say a lot, “his mother’s sister.” Because of the way Mary lived her life, at least one member of her family came around. She ...read more

  • All You Need Do Is Profess Jesus, Or At Least ...  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jan 13, 2008
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     | 1,206 views

    “All you need do is profess Jesus, or at least be religious, and you are readily accepted in that large and diverse group. Sin is tolerated, truth is moderated, and humility is ignored. God’s Word is praised but not studied, and His standards are admired but not followed. This way requires no ...read more

  • A Church In New York In 1963 Closed Down And ...

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Mar 11, 2008
     | 1,368 views

    A church in New York in 1963 closed down and someone stuck a sign on the outside of the front door: “Gone out of business. Didn’t know what our business was.” Is your business honoring Jesus Christ? Is your business listening to his word? Is your business following him in every area of your life? ...read more

  • In Germany During World War Ii There Was A ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 25, 2008
     | 1,706 views

    In Germany during World War II there was a Protestant church the stood near some railroad tracks. These tracks often carried Jewish families on their way to be exterminated by the Nazi death camps. The cries for help and justice were sometimes very loud and disturbing especially as the congregation ...read more

  • The Resurrection Is Crucial

    Contributed by Ronnie Knight on May 9, 2008
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     | 8,105 views

    THE RESURRECTION IS CRUCIAL So significant is this event that the whole of the Christian faith would fall if the resurrection of Jesus Christ were not true. William Lane Craig suggests that, “Without the belief in the resurrection, the Christian faith could not have come into being. The disciples ...read more

  • Washing In The Bible

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 23, 2008
     | 3,387 views

    Washing in the Bible A worship station is set up. There are two but they are the same thing. Water is a powerful cleansing agent and symbol. In the temple, the priests washed their hands and their feet every time they led worship to symbolize their initial baptism when they were set apart for ...read more

  • The Great Secret

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,658 views

    THE GREAT SECRET As a third-century man was near death, he penned these last words to a friend: "It's a bad world, an incredibly bad world. But I have discovered in the midst of it a quiet and holy people who have learned a great secret. They have found a joy, which is a thousand times better than ...read more