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  • The Shortening Of Private Devotions Starves The ...

    Contributed by Stephen Smarowsky on Jun 11, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,613 views

    The shortening of private devotions starves the soul. William Wilberforce, Christian statesman of Great Britain in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, once said, “I must secure more time for private devotions.” Following a failure in Parliament, he stated that his problems may have been due to ...read more

  • The Flat ...

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Jul 3, 2008
     | 2,448 views

    The Flat Tire Two students were taking organic chemistry at the university. Having done well in their work and labs, they were both going into the final exam with solid A’s. So far, so good. Trouble was, they were so confident that they decided to party the night before the big test. It was a ...read more

  • Sometimes Even The Best Of Us Don't Get Along ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jul 12, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,065 views

    Sometimes even the best of us don’t get along like we should. I read about an 8-year-old boy from Waterford, Connecticut who saved his sister’s life. Zachary saved his 6-year-old sister, Meghan, when she started choking on a piece of hard candy. Zachary noticed Meghan wasn’t breathing, and gave ...read more

  • I Recently Had To Replace One Of The Strings On ...

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Jul 14, 2008
     | 1,622 views

    I recently had to replace one of the strings on my mandolin. I laid the new string on the table as I took off the broken string. When I had thrown it into the trash, I looked at the new string lying on the table and realized how much it resembles many Christians. That string has the ability to ...read more

  • Brethren Elder Peter Nead [1796-1877] Was ...

    Contributed by Paul Dietz on Aug 5, 2008
     | 2,423 views

    Brethren Elder Peter Nead [1796-1877] was definitely a man of distinction. Living in a time when few Brethren were authoring books, Brother Nead chose to do so. In penning his theological point of views there was evidence in the words and phrases that his writing abilities were a little amateurish; ...read more

  • Determination

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Aug 13, 2008
     | 5,929 views

    DETERMINATION Johnny Fulton was run over by a car at the age of three. He suffered crushed hips, broken ribs, a fractured skull, and compound fractures in his legs. It did not look as if he would live. But he would not give up. In fact, he later ran the half-mile in less than two minutes. Walt ...read more

  • There Is A Story About A Former Prizefighter That ...

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Sep 12, 2008
     | 1,283 views

    There is a story about a former prizefighter that had been converted and thought God had called him to preach The only problem was, while he thought he had the gift of preaching, nobody else had the gift of listening So he couldn’t get a church He got a little pulpit, found a street corner and ...read more

  • We Used To Live In This Small Farming Town North ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Emmert on Sep 22, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,283 views

    We used to live in this small farming town north of Manhattan. Down the street from our house was a sweet-natured and friendly family with a strange habit. They never seemed to throw anything away. They had completely filled their front porch with bags of trash and it wasn't long before their yard ...read more

  • Patience  PRO

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Oct 15, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 9,311 views

    Patience This past week I read about a first-grade teacher who was having a difficult day. It had rained that entire day and the children couldn’t go out for recess, so they got more and more restless and hyperactive as the day wore on. The teacher couldn’t wait for the bell to ring at 3 ...read more

  • Disaster Struck Me One Day When I Was A Boy. I ...

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Oct 16, 2008
     | 2,512 views

    Disaster struck me one day when I was a boy. I don’t know where in the world my little sister came back to the house real dirty and smelly. Some type of dark sticky slimy stinky substance was all over her and she was crying up loud. She had tried to get rid of it by using her dirty hand and as you ...read more

  • Possibilities

    Contributed by Bobby Bodenhamer on Oct 17, 2008
     | 3,555 views

    Possibilities He was born into wealth and was raised in a mansion. Today he wears prison gray after being convicted of planting a car bomb that took the lives of two members of his family. His almost unbelievable reversal of circumstances came after he tried to get control of a $10-million family ...read more

  • Stealing His Glory

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,304 views

    STEALING HIS GLORY Recently, we heard about what happened in the capital in Washington State. OLYMPIA, Wash. -- An atheist group unveiled an anti-religion placard/sign in the state Capitol, joining a Christian Nativity scene and "holiday tree" on display during December. The atheists' sign was ...read more

  • Are You ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 7, 2009
     | 2,692 views

    ARE YOU SERIOUS? Mr. Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma City purchased a brand new 32-foot Winnebago motor home. On his first trip home, having driven onto the freeway, he set the cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left the drivers seat to go into the back and make himself a cup of coffee. Not ...read more

  • Today, I Would Like To Talk About, Not When We ...

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Jan 19, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,512 views

    Today, I would like to talk about, not when we were saved, but how we continue to be saved. And I am going to do that using the analogy of a set of instructions. When I first bought my mandolin, I had never played one before. With that mandolin, I bought a couple of ‘how to play the mandolin’ ...read more

  • What Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 2,587 views

    WHAT IS SIN? Sin, as defined by a new Ellison Research study, is something almost always considered wrong, particularly from a religious or moral perspective. Out the 30 behaviors studied, adultery was most often described as a sinful behavior by American respondents (81%). Next was racism (74%); ...read more

  • Christ's Return Is A Done ...

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 17, 2009
     | 4,100 views

    Christ’s return is a done deal! In the May 1984 National Geographic color photos and drawings showed the swift and terrible destruction that wiped out the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in A.D. 79. The explosion of Mount Vesuvius was so sudden; the residents were killed while in their ...read more

  • The Wrong Kind Of Loyalty

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 12, 2009
     | 4,010 views

    THE WRONG KIND OF LOYALTY There is a story of a Japanese soldier, Lt. Hiroo Onada, left on the island Lubang in the Philippines on December 25, 1944, with the command to "carry on the mission, even if Japan surrenders." Onada continued his war alone. All efforts to convince him to surrender or to ...read more

  • A Few Years Ago My Wife And I Spent A Few Days At ...

    Contributed by Doane Brubaker on Apr 20, 2007
     | 2,115 views

    A few years ago my wife and I spent a few days at Triple Creek Ranch near Galena, IL. It’s a retreat center for ministry couples. We enjoyed long walks through some parts of the ranch, and drove through some more remote areas. In one section there were a number of Llamas. It was interesting to ...read more

  • Roy Whetstine Was A Rock Collector Who Two Sons ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jun 8, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,847 views

    Roy Whetstine was a rock collector whose two sons each had given him five dollars to buy a rock for them at a rock show. One table had a Tupperware container with a large potato-sized rock surrounded by a lot of agates. The sign read: “Any stone $15.” Roy picked up the big rock and asked, “You want ...read more

  • Don't Stop Ringing The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2009
     | 3,823 views

    DON’T STOP RINGING THE BELL Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore seek not to understand that thou mayest believe, but believe that thou mayest understand. Augustine. A man took his son to the tiny rural community where he grew up. He was disappointed to discover that the little church ...read more