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  • Poem: Don't Quit

    Contributed by Steve Smith on Jul 16, 2007
     | 2,534 views

    POEM: DON’T QUIT When things go wrong as they sometime will, when the road your trudging seems all up hill, When funds are low and debts are high, and you want to smile but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit rest if you must but please don’t quit. Life is queer with it’s twist ...read more

  • We Are Called

    Contributed by Bruce Landry on Feb 25, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,992 views

    What we are called from and called to: I. Called from labor to rest (Matt. 11:28) II. Called from death to life (1 John 3:14) III. Called from bondage to liberty (Gal 5:13) IV. Called from darkness into light (1 Pet. 2:9) V. Called from bondage to peace (1 Cor. 7:15) VI. Called to the ...read more

  • The Tarnished Star

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Mar 18, 2008
     | 1,444 views

    The Tarnished Star A half step slower than yesterday a little pain won’t go away not quite as strong not near as high a younger man has passed him by the tarnished star. He works so hard, he gives his all but new stars rise while old stars fall he was so bright, a brilliant light, but now a ...read more

  • Something Goes Wrong In Just About Every Wedding. ...  PRO

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 9, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,449 views

    Something goes wrong in just about every wedding. Most of the time it seems funny (…at least later on.) I’ve officiated at a lot of weddings, but there’s one I’ll never forget. It was not anyone associated with our church, but this couple wanted to use our old sanctuary, and I agreed to marry ...read more

  • Intro: Why God Made ...

    Contributed by Chris Jordan on May 12, 2008
     | 1,523 views

    INTRO: WHY GOD MADE MOMS: Answers given by 2nd grade school children: Why did God make mothers? 1. She’s the only one who knows where the scotch tape is. 2. Mostly to clean the house. 3. To help us out of there when we were getting born. How did God make mothers? 1. He used dirt, just like ...read more

  • He Took The Lashes

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,862 views

    HE TOOK THE LASHES Cliff Barrows tells of the time his two young children did something wrong. Although they were gently warned, they repeated the offense and needed to be disciplined. Cliff's tender heart was pained at the thought of having to punish the ones he loved. So he called Bobby and ...read more

  • A Day In The Life Of A Shepherd  PRO

    Contributed by Ervin Kimrey on Jun 29, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 8,929 views

    A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A SHEPHERD With a spring in his step and an eye to the sky, at sunrise, he makes straight for the sheep fold. As soon as he rattles the gate, he gives his morning call, greets the sheep, often by name, every sheep is on its feet. They spring toward the gate, with expectancy ...read more

  • The Headline Article In "The Saturday Star" For ...  PRO

    Contributed by Darren Ethier on Jul 11, 2001
    based on 54 ratings
     | 1,915 views

    The headline article in "The Saturday Star" for July 5, 1997 is about the latest milestone made in space when NASA’s Pathfinder successfully came to rest on the planet Mars Friday. Pathfinder established many firsts among which it was the first spacecraft to land on a planet without orbiting it; it ...read more

  • In September, 1985, The Camera-Equipped Argo ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2001
    based on 45 ratings
     | 2,417 views

    In September, 1985, the camera-equipped Argo robot submarine of the USA-France expedition photographed and confirmed the wreckage of the luxury liner Titanic resting 13,120 feet down on the Atlantic ocean floor. In its day, the Titanic was the world’s largest ship, weighing 46,328 tons, 882 1/2 ft ...read more

  • Alexander The Great And A Small Company Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on Jul 23, 2001
    based on 60 ratings
     | 3,413 views

    Alexander the Great and a small company of soldiers approached a strongly fortified walled city. Alexander, standing outside the walls, raised his voice and demanded to see the king. when the king arrived, Alexander insisted that the king surrender the city and its inhabitants to Alexander and ...read more

  • Our Thinking Vs. God's Promises  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 8, 2001
    based on 113 ratings
     | 6,772 views

    16. Our Thinking vs. God’s Promises. a. We say- It’s impossible. God says- All things are possible with Me. b. We- I can’t do it. God- You can do all things through Christ. c. We- I’m too tired. God- Come to Me, I will give you rest. d. We- I’m always worried and frustrated. God- Cast all your ...read more

  • There Is A Story Of A Young Hippie Who Gave His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Oct 16, 2001
    based on 197 ratings
     | 3,441 views

    There is a story of a young hippie who gave his life to Christ during the Jesus Movement of the late sixties and early seventies. One Sunday he went to a church, not knowing it was one of the more “upper class” churches in the area. He was late to the service, and the pastor was about to begin ...read more

  • The Valley Of Sorrow  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,963 views

    The Valley of Sorrow by Bernice Peyman I came to the Valley of Sorrow, And dreadful it looked to my view But Jesus was walking beside me, So together we journeyed it through. And now I look back to that valley As the fairest I ever have trod, For I learned there the love of my Father, I leaned on ...read more

  • Several Years Ago There Was A Well-Known ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Sep 26, 2001
    based on 7 ratings
     | 1,724 views

    "Several years ago there was a well-known television circus show that developed a Bengal tiger act. Like the rest of the show, it was done "live" before a live audience, One evening, the tiger trainer went into the cage with several tigers to do a routine performance. The door was locked behind ...read more

  • Little Annie, As They Called Her, Was In A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 3, 2002
     | 1,781 views

    Little Annie, as they called her, was in a sanctorum. Anne Sullivan had lost everyone that loved her. She was almost blind and was very sickly. Her behavior was like an animal. She was even kept in a cage or isolated from the others most of the time. --On occasions, she would violently attack ...read more

  • Jack Was Out Jogging One Day And As He Passed A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Keith Davis on May 5, 2003
    based on 18 ratings
     | 3,025 views

    Jack was out jogging one day and as he passed a cliff, he got too close and fell. Grabbing hold of a branch he was stranded. No way up and certainly no way down. He began to scream, “Hello up there can anyone hear me.” He yelled for hours and was about to give up when he heard a voice. ...read more

  • The Cocoon  PRO

    Contributed by Dennis Jones on May 19, 2003
    based on 19 ratings
     | 2,834 views

    THE COCOON A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared, he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could ...read more

  • Staying Warm Together  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 28, 2003
    based on 25 ratings
     | 4,713 views

    STAYING WARM TOGETHER In what the news called "The Miracle at Quecreek," nine miners trapped for three days 240 feet underground in a water-filled mine shaft "decided early on they were either going to live or die as a group." The 55 degree (Fahrenheit) water threatened to kill them slowly by ...read more

  • On 13th September 1759, One Of The Most ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Nov 26, 2005
     | 1,033 views

    On 13th September 1759, one of the most significant battles of the 18th Century was fought – the Battle of the Heights of Abraham. The Heights of Abraham were (and still are) the cliffs above the St. Lawrence river in front of the strategic city of Quebec. Louis, the Marquis de Montcalm - who ...read more

  • Like Lucy, Edmund Finds His Way Into Narnia ...

    Contributed by Randall Bergsma on Dec 1, 2005
     | 1,513 views

    Like Lucy, Edmund finds his way into Narnia through the wardrobe. But he doesn’t meet the nice faun, Mr. Tumnus. Instead, he comes face to face with the most feared being in that world: Jadis, the White Witch. What Edmund doesn’t realize is that he is, in fact, a being that she fears. She wants to ...read more

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