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  • At Secondary School Children Are Now Taught ...

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Nov 15, 2006
     | 803 views

    At secondary school children are now taught citizenship; how should we behave towards one another and towards the world we live in. What does it mean to be a good citizen? On Sunday 12 November three 13 year old boys knocked on the door of our house. One of them said, “I’m really very sorry. I’ve ...read more

  • Last Year Professor [robert] George [of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Mavis on Aug 27, 2001
    based on 11 ratings
     | 1,427 views

    Last year Professor [Robert] George [of Princeton] debated abortion at a convention of the American Political Science Association. His opponent was well-known deconstructionist Stanley Fish. In published articles, Fish had dismissed arguments against abortion as based on "religious conviction" ...read more

  • Dr. Tim Lahaye Is A Prolific Writer Of This ...

    Contributed by James O. Davis on Oct 30, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,242 views

    Dr. Tim LaHaye is a prolific writer of this generation. He writes a lot concerning theology, family, and other Christian subjects. As a young boy, his father took him to the Henry Ford factory in Dearborn, Michigan, for a tour. One thing that caught his attention was the huge electromagnetic ...read more

  • Faith Says The Post-Modern Person, Comes In A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Amanda Wilson on May 6, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 1,699 views

    Faith says the post-modern person, comes in a variety of different wrappings but inside each is the same gift. So everyone should be free to enjoy his or her own expression of the same cosmic truth. God is a god of variety not uniformity so faith need not require that there be a single way to God. ...read more

  • B. Instead Of Focusing On His Own Life, And ...

    Contributed by J. B. Hall on Mar 30, 2008
     | 2,068 views

    B. Instead of focusing on his own life, and keeping himself in a right, vibrant, relationship with the Lord, he is virtually always concerned with, watching, critiquing, and criticizing those around him. C. It seems that whoever he is focused on can do no right. D. If this person is not doing what ...read more

  • Jill Rigby Stated, "Respect For Ourselves Guides ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 13, 2008
     | 895 views

    Jill Rigby stated, “Respect for ourselves guides our morals; respect for others guides our manners” (Raising Respectful Children in a Disrespectful World, page 11). Rigby makes this observation about our society today: “When I was growing up, people weren’t perfect, but society was certainly more ...read more

  • Tom ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Sep 11, 2008
     | 744 views

    Tom Dempsey. On Nov 8th, 1970, there was a hard fought game between the New Orleans Saints and the Detroit Lions. The game was nip and tuck and it came down to the last final seconds to see who would win. The crowd gasped as they realized that the Saints were going to try a field goal of 63 ...read more

  • I Want My Dollar  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,912 views

    I Want my Dollar A Redneck buys a ticket and wins the lottery. He goes to Austin to claim it and the man verifies his ticket number. The Redneck says, ''I want my $20 million.'' The man replied, ''No, sir. It doesn't work that way. We will give you a million today and then you'll get the rest ...read more

  • C.s. Lewis, In His Essay "The Law Of Human ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 27, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,901 views

    C.S. Lewis, in his essay "The Law of Human Nature," said, "Whenever you find a man who says he does not believe in a real Right and Wrong, you will find the same man going back on this a moment later. He may break his promise to you, but if you try breaking one to him he will be complaining "It's ...read more

  • Random Universe

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Dec 29, 2008
     | 1,424 views

    RANDOM UNIVERSE I had a professor at Princeton Theological Seminary who had an ongoing feud with a professor at another institution. My professor would argue that the universe is well thought out and therefore life is not random and so life has great meaning. His nemesis would argue the opposite, ...read more

  • During World War I, A British Commander Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Apr 14, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,509 views

    “During World War I, a British commander was preparing to lead his soldiers back to battle. They’d been on furlough, and it was a cold, rainy, muddy day. Their shoulders sagged because they knew what lay ahead of them: mud, blood, possible death. Nobody talked, nobody sang. It was a heavy time. ...read more

  • During World War I, A British Commander Was ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Apr 15, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 818 views

    “During World War I, a British commander was preparing to lead his soldiers back to battle. They’d been on furlough, and it was a cold, rainy, muddy day. Their shoulders sagged because they knew what lay ahead of them: mud, blood, possible death. Nobody talked, nobody sang. It was a heavy time. ...read more

  • We All Have Needs But Remember According To V.8, ...

    Contributed by Scott Epperson on Apr 16, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,937 views

    We all have needs but remember according to v.8, God knows them before you even ask. Illustration: Life is like a great mountain, we are at the bottom of the mountain looking up, we see a great journey and have know idea what lies before us and how we will overcome it. God however is on top of the ...read more

  • During World War I, A British Commander Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Apr 16, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 900 views

    “During World War I, a British commander was preparing to lead his soldiers back to battle. They’d been on furlough, and it was a cold, rainy, muddy day. Their shoulders sagged because they knew what lay ahead of them: mud, blood, possible death. Nobody talked, nobody sang. It was a heavy time. ...read more

  • Tomorrow I'll Be Big

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 22, 2007
     | 1,445 views

    TOMORROW I’LL BE BIG (anonymous). If only he’d say -- just once, "All right, Timmy, let’s do it together, right now." But it’s always, "Wait a little. Can’t you see I’m busy? Just a minute, Timmy. Tomorrow." Tomorrow I’ll be big. I’m only little now. Now is when I need you, Daddy. Not ...read more

  • Augustine, Who Became One Of The Great ...

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Aug 30, 2007
     | 774 views

    Augustine, who became one of the great theologians and greatest preaching leaders of his day, was a very wild young man. He had a mother who prayed deeply for him all the time. One day, Augustine announced that he was moving to Rome. His mother was devastated. She prayed, "Oh, God, don’t let ...read more

  • I Sat In A Courtroom As A Witness For The Motel ...

    Contributed by Jerry Blaxton on Aug 27, 2009
     | 1,670 views

    I sat in a courtroom as a witness for the motel I was working for, and, we were waiting on our case to come up, and one of the cases that was presented, was a man who stole food from a grocery store, and the reason he gave was that he and his family were hungry. Now, it is a terrible thing that we ...read more

  • Leonard Ravenhill Says... "When I Was ...

    Contributed by Hugh Laing on Jan 19, 2010
     | 2,076 views

    Leonard Ravenhill says... “When I was praying in the Bahamas one day, I saw a great column of smoke, which happened to be coming from tires that were being burned. It was as black as could be, and over there on the right I saw a small wisp of smoke going up from the ground. I didn't think much of ...read more

  • It Was Enough

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Sep 8, 2011
     | 2,415 views

    IT WAS ENOUGH This past Sunday morning I had an encounter with God. I had a bad headache (from God to keep me home) so I did not go with Julie and the boys to church. I got my bible out and then started praying. I felt the Lord flood my soul and then I felt like laying prostrate on the floor and ...read more

  • We Were On Shipboard," Relates A Captain's Wife, ...

    Contributed by Steve Smith on Jan 6, 2007
     | 2,325 views

    "We were on shipboard," relates a captain’s wife, "lying on side from storm in a Southern harbor. We were obliged, first to make our way ashore. The waves were rolling heavily. I became frightened at the thought of attempting it, when one came to me, saying, ’Do not be afraid: I will take care of ...read more

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