Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Mar 5, 2024
Spit It Out!
Sharing the Sweet News
We all know how unpredictable children can be—especially when it comes to what they decide to pop in their mouths!
One unforgettable Sunday morning, right after church, I was shaking hands with a young dad when, out of nowhere, he went into full “parental
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on May 27, 2024
A Leaky Roof Lesson
Acting Quickly on Friendly Advice
Some of the best counsel we ever receive is not complicated—it’s simply practical, timely, and humble enough to follow.
This little story reminds me that wisdom often begins with a small adjustment made quickly, before a problem becomes
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 12, 2025
[054]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – DAY IS AT HAND
This poem is figurative in a sense. I look at the early glimmer of light in the east as the sun soon will rise. Then it increases until it is full day with the bright shining sun.
What the poem does is begin with the harbinger of the dawn in
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Nov 25, 2025
based on 2 ratings
| 118 views
Indeed ... It is Father's Day, ... and the very first national celebration ... of this day .... was on June 19, 1924, ... via a proclamation ... of President Calvin Coolidge.
But it all came about ... due to the efforts of a woman named ... "Sonora" Smart Dodd.
Sonora was sitting
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Denomination:
Anglican
Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Apr 29, 2026
[342]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - WHO IS THE NATURAL MAN?
The “natural man” is a term used by Paul in his letters. What does it mean? It refers to the state we were/are in from birth. It is man according to nature with no change in his spiritual condition.
The natural man is one who is a sinner
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Feb 20, 2004
based on 3 ratings
| 2,942 views
Whenever people expend themselves, they want results. If they lay down their life, they want someone’s life raised up. If they empty themselves, they want someone to be filled. They want their sufferings to bear fruit.
If this doesn’t happen, they’re tempted to give up. The refusal of the gift
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Steve Bond on Aug 31, 2004
based on 13 ratings
| 5,778 views
A man was out on walk when he saw another man about to throw himself from a bridge into the river. He ran over to save him. "Why do you want to kill yourself?" the man asked. "I've nothing to live for."
"Don't you believe in God?" "Yes I do."
"What a coincidence-so do I! Are you a Jew or a
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Independent/Bible
Contributed by Bob Gillchrest on Dec 29, 2008
Surprise is a metaphor for God's response to all Earth's heartache. God sprung a surprise on the whole world that first Christmas morning. The Jews wanted a big, burly, handsome, Messiah ready to gather an army and defeat
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 30, 2010
based on 1 rating
| 2,264 views
Quote: klause-ner a Jewish historian says:
"Crucifixion is a most terrible and cruel death,
Which man has ever devised for taking vengeance on his fellow country man".
Quote: Roman statesman and
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Brethren
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2001
based on 16 ratings
| 3,176 views
EVERY LAST ONE-- CRUCIFIED!
At one point early in Julius Caesar’s political career, feelings ran so high against him that he thought it best to leave Rome. He sailed for the Aegean island of Rhodes, but en route the ship was attacked by pirates and Caesar was captured. The pirates demanded a
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Mar 20, 2010
ON TAX COLLECTORS
In Kiev, MONEY CHANGERS sit in little booths with a small window. You can't see their faces, and they mutter to you in Russian as you hand over American dollars in exchange for Grivnas. Whenever I exchanged money, I seemed to be getting more Grivna for my dollar because the
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Garris Hudson on Apr 2, 2022
How do you give biblically and with a Christ-like approach to needy people, yet not enable the person to become co-dependent on your giving heart?
(1) Learn to distinguish between DIVINE appointments and drive-by-guiltings (Luke 10:33/ 1 Timothy 5:8/ Deuteronomy 15:11 and Galatians 6:10/
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2011
based on 34 ratings
| 12,611 views
PRAYER AND PRESIDENT LINCOLN
A clergyman from New York, during a call on President Lincoln at the White House, said: "I have not come to ask any favors of you, Mr. President; I have only come to say that the loyal people of the North are sustaining you and will continue to do so. We are giving you
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Nov 18, 2002
Nicky Gumble Why and How should I read the Bible:
“Sometimes God speaks to us in a very specific way. God spoke to me very clearly about my father after he died on January 21, 1981. I had become a Christian seven years earlier and my parents’ initial reaction was one of complete horror. Gradually,
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
*other
Contributed by Joseph Daniel on Jan 3, 2007
D.L. Moody, a well-known evangelist in the 1800’s, once said, “ I prayed for faith and thought that some day it would come down and strike me like lightning.
But faith didn’t seem to come. One day I read
...read more
Denomination:
Baptist
Sermon Central