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  • The Little Word That Changes Everything

    Contributed by David Dunn on Dec 26, 2025
     | 180 views

    Opening (attention hook) (Hold up a big card with the word IF written on it) “Does anyone know this word?” (Let them shout: IF!) “This is a tiny word… but it can change what happens next.” >> The Story There was a little girl named Lily, and Lily loved to ask questions. One morning her ...read more

  • Girls Growing Up Too Fast

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,588 views

    GIRLS GROWING UP TOO FAST A study by Girlguiding reveals 3 leading potential "triggers" for serious mental health problems in girls: premature sexualization, commercialization and alcohol misuse. The report reveals a loss of childhood innocence and says girls today experience high levels of ...read more

  • Knowing Oneself Is Important For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
     | 2,509 views

    Knowing Oneself is Important for Leadership Mort Meyerson became the CEO of Perot Systems, a computer services company. Within six months, he realized that compared to other companies he had known as CEO, everything was different at this one. It wasn’t just the technology, market, and customers, ...read more

  • Martin Luther's Depression And The Hymn

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 10, 2009
     | 6,023 views

    Martin Luther’s Depression and the Hymn "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" The year 1527 was the most trying year of Martin Luther’s life. On April 22 he was preaching in Wittenberg when he became dizzy and fainted. Over the next several months he dealt with debilitating depression and sickness. It had ...read more

  • In The World Today...we Are Trying To Marry ...

    Contributed by Hugh Laing on Feb 17, 2010
     | 1,840 views

    In the world today...we are trying to marry Christianity to all the wrong things...we are trying to marry it to prosperity...popularity...personalities...politics...and beloved...it ain't working 'cause it's broken! And yet many ministers preach a PROSPERITY DOCTRINE today because it feeds our ...read more

  • Egyptian Astronomer Ptolemy In The 2nd Century ...

    Contributed by Bret Toman on May 20, 2010
     | 3,146 views

    Egyptian astronomer Ptolemy in the 2nd century postulated that the earth was the center of the universe, that the earth was still, that other planets orbited and other planets rotated, but the earth not. The universe revolved around the earth. It made sense, and people believed it. For 1400 years. ...read more

  • Fitted For Service Through Suffering

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Apr 15, 2011
     | 2,472 views

    FITTED FOR SERVICE THROUGH SUFFERING I grew up as a military brat and later my dad was a missionary to the military. When I was growing up, I was never exposed much to suffering. When we lived overseas, if someone got too sick, they shipped them back to the States, or (when we were stationed in ...read more

  • Salvation Belongs To The Lord

    Contributed by Michael Walther on Jun 6, 2011
     | 3,140 views

    SALVATION BELONGS TO THE LORD To say that we cooperate with God in any way in our salvation undermines the doctrine of salvation, robs our confidence in God, and tempts us to pride. It is like the man who collapses from a massive heart attack and is rushed to the hospital. The doctor doesn’t ...read more

  • No Shortcuts

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Aug 26, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,379 views

    NO SHORTCUTS Now that the New Year is right around the corner there are those infomercials that tout great fitness. It seems that each year the machines get weirder. Hang upside down, spin 360 degrees then throw up. That loses about 5 lbs. Then there are those that bend you like a pretzel while ...read more

  • When I Was Your Age...

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Sep 2, 2011
     | 1,659 views

    WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE... A young man who was also an avid golfer found himself with a few hours to spare one afternoon. He figured if he hurried and played very fast, he could get in 9 holes before he had to head home. Just as he was about to tee off, an old gentleman shuffled onto the tee and ...read more

  • The Lord's Game Plan

    Contributed by Eugene Morell on Jan 7, 2012
     | 2,809 views

    THE LORD'S GAME PLAN After I had been a Christian for a while, I felt that I was being called ton the ministry. I figured that the Lord had made just about his biggest mistake by calling me. When I told Barbara about what I felt, I rejoiced when she told me that I couldn’t be a pastor because all ...read more

  • Anger Vs. Annoyance  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2012
    based on 8 ratings
     | 6,427 views

    ANGER VS. ANNOYANCE A young girl who was writing a paper for school came to her father and asked, "Dad, what is the difference between anger and annoyance?" The father replied, "It is mostly a matter of degree. Let me show you what I mean." With that the father went to the telephone and dialed a ...read more

  • Roger Williams: Worship As A "Religious Fix"

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Jul 1, 2012
     | 2,142 views

    ROGER WILLIAMS: WORSHIP AS A "RELIGIOUS FIX" Roger Williams was thumbing through a magazine on a short flight from Sacramento to San Diego. He had taken his seat when two well-dressed, attractive 20-something-year-old women sat down next to him. Their conversation competed with his attention to ...read more

  • Irresponsibility

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 5, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,918 views

    Bill Hybel’s in His book “Making Life Work” states this about this kind of mindset – he words it this way: 1. “Some way, some day my life will improve. Some way, someday I’ll drift into more satisfying circumstances. Some way, some day what I want will come to be. Built on the fantasy that rewards ...read more

  • The Deadly Hand

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 7, 2019
     | 2,248 views

    It was the nearly dark as James entered the room , over in the corner a poker game was getting ready to start. James joined in the poker game looking to beat the other players out of their hard-earned money. In this worldly realm it was just another poker game, with only money at stake, but in ...read more

  • Lego Theology

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 23, 2019
     | 2,692 views

    Matt Proctor- Several years ago, two of my nephews accompanied their mom on a visit to a friend’s house. Ben was 8, Brian was 6. Their mother’s friend was a very neat lady- a place for everything and everything in its place. Though childless, she did have a few toys and handed Ben and Brian a ...read more

  • Mercy In A World War 2 Battle

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 1, 2020
     | 3,595 views

    Here is a unique, moving story about "MERCY" from the Second World War: The American pilot glanced outside his cockpit and froze. He blinked hard and looked again, hoping it was just a mirage. But his co-pilot stared at the same horrible vision. “Dear God, this is a nightmare,” the ...read more

  • Not What Was Expected

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Mar 16, 2022
     | 2,382 views

    Integrity is when something is the same all the way through. Pure gold is gold and only gold, all the way through. 14kt gold is less than pure, but other metals give it a hardness that allows more uses such as making beautiful jewelry from it. The bible calls the condition of being one thing ...read more

  • The Key To Life Is Forgetting The Right Things

    Contributed by James Snyder on Jan 27, 2024
     | 1,307 views

    The thing that has concerned me as I have aged was about forgetting things. How could I remember everything when I was crowding my brain with all kinds of new things? In this regard, there is no comparison between The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and myself. I have a problem remembering, and ...read more

  • Will There Be Television In Heaven?

    Contributed by James Snyder on Jun 6, 2020
     | 2,884 views

    If anybody can ask hard questions, the award has to go to the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage. She knows how to ask a question and, more importantly, when to ask a particular question. Throughout our marriage, she has become an expert in the area of questionology. There is not a question I can ...read more