Contributed by Mark Brunner on May 31, 2005
based on 3 ratings
| 4,054 views
May 31, 2005 “Our Semper Fi Brother!” Matthew 9:18-26 Key verse(s) 22“Jesus turned and saw her. ‘Take heart, daughter,’ he said, ‘your faith has healed you.’ And the woman was healed from that moment.”
Nothing defines endurance better than a Marine. I have known a few Marines in my life; in
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Denomination:
Lutheran
Contributed by Thomas H on Jan 21, 2005
based on 2 ratings
| 2,502 views
Naturally, when we are wronged, we want to seek revenge. This comes out in me most while driving. Who can identify with that? How do you feel when someone cuts you off? How do you feel when you are stuck behind someone doing 60 in an 80 zone and you’re running late? Does your blood boil? Well
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Darryl Bell on Apr 17, 2006
based on 11 ratings
| 3,651 views
Roger Rose tells this story: When he was a boy more than 60 years ago, his young brother was fatally injured in a tragic accident. A dirt road ran alongside their house, and only on rare occasions would there be a car on it. But one day as his brother was crossing on his bike, a car came roaring
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Timothy Smith on Oct 25, 2006
James Dobson relates this essay written by a 9 year old girl about Grandparents, listen to what she says: "A grandmother is a lady who has no children of her own. She likes other people’s little girls and boys. A grandfather is a man grandmother. He goes for walks with the boys and they talk about
...read more
Denomination:
Christian Church
Contributed by Charles Salmon on Jul 9, 2007
Satisfied Mind
(By Rhodes & Hayes)(Starrite Music)
How many times have you heard someone say
"If I had his money, I could do things my way?"
Little they know that it’s so hard to find
One rich man in ten with a satisfied mind.
Once I was winning in fortune and fame
Everything that I
...read more
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
based on 1 rating
| 1,318 views
A young police officer was taking his final exam for the police academy
And he read the following question in the exam paper:
“You are on patrol in the outer city when an explosion occurs in a gas main in a nearby street.
On investigation you find that a large hole has been blown in the
...read more
Denomination:
Anglican
Contributed by Mark Eberly on Feb 26, 2008
based on 3 ratings
| 1,754 views
I was reminded of two young ministry students down south who stopped at a rickety old shack to “share the gospel.” There must have been a dozen kids running around apparently doing whatever they wanted. It was chaos. The house was falling apart.
A woman completely and totally disheveled answered
...read more
Denomination:
Church Of God
Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Jun 16, 2008
We read in the papers, we hear on the air,
Of killing and stealing, and crime everywhere.
We sigh, and we say, as we notice the trend,
"This young generation! Where will it all end?"
But can we be sure that it’s their fault alone?
That maybe most of it isn’t really our own ?
Too much money to spend
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Aug 27, 2008
Coming in Last
Discouragement cramps our momentum; the heat-stroke of opposition can drain our stamina and motivation. Running into obstacles that drive our faces in the asphalt of reality make it hard to get back up.
Our stories are not unlike Felicians Hopfner-Hibb's or Simon Whitfield's. Last
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Salvation Army
Contributed by Troy Borst on Feb 26, 2009
ILLUSTRATION… Hellen Keller (p)
Whenever I read this passage, I cannot help but think of another movie! I think of the 1962 (and in 1979) movie about Hellen Keller called “The Miracle Worker.” Hellen Keller was deaf and blind and could not communicate. Her teacher, Anne Sullivan arrived at
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
A young police officer was taking his final exam for the police academy and he was set the following problem to solve.
"You are on patrol in the outer city when an explosion occurs in a gas main in a nearby street. On investigation you find that a large hole has been blown in
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Anglican
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 4, 2011
based on 2 ratings
| 1,761 views
I WISH YOU HAD HELPED ME
Two soldiers, traveling together, were set upon by a robber. The one fled away; the other stood his ground, and defended himself with his stout right hand.
The robber being slain, the timid companion runs up and draws his sword, and then, throwing back his traveling
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Independent/Bible
based on 4 ratings
| 5,144 views
HENRY FORD: THE BANG ON THE TABLE
In 1896, Henry Ford attended a company event where Thomas Edison (the great inventor) was the guest of honour. His friend introduced him to Edison as "the man trying to make a car that runs on gasoline."
Edison asked young Henry Ford a host of questions and when
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Independent/Bible
Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
based on 4 ratings
| 2,272 views
Every Grandparent can testify that if someone would have just told them that grandchildren were so much fun, the choice would have been made to have them first!
****
She was in the bathroom, putting on her makeup, under the watchful eyes of her young granddaughter as she'd done many times before.
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 1, 2007
The daughter of a preacher picked up a paper packet of straight pins from her mother’s sewing basket. As it fell open dramatically, the little girl gave one astonished look, then dashed to the study, saying, “Look, daddy, look! Here’s your congregation; see? Pew after pew of them, sitting in
...read more
Denomination:
Pentecostal