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  • Non-Christians Can Be Happy  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 23, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,947 views

    NON-CHRISTIANS CAN BE HAPPY I didn't say that non-Christians can't be happy or that they can't be content. Sure they can be happy...as long as life goes the way they want it to go. As long as our health is good, we enjoy our job, people love us and the sky is blue, anybody can be fairly content ...read more

  • As A Child I Used To Spend A Few Weeks Of My ...  PRO

    Contributed by Christopher Roberts on Apr 29, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,060 views

    As a child I used to spend a few weeks of my summers at my Grandma’s farm in Southern Kentucky. She owned cows and chickens that we would feed daily. I was able to learn how to water-ski on a lake nearby her home. And fishing was one of my favorite things to do while visiting with “Mimi.” There ...read more

  • Fulfilling Your Purpose

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Apr 24, 2012
     | 6,843 views

    FULFILLING YOUR PURPOSE When we lived in Wiesbaden, some missionary friends bought a German toaster. When they got home, they plugged it in, placed some bread in it, and then waited for the toast to pop up a few minutes later. Well, the toast never did pop up from it because...well, it didn’t ...read more

  • You're Not From Around Here.

    Contributed by Ken Pell on May 6, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,806 views

    "YOU'RE NOT FROM AROUND HERE." There is not much you can do about it. Once you have been around it everybody else knows. I’m talking about the red dirt of western Oklahoma. It’s caused by the iron in the soil that, after being oxidized, turns to rust. It seems that nothing can erase or clean ...read more

  • A Religion Worth Having  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Aug 30, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,168 views

    A RELIGION WORTH HAVING Dr. F. E. Marsh used to tell that on one occasion he was preaching on the importance of confession of sin and, wherever possible, of restitution for wrong done to others. Afterward a young man came up to him and said: "Pastor, you have put me in a sad fix. I have wronged ...read more

  • Seven Principles Of Finance For The Believer  PRO

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Feb 6, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,424 views

    Seven Principles of Finance for the Believer By Jim and Pam Elliff One of the most recognizable differences in the believer and the world he lives in is his unusual relationship to money and possessions. However, even serious believers sometimes balk at the seeming extremities in the teaching and ...read more

  • Dunant Was Born In 1828 In Switzerland. He Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Aug 1, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,000 views

    Dunant was born in 1828 in Switzerland. He was born of wealthy parents, born with a silver spoon in his mouth, so to speak. He could have lived a life of lazy luxury. Yet, Dunant was a caring, compassionate young man who visited the sick & poor. As a young man he established an organization in ...read more

  • How To Give Thanks In The Midst Of Loss  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 7, 2012
    based on 8 ratings
     | 7,138 views

    HOW TO GIVE THANKS IN THE MIDST OF LOSS When you've lost something or someone precious, it is easy to forget that "the Lord gives and the Lord takes away." He doesn't owe us a reason. John Claypool was a pastor in Louisville, Kentucky many years ago. He and his wife lost their daughter, Laura ...read more

  • I Say, "My Car," But It's Not Really My Car, It's ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Aug 22, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,814 views

    I say, "my car," but it’s not really my car, it’s the Lord’s. He has just loaned it to me to use for Him. Every bit of metal, plastic, every bit of glass and for my car, every bit of rust belongs to God. And someday my car will be dropped into some giant compressing machine, be folded up into about ...read more

  • I Once Heard The Late Dr. F.e. Marsh Tell That On ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,429 views

    I once heard the late Dr. F.E. Marsh tell that on one occasion he was preaching on this question and urging upon his hearers the importance of confession of sin and wherever possible of restitution for wrong done to others. At the close a young man, a member of the church, came up to him with a ...read more

  • Years Ago I Was Working Two Jobs Trying To Get ...

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Dec 18, 2009
     | 959 views

    Years ago I was working two jobs trying to get into professional golf. One of those was a courier job where you had to use your own vehicle. I had a very reliable Honda civic hatchback, great for driving in the city, a fair bit of space in the back with the seat folded down. It was the best car I ...read more

  • A Lesson From A Pair Of Mildewed Shoes

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Mar 22, 2020
     | 2,392 views

    A number of years ago I received a three-year assignment to Okinawa, Japan, as part of my Air Force experience. Hardly anybody I knew had much knowledge of that part of the world, so we really had no idea what to expect. We were in for a number of surprises! We lived in a motel, basically, for a ...read more

  • Ugandan Juvenile Jail

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Sep 25, 2016
     | 3,474 views

    Bob Goff tells the story of his longtime friend Charlie. Charlie was one of those guys who measured his life not by what he was but by what he has given up. He was a graduate of law school and then became an FBI agent. He met Bob for coffee and then said he wanted to use his training to help kids ...read more

  • Christina Recently Gave Birth To Our First ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Jun 17, 2010
     | 2,846 views

    Christina recently gave birth to our first daughter. After three sons I am very pleased to have a little girl. Recently I was speaking to the academic dean of the seminary where I am pursuing doctoral studies. The school had asked for individual and family photos of students like me who are ...read more

  • Evidences Of Pioneers' ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2012
     | 2,816 views

    EVIDENCES OF PIONEERS’ PRESENCE When we lived in eastern Kansas one of my past-times was walking over an historic Santa Fe Trail spot called the 110 Mile Crossing. The Santa Fe Trail originated in Independence, Missouri and wandered a path of least resistance for some 775 miles to Santa Fe, New ...read more

  • Aunt Bessie's Pickled Beets!" 2 Corinthians ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Mar 19, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 4,078 views

    “Aunt Bessie’s Pickled Beets!” 2 Corinthians 7:2-13 Key verse(s): 10:“Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.” The worst part of doing wrong is being found out. We’ve all been caught doing wrong in life; especially when we ...read more

  • The Parable Of The Good Muslims  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 14, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,738 views

    THE PARABLE OF THE GOOD MUSLIMS It is difficult to imagine more bleak circumstances; the young mother and her small children, truck packed full of all of their belongings, were in process of moving from rural North Carolina to the mother’s childhood home in Connecticut. Life had taken a tragic ...read more