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  • A Good Example To This Though Is Our Sign ...

    Contributed by Steve Smith on Jan 23, 2010
     | 1,991 views

    A good example to this though is our sign project. We know that based on our regular offerings that we could not afford the gorgeous sign out front. But we also know that in order for God to be able to change the hearts of others, we must 1st get them into church. The sign gives us a means to ...read more

  • Real Mothers

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 3, 2010
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     | 4,414 views

    REAL MOTHERS Real Mothers don't eat quiche; they don't have time to make it. Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils are probably in the sandbox. Real Mothers often have sticky floors, filthy ovens and happy kids. Real Mothers know that dried Playdoh doesn't come out of shag ...read more

  • God's Word And Daniel Webster

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,794 views

    GOD'S WORD AND DANIEL WEBSTER Daniel Webster testified: "If there be anything in my style or thoughts to be commended, the credit is due to my kind parents for instilling into my mind an early love for the Scriptures. From the time that, at my mother's feet or on my father's knee, I learned to ...read more

  • R ...

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 30, 2010
     | 1,085 views

    REVIVAL! A final note: I miss aspects of society in previous years. I miss the time when no one argued about what marriage was. I miss the time when lines were more clearly drawn. Sometimes, I wish I could just go back to the church of my childhood and hear my Old Pastor, Dr. Sightler, preach. ...read more

  • Are You Prepared?

    Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Sep 25, 2011
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     | 6,720 views

    ARE YOU PREPARED? One day, a king died. His servants spread the unbelievable news all over the palace. He had died in his bed of natural causes. "Where has he gone?" asked one of the king's wisest counselors "Why, to Heaven of course!" answered all the others. "No", said the other gravely, "I ...read more

  • What You Don't Know

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Nov 12, 2011
     | 2,269 views

    WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW They say, "What you don't know can't hurt you." But it's not true, is it? Suppose your house is invaded by termites that are eating away at the studs and beams and rafters, and you don't know it. Suppose you are on an extended trip but you left water boiling on the ...read more

  • The Danish Philosopher, Kierkegaard, Tells A ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 6, 2012
     | 1,873 views

    1. The Danish philosopher, Kierkegaard, tells a parable of a theater where a variety show is proceeding. Each show is more fantastic than the last, and is applauded by the audience. Suddenly the manager comes forward. He apologizes for the interruption, but the theater is on fire, and he begs his ...read more

  • He Who Is

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 22, 2012
     | 2,489 views

    He Who is "the image of the invisible God" (Col. 1:15),(21) is Himself the perfect man. To the sons of Adam He restores the divine likeness which had been disfigured from the first sin onward. Since human nature as He assumed it was not annulled,(22) by that very fact it has been raised up to a ...read more

  • Being Self

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Feb 29, 2016
     | 8,609 views

    A little boy named Adam wanted to be like his friend Bobby. Adam loved the way Bobby walked and talked. Bobby, however, wanted to be like Charlie. Something about Charlie’s stride and accent intrigued him. Charlie, on the other hand, was impressed with Danny. Charlie wanted to look and sound like ...read more

  • The Worst Boss Ever

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 11, 2018
     | 2,135 views

    What if you had a boss that demanded that you check in with him every ten minutes no matter what? What if he required that even if you were in the middle of other important work in your office? What if he demanded that whether you were at the office or at home? What if he required that even if ...read more

  • Cheeful Giver

    Contributed by Rev. Duraimony Dickson on Nov 20, 2020
     | 3,344 views

    A missionary in Africa was preaching his first sermon in a mission church. When time came for the offering, the people danced their offerings forward. They danced and sang praise to God as they brought their offerings to the altar. For they were “coming before God's presence with ...read more

  • The Candle

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 2, 2021
     | 1,845 views

    *THEY WILL ONLY SEE THE LIGHT OF HOPE. (AUTHOR UNKNOWN) HIS LIGHT AM I TO SHINE WHERE HE SHALL SAY; AND LAMPS ARE NOT FOR SUNNY ROOMS NOR FOR THE LIGHT OF DAY. BUT FOR THE DARK PLACES OF THE EARTH, WHERE SHAME AND WRONG AND CRIMES GIVE BIRTH. OR FOR THE MILKY TWILIGHT GRAY, WHERE WANDERING SHEEP ...read more

  • A Funny Marriage Sermon-Starter

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Oct 23, 2022
     | 4,685 views

    An 80 year-old woman was recently married to her 4th husband. A reporter questioned the occupation of her newly acquired husband. She replied that he owned a funeral home. Curious about the other husbands, the reporter also asked about their occupations. The woman paused for a while and stated ...read more

  • I Was Hungry

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Mar 9, 2023
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     | 1,055 views

    Charles Allen has a satirical comment on bearing one another's burdens: "I was hungry, and you formed a humanities club and discussed my hunger. I was imprisoned, and you crept off quietly to your chapel in the cellar and prayed for my release. I was naked, and in your mind you ...read more

  • Winnowing Fork

    Contributed by Subasini Peter on May 8, 2024
     | 592 views

    God's winnowing fork Imagine God being so good, loving and kind now will have a winnowing fork in His hand to separate the chaff from the grain. All our works in a lifetime we have done will be judged by God. All the works that do not glorify the name of Jesus Christ will be separated. We ...read more

  • A Father's Blessing By Morgan Cryar (A Christian ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 22, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
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    A FATHER’S BLESSING by Morgan Cryar (a Christian music artist) from Decision magazine. From Stories for a Man’s Heart, P 240. Compiled by Alice Gray Many a morning as a child I stumbled through the darkness to our family’s truck, fell back to sleep, then was awakened by the sound of the truck ...read more

  • Some Thoughts On Forgiveness  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
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     | 4,426 views

    SOME THOUGHTS ON FORGIVENESS Bernard Meltzer was a United States radio host for several decades. His advice call-in show was called "What's Your Problem?" Meltzer said, "When you forgive, you in no way change the past--but you sure do change the future." ------- Mark Twain had some sour thoughts ...read more

  • The Eating Thing  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Hamilton on Sep 29, 2002
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     | 4,360 views

    The Eating thing Let me share with you a fairly personal issue that I’m working through that has caused me to ask this question about loving God. Last year – in fact for a number of years now I have been aware that I have been struggling with an addiction. As soon as I say the word it arouses ...read more

  • The Box ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2010
     | 4,457 views

    The Box Boy My third job as a teenager (the one right before I went into the Air Force), was as a box boy for McCoy’s Markets, in hyderabad, andhra predesh. One of the other box boys was named David, and I remember him well. We nodded and said "Hi" to each other, as guys do, and that was pretty ...read more

  • My Body, My Swat

    Contributed by James Snyder on Nov 6, 2021
     | 1,201 views

    Usually, I am not easily offended, nor do I easily lose my temper. I did lose my temper when I was six years old but have not been able to find it since. Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage is trying to find it but so far, she has not found it. Many people are ticked off by some minor little thing ...read more