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  • The History Of Wwjd

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 9, 2008
     | 2,800 views

    The History of WWJD Wikipedia encyclopedia states this about the common abbreviation WWJD: The phrase "What would Jesus do?" (often abbreviated to WWJD) became popular in the United States in the 1890s and again in 1990s as a personal motto for thousands of Christians who used the phrase as a ...read more

  • The Beginning Of Lee  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
    based on 23 ratings
     | 6,421 views

    THE BEGINNING OF LEE Lee, a reporter for the Chicago Tribune and a self-professed atheist was sitting at his desk on Christmas Eve. A slow news day he found himself reminiscing about the Delgado family that he had featured while writing a series of articles about Chicago’s neediest people a few ...read more

  • The God Squad

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 26, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,331 views

    THE GOD SQUAD This week, we finished remodeling our old house and started moving into our new house. But last Monday I threw my back out while working on the house. I was frustrated and hurting. But the pain was not as bad as the feeling of not being able to finish my tasks which what I wanted to ...read more

  • [014] A Message From A Poem - Against The Christian

    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jun 18, 2024
     | 133 views

    [014] A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - AGAINST THE CHRISTIAN The origin of this poem goes right back to a time of considerable difficulty when I was going through tough times and some people were very nasty. Christians do face real difficulties and you will have persecution and unfairness just because ...read more

  • Mickey Mantle's Salvation Story

    Contributed by Tom Feola on Feb 4, 2012
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     | 5,998 views

    MICKEY MANTLE'S SALVATION STORY The #7 is for the Mick, or Mickey Mantle, who played for the New York Yankees.    Why do I bring this out about Mickey Mantle.  Well 1st of all without a team playing with Him Mick would have won zero World Series.  But because of a team effort Mickey played in 12 ...read more

  • What I'll Be Doing For Memorial Day  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 19, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
     | 5,171 views

    WHAT I'LL BE DOING FOR MEMORIAL DAY Memorial Day is a rough day for me. It’s a day of remembering. Remembering can be curse when you’ve spent years trying to forget. It’s even worse when you get mad at yourself for not being able to remember. It’s strange that you forget so many things you want ...read more

  • Father's Day: A Tribute Today Is Father's Day. A ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Raulerson on Oct 12, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 12,317 views

    FATHER’S DAY: A TRIBUTE Today is Father’s Day. A day of cologne. A day of hugs, new neckties, long-distance phone calls, and Hallmark cards. Today is my first Father’s Day without a father. For thirty-one years I had one. I had one of the best. But now he’s gone. He’s buried under an oak tree in a ...read more

  • The Western Heavens Were Alight With The Soft ...

    Contributed by Manuel Amparo on May 10, 2006
     | 1,387 views

    The western heavens were alight with the soft afterglow of the long summer day. The last stirrings of the afternoon sea wind murmured drowsily in the moss-hung maples along the drive. Inside the old house, a small fire burned slowly on the stone hearth, while above it, comfortably set on the wide ...read more

  • The Citadel Of The Spirit!" Galatians 4: 1-16 ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Sep 22, 2004
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     | 2,740 views

    “The Citadel of The Spirit!” Galatians 4: 1-16 Key verse(s): 16 “Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth.” There’s an old proverb that simply states, “Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.” I can remember many times in my life when, confronted by someone’s correction, ...read more

  • Father's Day: A Tribute By Max Lucado.

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 22, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,845 views

    FATHER’S DAY: A TRIBUTE by Max Lucado. Today is Father’s Day. A day of cologne. A day of hugs, new neckties, long-distance phone calls, and Hallmark cards. Today is my first Father’s Day without a father. For thirty-one years I had one. I had one of the best. But now he’s gone. He’s ...read more

  • I Recently Went To An Art Exhibit In ...

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jun 25, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,467 views

    I recently went to an art exhibit in Winston-Salem, NC featuring the work of the artist Grandma Moses. Her art work is best described as American Folk Art with primitive and colorful paintings of rural scenes. When I look at her work it brings me a warm and content feeling, despite its ...read more

  • Obituaries  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Apr 14, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,056 views

    OBITUARIES Jeruselem 33 AD Calvary Jesus Christ, 33, of Nazareth died Friday on Mount Calvary, also known as Golgotha, the place of the skull. Betrayed by Judas, Jesus was crucified by the Romans, by order of the Ruler Pontius Pilate. The causes of death were extreme exhaustion, severe torture, ...read more

  • A Prayer Of God's ...

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Apr 21, 2009
     | 3,597 views

    A PRAYER OF GOD’S SERVANTS We are God’s servants. We put God’s love for all people first. No race is superior to another. No government is more loved than another. No nation is dearer than another. We do not put our nation’s economy before God’s economy. He tells us to seek first His Kingdom, ...read more

  • Praying For The Lost

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Mar 15, 2010
     | 3,213 views

    PRAYING FOR THE LOST Lee Thomas is a great teacher on praying for the lost. Here’s part of a testimony from his book: When we begin to pray for someone’s salvation, God seems to draw a circle around that individual and then gets in the circle with him. That is what happened to Ricky Gresham when ...read more

  • Brad Pitt ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2010
     | 3,607 views

    Brad Pitt Interview Interview with the actor, Brad Pitt, in Parade magazine. Pitt grew up in Springfield, MO, the oldest of three children in a conservative, Southern Baptist family. His mother was a school counselor; his father ran a trucking company. "My dad made sure our needs were met," he ...read more

  • Love Of God

    Contributed by Sean Harder on Jun 16, 2010
     | 5,801 views

    LOVE OF GOD Let’s say you had a child who kept getting in trouble, you kept bailing him out as a child, and eventually as he grew up even you couldn’t bail him out anymore, you had to let him go live his life the way he was choosing because nothing you or anyone else did could stop ...read more

  • The Hunger And The Hunt

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Nov 13, 2010
     | 3,795 views

    THE HUNGER AND THE HUNT "She was not beautiful but her eyes were magnificient. They were piercing and caught the light as jade shards and occasionally as she passed into shadows you could catch glimses of the hunger betrayed in the depths of their opalescent gaze. As the inquisitive marvelled at ...read more

  • Simon Birch: A Purpose In Life

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 26, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,086 views

    SIMON BIRCH: A PURPOSE IN LIFE How many of you remember a movie by the name of Simon Birch that came out in 1998? It tells the story of a twelve-year-old boy named Simon Birch who, despite his physical disabilities, believes that God has a plan for his life. "Simon was born tiny and with an ...read more

  • How To Be A Saint

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 16, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,437 views

    HOW TO BE A SAINT One of the most basic requirements for a candidate to Catholic sainthood is to be dead. You can't be a Catholic Saint if you're not dead (usually 5 years). In the same way, you can't be a saint for God without dying. Romans 6:3-7 tells us as much: "...don't you know that all of ...read more

  • Tavian's Story From Insanity Of God

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 22, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,785 views

    Story from Insanity of God Tavian, pages 183-185: Up four flights of creaking stairs, in a tiny apartment, we met a white-haired, stooped-over, shell of a man. It was clear that, earlier in his life, he had cast a longer shadow. He invited us into his apartment. The aged furnishings made the room ...read more

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