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Christian Walk Compared To Learning How To Pitch ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 14, 2009

Christian Walk Compared to Learning How to Pitch Horseshoes When I married into Charlotte’s family I married into a really close family that liked to spend a lot of time together. Almost every Sunday was spent at Charlotte’s Mom and Dad’s house. There were football or baseball games to watch or ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:12-21

Tags: Growth In Christ

Postman

Contributed by Dr. John Singarayar on Dec 1, 2023

In the quiet routines of everyday life, a seemingly ordinary event unfolded – a postman knocking on a door, bearing a letter. A child-like voice responded from within the house, promising to come and receive the letter. However, minutes passed without any sign of the resident. The postman's ...read more

Scripture: Mark 6:34

Tags: Compassion, Mercy

Denomination: Other

C. S. Lewis Suggests, "If We Have Never Had The ...  PRO

Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Dec 31, 2005

C. S. Lewis suggests, “If we have never had the experience of taking our casual, religious shoes off our casual, religious feet – getting rid of all the excessive informality with which we approach ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 9:6

Tags: Descriptions Of God

Denomination: Salvation Army

I Read The Other Day - You Show Me A Man Who ...

Contributed by Dave Kinney on Sep 20, 2008

I read the other day - you show me a man who comes home greeted with a big smile, encouraged to take off his shoes, served a wonderful dinner sitting on a pillow arranged on the floor a special ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Denomination: Baptist

Let Me Tell You A Story About Honest Labor. There ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jan 15, 2006

Let me tell you a story about honest labor. There was a boy named Harry who worked for a Scottish shoemaker named Dan. It was his chief responsibility to pound out and dry leather for shoe soles. It seemed an endless operation to him, and he wearied of it many times. "What made my task worse was ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:17

Tags: Character

Denomination: Lutheran

As Christians, We Have To Be Careful That We ...

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 14, 2008

As Christians, we have to be careful that we remember justice, and not “just us …we watch out for “our kind” and nobody else. It is one thing to disagree as to what is in the best interest of others, it is another to not really care and to not make the effort to put oneself in their ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Ballerina - Using Your Talents

Contributed by John Gullick on Oct 22, 2015

Let me tell you a story - it is a modification of a story I wrote a few years ago and I simply want to draw out that each person invested what God had invested in them. It is called the Ballerina. Once upon a time there was an orphan ballerina - how she loved to dance. She was the most elegant of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:14-44

Tags: Gifts, Talents, Ballerina

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Dwight L. Moody Was A Poorly Educated, ...

Contributed by John Shearhart on Jul 10, 2006

“Dwight L. Moody was a poorly educated, unordained, shoe salesman who felt God’s call to preach the gospel. Early one morning he and some friends gathered in a hay field for [prayer]. His friend Henry Varley said these words: ‘The world has yet to see what God can do with and for and through and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:13-14

Tags: Prayer General

Maybe You Heard About The Man Who Was Awakened By ...  PRO

Contributed by Wes Richard on Mar 30, 2006

Maybe you heard about the man who was awakened by his mother one Sunday morning for church. He groaned, saying, “I don’t want to go today.” “Oh, but you must,” she said. “Your shoes are polished; your clothes are ready. You haven’t ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:4-12

Tags: Call Of The Disciples

Denomination: Brethren

No More Spit In Soup!

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 27, 2023

During WWII, a military unit in the Pacific hired a local boy to cook and clean for them. Being a bunch of jokesters, they quickly took advantage of the boy’s seeming naiveté. They smeared Vaseline on the stove handles so it would get all over his hands. They put buckets of water over the door ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:12-15, Galatians 6:7

Tags: Confessions, Apologies, Revenge, Sowing And Reaping, Judgment, Paybacks  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

This Sunday School Teacher Was Not One Of The ...

Contributed by Don Jones on Jan 7, 2007

This Sunday school teacher was not one of the ordinary type. Mere literal instruction on Sunday did not satisfy his ideal of the teacher’s duty. He knew his boys, and, if he knew them, it was because be studied them, because he became acquainted with their occupations and aims, visiting them during ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

Denomination: Baptist

In The Face Of Disappointed World Betrayal, A ...

Contributed by Mark Armstrong on Jun 2, 2009

‘In the face of disappointed world betrayal, a world in which all fixed points have proven illusory, a world in which we are anchorless and adrift. Christ is the foundation, the origin, the way, the truth, the life. In the face of a culture of death, a world of killing fields, a world of the ...read more

Tags: Lordship Of Christ

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

What Is "Daily Bread"?

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 18, 2011

WHAT IS "DAILY BREAD"? Martin Luther wrote in 1529: "What does daily bread mean? Everything that nourishes our body and meets its needs, such as food, drink, clothing, shoes, house, yard, fields, cattle, money, possessions, a devout spouse, devout children, devout employees, devout and faithful ...read more

Tags: Lord's Prayer

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Thank God For The Delusion!

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 4, 2021

Someone told a reformed alcoholic that his experience wasn't valid; that his religion was a delusion. He said, "Thank God for the delusion; it has put clothes on my children and shoes on their feet and bread in their mouths. It has made a man of me and it has put joy and peace in my ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17, John 3:1-7

Tags: Changed Life, Forgiveness, Salvation, Word Of God, New Life, New Birth  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Gold Wrapping Paper

Contributed by Roy Fowler on Dec 19, 2014

The Gold Wrapping Paper - An Inspirational Short Christmas Story Once upon a time, there was a man who worked very hard just to keep food on the table for his family. This particular year a few days before Christmas, he was upset with his little five-year-old daughter after learning that she had ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-19

Tags: Christmas Gift, Anger, Patience, Child Rearing

Denomination: Independent/Bible

A Man Who Had Hitchhiked From Coast To Coast And ...  PRO

Contributed by R. Darrel Davis on Sep 17, 2004

A man who had hitchhiked from coast to coast and had walked many miles in the process was asked what he had found the most difficult to endure. To the surprise of his questioner it was not the steep mountains or the dazzling sun or the scorching desert heat that had troubled him, but, in the words ...read more

Scripture: Song of Songs 2:15

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Denomination: Baptist

I Grew Up In The 80's And Had A Perfect Outfit

Contributed by James Chandler on Feb 26, 2007

I grew up in the 80’s and had a perfect outfit: White Nike shoes with a red stripe. Lee jeans with the big patch, or parachute pants. Pink Izod shirt with a green aligator on it. My black "Members Only" jacket. Labels mean alot in clothes. Labels also mean alot in spiritual ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Mother Teresa's Feet

Contributed by Josh Hunt on Feb 10, 2012

MOTHER TERESA'S FEET Shane Claiborne, who spent a summer in the slums of Calcutta with Mother Teresa, wrote the following about one of his experiences: People often ask me what Mother Teresa was like. Did she glow in the dark or have a halo? She was short, wrinkled, and precious, maybe even a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:25-37

Tags: Compassion

Denomination: Baptist

The Story Is Told Of A Man And Woman Who Had Been ...  PRO

Contributed by David Swanger on Aug 14, 2007

The story is told of a man and woman who had been married for over 60 years. They had shared everything except there was one secret in their marriage. The wife had a shoe box in the top of her closet, and she had cautioned her husband never to open it and never to ask about it. He never did. But ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Albert's Kids

Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jun 3, 2011

ALBERT'S KIDS Albert Lexie isn’t a doctor or nurse or specialist. But yet he gets on the bus very early three days a week, every week, all year round, and rides for almost two hours to get to Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. In his own way, he does a ton of healing while he’s there. It all ...read more

Tags: Servanthood

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed