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  • The Apathy Club  PRO

    Contributed by Dean O'bryan on Aug 25, 2008
    based on 9 ratings
     | 7,172 views

    The Apathy Club Did you hear about the college students who wanted to form a new organization on their campus? They called it the "Apathy Club"? Their "Apathy Club" wasn't going to be like any other student group. Where most organizations have a purpose or goal -- or some common interest to unify ...read more

  • In A Book Called The Grace Awakening, Chuck ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Sep 15, 2008
     | 2,570 views

    In a book called The Grace Awakening, Chuck Swindoll tells about a Missionary family who left their Work because of Condemnation from other Missionaries. What was the theological disagreement over? Peanut butter. You see, the Mission field where they went did not have access to Peanut Butter. So, ...read more

  • What Is Your Legacy?

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Sep 16, 2008
     | 3,761 views

    What is Your Legacy? This week I had the extreme privilege of praying at a ceremony honoring the memory of Sandra Waugh Bradshaw, one of the heroic flight crew of 9/11's Flight 93. Sandy went to Grays Chapel and had ties to this community. I want to suggest to you that in the moment that brave ...read more

  • A Domino A Rectangular Tile With A Line Dividing ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Sep 21, 2008
     | 1,028 views

    A Domino a rectangular tile with a line dividing its face into two square ends. A popular way of playing with dominos is lining them up end to end and knocking them over. This domino effect is fun to watch when handling the physical tiles but, if it occurs metaphorically in worldwide financial ...read more

  • How The Mighty Fall

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 12, 2009
     | 2,427 views

    HOW THE MIGHTY FALL The British group, The Alarm, sang about someone of great influence who had brought himself down. I remember this song because I went through a period of personal crisis after a time of career triumph. In my depression, I heard these lyrics being about me: Once your words were ...read more

  • By The Way, I Got A Prayer Handkerchief In The ...

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 17, 2009
     | 1,774 views

    By the way, I got a prayer handkerchief in the mail about two-three weeks ago. It was a fundraising approach by an interdenominational group and it cited Acts 19 as its affirmation. They missed the point! Even as the people snuggling together under Peter’s shadow missed the point. The power—the ...read more

  • The Bible As Holy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,494 views

    THE BIBLE AS HOLY The Bible is deemed a holy book by 84% of the U.S. public. Although 84% of Barna Research respondents described themselves as Christian, 7% did not consider the Bible to be sacred, while 38% of adults who do not consider themselves Christian categorized it as such. Most ...read more

  • How's My Driving?

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 28, 2009
     | 1,528 views

    HOW'S MY DRIVING? A lot of trucks have a sticker on the back that says, "How’s my driving? Call xxx-xxxx to report." This is supposed to make the driver accountable. In Ireland, most people drive very, very courteously. They have roundabouts instead of lights (they do have some lights) where ...read more

  • Sure Of What We Hope For

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Oct 15, 2009
     | 2,050 views

    SURE OF WHAT WE HOPE FOR Saving faith has much assurance. Michael Faraday, the great scientist, was taken ill. When it became evident his sickness would soon result in his death, a group of fellow scientists came to see him--not so much to talk about science as to talk about death. One of them ...read more

  • College Students Fail To Be Good ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2009
     | 5,702 views

    College Students Fail to be Good Samaritans Real compassion looks beyond the faults of people to see the pain beneath it all and to see the hunger in people’s hearts. In research done by Darley and Batson at Princeton in 1973, a group of theology students was told that they were to go across ...read more

  • Carrying Guilt

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Oct 26, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,338 views

    CARRYING GUILT When I was a summer chaplain, I visited a person in the ICU hooked up to the machines and such, and suddenly I was overwhelmed with grief that I also had a strong panic attack. Although the patient looked nothing like my grandfather, I was just suddenly stuck with the picture of him ...read more

  • On Tuesday Night, We Went Around To A Friend's ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jan 13, 2010
     | 1,104 views

    On Tuesday night, we went around to a friend's place with a group of young leaders to share with them some insights – you know, from the vast accumulated wisdom of our years (Just joking – more like from the mistakes we have made). They did something so precious to us – they gathered around at the ...read more

  • Importance Of Church Friendships  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,667 views

    IMPORTANCE OF CHURCH FRIENDSHIPS A new Gallup study commissioned by Group Publishing shows that people with close friendships in their church are very satisfied with their congregation, less likely to leave their place of worship, and have a strong friendship with God. Church members who have a ...read more

  • Bonfire Night

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010
     | 5,394 views

    BONFIRE NIGHT On this day in 1605, thirteen young men planned to blow up the Houses of Parliament. Among them was Britain's most notorious traitor, a man called Guy Fawkes. They rented a house next to Parliament, dug a tunnel, and into the tunnel they placed 36 barrels (1.5 tonnes) of ...read more

  • The Importance Of Gratitude

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 13, 2011
     | 5,953 views

    THE IMPORTANCE OF GRATITUDE A few years ago Dr. Nick Stinnett of the University of Nebraska conducted a group of studies called the "Family Strengths Research Project." Stinnett and his researchers identified six qualities that make for strong families. The first quality and one of the most ...read more

  • Loneliness And Belonging

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 16, 2011
     | 6,037 views

    LONELINESS AND BELONGING Chip Ingram notes: "In his landmark book Bowling Alone, Robert Putman makes the case that loneliness is America’s new epidemic. People are searching for a place to belong. In the 1970s, it wasn’t uncommon for someone to leave a job that paid well and go off into the woods ...read more

  • Let Me Read One Of Aesop’s Greek Fables; In ...

    Contributed by Francis Balla on Aug 24, 2012
     | 2,337 views

    Let me read one of Aesop’s Greek fables; In the forest, there lived four oxen. They were very good friends and always went together to graze in the fields. However, every time they went, a hungry lion tried to attack them. The lion longed for their meat. But they withstood his attack by fighting ...read more

  • Don't Just Entertain

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 14, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,908 views

    Timothy Paul Jones- With high hopes we had moved to a new youth ministry position. On my first Wednesday evening at this church, I received my first hint that this task might be more difficult than I’d imagined. After a couple of games, I gathered the students for some worship songs. Worship ...read more

  • Good News, Bad News Laughs

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 13, 2022
     | 2,071 views

    Good News: You baptised seven people today in the river.Bad News: You lost two of them in the swift current. Good News: The women's group voted to send you a get-well card.Bad News: The vote passed by 31-30. Good News: The trustees finally voted to add more church parking. Bad News: They are ...read more

  • Two Men And A Donkey

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 2, 2023
     | 1,576 views

    One of Aesop’s fables tells of an old man and his son bringing a donkey to the market. Passing some people on the way, they hear one remark, “Look at that silly pair—walking when they could be riding comfortably.” The idea seemed sensible to the old man, so he and the boy mounted the donkey and ...read more