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  • In 1996, The Chicago Tribune Ran A Story On Buddy ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 30, 2002
    based on 42 ratings
     | 2,859 views

    In 1996, the Chicago Tribune ran a story on Buddy Post, a lottery winner who is “living proof that money can’t buy happiness.” In 1988, he won $16.2 million in the Pennsylvania Lottery. Since then, he has been convicted “of assault, his sixth wife left him, his brother was convicted of trying to ...read more

  • Remember False Guilt Attacks The Person And The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Greene on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,849 views

    Remember false guilt attacks the person and the Holy Spirit attacks the problem. A young boy was going to spend the evening at a friend¡¦s house. His father asked that he call home once he arrived so that the father could be assured that his son had arrived safely. As the evening wore on, this ...read more

  • Being A Parent And A Father Can Be An ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 15 ratings
     | 5,813 views

    Being a parent and a father can be an interesting and trying experience. Someone said, “Fathers spend the first part of a child’s life urging him to talk and walk, and the rest of his childhood telling him to sit down and keep quiet.” A son who was in college wrote home to his dad. He said, “Dear ...read more

  • A Young Woman In China Had Been Invited To A ...

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Jul 14, 2008
     | 2,038 views

    A young woman in China had been invited to a church and had gone just to please her friend. While she was there, she received Jesus Christ and began attending regularly. She did that because she found pure joy in her soul while she was at church. That was the one place in her life she could ...read more

  • Living Life Upside Down By Russ Lee  PRO

    Contributed by John Petty on Aug 22, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,550 views

    "LIVING LIFE UPSIDE DOWN" by Russ Lee John has a new way of looking at life He’s tired of his job, his kids and his wife He says the secret to his success Was in leaving and finding himself Now he’s someone to somebody else. And you say we’ve risen to a new age of truth You’re calling it a ...read more

  • When God Opened An Unexpected Door For Cliff Barrows

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 10, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 794 views

    Dr. James Dobson wrote a book entitled When God Doesn’t Make Sense, and, in his book, he shared an illustration that is very applicable to the point being drawn from this particular verse. Take a moment and reflect upon the following story: In 1945, a young associate pastor named Cliff married his ...read more

  • You Can't Take It With ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,210 views

    YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU Ann Landers had an interesting letter in one of her columns. She wrote about a man who earned a very good living, but refused to spend the money on anything. When he was dying, he said to his wife, "I want you to promise me one thing. Promise me that when I’m dead you’ll ...read more

  • Shopkeeper Seeks Revenge On Bitter ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 5, 2009
     | 5,864 views

    Shopkeeper Seeks Revenge on Bitter Rival What you believe about Jesus determines what you do with him. Two shopkeepers were bitter rivals. Their stores were directly across the street from each other, and they would spend each day keeping track of each other’s business. If one got a customer, he ...read more

  • If You’re An Average Australian ...

    Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Mar 23, 2010
     | 1,887 views

    IF you’re an average Australian you’re worth just over $250,000 have a house valued at $458,488, a mortgage of $341,000 , credit card debt of $3085 and earn $1124.50 a week. Mortgage stress According to the experts if you’re an average Aussie, then chances are you’ll technically be experiencing ...read more

  • When We Have Nowhere Else To Go  PRO

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Sep 28, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
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    WHEN WE HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO GO Over the years we have had many gut wrenching stores of families killed in an accident only to leave a mother or father behind. To wake up in a hospital bed hurting physically then realize that your entire family is gone would be unfathomable. Now none of us are ...read more

  • C.s. Lewis On The Difference Between Heaven And Hell  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 11, 2014
    based on 3 ratings
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    LEWIS: THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL C. S. Lewis once provided a powerful image of the difference between heaven and hell. He described hungry people sitting at a huge banquet loaded with delicious food. Every person had a meter-long fork and knife attached to their hands (that’s about ...read more

  • You Must Choose

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Apr 10, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,958 views

    I went to my Acupuncturist this week, like I do every other week. She was busier than usual and so she put my ears seeds in before the acupuncture. (The ear seeds help with different types of problems.) As I was sitting there, she put the ear seed on a place that she has never placed it ...read more

  • He'll Find Me

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 20, 2022
     | 1,602 views

    Two men have ended up marooned on an island in the South Pacific. On the deserted island is one palm tree and nothing to see but the ocean. One guy is in a complete panic, pacing back and forth, ranting about how they are going to die, hungry and alone, that nobody will stumble on them until they ...read more

  • Teach The Children  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 10, 2002
    based on 54 ratings
     | 5,372 views

    TEACH THE CHILDREN Just a week before Christmas I had a visitor. This is how it happened... I just finished the household chores for the night and was preparing to go to bed, when I heard a noise in the front of the house. I opened the door to the front room and to my surprise, Santa himself ...read more

  • It's An Ongoing Battle At The Twitchell ...

    Contributed by Jonathan Twitchell on Dec 7, 2006
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    It’s an ongoing battle at the Twitchell household. We have a great number of beautiful songbirds that come to our birdfeeders in the front yard: goldfinches, house finches, red-winged blackbirds, orioles, and cardinals are accompanied by chickadees, mourning doves, blue jays. We tolerate the ...read more

  • Mothers Of ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,212 views

    Mothers of Influence It is a great privilege and responsibility to be a mother. No one has a more profound and enduring influence upon those around them than a mother raising her children in the fear and wisdom of the Lord. Timothy, was one such young man who was greatly influenced by ...read more

  • Ministering To ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
     | 3,598 views

    Ministering to Christ In The Midst of Disaster “Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom… For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink; I was a stranger and you invited Me in, ...read more

  • A Modern Day Story Of Perseverance In ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 21, 2009
     | 3,421 views

    A modern day story of perseverance in prayer: Hands on --- show your key chain: PUSH – I have had this key chain for at least 9 years – It is a constant reminder to me about the importance of perseverance in prayer –especially through difficult circumstances. The acrostic meaning of the key chain ...read more

  • In How Life Imitates The World Series, Dave ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007
     | 2,399 views

    In How Life Imitates the World Series, Dave Bosewell tells a story about Earl Weaver, former manager of the Baltimore Orioles. Sports fans will enjoy how he handled star Reggie Jackson. Weaver had a rule that no one could steal a base unless given the steal sign. This upset Jackson because he ...read more

  • Affluence And Gratitude  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 12, 2002
    based on 70 ratings
     | 6,381 views

    AFFLUENCE AND GRATITUDE In his new book 'Jesus, Lord of Your Personality,' pastor Bob Russell points out that having a lot doesn’t tend to produce a grateful spirit. "Have you had a taste of the best this world has to offer? You went to Hawaii once on vacation, so now it’s harder for you to enjoy ...read more