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  • Just Passing Through

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 2, 2010
     | 3,401 views

    JUST PASSING THROUGH If a business trip took you to Pueblo for 8 weeks and your company rented you an apartment to stay in ... how much time would you spend decorating the place and making it look nice? Why? You’re just passing through, you won’t be there long. Is it possible that we invest far ...read more

  • Now A Man Can Scarcely Arrive At The Needed ...

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 8, 2013
     | 2,559 views

    "Now a man can scarcely arrive at the needed sense of responsibility, unless his living conditions allow him to become conscious of his dignity, and to rise to his destiny by spending himself for God and for others. But human freedom is often crippled when a man encounters extreme poverty just as ...read more

  • The Next One

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Aug 16, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,213 views

    THE NEXT ONE Eugene Peterson wrote about visiting a monastery. While on the way to the refectory for lunch, he and the monks he was visiting walked past a graveyard with an open grave. He asked one of the monks which member of the community had died recently, and he was told, "Nobody. That grave ...read more

  • Supporting The Poor  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 8, 2013
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,849 views

    SUPPORTING THE POOR In a 1998 article in Christian History magazine, Rodney Stark said: "In a world lacking social services, Christians were their brothers' keepers. At the end of the second century AD, Tertullian wrote that while pagan temples spend their donations "on feasts and drinking ...read more

  • Don't Play It Safe!

    Contributed by Trae Durden on Nov 11, 2014
     | 6,204 views

    “Life was no cakewalk for Jesus, and he didn’t promise it would be any easier for his followers. We shouldn’t be surprised by resistance and persecution. Yet most of us play it safe. We pursue comfort. We spend ourselves to get more stuff. And we prefer to be entertained. We are all tempted by the ...read more

  • In The Thick Fighting Of The Civil War, General ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,987 views

    In the thick fighting of the Civil War, General Grant, in hot pursuit of General Lee’s troops, was half blinded with a sick headache. He stopped at a farmhouse and wrote in his memoirs, “I spend the night in bathing my feet in hot water and mustard and putting mustard plasters on my wrist and the ...read more

  • Modern Fatherhood Formerly Known As Modern ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
     | 2,552 views

    Modern Fatherhood formerly known as modern mother-hood—3 or 4 decades ago it was the moms who did it all. They entered the work force and strove mightily. But when they came home, they immediately assumed the “second shift” of kids and housework. It was exhausting, insane, impossible -- and ...read more

  • Put The King In First

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
     | 3,933 views

    PUT THE KING IN FIRST In the Berlin art gallery there is a painting by the famous artist Mengel that is only partially finished. It is supposed to be a painting of King Frederick of Germany talking to his generals. Mengel painstakingly painted the generals first around the outside of the painting. ...read more

  • Victim Of His Own Invention

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
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    VICTIM OF HIS OWN INVENTION Sir Robert Watson Watt, the inventor of the radar was arrested himself for speeding. He had been caught in a radar trap. Shortly after this irony, he wrote this poem: Pity Sir Robert Watson Watt Strange target of his radar plot, And this, with others I could mention, A ...read more

  • Divorced Life Is Not Being There When Your Little ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 11 ratings
     | 1,639 views

    Divorced life is not being there when your little girl is crying from a bad dream and wants her daddy but you’re not there because that night was not your parenting night. (And you won’t even know she had a bad dream because no one will tell you.) Divorced life is not having any idea what your ...read more

  • The Monarch Mystery  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Elmore on Jan 17, 2002
    based on 76 ratings
     | 5,860 views

    The Monarch Mystery. The ability to find home evokes legends of Rover or Fido who, when owners have moved from one coast to the other, have made a 3,000-mile trek to find their owners in a location to which they’ve never been before. At least the dogs make it back home. But not the monarch ...read more

  • Some People When They Go On Vacation, They Get ...  PRO

    Contributed by Stephan Brown on Aug 26, 2002
    based on 93 ratings
     | 2,346 views

    Some people when they go on vacation, they get to the hotel room and they unpack everything. They take it all out of the suitcase and put it into those bureaus. I think I did that once when I was staying in the same place for three weeks. But if I’m only going to be around for a week or a few days, ...read more

  • Have You Ever Heard Of Lieutenant Hirro Onada? ...  PRO

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jan 16, 2007
    based on 39 ratings
     | 4,003 views

    Have you ever heard of Lieutenant Hirro Onada? He was the last Japanese soldier to surrender after World War II. He was left on the island Lubang in the Philippines in 1944 --- along with three other soldiers. They were left with the command to “carry on the mission even if Japan surrenders.” ...read more

  • World Cup Community

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Jun 28, 2010
     | 2,691 views

    WORLD CUP COMMUNITY I am convinced that the greatest need of our time is genuine community. For instance, I see it oozing out in the World Cup of soccer. I am seeing people spending money buying vuvuzuelas--you know, those plastic ugly-sounding horns which sound like bees buzzing--and blowing ...read more

  • As You Know, Years Ago When I Lived In The San ...

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Apr 15, 2007
     | 580 views

    As you know, years ago when I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, I had a business on the side cleaning Aquariums. I did ok, I was a young man struggling along with my business and one day I was at my aquarium wholesaler and I ran into a man who was in the same business, except he knew what he was ...read more

  • When I Was In High School Go-Cart Tracks Were A ...

    Contributed by Bruce Emmert on Oct 27, 2008
     | 1,461 views

    When I was in high school Go-cart tracks were a fad. A friend of mine named Steve went to the local go-cart track a couple of times a week. One crucial fact about high school boys and go-carts: teen age boys will go as fast as that go-cart can possibly go every time. Combine that with the fact that ...read more

  • It Is Sometimes Argued (Sadly) By Christians, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 10, 2001
    based on 74 ratings
     | 2,372 views

    It is sometimes argued (sadly) by Christians, “What’s wrong with buying a lottery ticket? What’s wrong with putting a few quarters into a slot machine?” The problem is that such spending supports and propagates an immoral, predatory and exploitative industry that destroys families and society. In ...read more

  • You Can Live On Bland Food So As To Avoid An ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 19, 2001
    based on 41 ratings
     | 1,339 views

    "You can live on bland food so as to avoid an ulcer; drink no tea or coffee or other stimulants, in the name of health; go to bed early and stay away from night life; avoid all controversial subjects so as never to give offense; mind your own business and avoid involvement in other people’s ...read more

  • If Only Interest Rates Were So ...  PRO

    Contributed by Clark Frailey on Nov 10, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,350 views

    ILLUSTRATION: If only Interest Rates were so good. Before you whip out that plastic, remember, most people don’t handle these little debt detonators very well. The fact is, nearly 75 percent of Americans who use credit cards make only the minimum payment each month. At that rate (minimum ...read more

  • 24 Year Old Danny Simpson Was Sentenced To 6 ...  PRO

    Contributed by W F on Sep 16, 2004
    based on 14 ratings
     | 586 views

    24 year old Danny Simpson was sentenced to 6 years in jail for robbing a bank. Danny got 6 years in the clink for stealing $6,000. But the gun he used in the robbery ended up in a museum. The .45 caliber Colt semi-automatic turned out to be an antique made in 1918 by the Ross Rifle Company. His ...read more