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  • Zorthian's Fear

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Jan 26, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,761 views

    ZORTHIAN'S FEAR A mural artist named J.H. Zorthian read about a tiny boy who had been killed in traffic. His stomach churned as he thought of that ever happening to one of his three children. His worry became an inescapable anxiety. The more he imagined such a tragedy, the more fearful he became. ...read more

  • Small Things With Great Love

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 8, 2011
     | 2,745 views

    SMALL THINGS WITH GREAT LOVE Gary Morsch is the founder of Heart to Heart in Kansas City. As a physician, he has done magnificient work around the world taking medical supplies to low income people. Several years ago, he took a trip to Calcutta and Mother Teresa's House for the Destitute Dying. He ...read more

  • A Lesson From A Pair Of Mildewed Shoes

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Mar 22, 2020
     | 2,225 views

    A number of years ago I received a three-year assignment to Okinawa, Japan, as part of my Air Force experience. Hardly anybody I knew had much knowledge of that part of the world, so we really had no idea what to expect. We were in for a number of surprises! We lived in a motel, basically, for a ...read more

  • Born Identity

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 5,849 views

    BORN IDENTITY Jimmy Gupton tells of when he was 93 and ready to go on home to God. For the 1000th time, he had prayed for God to take him home. His wife had been gone for seven years, and it was getting harder and harder to go through the motions of the holiday. He had a big silver Christmas tree ...read more

  • Unsung Heroes: The Servants Of Cornelius

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Dec 18, 2021
     | 1,551 views

    Introduction: The Gospel was still being proclaimed but almost exclusively to Jews when this incident occurred. A number of Samaritans (a mixed race of Jews and other peoples from several different locales, 2 Kings 17) had believed and even a high official of Ethiopia had believed in Jesus (Acts ...read more

  • Queen Victoria Was Much Loved. She Made ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ted Sutherland on Mar 26, 2001
    based on 128 ratings
     | 2,936 views

    Queen Victoria was much loved. She made unexpected calls on the farm folks who lived in cottages. Any day might be a royal day, and the Scots had a chair prepared for her visit. Their houses were kept spotless. They were a clean and wholesome people, but her announced visits added to the joy of ...read more

  • Top 10 Signs You Are Broke  PRO

    Contributed by Brian Mavis on Apr 10, 2001
    based on 94 ratings
     | 1,838 views

    TOP 10 SIGNS YOU ARE BROKE 10. American Express calls and says: "Leave home without it!" 9. You’re formulating a plan to rob the food bank. 8. Long distance companies don’t call you to switch. 7. You rob Peter...and then rob Paul. 6. You finally clean your house, hoping to find change. 5. You ...read more

  • An Elderly Couple Had Dinner At Another Couple's ...  PRO

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Dec 14, 2001
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,032 views

    An elderly couple had dinner at another couple’s house, & after eating, the wives left the table & went into the kitchen. The two gentlemen were talking, & Albert said, "Last night we went out to a new restaurant & it was really great. I would recommend it very highly." Ben said, "What is the name ...read more

  • And Just How Effective Is The Church Today At ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 24, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,572 views

    And just how effective is the church today at halting this social decline? Not very, according to most sources. The sad reality is that on many fronts, the American Church is struggling just to exist. In the face of real life problems, our churches are anemic and turned in on themselves. C. ...read more

  • The Uncashed Check  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 28, 2002
    based on 19 ratings
     | 1,464 views

    THE UNCASHED CHECK If someone bought your house, and wrote you a check for say $10 000, you would have the deposit. You could take that check, put it in your wallet, and carry it around for the next 20 years. You would have the deposit. But that would be silly! You would technically have ...read more

  • Your Son, Your Apprentice  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,368 views

    YOUR SON, YOUR APPRENTICE "Consider your son to be your apprentice in life. That’s the way it used to be. The son was always with the father, either in the shop or in the field. So he learned from a very early age what being a man and a father was all about. Now we place more emphasis on our ...read more

  • Calvin And Hobbes—the Rest Of The Story  PRO

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jun 19, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,259 views

    CALVIN AND HOBBES—THE REST OF THE STORY The next day at home, father is sitting at his desk doing paper work. Calvin walks in with a clipboard and pen in hand. CALVIN: Dad, your polls took a big dive this week. Your "Overall Dad Performance Rating" was really low. See? Right about yesterday ...read more

  • Living Together Before Marriage Is Nothing More ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 8, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 1,566 views

    Living together before marriage is nothing more than “playing house.” It’s being shown that living together is not best. Charles Colson sites the National Survey of Families & Households. In that survey they came up with some startling data. It found that almost half of all couples who cohabit ...read more

  • A. Dr. Karl Menninger, A World-Famous ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 15, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 14,626 views

    A. Dr. Karl Menninger, a world-famous psychiatrist, was answering questions after giving a lecture on mental health when one person asked, “What would you advice someone to do if he felt a nervous breakdown coming on?” Most people expected the doctor to say, “Consult a psychiatrist.” Instead he ...read more

  • Called To Be Faithful  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 5, 2001
    based on 10 ratings
     | 4,528 views

    CALLED TO BE FAITHFUL Mark Hatfield tells of touring Calcutta with Mother Teresa and visiting the so-called "House of Dying," where sick children are cared for in their last days, and the dispensary, where the poor line up by the hundreds to receive medical attention. Watching Mother Teresa ...read more

  • Franklin Roosevelt, Who Often Endured Long ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2003
    based on 50 ratings
     | 1,966 views

    ILL: Franklin Roosevelt, who often endured long receiving lines at the White House complained that no one really paid any attention to what was said. One day, during a reception, he decided to try an experiment. To each person who passed down the line and shook his hand, he murmured, "I murdered ...read more

  • There Was A Little Town Called Flagstaff. The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 6, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,614 views

    There was a little town called Flagstaff. The town was to be flooded because of a dam that would make a large lake. As the battle over the dam and flooding proceeded the citizens were sure that they had lost their battle. All improvements and repairs in the whole town were stopped. What was the ...read more

  • Financial Crisis

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 27, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,779 views

    . Bobby Eklund states: Families are in financial crisis, not always because of economic downturns or situations out of their control, but because we normally bring these problems upon ourselves. Families have readily accepted the notion that the best way to get things done is through debt. It is ...read more

  • A Natural Example Of This Point Can Be Found By ...

    Contributed by David Schaal on May 20, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 28,374 views

    A natural example of this point can be found by looking at the two seas in the Holy Land. The Sea of Galilee freely receives and gives out water. It has an abundance of life, nurturing many different kinds of fish and plant life. The water from the Sea of Galilee is carried by way of the Jordan ...read more

  • My Wife And I Was On Our Way To Church The Other ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,338 views

    My Wife and I was on our way to church the other day; I was in my car and she was in her car. We deceided to find out which one of us would get to the church first. My son was in the car with me and my daughter was in the car with my wife. My wife pulled out of the drive-way before I did and down ...read more

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