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  • Woman's Husband Gave Her A Hard Time… One Day ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
     | 1,897 views

    Woman’s husband gave her a hard time… one day disconnected battery cables… car wouldn’t crank so without a word to her husband she started walking… he later felt bad, showed up at services & then obeyed the gospel They live in a Barbie world wanting everything their Barbie had! Think: “If Barbie ...read more

  • Kids And Global Warming

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Mar 4, 2009
     | 1,507 views

    KIDS AND GLOBAL WARMING This past April, the Washington Post interviewed a 9-year-old who said the Earth is "just starting to fade away." In 20 years there will be "no oxygen" he said, and he’ll be dead. The Post went on to say, "for many children and young adults, global warming is defining their ...read more

  • Blessed Are Those Who Hunger  PRO

    Contributed by Dr. Madana Kumar, Phd on Jan 30, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,865 views

    Blessed Are Those Who Hunger A family had the habit of treating their children for ice cream after the church service. One Sunday the father decided to break the habit. The children were not happy about it. They started whining. The father decided use spirituality to deal with the situation. He ...read more

  • No Guarantee Of A Win

    Contributed by John Perry on Jul 31, 2010
     | 2,173 views

    NO GUARANTEE OF A WIN Have you ever listened to a game on the radio. It’s amazing ... especially if you just come back every now and then throughout the game for a score update ... how the game can change. I don’t know how many times I’ve heard a game commentary early in the game, only to come ...read more

  • Look Different

    Contributed by John Bright on Sep 23, 2025
     | 290 views

    These folks to whom Peter is writing used to look like everybody else. They were a part of the world, so they partied and did all the other things average folks did back then. The Roman world in which Christianity first spread was highly sexualized, and many of the practices today that are ...read more

  • C.s. Lewis Stated, "The Christian And The ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 23, 2003
     | 1,882 views

    C.S. Lewis stated, "The Christian and the Materialist (The secular mindset) hold different beliefs about the universe. They can't both be right. The one who is wrong will ...read more

  • If We Ask For A Rock To Eat Because We Sure ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Oct 1, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,621 views

    If we ask for a rock to eat because we sure think a rock would taste good right now and God gives us a loaf of bread, then should we keep asking God ...read more

  • My Grandma Used To Say, "Money Money Money, ...

    Contributed by Jesse Bennett on Nov 14, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,653 views

    My grandma used to say, "MONEY MONEY MONEY, ain't worth nothing if you ain't got your health". Oh how right she was--now that I am ...read more

  • What Men Expect

    Contributed by Rusty Davidson on Aug 15, 2012
     | 2,793 views

    WHAT MEN EXPECT C. S. Lewis – The Screwtape Letters – (Screwtape to the lesser Wormwood) – "Whatever men expect, they soon come to think they have a right to; the sense of disappointment can, with ...read more

  • I Doubt You'll Recognize This Man. His Name Is ...

    Contributed by Darren Mccormick on Nov 7, 2006
     | 1,420 views

    I doubt you’ll recognize this man. His name is Heinrich Schliemann. In 1871, Heinrich Schliemann began to fulfill a dream he’d had since his youth----he started excavating an ancient city in Turkey. He was looking for the lost city of Troy---and to the amazement of many, this retired ...read more

  • On New Year's Day, 1929, Georgia Tech Played Ucla ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Leiter on Jan 15, 2003
    based on 52 ratings
     | 2,202 views

    On New Year’s Day, 1929, Georgia Tech played UCLA in the Rose Bowl. In that game a young man named Roy Riegels recovered a fumble for UCLA. Picking up the loose ball, he lost his direction and ran sixty-five yards toward the wrong goal line. One of his teammates, Beeny Lom, ran him down and ...read more

  • Six Chairs Of Prayer

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,394 views

    Six Chairs of Prayer Chair One: My attitude towards prayer is that it is not important. I have no motivation to pray and no desire to pray. Nothing is happening in my life in regards to prayer. Chair Two: My attitude towards prayer is that it is optional. I have a motivation and a desire to pray ...read more

  • In The Movie "Facing The Giants" The Coach ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,041 views

    In the movie “Facing The Giants” the coach challenges one of the players to give his best effort. The young player says that he will – but the coach pushes him to promise to give it everything he’s got. The player promises that he will give his best effort. To ensure that he will "give it all he’s ...read more

  • If I Survive, I'll Be Ok

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 27, 2010
     | 2,740 views

    IF I SURVIVE, I'LL BE OK John Ortberg tells the story of going to a dude ranch in Arizona at the instance of his wife who felt the vacation was not complete without "the exhilaration of a truly challenging horseback ride." (His exact words.) The first time he went out at the ranch, he did so with ...read more

  • Seeing You For Real

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2011
     | 2,547 views

    SEEING YOU FOR REAL Just a few years ago, Leadership Journal did an interview with Saul Cruz, who along with his wife founded Armonia (Harmony) Ministries in Mexico City. They minister to hundreds of poor people all over Mexico today, but they began their ministry by planting a church on the edge ...read more

  • Hoarders And The New Birth

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jun 1, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,188 views

    The New Birth (John 3 & 2 Cor. 5:17) "Hoarders" Have you ever watched the show, "Hoarders?" It's about people who have a hard time throwing things away. They simply collect and, eventually, the clutter overwhelms them. The thing about a hoarder is that, unless there is a change within, the ...read more

  • Lessons Walter Payton Taught Us. Never Die Easy.

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 27, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,066 views

    WE MUST LEARN THE BATTLE IS BEFORE US... I HAVE ANOTHER HERO: HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF WALTER PAYTON? Walter Jerry Payton from the state of Mississippi. Payton lived from July 25,1954 until November 1, 1999. He was 45 years old when he died of a liver disease. Mike Ditka was Payton's coach and ...read more

  • Meditate On The Lord.

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Sep 18, 2021
     | 2,120 views

    Where I was Pastoring at the time I got 5th Sunday off. I had a favorite fishing hole. The water wasn’t very deep so I could wade in the water. That was fun for me. It had big trees that hung over the water and the sun would shine through them and made it look beautiful. It was great, this river ...read more

  • Raymond P. Murray—wanted  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 20, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,820 views

    Raymond P. Murray- Wanted The great want of this age is men: Men who are not for sale; Men who will condemn wrong in friend or foe- in themselves as well as others; Men whose consciences are as steady as the needle to the pole; Men who will stand for the right though the heavens totter and the ...read more

  • Rainbows In The Streets  PRO

    Contributed by Susan Blader on Nov 27, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,146 views

    Rainbows in the Streets The story is told of Professor Migliore who worked with inner-city kids in Trenton, New Jersey. One day, after telling the story of Noah to some of the children, he asked, “Now then, boys and girls, where do you see rainbows?” Several replied, “In the street!” The ...read more