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  • A Pet Sin

    Contributed by Paul Steen on Dec 9, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,765 views

    A family in Texas had a little lion cub. Somehow, they had gotten it and they thought they would raise it as a pet and keep it in their apartment. One night they stepped across the hall to visit their friends while their baby boy slept in his crib. When they came back to their apartment, they ...read more

  • Mark 11:1-11

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Mar 20, 2018
     | 4,847 views

    Jesus’ Mock Parade Imagine for a minute a grand parade. It might be one of those that celebrates military might with tanks and rockets. It might have brass bands, flags waving and marchers goose-stepping in rhythm, with a dictator either clapping from a grandstand or even at the head of the ...read more

  • Remaining Thankful  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 16, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,448 views

    REMAINING THANKFUL Boyce Mouton wrote this story when he ministered in California many years ago: “In 1954, a young missionary recruit to Alaska was stricken with a paralytic disease which left her bedfast for the last 10 years of her life. Her name was Marie Napier. The first time I met ...read more

  • Adversity

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Dec 27, 2014
     | 7,913 views

    “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow.” - Mary Anne Radmacher Sometimes life deals us a situation so adverse, a loss so great, we feel unable to meet the challenge of facing day after day in our pain and loss. ...read more

  • The Physics Professor Had Just Finished His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ron Crow on Mar 7, 2003
    based on 23 ratings
     | 2,043 views

    The physics professor had just finished his lecture about the pendulum, wherein he had shown the mathematical proof that an untouched pendulum will always swing in ever-decreasing arcs. He then asked for a volunteer to demonstrate this fact by standing against a wall with a pendulum bob against ...read more

  • The Hope Of Heaven Is A Powerful Strength For ...

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Dec 1, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,219 views

    The hope of heaven is a powerful strength for godly living that many people seem to virtually ignore in their daily lives. It was Myrtle Erickson who wrote: Think of stepping on a shore and finding it heaven of taking hold of a hand and finding it God’s hand of breathing new air and finding it ...read more

  • Faith Is Like A Trapeze. We Walk By Faith, Not ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kim Huffman on Mar 31, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,006 views

    Faith is like a trapeze. We walk by faith, not sight (2 Cor. 5:7). We learn three things: 1) It takes a leap of faith to let go of one bar and reach for the other one. 2) It can be scary letting go to your security and trusting. 3) You don’t have forever to decide to let go and grab the other bar. ...read more

  • As We Journey Towards Christmas And Into The New ...

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Nov 24, 2007
     | 2,709 views

    As we journey towards Christmas and into the New Year, let us all follow in the steps of our Servant-King Jesus, not just for a Season but for a lifetime. By His Spirit may we truly be humble, servant leaders. It is recorded that Mother Teresa once said: “I belong to Jesus. He must have the ...read more

  • Two Preachers Were Carrying A Conversation. One ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,187 views

    Two preachers were carrying a conversation. One said to the other, “Currently, we are having a problem at our meeting place with the mice. It looks like everywhere you step; you will be greeted by a mouse.” “Well,” said the other preacher, “we solve that problem long ago. We baptized them all, and ...read more

  • Power In Agreement  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,809 views

    How much power can people in agreement have? The answer: the power of life and death. During the brutal reign of Joseph Stalin, who murdered 30 million Russians and bought godless communism to Russia, Stalin, let it be known that he planned to murder the Jews of Russia. When the believers in ...read more

  • On ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2009
     | 3,882 views

    ON HUMILITY The moderator of a Presbyterian church in Melbourne, Australia, gave J. Hudson Taylor a flattering introduction. When the founder of the China Inland Mission stepped into the pulpit, he quietly said, "Dear friends, I am a little servant of an illustrious Master." The late A. W. Tozer ...read more

  • Is This The Right Road ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Mar 12, 2010
     | 2,157 views

    “Is This the Right Road Home? Is this the right road home, O Lord? The clouds are dark and still, The stony path is hard to tread, Each step brings some fresh ill. I thought the way would brighter grow, And that the sun with warmth would glow, And joyous songs from free hearts flow. Is this the ...read more

  • Making Improvements

    Contributed by Michael Walther on May 27, 2011
     | 1,902 views

    MAKING IMPROVEMENTS Recently researchers at John’s Hopkins University ran across the notes a 19th century neurosurgeon named Harvey Cushing. What surprised them was his meticulous self-evaluation and self-criticism. He carefully documented every mistake he made on the operating table. Most ...read more

  • Royalty Clothed In Rags

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 2, 2020
     | 1,954 views

    “This is the way the Savior came into the world. He did not lay aside His deity; He laid aside His glory. There should have been more than just a few shepherds and angels to welcome Him—all of creation should have been there. Instead of collecting taxes, that fellow Caesar should have been in ...read more

  • Who Needs The Instruction Manual? Some Time Ago, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Peter Chan on Feb 11, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,641 views

    Who needs the instruction manual? Some time ago, I purchased a DIY computer table. It was a cash and carry purchase. The moment I reached home, I quickly opened it up and started assembling. I had not bothered to read the manufacturer’s instructions thinking that IQ and common sense should do the ...read more

  • At The End Of World War Ii, General George S. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
     | 1,560 views

    At the end of World War II, General George S. Patton had the occasion to lament the war’s end in a quiet walk that he took with his friend and mentor General Omar Bradley. He told “Brad” that he actually was sad to see the war ending in Europe and that he would miss the “struggle” and the ...read more

  • My Brother Served His First Parish In Massillion, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Dec 12, 2000
    based on 185 ratings
     | 11,872 views

    My brother served his first parish in Massillion, Ohio, as an associate pastor, with the late Pastor Maurice "Mo" White. Pastor White was a very large, strong and vibrant man. During one Lenten season, one of the older, but faithful members of the church came with her husband to an evening Lenten ...read more

  • My Brother Served His First Parish In Massillion, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Feb 25, 2001
    based on 154 ratings
     | 2,091 views

    My brother served his first parish in Massillion, Ohio, as an associate pastor, with the late Pastor Maurice "Mo" White. Pastor White was a very large, strong and vibrant man. During one Lenten season, one of the older, but faithful members of the church came with her husband to an evening Lenten ...read more

  • The Final Inspection  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 1,821 views

    THE FINAL INSPECTION The policeman stood and faced his God, which must always come to pass. He hoped his shoes were shining, just as brightly as his brass. "Step forward now, policeman. How shall I deal with you? Have you always turned the other cheek? To My church have you been true?" The ...read more

  • I Know You Have Heard The Phrase "Remember The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dale Harlow on Jun 19, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 1,698 views

    I know you have heard the phrase “remember the Alamo.” It is a story that illustrates what we, as men are all about. 187 men against the Mexican army of over 6000. They were extraordinary men, but they knew they couldn’t win with those odds. They had sent out pleas for help, but they had gone ...read more

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