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  • Not Mixed Veggies! (09.23.05--Grace ...

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Sep 21, 2005
     | 2,172 views

    Not Mixed Veggies! (09.23.05--Grace Walks!--Isaiah 4:2-4) As we recently joined a local CSA, a farmer’s cooperative whereby we receive our vegetables on a regular basis from a local farm, our refrigerator has been pretty consistently stuffed with vegetables of all sorts. From squashes to ...read more

  • Dying Was More Useful Than Living

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Mar 28, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,204 views

    DYING WAS MORE USEFUL THAN LIVING In the 4th Century there was a Christian called Telemachus who decided that the only way to protect himself from the corruption of the world and to serve God was to become a hermit and live in the desert. One day as he rose from his knees, it dawned on him that ...read more

  • Little ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2010
     | 3,414 views

    Little Mirrors Robert Fulghum, in his book, It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It, tells how he found purpose in life. Fulghum, a former Episcopal priest, took a course on Greek culture at an Orthodox retreat center on the Island of Crete. A man named Alexander Papaderos built the center. After ...read more

  • Paul Brand's Missionary Mother  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2011
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,209 views

    PAUL BRAND'S MISSIONARY MOTHER Dr. Paul Brand, a well known doctor and author, was raised in India. His parents were missionaries there. In his book, titled "In His Image," he writes about his mother. It is one of the most touching stories I’ve ever read. He writes that when his mother was 75 ...read more

  • The Mirror  PRO

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 21, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,460 views

    THE MIRROR Author Robert Fulghum tells this story of one of his professors, a wise man whose name was Alexander Papaderos: At the last session on the last morning of a two week seminar on Greek culture, Dr. Papaderos turned and made the ritual gesture: "Are there any questions?" Quiet quilted ...read more

  • Blessed Are Those Who Mourn  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    Blessed Are Those Who Mourn One of the greatest messages ever proclaimed was delivered by Jesus Christ and is referred to as the "Sermon on the Mount." His message is as relevant today as it was when it was first spoken. Our Lord opens this message not with a joke, but with the Beatitudes. The ...read more

  • The ...

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Aug 22, 2008
     | 2,221 views

    The Mirror Author Robert Fulghum tells this story of one of his professors, a wise man whose name was Alexander Papaderos: At the last session on the last morning of a two-week seminar on Greek culture, Dr. Papaderos turned and made the ritual gesture: "Are there any questions?" Quiet quilted ...read more

  • Have You Been To The Great Physician?

    Contributed by David Goering on Sep 6, 2018
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    Mr. Pharisee and Mr. Publican lived in the town of Doomsville, both heard that a great Physician was going to be in the neighboring town of Gilead. The great Physician was going to hold a free Health Clinic and give people a free complete examination, and if they passed this examination he would ...read more

  • Ashamed When It Counted The Most

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Dec 18, 2019
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    Ashamed when it counted the most My two sisters, when they were somewhat younger, liked to play the piano and took lessons for some time. I like music, too, but not all the practicing that went along with it! We found out there was going to be a “recital” where all of the students in their ...read more

  • [078]. A Message From A Poem – Failure Leads To Hurt And Sorrow

    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Apr 12, 2025
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    [078]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – FAILURE LEADS TO HURT AND SORROW This poem was written one Sunday morning while waiting for a church service to start. It flowed quickly. It was around the time I was speaking on a series in the life of Peter. Identify yourselves if you have never failed the ...read more

  • He Was Graduated From The Finest Four-Star ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,462 views

    He was graduated from the finest four-star Christian college. The product of a distinguished evangelical church, he had a good personal grasp of the Scriptures. From a strong Christian family, he was a personable and handsome green shoot -- the whole nine yards! Like many in his league, however, ...read more

  • I Read The Story This Week, Of A Woman Who Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Rolen on Dec 11, 2001
    based on 14 ratings
     | 2,778 views

    I read the story this week, of a woman who was shamed and brought closer to God by someone the world would over look. “We were the only family with children in the restaurant. I sat Erik in a high chair and noticed everyone was quietly eating and talking. Suddenly, Erik squealed with glee and ...read more

  • Remember Our Survivors  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 3, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,742 views

    REMEMBER OUR SURVIVORS Can you hear me? Can you hear my friends and I? We’re crying out to you from underneath the rubble and debris, from down under the dust and stones... please tell us that we have not been left alone- please comfort our souls to know that though we cannot return, that you will ...read more

  • Philip Yancey Wrote In His Book, "What's So ...

    Contributed by Danny Rogers on Oct 18, 2006
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    Philip Yancey wrote in his book, “What’s so Amazing about Grace?” There was a woman brought before Jesus caught in the act of adultery. The Pharisee wanted her to be stoned as the Law commanded. They wanted to trick Jesus, they wanted to find fault with his teachings. He bent over and began writing ...read more

  • Teddy Stallard

    Contributed by Richard Sharp on Mar 29, 2007
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    Ill- Teddy Stallard Teddy Stallard was an unattractive and unmotivated fifth grade boy. His teacher, Mrs. Thompson found him difficult to like due to his deadpan, expressionless, unfocused stare. She had to admit that down deep inside she took pleasure in marking his papers with red ink and ...read more

  • Chuck Swindoll Tells Of A Mountain Man From West ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 21, 2008
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    Chuck Swindoll tells of a mountain man from West Virginia who had never seen a city, or bright lights and modern inventions. He married a girl of the hills and they spent all their married years in the backwoods. Their one son, creatively named “Junior,” reached his sixteenth birthday, [and] his ...read more

  • Impact Of Love  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,083 views

    Impact of Love a. Ted was not what one would call the teacher’s pet--he was Turned off by school. Very sloppy in appearance. Expressionless. Unattractive. Many looked down upon him Even his teacher, Miss Thompson, enjoyed bearing down her red pen -- as she placed Xs beside his many wrong answers. ...read more

  • The Wood Had Now Burnt Long Enough To Be Glowing ...

    Contributed by Paul Dietz on Apr 10, 2008
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    The wood had now burnt long enough to be glowing embers of charcoal. The fire was cracking and popping a little. The waves were slapping the shoreline of the lake. A mist was rising off the water and being burned away by the morning sun. It was a good morning for a breakfast of fish and bread. But ...read more

  • Laus Deo  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
    based on 24 ratings
     | 4,593 views

    LAUS DEO In the middle of Washington DC stands a monument--our national Monument, the Washington Monument. As a history lesson, there are some things you should know about this place. There can never be a building of greater height than the Washington Monument in the DC area. On the aluminum cap ...read more

  • Thy Great ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
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    Thy Great Salvation Regeneration “He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured ...read more