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  • It Is Easy To Become A Slave To Hatred In Our ...  PRO

    Contributed by Shawn Rose on Nov 28, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,458 views

    It is easy to become a slave to hatred in our hearts. A good friend of mine, "Roy", became angry with another friend of mine, "Lee", several years ago. "Roy" has never forgiven "Lee" for the trespass, and "Lee" has never known that "Roy" is angry with him. Recently, I bumped into "Roy" and asked ...read more

  • A Young Girl Became A Christian In An Exciting ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bart Leger on Feb 6, 2005
    based on 16 ratings
     | 4,141 views

    A young girl became a Christian in an exciting revival at her church and was baptized the closing Sunday morning. That afternoon she ran through the house singing and dancing. Her sour grandfather rebuked her with these words, “You ought to be ashamed of yourself. You just joined the church and ...read more

  • A Workaholic Dad  PRO

    Contributed by Felipe Villegas on Dec 29, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,497 views

    This poem was written by a workaholic dad: I have a son who’s five years old, a boy so very fine. When I look at him it seems to me that all the world is mine. But seldom do I ever see my son awake and bright. I only see him when he sleeps. I’m only home at night. When I come home so weary ...read more

  • Sharing Our Faith: Half Of All Born Again Adults ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,543 views

    Sharing Our Faith: Half of all born again adults have endeavored to share their faith in Christ with a non-believer in the past year. Although a large share of those efforts are indirect – such as “lifestyle evangelism” – and few believers are aware of anyone accepting Christ as a result of their ...read more

  • Author Irving Stone Has Spent A Lifetime Studying ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jan 31, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,828 views

    Author Irving Stone has spent a lifetime studying greatness, writing novelized biographies of such men as Michelangelo and Vincent van Gogh. Stone was once asked if he had found a thread that runs through the lives of these exceptional people. He said, “I write about people who sometime in their ...read more

  • A Wall Or Bridge

    Contributed by Allen Patterson on Aug 21, 2006
     | 2,375 views

    A Wall Or Bridge They say a wife and husband, bit by bit, Can rear between themselves a mighty wall, So thick they cannot speak with ease through it, Nor can they see across it, it stands so tall. Its nearness frightens them, but each alone Is powerless to tear its bulk away; and each dejected ...read more

  • It's Interesting That There Has Been Such An ...

    Contributed by David Henderson on Jan 3, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,931 views

    It’s interesting that there has been such an increase of shows on television that involve the court room. These shows really are all about the judge. He or she is the focus of the program. There is an entire station now devoted to Court TV. It all started with the “people’s Court” and Judge ...read more

  • Someone Told This Story: It Is Easy To Become A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,692 views

    Someone told this story: It is easy to become a slave to hatred in our hearts. A good friend of mine, "Roy", became angry with another friend of mine, "Lee", several years ago. "Roy" has never forgiven "Lee" for the trespass, and "Lee” never knew that "Roy" was angry with him. Recently, I bumped ...read more

  • John Fischer, On A Hill Too Far Away: Tells ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,885 views

    John Fischer, On a Hill Too Far Away: tells about a church in Old Greenwich, CT which has a ten-foot cross located not on a wall or suspended from the ceiling or even on the steeple of the building. This cross is bolted firmly in front of the platform not three feet from where the preacher ...read more

  • If You've Kept Up With The Local News You May ...

    Contributed by Heath Carlton on Aug 1, 2007
     | 1,478 views

    If you’ve kept up with the local news you may have read about a local concrete company who was using some inadequate materials in their mix. Because of this, the people buying concrete from this company were building foundations for houses and lots of other things with defective concrete. After a ...read more

  • Before World War Ii, Nora Waln Wrote A Book ...

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Aug 9, 2007
     | 1,275 views

    Before World War II, Nora Waln wrote a book exposing Hitler and his Nazi plotters. The book, Reaching for the Stars, was intercepted in the German mails on its way to an American publisher. She fled to London, rewrote the book from memory and sent copies to Heinrich Himmler, the Nazi hangman. He ...read more

  • Just Tell The Truth

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
     | 4,076 views

    JUST TELL THE TRUTH A small boy was on the witness stand in an important lawsuit. The prosecuting attorney cross-examined him, then delivered, he thought, a crushing blow to the testimony. "Your father has been telling you how to testify, has he not?" "Yes," the lad replied and did not hesitate ...read more

  • The Physics Professor Had Just Finished His ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 9, 2008
     | 934 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

  • Good Versus Great

    Contributed by William Akehurst on Jun 5, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,637 views

    GOOD versus GREAT Bill Cosby said it this way: God made a tree and said it was (pause) Good. God made a rabbit and said it was (pause) Good. Man made the refrigerator and said it was Amazing. Man made the car and said it was Awesome or Fabulous. We are fanatical about our creations. Praising ...read more

  • Falling Asleep In Church

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Apr 22, 2009
     | 3,035 views

    FALLING ASLEEP IN CHURCH Please don't think I'm complaining about folks who fall asleep in church. I understand some people can’t help it. I am convinced that some people fall asleep in church during the sermon because their have a physical ailment. Some folk must have a snooze button attached at ...read more

  • Adoption Explained

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Jul 7, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,896 views

    ADOPTION EXPLAINED During the time that the New Testament was written, when a family adopted a child, there was no immediate big celebration of that adoption. But, when that child reached the proper age, there was a celebration, and at that time, the child was given every single legal standing as ...read more

  • We Are Looking At A Set Of Photographs, Photos Of ...

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Oct 26, 2009
     | 934 views

    We are looking at a set of photographs, photos of my friend Tom. I’ve been telling you all about my friend. Over the past few weeks we’ve been looking at these photos. Then one day, as we were doing that he steps in. You saw him, but I did not acknowledge him. I carried on my talk about him, ...read more

  • I Remember As A Kid Watching The Tv Series Called ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on May 21, 2010
     | 2,374 views

    I remember as a kid watching the TV series called "KUNG FU" staring David Caradine. The blind Master Po (Keye Luke) calls his young student "GRASSHOPPER" to "EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED". We are not grasshoppers but we often see ourselves as such (Numbers 13:33) and we don't need a Shaolin monk to tell ...read more

  • Haydn: Not From Me, But From Thee

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010
     | 1,686 views

    HAYDN: NOT FROM ME, BUT FROM THEE Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) was present at the Vienna Music Hall where his oratorio The Creation was being performed. Weakened by age, the great composer was confined to a wheelchair. As the majestic work moved along, the audience was caught up with tremendous ...read more

  • Starbucks Society

    Contributed by Erik Stadler on Jan 12, 2011
     | 1,391 views

    STARBUCKS SOCIETY Sometimes people describe today as the culture of "Starbucks" or the "iPod" society? We have been taught to look at ourselves as individuals, and the preferences of the individual are more important than the group. At Starbucks you can stand behind somebody and they can rattle I ...read more

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