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  • What Does Freedom Mean?

    Contributed by Kenneth Hampton on Jul 6, 2005
     | 5,368 views

    This is a story I came up with- A little girl asked her father what freedom meant. Her dad answered by saying, "Darling, freedom is something you can’t hold with your hands but that people have fought and died to protect. Freedom is something you can’t have without someone shedding their blood, ...read more

  • Memorials  PRO

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Dec 28, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,163 views

    • Noah’s Memorial was an Ark. • Abraham’s Memorials was found in his altars. • Isaac’s Memorials flowed from his wells. • Moses’ Memorial was the Law (which included the Tabernacle and it’s furnishings). • Caleb’s Memorial was a mountain discovered in his youth but captured in his old ...read more

  • C.s. Lewis Understood That Confidence And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,147 views

    C.S. Lewis understood that confidence and arrogance were components of pride, too, and that humility was what kept them in balance. There was no simpering, sniveling, “I can’t do anything,” in what he did, but neither was there the pride that says “It’s all me.” He suggested a definition that I ...read more

  • Spiritual Leadership

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Sep 9, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,230 views

    Spiritual Leadership Samuel Logan Brengle said: Spiritual leadership is not won by promotion, but by prayers and tears. It is attained by much heart-searching and humbling before God; by self-surrender, a courageous sacrifice of every idol, a bold, uncompromising, and uncomplaining embracing of ...read more

  • The New Baby...?

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 13, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,246 views

    THE NEW BABY...? For weeks a six-year-old lad kept telling his first-grade teacher about the baby brother or sister that was expected at his house. One day the mother allowed the boy to feel the movements of the unborn child. The six-year old was obviously impressed, but made no comment. ...read more

  • New Hope From Nothing  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 10, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 5,430 views

    NEW HOPE FROM NOTHING In Jim Cymbala’s book, Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire, there is the story of a woman named Roberta Langella. A story she tells in her own words. At the age of 16 she left a broken home to move to New York City where she began living with a man twice her age. A man that got her into ...read more

  • In My Studies This Week I Came Across These Words ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Apr 5, 2004
    based on 14 ratings
     | 2,805 views

    In my studies this week I came across these words from a book in my office called, The Jesus I Never Knew, by Philip Yancey. As my class in Chicago read the Gospels and watched movies about Jesus’ life, we noticed a striking pattern: the more unsavory the characters, the more at ease they seemed ...read more

  • A Man Named Jacob Had Hit A Low Point In His ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Elvery on Nov 14, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 8,030 views

    A man named Jacob had hit a low point in his life. He had thought about killing himself but he was too poor and too tired to secure the means to do it. He found a park bench and just lay down to die. He did not eat, because there was nothing to eat. All he thought about was his death. A couple ...read more

  • Twin Brothers And A Dollar

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 11, 2009
     | 5,456 views

    TWIN BROTHERS AND A DOLLAR In his book, The Preaching Event, John Claypool tells a poignant story about identical twin brothers who never married because they enjoyed each other’s company so much. When their father died, they took over his store and ran it together in a joyful collaboration. But ...read more

  • If ...

    Contributed by Joe Bertone on Aug 1, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,793 views

    IF ONLY There was a great Scotch writer and historian in the nineteenth century named Thomas Carlyle. He married a woman, who’d worked as his secretary named Jane Welsh. But Carlyle was dedicated to his writing so he didn’t spend much time with her. He just mostly wrote. At one point she became ...read more

  • Being A Blessing

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Jan 25, 2013
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     | 5,991 views

    BEING A BLESSING Once when I was a teenager, my father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus. Finally, there was only one family between us and the ticket counter. This family made a big impression on me. There were 8 children, all probably under the age of 12. You could tell ...read more

  • Second Chances

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Sep 25, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,941 views

    David Emory tells the story of baptizing a young father who had a 7 year old and 5 year old. They were close friends of his family and had never been a part of a church. But one Sunday, they came to worship, he gave his life to Christ and was baptized. At the end of the service, after everyone else ...read more

  • The Water ...

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Jun 2, 2008
     | 3,899 views

    The Water (Anonymous) It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen rain in almost a month. The crops were dying. Cows had stopped giving milk. The creeks and streams were long gone back into the earth. It was a dry season that would bankrupt several farmers before it was ...read more

  • Is Being Sane Too Much To Ask?

    Contributed by James Snyder on Aug 28, 2021
     | 1,481 views

    When young, I remember my grandfather often saying to me, "the world wasn't like this when I was your age." Then he would go on a long rant about how things were much different when he was my age. Finally, he would conclude by saying, "It's an insane world out there, ...read more

  • A Little Boy Was Lost Inside A Busy Shopping ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Jun 19, 2001
    based on 105 ratings
     | 2,221 views

    A little boy was lost inside a busy shopping mall. He was standing in the aisle of a department store just crying and crying, "I want my mommy.. I want my mommy." People who passed by felt sorry for him and many of them gave him nickels and dimes and quarters to try to cheer him up. Finally a ...read more

  • There’s A Story About A Child Psychologist ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Oct 21, 2001
    based on 168 ratings
     | 2,729 views

    There’s a story about a child psychologist who wanted to observe how different children respond to negative circumstances. They got a room and filled it with horse manure. Putting the pessimistic child in there, they observed how he responded. Predictably, he whined and cried, and despaired that ...read more

  • Though Time May Be Tough  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Vicente on Aug 17, 2002
    based on 97 ratings
     | 1,511 views

    THOUGH TIME MAY BE TOUGH AND THE ROAD REAL ROUGH JUST BELIEVE THOUGH YOU’VE CRIED MANY TEARS AND WAITED MANY YEARS JUST BELIEVE IF GOD SAID HE WILL THEN JUST BE STILL AND BELIEVE FOR GOD WILL TRULY DO WHAT HE PROMISED YOU IF YOU JUST BELIEVE JUST BELIEVE IN HIS WORD TRUST IN WHAT YOU’VE ...read more

  • There's A Story About A Child Psychologist Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 24, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,985 views

    There’s a story about a child psychologist who wanted to observe how different children respond to negative circumstances. They got a room and filled it with horse manure. Putting the pessimistic child in there, they observed how he responded. Predictably, he whined and cried, and despaired that ...read more

  • A Father Wanted To Read The Paper, But Was Being ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 24, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,610 views

    A father wanted to read the paper, but was being bothered by his little daughter, Vanessa. Finally, he tore a sheet out of his magazine, on which was printed the map of the world. Tearing it into small pieces, he gave it to Vanessa, and said, "Go into the other room and see if you can put this ...read more

  • Cappie Was A High School Freshman. As She ...

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Mar 20, 2008
     | 1,179 views

    Cappie was a high school freshman. As she talked about her fears of going into high school, she told how her father left when she was a baby. With tears in her eyes, she said it hurt when friends at school talked about their dads because her dad had no time for her. Later Cappie learned to party ...read more