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  • A Place In His Arms  PRO

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Dec 9, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,302 views

    A PLACE IN HIS ARMS Monday I went to Redding to do my weekly shopping and to see my daughter, Monica and the grandkids. Monica is a single mom and works so hard at the bank, then has to come home and cook a meal for the kids and then entertain and care for them until bed time. Then she starts ...read more

  • The Most Important Gift

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jun 16, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,052 views

    THE MOST IMPORTANT GIFT Rob Parsons, the founder of "Care for the Family," asks the question, "What is the most important gift a father can give to his child?" He always gives the same answer: it is his unconditional love and acceptance. The key to a child’s heart is to let him or her know that ...read more

  • Check-Out Line Deception  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 21, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,430 views

    Check-Out Line Deception And in verse 7, Jeremiah is mad at God! He says "O LORD, you deceived me, and I was deceived; you overpowered me and prevailed. You tricked me!" (From a sermon by Marc Axelrod, When You Are Mad at God, 10/20/2009) This reminds me of the guy who was shopping at WalMart. ...read more

  • Mordecai Ham Was Born April 2, 1877, In ...

    Contributed by Jody Vansickle on Oct 26, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,719 views

    Mordecai Ham was born April 2, 1877, in Scottsville, Kentucky. He came from eight generations of Baptist preachers. He came to Christ by the time he was eight years old and remembers: "At nine I had definite convictions that the Lord wanted me to preach." But after high school, he changed his ...read more

  • A Parable On Tithing  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Bradford on Apr 25, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 14,063 views

    A PARABLE ON TITHING Over the last two years I was scanning in old files so that I didn’t have three file drawers full of sermons and documents. I had some old files of my dad and in them I discovered some great old stories. One was a parable on tithing. I found it humorous, I can only hope that ...read more

  • H: The Aspirate Word

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Jan 22, 2013
     | 2,169 views

    H: THE ASPIRATE WORD When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him.....No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be AbraHam, for I have made you a father of many Nations.- Genesis 17:5 God also said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her ...read more

  • The Great Preacher Alexander White, When He Was ...

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Apr 1, 2004
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    The great preacher Alexander White, when he was too old to mount the pulpit, would rise every morning to prepare a sermon, even though he never preached them. He did so until the day ...read more

  • To Know Your Spouse, You Need To Know All You ...

    Contributed by Vic Folkert on Dec 1, 2006
     | 1,835 views

    To know your spouse, you need to know all you can about their history: their life before they met you. It’s the same with God: We want to know all we can about his history of ...read more

  • According To The Government Census, "In 2010, Of ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 13, 2013
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    According to the government census, "In 2010, of the 3.7 million women 15 to 44 years old who had a birth in the last year, 1.4 million (39 percent) were to women who were not ...read more

  • Just Another Day In Ems  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 12, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,287 views

    JUST ANOTHER DAY IN EMS I delivered a baby on the ambulance stretcher I baptized a newborn who’s life ended before it began. I hugged a frightened child. I was kissed by an intoxicated old man. I held the hand of a teenage girl while she delivered a 3 pound baby. I listened to the mournful ...read more

  • Hoarders And The New Birth

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jun 1, 2013
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    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

  • Trust The Prayer

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 2, 2021
     | 4,910 views

    A TRUSTING PRAYER Did you hear about the young preacher that graduated Bible School? He accepted a small country church to be the pastor. It was the only church that would have him. He was the only candidate that would go to the small church. So they were matched up pretty well. His first ...read more

  • The Words, "Where Is The Messiah?" Are The First ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Dykes on Mar 31, 2003
    based on 33 ratings
     | 2,515 views

    The words, “Where is the Messiah?” are the first recorded words spoken by a person in the entire New Testament. (In Matthew 1, only the angel Gabriel speaks.) What do you think is the first question ...read more

  • Ron Dunn: The World Does Not Fear The Church, It ...  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 16, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,595 views

    RON DUNN: The world does not fear the church, it barely tolerates it. It considers the church no longer a player in the world affairs and only an observer. The church is a quaint old relic of the past that lends a certain charm to a ...read more

  • In The Central Place Of Every Heart There Is A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "In the central place of every heart there is a recording chamber; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, and courage, so long are you young. When the wires are all down and your heart is covered with the snows ...read more

  • In The Din And Roar Of This Busy Worlds Call ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,645 views

    "In the din and roar of this busy worlds call for attention, will we, like the innkeeper of old, be too busy to see the star and hear the chorus of angels, and worship the Christ Child?True Christmas comes to all who amid the ...read more

  • Thomas Huxley Once Said, "A Man's Worst ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Feb 19, 2009
     | 1,783 views

    Thomas Huxley once said, "A man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do just as he likes." (Warren W. Wiersbe, Warren Wiersbe's "Be" Series: Old & New Testaments, as found ...read more

  • There Is A Story About A Father Who Became ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Hensley on Mar 20, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,023 views

    There is a story about a father who became disturbed about the length of time his six year old son was taking to get home from school. The father decided he would make the trip to discover for himself how long it should take a small boy to cover the distance. The father settled on 20 minutes but ...read more

  • The Art Collector  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,953 views

    The Art Collector A famous art collector is walking through the city when he notices a mangy cat lapping milk from a saucer in the doorway of a store. He does a double take. He knows that the saucer is extremely old and very valuable, so he walks casually into the store and offers to buy the cat ...read more

  • A Real Magic Wand  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 21, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,215 views

    A REAL MAGIC WAND Laurie Beth Jones tells in her book, Grow Something Besides Old. She talks about one Halloween night when she had underestimated the number of children who would come to the door to trick or treat, and she ran out of candy. In desperation, she began giving out quarters, nickels, ...read more