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  • Keep Your Fork  PRO

    Contributed by Dennis Jones on Feb 15, 2005
    based on 72 ratings
     | 8,141 views

    KEEP YOUR FORK There was a young woman who had been diagnosed with a terminal illness and had been given three months to live. So as she was getting her things "in order," she contacted her pastor and had him come to her house to discuss certain aspects of her final wishes. She told him which songs ...read more

  • Penguins And Eagles! (09.02.05--Sickness!--Psalm ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Aug 31, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,560 views

    Penguins and Eagles! (09.02.05--Sickness!--Psalm 4:3) Soaring like eagles may sound good, but flopping around like a penguin can be a whole lot easier. Keeping our feet firmly planted on the ground may not always be the most glamorous of occupations, but it sure is safer and more accommodating ...read more

  • Seeing Only You! (10.14.05--Sacrifice!--Leviticus ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Oct 12, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,652 views

    Seeing Only You! (10.14.05--Sacrifice!--Leviticus 1:2) Think about it; a world free from the chains of pain and suffering--a place where accomplishment reigned and failure rarely reared its ugly head. Since sacrifice requires so much effort and consumes so much valuable time, wouldn’t we be far ...read more

  • It's The Fruit And Not The Tree! ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Oct 20, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,529 views

    It’s The Fruit and Not The Tree! (10.24.05--Making It!--Psalm 1:3) Each year as the seasons change, so does the selection of fruit that is available at my local Piggly Wiggly. In early summer there are the tangy apricots and sweet plums along with nutty peaches and nectarines. As summer passes, ...read more

  • Ask The Coach! (10.27.05--Making It!--Joshua ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Oct 25, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,565 views

    Ask the Coach! (10.27.05--Making It!--Joshua 9:14-15) I grew up in a time and place of heroes. Mostly my heroes were TV cowboys like Roy Rogers or the Cisco Kid. In those days there was something common to nearly every TV show--the hero had someone else standing beside him. Roy had Dale, his wife; ...read more

  • Steve Lyons Will Be Remembered As The Player Who ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,949 views

    Steve Lyons will be remembered as the player who dropped his pants. He could be remembered as an outstanding infielder ... as the player who played every position for the Chicago White Sox ... as the guy who always dove into first base ... as a favorite of the fans who high fived the guy who ...read more

  • Introduction: Risks Can Be Scary. Risks Can Be ...

    Contributed by John Harvey on Sep 10, 2006
     | 1,982 views

    Introduction: Risks can be scary. Risks can be life-changing and exhilarating, or they can be disasters. Some risks are easy to take and others come with considerable calculation of the costs. One constant thing about life is that we are going to encounter risks. Risks scare me. Some risks that I ...read more

  • The Ant And The Contact Lens  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Aug 28, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,832 views

    The Ant and the Contact Lens A true story by Josh and Karen Zarandona Brenda was a young woman who was invited to go rock climbing. Although she was very scared, she went with her group to a tremendous granite cliff. In spite of her fear, she put on the gear, took a hold on the rope, and started ...read more

  • Passing The Torch  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 16, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,513 views

    PASSING THE TORCH On August the 13th, the Summer Olympics begin 16 jam pack days of competition at the site of the original Olympic Games, Athens, Greece. This month we have watched American athletes compete for a spot on the team in track and field and swimming and if their times carry over to ...read more

  • When The Show "Let's Make A Deal" Aired In The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,390 views

    When the show “Let’s Make A Deal” aired in the seventies, one of the hardest things for people to do was to make a decision. Monty Hall would give them a choice between the prizes they had already won or they could trade that in for what was behind door # 1, 2, or 3. Behind one of those doors was a ...read more

  • Story: In The Late Nineteenth Century In South ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 24, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 972 views

    Story: In the late nineteenth Century in South Africa, an old man was digging for gold in a river bed. He had been at it for many years. Every now and then he found a little bit of gold, not enough to make him rich – but just enough to maintain his interest. The part of river in which he was ...read more

  • This Is A Fictional Christmas Correspondence ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 20, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,872 views

    This is a fictional Christmas correspondence between Martha Stewart and Erma Bombeck to remind us that Christmas isn’t always picture perfect. Hi Erma, This perfectly delightful note is being sent on paper I made myself to tell you what I have been up to. Since it snowed last night, I got up ...read more

  • This Is A Fictional Christmas Correspondence ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 20, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,615 views

    This is a fictional Christmas correspondence between Martha Stewart and Erma Bombeck to remind us that Christmas isn’t always picture perfect. Hi Erma, This perfectly delightful note is being sent on paper I made myself to tell you what I have been up to. Since it snowed last night, I got up ...read more

  • We Refuse To Let ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
     | 2,484 views

    WE REFUSE TO LET GO Max Lucado tells about taking his two daughters to a park. They went into a plastic ball pit to play. One of those 3-foot-deep pits filled with thousands and thousands of lightweight, plastic balls. Max’s older daughter did just fine, but the younger one was only three, and she ...read more

  • Blessed Are Those Who Hunger And Thirst For ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,510 views

    Blessed Are Those Who Hunger And Thirst For Righteousness "The Sermon on the Mount" explains the true intent of the law which cancels the natural responses of man and calls for supernatural behavior. Righteousness is an attribute of God. Jesus gives Christians a glorious hope and reward that ...read more

  • What Is ...

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
     | 2,408 views

    WHAT IS TRUTH? There was a man nearly two millennia ago who asked this lofty philosophical question. His name was Pontius Pilate. God’s Word records this dramatic interchange in the book of John, Chapters 18 and 19. Jesus, speaking to Pilate, said “For this I have come into the world, to bear ...read more

  • No Good Reason, Just An Excuse  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Moyer on Aug 5, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,513 views

    NO GOOD REASON, JUST AN EXCUSE Some time ago I spoke to a man in the Air Force. He admitted to me that he did not know if he was going to heaven. So I pulled a 3x5 card from my pocket and said, "I would like you to list on that card whatever is keeping you from trusting Christ right now." He ...read more

  • Most Action Movies I Have Seen Have Some Aspect ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jan 8, 2010
     | 1,355 views

    Most action movies I have seen have some aspect of revenge in their storyline. And I must admit it, when the bad guy finally gets killed, I find myself agreeing with the hero as he says “The guy was a jerk and deserved everything he got!” Am I the only one? Some friends of mine were driving me ...read more

  • Francis Chan: Radical Christian Living

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 1, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,912 views

    FRANCIS CHAN: RADICAL CHRISTIAN LIVING Pastor Francis Chan, the senior pastor of Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley, California wrote in his latest book entitled, "Crazy Love". He has already sold one million copies worldwide; a figure he says demonstrates the extent to which he is not alone in ...read more

  • Our White Stone Name

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 19, 2011
     | 2,330 views

    OUR WHITE STONE NAME In the BBC reality show Monastery, a group of five men from diverse backgrounds voluntarily join a Benedictine monastery for a span of forty days. The five men don't have to assent to Christian beliefs, but they do have to respect and follow the monks' communal requirements--a ...read more