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  • Admitting Your Weaknesses

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 28, 2008
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    ADMITTING YOUR WEAKNESSES When I got out of college I went to many interviews but I didn’t get a ministry! I was talking to one of my professors about this, and I admitted that I did not do well at interviews. He said just admit this at your next interview! I did at the next one! As soon as ...read more

  • Two Feet To Follow ...

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Jun 16, 2008
     | 1,513 views

    Two feet to follow us, Where ever our feet may trod; Will they lead to folly’s door, Or will they lead to God? Two eyes to observe what we do, To copy our ways and our tastes; Will they help build a growing world, Or will they add to the waste? Two ear to hear what we say, In pleasure, in ...read more

  • This Is The Kind Of Person Like 5 Year Old ...

    Contributed by Jay Winters on Jun 28, 2008
     | 1,587 views

    This is the kind of person like 5 year old little Annie Mandelbaum. Little Annie was having dinner with her parents and a guest, a prominent reporter. The reporter noticed that she had some brussel sprouts on her plate, pushed off to the side. “Do you like brussel sprouts?” the reporter asked ...read more

  • Pressing Through The Pain

    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Sep 4, 2008
     | 2,642 views

    Pressing Through the Pain Too many young Christians expect endurance to come quickly and easily. We bought a trampoline this summer for the girls. I love it too. The first time I got on that thing I thought I would have a heart attack. I've been using my legs for 40 years, but they were on ...read more

  • Every Member Is A Sinner  PRO

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Nov 24, 2008
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     | 3,552 views

    "EVERY MEMBER IS A SINNER" There's a worn-out story about the preacher who was getting fired-up in his sermon. He thundered, "Every member of this church is a sinner!" When he hollered this a second time for emphasis, there was a man on the back row who had a broad smile come across his face. ...read more

  • One Life

    Contributed by Bledar Valca on Dec 29, 2008
     | 3,152 views

    ONE LIFE One single life has value and is important to God. Think of how God saved the world (or His people) through one person: Noah found favor in the eyes of God when the whole world thought evil all the time. God raised Joseph from the prison to save the world from famine. God used Moses to ...read more

  • Our Instant Culture

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
     | 2,609 views

    OUR INSTANT CULTURE In a chapter about rethinking discipleship, James Emery White states: Some of you may remember comedian Yakov Smirnoff. He said when he first came to the United States from Russia; he wasn't prepared for the incredible variety of instant products available in American grocery ...read more

  • Who Do Your Kids Look Up To?

    Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Feb 2, 2009
     | 1,792 views

    WHO DO YOUR KIDS LOOK UP TO? In 2003, two very interesting quotes were in the newspapers. Parents had been polled and asked who they thought the most influential role-models were in the lives of their preteen sons. The answer: bad boy Bart Simpson was named the top-role model. Parents of children ...read more

  • Jesus In My ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
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     | 3,417 views

    JESUS IN MY HEART A little 9-year-old girl came home from VBS one day. She proudly told her parents and little brother that, "Jesus is living in my heart now!" Mom and Dad were so proud, and made a big deal out of it. Later that day, her little brother said something she didn’t like, and she ...read more

  • Short-Term Solutions

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Mar 2, 2009
     | 2,722 views

    SHORT-TERM SOLUTIONS In Chicago’s elevated train stations, they hung phony owls from the ceilings of some of the stations to discourage the pigeons. I can remember seeing pigeons right up next to the owls, blithely ignoring them. Now, there are wire spikes everywhere the pigeons might roost up ...read more

  • .significant Differences In Law (That Is, ...

    Contributed by Grant Sisson on Mar 5, 2009
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    ...significant differences in law (that is, approved behavior) exist where fundamental values are different. I met a young woman from the Middle East who came to work for a time at The Center for Families. She had come to America with her family, and after they had been here only a couple of ...read more

  • Changing Your Mind About Seatbelts

    Contributed by Hugh W. Davidson on Mar 13, 2009
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     | 2,223 views

    CHANGING YOUR MIND ABOUT SEATBELTS I remember when the seatbelt laws came into effect. People had all kinds of excuses for why they weren’t going to wear one. Some said they felt constrained, and some were afraid they’d have an accident because they thought the strap would somehow stop them from ...read more

  • From Storm To Peaceful Scene.

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Jun 6, 2024
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     | 681 views

    Another little me story, I went through a real struggle, mainly of my own making, thinking and due to anger and too much caffeine in Sri Lanka, where I was awake all night and ended up in hospital due to an atrial fibrillation that took 4 days to come right. Why do I share this with you, you are ...read more

  • Tony Campolo, A Baptist Minister, Was Invited To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Cassara on Sep 8, 2001
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     | 4,432 views

    Tony Campolo, A Baptist minister, was invited to speak at a college in Valley Forge Penn. He drove to the college and before he spoke several men took him in the back room and began to pray for him, that God would use his speech. While these men were praying, one man, just off the cuff began ...read more

  • An Old Jewish Folktale Bears Witness To The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jacob Golden, Jr. on Apr 20, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
     | 2,682 views

    An old Jewish folktale bears witness to the importance of sharing in the tradition. There were once two brothers who farmed together. They shared equally in all of the work and split the profits exactly. Each had his own storehouse. One of the brothers was married and had a large family. The ...read more

  • A Young Pilot Had Just Passed The Point Of No ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 2, 2004
    based on 22 ratings
     | 4,169 views

    A young pilot had just passed the point of no return when the weather changed for the worse. Visibility dropped to a matter of feet as fog descended to the earth. Putting total trust in the cockpit instruments was a new experience to him, for the ink was still wet on the certificate verifying that ...read more

  • One Of My Favorite Christmas Stories, Is About A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Oct 13, 2004
    based on 10 ratings
     | 4,392 views

    One of my favorite Christmas stories, is about a 7th-grade boy by the name of William Spurling. William Spurling was big for his age, & a little slow mentally. But he was a good boy & all the kids liked him. In fact, they wanted him for a friend because he was big enough to take their part if they ...read more

  • Let Me Tell You About C.s.lewis, The Author Of ...

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Feb 7, 2006
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    Let me tell you about C.S.Lewis, the author of the Chronicles of Narnia. In 1952 he had been writing to one of his fans an American woman named Joy Gresham, a recent convert to Christianity, and who had been a Communist Jew. She was also going through a hard divorce. He autographed her copy of his ...read more

  • Whom God Loves, He Chastens

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on May 15, 2009
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    WHOM GOD LOVES, HE CHASTENS George MacDonald was a 19th century orator and story-writer who C.S. Lewis once called his master as relates to story-telling and relating truth through fantasy. One of MacDonald’s short stories was titled, "The Gifts of the Child Christ." The main character of the ...read more

  • Here Be Dragons. Here Is God.

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 27, 2009
     | 4,408 views

    "HERE BE DRAGONS. HERE IS GOD." 2 Timothy 3:1-7 Matt. 8:23-26; 16:24-26 John 16:33 Psalm 107:23-30 We all remember Hurricane Katrina and the damage it inflicted on New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. It’s only a memory now, but it left terrible devastation and painful memories that still remain. The ...read more