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  • Fire Of Discipleship

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Jul 26, 2011
     | 6,676 views

    FIRE OF DISCIPLESHIP I love to make a campfire. Many years ago I remember going on a fishing trip in the mountains of Arizona. There were about 10 men from our church and it was a great time of fellowship. It was my duty to get the fire going. Well get it going I did. I had it so hot in that cabin ...read more

  • The Christian Sees Through Kinder Eyes-Like ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,752 views

    The Christian sees through kinder eyes-like Jesus. He gives from a bigger heart-like God. He speaks with a purer tongue-like Christ. He serves with more willing hands-like Jesus. He walks with a greater faith-like his Lord. He thinks with a spiritual mind-like Christ. He sees the needs of ...read more

  • There's A Story About A Hiker Who Encounters A ...

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jul 5, 2007
     | 2,742 views

    There’s a story about a hiker who encounters a man in the forest who’s furiously swinging his axe at a tree. Whack! Whack! Whack! The hiker observes for a minute and says: “Man, why don’t you stop for a moment to rest and sharpen your axe? You’ll be happy you did when you’re able to chop more ...read more

  • In 1986 Tom Hanks & Shelly Long Starred In A ...

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Aug 20, 2007
     | 2,227 views

    In 1986 Tom Hanks & Shelly Long starred in a movie called "The Money Pit." It’s a film “for everyone who’s ever been deeply in Love or deeply in debt.” One of my favorite lines: “Here lies Walter Fielding. He bought a house and it killed him.” Disagreements over money cause marital failures, church ...read more

  • Some Words Of Wisdom For Parents (And Children)

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Sep 20, 2007
     | 1,195 views

    Some words of wisdom for parents (and children): • Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth. – Erma Bombeck • The most common fallacy among women (and men – in my humble opinion) is that simply having children makes them a mother (a father), which is as absurd as believing that ...read more

  • When It Came To Fishing, Simon, Son Of Jonah, ...

    Contributed by Stephen Evoy on Jan 4, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,014 views

    When it came to fishing, Simon, son of Jonah, appears to have been an angler of dubious ability. There is no record that he ever caught a fish without divine intervention. Most likely, the accounts of those miraculous catches were included in the gospels to assure readers that there was a similar ...read more

  • Liberty To Worship

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Jan 30, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,485 views

    A. We must make Jesus Lord of our lives. B. Since we fight for the liberty to worship, should we not make more use of that liberty? C. When we recognize Jesus’ kingship, we’ll give him our worship. D. A person may be worthy of admiration, but Christ alone is worthy of adoration. E. When we submit ...read more

  • Anybody Can Serve

    Contributed by Matthew Sullivan on Mar 30, 2008
     | 4,628 views

    Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “Everybody can be great... because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.” Whatever our gifts are and whatever ...read more

  • But, When I Was Preparing My Studies Of This ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
     | 1,184 views

    But, when I was preparing my studies of this story, I came across a saying of one of the older preachers, who observed that, although little could be said for this blind man, there was this one thing: he was at least in a place where Jesus was likely to go. He was by the gate leading into the ...read more

  • Embers

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on May 28, 2008
     | 2,419 views

    Reverend Marsh writes: When I was a boy making the morning fires in the fireplace, sometimes, as I cleared away the ashes, I would find some glowing embers from the fire of the night before. I would lay some kindling wood on the coals and blow gently until it glowed bright red and then burst ...read more

  • Chuck Swindoll In His Book, "Hope Again," Tel...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2008
     | 2,304 views

    Chuck Swindoll in his book, "Hope Again," tells the answer Dr. Bruce Waltke, his Hebrew professor, gave Chuck Swindoll when he asked his professor about some “whys” in his life. His professor answered: “Chuck, I’ve come to the place where I believe only on very rare occasions does God tell ...read more

  • Call On Another Line

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 12, 2009
     | 2,120 views

    CALL ON ANOTHER LINE My son, Scott, an insurance broker in Florida, loves ocean fishing and takes his cell phone along on the boat. One morning we were drifting about ten miles offshore as Scott discussed business on the phone. Suddenly his rod bent double, and the reel screamed as line poured off ...read more

  • Deny Yourself

    Contributed by John Tung on Feb 12, 2009
     | 3,185 views

    DENY YOURSELF But for the players on the Super Bowl, they had to sacrifice much last week. The players had to give up being with their family for that week as they prepared for the big game. Some teams actually put all the players in a hotel separate from their families, so there are no ...read more

  • A Little Girl Was Observed By Her Pastor Standing ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 3, 2001
    based on 275 ratings
     | 1,549 views

    A little girl was observed by her pastor standing outside the preschool Sunday School classroom between Sunday School and worship, waiting for her parents to come and pick her up for "big church." The pastor noticed that she clutched a big storybook under her arms with the obvious title, "Jonah and ...read more

  • Refuse Good Advice And Watch Your Plans ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Emmert on May 22, 2001
    based on 85 ratings
     | 4,602 views

    “Refuse good advice and watch your plans fail; take good counsel and watch them succeed” (Proverbs 3:21). We can say it another way: Heed wise counsel, or watch your hopes be cancelled. The hard won truth of this proverb is evident in an experience that riveted my generation. In January of 1985 ...read more

  • You Probably Do Not Remember The Name Nikolai ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lynell Friesen on May 24, 2001
    based on 132 ratings
     | 3,280 views

    You probably do not remember the name Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin nor should you. But during his day he was as powerful a man as there was on earth. A Russian Communist leader he took part in the Bolshevik Revolution 1917, was editor of the Soviet newspaper Pravda (which by the way means truth), and ...read more

  • Professional Golfer Paul Azinger Was Diagnosed ...  PRO

    Contributed by Todd Randolph on Jun 30, 2001
    based on 74 ratings
     | 3,215 views

    Professional golfer Paul Azinger was diagnosed with cancer at age 33. He had just won a PGA championship and had ten tournament victories to his credit. He wrote, "A genuine feeling of fear came over me. I could die from cancer. Then another reality hit me even harder. I’m going to die eventually ...read more

  • Let Go Of The Rope  PRO

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on Sep 17, 2001
    based on 80 ratings
     | 5,627 views

    LET GO OF THE ROPE Corrie ten Boom told of not being able to forget a wrong that had been done to her. She had forgiven the person, but she kept rehashing the incident and so couldn’t sleep. Finally Corrie cried out to God for help in putting the problem to rest. "His help came in the form of a ...read more

  • When Dwight L. Moody Approached A Man Who Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Apr 12, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,199 views

    "When Dwight L. Moody approached a man who was president of a colliery about his soul’s salvation, the man listened patiently and courteously, then said, "It’s too cheap, I can’t believe it’s true. You ask me to do nothing except to accept Christ in order to obtain salvation. It is too cheap. It ...read more

  • You Can't Or You Won't?  PRO

    Contributed by John Hamby on Aug 6, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
     | 4,970 views

    YOU CAN'T OR YOU WON'T? Ray Stedman tells the story of one man’s explanation for his lack of forgiveness: He said, “A man once said to me, ‘I know I’m a Christian, but someone once did an awful thing to me – something I just can’t forget or forgive.’ I replied, ‘Are you sure you can’t ...read more