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  • Why Blood?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,419 views

    WHY BLOOD? On February 16, 1989 the lives of George and Vera Bajenksi of Ontario, Canada were changed forever. It was a very normal Thursday morning. The phone rang at 9:15 a.m. There was an accident involving their son Ben. As they approached the intersection of Adelaide and Simcoe Streets near ...read more

  • Hope In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 26, 2009
     | 14,784 views

    HOPE IN PERSECUTION Hope is a strange thing. It will give you confidence in the bleakest of times. But hope is not any good unless you have your hope in someone that will not let you down. There are a lot of things that we hope for, and a lot of things that we wish for. The hope I am talking about ...read more

  • Sanctity Of Life Sunday. Life, Every Life, Is A ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jan 30, 2009
     | 2,621 views

    Sanctity of life Sunday. Life, every life, is a miracle. No matter what you’ve been through. No matter what your parents have said about you or failed to say, you are God’s miracle. I showed you one baby picture… here is one where you are at three days old. At this point you have 16 cells. You ...read more

  • Crisis: Danger + Opportunity

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
     | 3,832 views

    CRISIS: DANGER + OPPORTUNITY Once an eagle reaches maturity, it molts each year. It’s beak keeps growing, so even if damaged soon it is as good as new. I was reading that you cannot tell the age of an eagle once it has reached an adult stage. It seems their strength does not diminish. Their color ...read more

  • The Stewardship Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,576 views

    THE STEWARDSHIP OF TIME John Taylor recently invented a clock called the chronophage. Literally it means "time eater." It was donated to Corpus Christi College at Cambridge. It combines the Greek word for time, "chronos," and the word "phageo," meaning "to eat". A monster-looking grasshopper with ...read more

  • Washing Dishes For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
     | 2,953 views

    WASHING DISHES FOR GOD Brother Lawrence, a 17th century lay brother and a good cook, spent most of his years in a monastery as a cook. He did not have the education necessary to become a cleric and his mundane duties included cooking meals, running errands and scrubbing pots, anything but changing ...read more

  • Back To One Of David's Legacy's His Mighty Men. ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 22, 2009
     | 3,494 views

    Back to one of David’s legacy’s his mighty men. The people are now saying, “Wow, have you seen David’s mighty men, talk about quality leaders and warriors. Hero’s who once where rift-raft and discontented, in debt, stressed out men and women’ Wow, how they are now “Mighty!” All because David ...read more

  • You Have To Love Him Into It

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 1, 2010
     | 3,828 views

    "You Have To Love Him Into It"--A Stock Assistant Learns a Big Lesson A stock assistant was working at a grocery store on Christmas Eve. One of the things he was responsible for was the display in one of the aisles which was a pyramid of canned products. He had to rebuild this display many times ...read more

  • On Self-Control  PRO

    Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 2, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,731 views

    ON SELF-CONTROL When I’m at the pizza buffet and I’ve already had more than enough to eat, and I know there’s a good chance another slice will make me miserable for the next 3-4 hours and I eat it anyway .... I lack self control. When I decide to stay up late and play video games or surf the ...read more

  • Oscar Greene Learns About Compliance And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2010
     | 2,736 views

    Oscar Greene Learns About Compliance and Exercising Due Diligence As I start to sit down, now, listen to the story of the African-American Episcopalian lay leader, Oscar Greene, of West Medford, Massachusetts! One day, he was invited to serve as a Bank Director! He was hesitant to accept the ...read more

  • Intending To Grow

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 19, 2011
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    INTENDING TO GROW In the 1920s there was a young African American child who was growing up in Cleveland. One day a famous athlete named Charlie Paddock, came to his school to speak to the students. At the time Paddock was considered "the fastest human being alive." He told the children, "Listen! ...read more

  • Responsible For What We Overhear

    Contributed by Davon Huss on May 9, 2011
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    RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT WE OVERHEAR Matt Proctor in a recent Christian Standard said, "My wife, Katie, and I have 6 children- ages 16, 14, 11, 9, 7, and 3. We're not a family; were a small town! As sheriff of this community, I (with my deputy, Katie) enforce certain rules, one of which we call ...read more

  • Forgive Me When I ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 24, 2012
     | 4,187 views

    FORGIVE ME WHEN I WHINE Today upon a bus, I saw a lovely maid with golden hair; I envied her -- she seemed so gay, and how, I wished I were so fair; When suddenly she rose to leave, I saw her hobble down the aisle; she had one foot and wore a crutch, but as she passed, a smile. Oh God, forgive me ...read more

  • The Obedience Of Gladys Aylward

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jan 23, 2013
     | 4,589 views

    THE OBEDIENCE OF GLADYS AYLWARD Gladys Aylward, missionary to China, during the 1930s as a young woman she left her home in England and sailed to China. Here she opened a home for orphaned children who'd been left to starve or wander the streets. When the Japanese invaded China, Gladys was forced ...read more

  • Beauty

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Sep 25, 2016
    based on 2 ratings
     | 8,181 views

    Pastor Randy Kanipe tells the story of a Sabbath time away from his church while he was struggling with failure. He happened to be walking by a cow pasture and stopped to gaze over the fence, pondering the ’green pastures’ that he imagined God leading him through - my attention was drawn down to a ...read more

  • In 1988, The Houston School District Nominated ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Daniels on Jan 23, 2001
    based on 118 ratings
     | 3,552 views

    In 1988, the Houston School district nominated bus driver Lillie Baltrip for a safe-driving award. As she was driving a busload of her colleagues to the awards ceremony, she turned a corner too sharply and flipped the bus over sending herself and 16 others to the hospital. Now, do you think she ...read more

  • Reaching The End Of A Job Interview, The Human ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2001
    based on 197 ratings
     | 7,618 views

    Reaching the end of a job interview, the human resources person asked a young engineer fresh out of MIT what kind of a salary he was looking for. "In the neighborhood of $140,000 a year, depending on the benefits package." "Well, what would you say to a package of 5-weeks vacation, 14 paid ...read more

  • At The Elementary School Where Our Kids Have ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Hiehle on Jul 19, 2001
    based on 41 ratings
     | 1,296 views

    At the elementary school where our kids have attended, they each have had to take timed math tests on their math facts. Each week they had to answer correctly 30 questions in 3 minutes. If they were unable, they had to take the test again the next day until they could pass. For those that ...read more

  • Mother's Love  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Landry on May 11, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,716 views

    Mother’s Love A Mother’s love is something that no one can explain, It is made of deep devotion and of sacrifice and pain, It is endless and unselfish and enduring come what may For nothing can destroy it or take that love away... It is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking, And it ...read more

  • Llustration Regarding Lack Of Passion For The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Thompson on May 22, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
     | 3,830 views

    llustration Regarding Lack of Passion for the Great Commission: A Christian Research Group in a nationwide survey conducted in the first quarter of 2001 asked this question: “Please describe your goals in life.” The survey found that almost 9 out of 10 adults classified themselves as a ...read more