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    Contributed by Doug Lyon on Jun 2, 2008
     | 2,365 views

    TITLES I have been a pastor at Shiloh Bible Church for eleven years. But my association with the church began long before that. My in-laws, Harold and Dorothy Wills, retired to the Bloomsburg area back in the 1980's and they started coming to Shiloh. And so when our family would come up from ...read more

  • Mrs. Thomas Works For An "Ear Doctor". She Told ...  PRO

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Jun 15, 2001
    based on 82 ratings
     | 2,460 views

    Mrs. Thomas works for an "ear doctor". She told us about one man who she had called to advise that his hearing aid had come in. The man was so happy, he jubilantly thanked Mrs. Thomas, saying, Oh thank you, I appreciate that...I love you, bye. Later that day the man’s wife called Mrs. Thomas to ...read more

  • Once, When I Was In The Seventh Grade, My Dad, My ...  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 26, 2002
    based on 51 ratings
     | 1,466 views

    Once, when I was in the seventh grade, my dad, my brother, and I were traveling from Oak Ridge, TN to Jellico, TN. My dad was going to preach, and I was going to play the guitar and my older brother the saxophone. We got into a discussion, I will never forget. Dad is a student of the ...read more

  • Imagine You're A Financial Counselor. Today You ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 22, 2004
     | 1,609 views

    Imagine you’re a financial counselor. Today you have two appointments, first with an elderly woman and then a middle-aged man. The woman’s husband died six years ago. She says, “I have no more money. The cupboards are bare. These two dollars are all I have to live on, yet I feel as if God ...read more

  • A Christian Father Lives By The Instruction Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Jun 21, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,736 views

    A Christian father lives by the instruction of Colossians 3:12, “…as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. James 4:10 says, “Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up.” “Humility” ...read more

  • Can You Be ...

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Jul 18, 2008
     | 1,150 views

    Can You Be Trusted? Before the breakup of the Soviet Union, Christians were routinely persecuted for their faith by the Communist regime. We have many inspiring stories of courageous Christians behind the Iron Curtain who were willing to die for their faith during this difficult period in world ...read more

  • Can You Be ...

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Aug 5, 2008
     | 852 views

    Can You Be Trusted? Before the breakup of the Soviet Union, Christians were routinely persecuted for their faith by the Communist regime. There are many inspiring stories of courageous Christians behind the Iron Curtain who were willing to die for their faith during this difficult period in world ...read more

  • If Only I Could Sleep Again

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
     | 1,725 views

    "If Only I Could Sleep Again" Bob Pierce, founder of World Vision had advanced leukemia, but he went to visit a colleague in Indonesia before he died. As they were walking through a small village, they came upon a young girl lying on a bamboo mat next to a river. She was dying of cancer and had ...read more

  • The Rich Fool

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Nov 22, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,890 views

    THE RICH FOOL Ortberg writes (and I have abridged it and translated it into proper English) Once upon a time in the Silicon Valley, there lived a very important man.He routinely logged in 12-14 hours a day work and sometimes at weekends. He went to the Harvard School of Management, where he got ...read more

  • There Once Was A Fellow Who, With His Dad, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Dec 28, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 8,346 views

    There once was a fellow who, with his dad, farmed a little piece of land. Several times a year they would load up the old ox-drawn cart with vegetables and go into the nearest city to sell their produce. Except for their name and the patch of ground, father and son had little in common. The old ...read more

  • Leaning Over A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 28, 2012
     | 3,449 views

    LEANING OVER A CLIFF Writer Parker Palmer tells of his first experience on an Outward Bound course in his book, The Active Life. He says, "I took the course in my early forties, and in the middle of that course I was asked to confront the thing I had fears about since I had first heard about ...read more

  • It’s Like One Little Girl’s ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on May 11, 2010
     | 2,237 views

    It’s like one little girl’s description of an elevator. She said, “I got into this little room and the upstairs came down.” Israel stepped ...read more

  • A Young Woodsman Came Into A Store One Day To Buy ...

    Contributed by Chris Edmondson on Feb 4, 2007
     | 1,174 views

    A young woodsman came into a store one day to buy a new axe. He manually chopped down trees. He saw an advertisement on the counter a chainsaw. The advertisement said, “Will cut down ten times the trees that can be cut by a hand axe.” Well, the woodsman seeing this for the first time got very ...read more

  • Faith: Taking God At His Word

    Contributed by Barry O Johnson on Jun 22, 2018
     | 6,756 views

    A little girl was walking through the hallway of her home and she came to the place where they had a cellar door, It was one of those trapdoors on hinges, and it was open. She looked down into the darkness, heard a noise down there, and said, “Who’s down there?” And her daddy said, “It’s me, ...read more

  • If You Have Made Mistakes ... There Is Always ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,827 views

    "If you have made mistakes ... there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call ...read more

  • C.s. Lewis On Pride

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 24, 2010
     | 3,228 views

    C.S. LEWIS ON PRIDE "A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and of course, as long as you're looking down, ...read more

  • Capitalism Without Christianity  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Sep 5, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,511 views

    CAPITALISM WITHOUT CHRISTIANITY Pure Capitalism--that exists without a Christian influence--can become an empty shell. When Christianity is taken out of the picture of Capitalism...greed and selfishness take over. Capitalism without Christianity can result in all kinds or evils. You can end up ...read more

  • Autobiography In Five Short Chapters  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 6, 2001
    based on 49 ratings
     | 2,932 views

    Autobiography in Five Short Chapters Chapter 1. I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in. I am lost. I am helpless. It isn’t my fault. It takes forever to find a way out. Chapter 2. I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I pretend I ...read more

  • Only A Donkey  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 20, 2002
    based on 43 ratings
     | 6,318 views

    ONLY A DONKEY The donkey awakened, his mind still savoring the afterglow of the most exciting day of his life. Never before had he felt such a rush of pleasure and pride. He walked into town and found a group of people by the well. "I’ll show myself to them," he thought. But they didn’t notice ...read more

  • Ferris Beaulers Day Off. His Best Friend Is ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 27, 2003
    based on 39 ratings
     | 2,113 views

    Ferris Beaulers Day Off. His best friend is Cameron Frye. Cameron hates his father because his father places everything before him. Ferris and Cameron and Ferris’s girlfriend ride around Chicago in Cameron’s dad’s favorite car all day playing hooky from school. In one of the final scenes ...read more