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  • I Want To Go Home

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 11, 2011
     | 4,424 views

    I WANT TO GO HOME Fred Smith, an influential Christian businessman was seriously ill in the summer of 2004. He was hospitalized, semiconscious, and not expected to live. Periodically he would mutter, "I want to go home, I want to go home." After an emotional family conference, the family ...read more

  • Encouragement

    Contributed by Don Berry-Graham on Mar 1, 2016
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,911 views

    In August 1995, the church I pastored made the decision to do a major renovation on our thirty-five-year-old sanctuary. The first step was to put together a crew of people to do internal demolition. Around forty people showed up to take care of this task. Dust was everywhere as we ripped up ...read more

  • How Long Is Eternity?

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Dec 22, 2022
     | 2,183 views

    A young boy went up to his pastor after his sermon and said, "Pastor, how long is forever?" The pastor knelt down by the side of the boy and said, "Why would you ask me that question, Billy?" Billy said, "Well, Pastor, you said that we were going to live in one of two ...read more

  • The Bible According To Kids

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 23, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,468 views

    The Bible according to kids: IN THE FIRST BOOK OF THE BIBLE, GUINESSIS. GOD GOT TIRED OF CREATING THE WORLD SO HE TOOK THE SABBATH OFF. ADAM AND EVE WERE CREATED FROM AN APPLE TREE. NOAH’S WIFE WAS JOAN OF ARK. NOAH BUILT AND ARK AND THE ANIMALS CAME ON IN PEARS. SAMSON SLAYED THE PHILISTINES ...read more

  • Shane Claiborne, Who Spent A Summer In The Slums ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Feb 25, 2007
    based on 13 ratings
     | 2,785 views

    Shane Claiborne, who spent a summer in the slums of Calcutta with Mother Teresa, wrote about her experience there. She said, “People often ask me what Mother Teresa was like. Sometimes it’s like they wonder if she glowed in the dark or had a halo. She was short, wrinkled, and precious, maybe ...read more

  • I Read A Book Some Time Ago Entitled Wisdom ...  PRO

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on May 8, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,910 views

    I read a book some time ago entitled Wisdom Hunter. Randal Arthur, a missionary, wrote it. It told of a pastor who was involved in a denomination that controlled its people with traditions and their interpretations of God’s Word. He became disgusted with that and even turned away from God. Finally, ...read more

  • I Came Home One Weekend From College And Found My ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Ingle on Sep 25, 2002
    based on 19 ratings
     | 1,904 views

    I came home one weekend from college and found my father cooking. The reunion was nice and so was the food. However, as hard as we tried, we could not find the right tupperware lid to the container my father had placed the left-overs. First of all, you need to know my mother. This lady is in ...read more

  • We Recently Watched A Movie Titled, "Behind Enemy ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Nov 15, 2003
     | 1,443 views

    We recently watched a movie titled, “Behind Enemy Lines”. An American pilot is down behind enemy lines in Croatia, and trying to avoid search parties while making it to his pick up spot. A professional assassin has been given the task of hunting him down, and this assassin has been required to ...read more

  • Ephesians 5:15-16, "Be Very Careful, Then, How ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,966 views

    Ephesians 5:15-16, “Be very careful, then, how you live— not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.” Jesus calls us to “make the most of every opportunity to fulfill His mission and ours. “D. L. Moody said that his ‘greatest mistake’ occurred ...read more

  • Charles Allen Said Two People He Loved Most ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,092 views

    CHARLES ALLEN said two people he loved most across the years were Bishop and Mrs. Arthur J. Moore. After Mrs. Moore’s death the Bishop wrote the following letter: "My dearly beloved Martha walked triumphantly into God’s house on Monday, August 17th. You can imagine how lonely the children and I ...read more

  • Persian Legend — Pour Water Into Basket

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Aug 30, 2007
     | 3,452 views

    Persian Legend - Pour Water into Basket A certain king had a task to accomplish. He called two of his servants. They were given the same wages and told to fill a basket with water from a nearby well, saying that he would come in the evening to inspect their work. After dumping one or two ...read more

  • Warren Wiersbe, Theologian And Writer, Tells A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jan 21, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,678 views

    Warren Wiersbe, theologian and writer, tells a story as taken from a source. “A miserable looking woman recognized F.B. Meyer (preacher and teacher) on the train and ventured to share her burden with him. For years she had cared for a crippled daughter who brought great joy to her life. She made ...read more

  • Born Losers

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Apr 28, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,480 views

    BORN LOSERS Susan Boyle has taken the world by storm. Here is this middle aged homely spinster who has never been kissed--and she has won the hearts of not only Britain, but nearly everyone in the world. Why is that? Is it because she is such a fantastic singer? I don’t think so. There are ...read more

  • Choice As A Discipline

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 16, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,162 views

    CHOICE AS A DISCIPLINE Your will enables you to choose. Choose wisely. He who marries the spirit of the age will soon find himself a widower. God asks no one whether he will accept life. This is not the choice. The only choice you have as you go through life is how you will live it. God ...read more

  • God With Us

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 24, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 12,017 views

    GOD WITH US Count Zinzendorf, the founder of the Moravians, was converted in an art gallery in Dusseldorf while contemplating a painting of Christ on the cross which had the inscription, "I did this for thee. What hast thou done for me?" This picture had been painted by an artist three hundred ...read more

  • Addicted To Unkind ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
     | 4,656 views

    Addicted to Unkind Words Joseph Telushkin, author of Words That Hurt, Words That Heal, lectures throughout our country on the powerful and often negative impact of words. He often asks those in his audience if they can go 24 hours without saying any unkind words about or to another person. ...read more

  • A Farmer Plants Sour Apples Near Edge Of Orchard ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 3, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,480 views

    A Farmer Plants Sour Apples Near Edge of Orchard To Camouflage The Sweet Ones in the Middle A farmer repeatedly invited his neighbor to come over to his orchard and pick some apples and make fresh, sweet apple cider. The neighbor kept turning down the offer. Finally, the farmer asked why the ...read more

  • Read The Word Any Way You Can  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,705 views

    READ THE WORD ANY WAY YOU CAN A man in Kansas City was severely injured in an explosion. Evangelist Robert L. Sumner tells about him in his book The Wonders of the Word of God. The victim’s face was badly disfigured, and he lost his eyesight as well as both hands. He was just a new Christian, and ...read more

  • The Nobodies Of The Church  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 6, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,635 views

    THE NOBODIES OF THE CHURCH Janet Reno, Attorney General of the United States during the Clinton administration, was interviewed on "60 Minutes" on June 26, 1999. She seems to hold this ancient opinion of Christians. Here is how she defined a cultist: "A cultist is one who has a strong belief in ...read more

  • His Dangerous Condition

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Nov 20, 2010
     | 1,741 views

    HIS DANGEROUS CONDITION A drunkard husband, spending the evening with his jovial companions at a tavern, boasted that if he should take a group of his friends home with him at midnight and ask his Christian wife to get up and cook supper for them, she would do it without complaint. The crowd ...read more