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  • David Peterson, Former Pastor At The First ...

    Contributed by David Ward on Dec 16, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,849 views

    David Peterson, former pastor at the First Presbyterian Church in Spokane, Washington, told about a time when he was preparing his sermon. His little daughter came in and said, "Daddy, can we play?" He answered, "I’m awfully sorry, Sweetheart, but I’m right in the middle of preparing this sermon. ...read more

  • The Message Translates Romans 8:31 This Way: ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Shearhart on Sep 22, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,545 views

    The Message translates Romans 8:31 this way: “With God on our side like this, how can we lose?” I imagine a super-athlete when I think of this. Imagine if your favorite football team drafted a defensive tackle standing 12 feet tall and weighing 1,500 pounds. His bench press is 2,000 pounds and ...read more

  • One Meaning Of Christmas—what We Have To Look ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 2, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,463 views

    One Meaning of Christmas—What We Have To Look Forward To A pastor was in his office preparing his sermon. His little daughter came in and said, "Daddy, can we play?" He answered, "I’m awfully sorry, Sweetheart, but I’m right in the middle of preparing this sermon. In about an hour I can play." She ...read more

  • It Started Like So Many Evenings. Mom And Dad At ...

    Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Apr 26, 2007
     | 1,094 views

    It started like so many evenings. Mom and Dad at home and Jimmy playing after dinner. When Mom glanced at the clock she said “Jimmy, it’s time to go to bed. Go up now and I’ll come and tuck you in later.” An hour or so later his mother came up to check, and to her astonishment found that her son ...read more

  • Doormat For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
     | 3,354 views

    DOORMAT FOR GOD Oswald Chambers confessed, "If I work for God because I know it brings me the good opinion of those whose good opinion I wish to have, I am a Pharisee. If I love Jesus Christ, I will serve humanity, though men and women treat me like a ...read more

  • As Christian We Might Have Dropped Some Of Those ...

    Contributed by Ladonna Omobude on Nov 24, 2009
     | 2,260 views

    As Christian we might have dropped some of those four lettered curse words; however we still curse others by speaking evil and wishing evil upon them. The Bible says in James 3:10"Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so ...read more

  • In France In The 17th Century, St. Vincent Found ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 26, 2009
     | 1,269 views

    In France in the 17th century, St. Vincent found a baby abandoned in the cold. He went to the Sister of Charity and asked them to take care of the baby. But the Mother Superior refused abruptly and said that such children were creatures of sin and were destined by God’s will to die. St. Vincent ...read more

  • Paid In Full  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 29, 2002
    based on 22 ratings
     | 6,875 views

    PAID IN FULL Have you ever wished that someone would pay off all your credit card debt? Zero balances—no payments! The Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church in Norfolk, VA is making that wish come true. One Sunday of every month, Bishop C. Vernie Russell Jr., chooses a family from the church ...read more

  • People Who Claim To Have Faith And Yet Are Simply ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Dec 3, 2009
     | 1,269 views

    PEOPLE WHO CLAIM TO HAVE FAITH AND YET ARE SIMPLY FILLED WITH PIOUS GOOD WISHES TO THOSE IN NEED (CHRISTIAN BROTHER) WITHOUT GOOD ACTIONS GIVE TO THE LIE OF PIOUS WORDS. THE THOUGHT ONLY COUNTS IF SOMETHING TANGIBLE IS DONE TO HELP THE INDIVIDUAL. OUR FAITH BECOMES AN ACT MAKE PRETEND. IT SPEAKS ...read more

  • Someone Named J. R. Illingworth Once Said, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
     | 1,140 views

    Someone named J. R. Illingworth once said, "Prayer has been defined to be a wish referred to God; and, if we could keep this thought before us, it would help us to acquire the habit of prayer by making us refer each wish, as it comes into our minds, to God, for His assistance in furtherance or ...read more

  • Sparky Anderson The Great Baseball Manager Who ...

    Contributed by Rick Bezanson on Jul 29, 2008
     | 1,524 views

    Sparky Anderson the great baseball manager who won many pennants and a world championship, said,” I’m not lying when I say that this religion is so important to me. If I had one great wish, it would be that I could honestly say that I was one of God’s children. That is the one emptiness I ...read more

  • Jesus Warns Us About Holding To Material Things ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jan 5, 2009
     | 1,342 views

    Jesus warns us about holding to material things so that they cause us worry. One source instructs, "Jesus' words strike at the core of human selfishness, challenging both the well-to-do who have possessions to guard and the poor who wish they could acquire them." Citing theologian Minear, "Jesus ...read more

  • Rev Sandy Millar, The Former Rector Of Holy ...

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Dec 2, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,241 views

    Rev Sandy Millar, the former Rector of Holy Trinity, Brompton, London, tells of how he visited a young woman in Holloway Prison. There was only one card pinned up in her cell. He noticed the words: ‘Happy Birthday’ was the printed message and underneath was written, ‘We wish things could have ...read more

  • The Skeleton At The End Of The Feast

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Nov 19, 2008
     | 3,368 views

    To lick our wounds, to smack your lips over grievances long past, to roll over your tongue the prospect of bitter confrontations still to come, to savor to the last toothsome morsel both the pain you are given and the pain you are giving back -- in many ways, it is a feast for a king. The chief ...read more

  • Dentist

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,138 views

    Dentist Nobody likes a complainer. A dentist once heard a patient grumbling about his fee. “Two hundred dollars – just to pull out a tooth” she exclaimed, “And you only work for one minute” “Well, if you wish,” the dentist replied, “I can pull it out slowly.” 8) ...read more

  • Women's Revenge  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,597 views

    WOMEN’S REVENGE "Cash, check or charge?" I asked, after folding items the woman wished to purchase. As she fumbled for her wallet , I noticed a remote control for a television set in her purse. "So, do you always carry your TV remote?" I asked. "No," she replied, "but my husband refused ...read more

  • It¡¦s So Easy To Criticize What Others Are Doing. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Aug 20, 2001
    based on 120 ratings
     | 2,684 views

    It¡¦s so easy to criticize what others are doing. If you look diligently enough you can find something wrong with everything. A farmer¡¦s neighbor was so negative, criticizing everything and anything. The farmer bought a new plow, the neighbor said it would rust soon. The farmer remarked how it ...read more

  • Griping Is Not An Unusual Trait Shared By A Good ...  PRO

    Contributed by Denise Raterta on Oct 31, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,799 views

    Griping is not an unusual trait shared by a good number of believers whether they are at work, at home or in church—demanding bosses, nagging wives, stubborn kids, boring preachers, incompetent government, rising prices, the list of our objects of complaint goes on and on. If we fined ourselves ...read more

  • Jesus Was Not A Victim Of Fate

    Contributed by Chris Jordan on Apr 2, 2010
     | 2,226 views

    JESUS WAS NOT A VICTIM OF FATE "Before the scourging began, Jesus was stripped of His garments and bent low over a low post, with wrists and ankles shackled into that position. The instrument used for scourging was a piece of wood fourteen to eighteen inches long, circular in shape, to which were ...read more

  • I Tithe—he'll Find Me.  PRO

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on May 1, 2011
    based on 16 ratings
     | 7,391 views

    "I TITHE--HE'LL FIND ME." Two men have ended up marooned on an island in the South Pacific. You can fill in the blanks as to how they got there. So they are on the clichéic deserted island, one palm tree, nothing to see but the ocean. One guy is in a complete panic, pacing back and forth, ...read more

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