Contributed by David Dewitt on Dec 15, 2000
based on 197 ratings
| 11,286 views
What Does Hope Do For Mankind?
Hope shines brightest when the hour is darkest.
Hope motivates when discouragement comes.
Hope energizes when the body is tired.
Hope sweetens while bitterness bites.
Hope sings when all melodies are gone.
Hope believes when evidence is eliminated.
Hope listens for
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Denomination:
Church Of God
Contributed by Lynn Floyd on Apr 25, 2001
based on 128 ratings
| 7,152 views
Every day:
1,000 unwed teenage girls become mothers
1,106 teenage girls get abortions
4,219 teenagers contract sexually transmitted diseases
500 adolescents begin using drugs
1,000 adolescents begin drinking alcohol
135,000 kids bring guns or other weapons to school
3,610 teens are assaulted; 80
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Danny Thomas on May 21, 2001
based on 143 ratings
| 10,536 views
Bamboo
Once upon a time, in the heart of the Western Kingdom, lay a beautiful garden. And there, in the cool of the day, the Master of the garden was wont to walk. Of all the denizens of the garden, the most beautiful and most beloved was gracious and noble bamboo. Year after year, bamboo grew yet
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Denomination:
Pentecostal
There is an old story that has been around for quite some time about a man who gained some insight into the world of the devil and his evil ploys. On the throne was the devil himself and he was addressing his horrible hordes. With a loud voice, he cried out, “Who will go to the earth and persuade
...read more
Scripture:
Denomination:
Pentecostal
Contributed by Paul Carlson on Jan 25, 2010
based on 22 ratings
| 9,331 views
A Nation of Bible Illiterates
George Barna wrote The State of the Church in 2002. Barna conducted a survey of self-pronounced Christians and here’s what he found about their knowledge of the Bible. These are Christians.
• 48% could not name the four Gospels.
• 52% cannot identify more than two
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 26, 2011
based on 92 ratings
| 15,373 views
RUBY'S PRAYER
Ruby Hamilton, a businesswoman in her fifties, was stunned at the loss of her husband of 32 years in a car accident. Her anger and disappointment went deeper than a more typical expression of grief though. She had become a follower of Christ in her late twenties, but her husband
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Contributed by Josh Hunt on Feb 9, 2012
based on 10 ratings
| 9,691 views
GREED: THE CAT AND THE VASE
A man wanders into a small antique shop in San Francisco. Mostly it's cluttered with knickknacks and junk. On the floor, however, he notices what looks like an ancient Chinese vase. On closer inspection it turns out to be a priceless relic from the Ming dynasty whose
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist