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  • An Example Of Grace

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Aug 23, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,943 views

    AN EXAMPLE OF GRACE I just received a letter from a friend who just initiate a prison ministry in my home church, Viorica Negosanu… The first inmate she encountered was a lady, a doctor who murdered her best friend, cut her in pieces and spread them all over the city. She got life sentence. Now ...read more

  • Walking In A Rut

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on Aug 23, 2010
     | 3,415 views

    WALKING IN A RUT Have you ever felt as if you were in a rut? Some years ago, me, my brother and daughter went hiking on the Appalachian Trail on the North Carolina, Tennessee border. It is an area called the Bald Mountains because you actually walk over the tops of the mountains. It is grasslands ...read more

  • Picture Of Cheese

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Aug 23, 2010
     | 4,074 views

    PICTURE OF CHEESE I heard a story about a man who had a mouse in his house and his wife wanted him to catch it. His problem was that he didn’t have any cheese (and did not want to buy it). So he cut a picture of cheese out of a magazine and placed it in the trap. He thought, "I’ll just fool the ...read more

  • Which Horn?  PRO

    Contributed by Gale Lambert on Aug 23, 2010
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     | 2,355 views

    WHICH HORN? A young city boy went to the farm to spend time with his grandfather. While setting on the porch swing, the young lad noticed a cow behind the fence and asked grandfather, "What is that on the other side of the fence?" The grandfather replied, "A cow." "What is that on the cow’s ...read more

  • Abimelech And Guilt

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Aug 23, 2010
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    ABIMELECH AND GUILT "IT'S NOT MY FAULT! I DIDN'T DO IT!" I remember my protests fell on deaf ears and I was made to go to my room without dinner until I confessed. My mother insisted that it was me, probably because of the lie my sister told her. I don't even remember the crime I was accused of, ...read more

  • Let The Master Play

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Aug 22, 2010
     | 2,556 views

    LET THE MASTER PLAY An organist was practicing one day in a great church in Europe. As he was playing, a man came up to the organ and asked if he could play. The organist looked at him and thought to himself. "I shouldn’t let this man play, just look at him, he is unshaven, his clothes are ...read more

  • Story: On 28th August 1963, At The Lincoln ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Aug 22, 2010
     | 1,334 views

    Story: On 28th August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC Martin Luther King gave his famous speech “I have a dream”. Who then would have dared to dream that 50 years later we would have had an African American President. Yet it was Martin Luther King’s dream that I believe had much to ...read more

  • River Of Laughter

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Aug 20, 2010
     | 2,095 views

    RIVER OF LAUGHTER As he was born my heart was bursting with JOY. I held my son Ben up to the Lord and dedicated him then and there. I was so grateful for the gift of a child. I remember driving home at the beginning of that day laughing and honking the horn so everyone could SHARE THE JOY I had, ...read more

  • In 2009 Picher Oklahoma Closed It’s ...

    Contributed by David Rumley on Aug 19, 2010
     | 2,175 views

    In 2009 Picher Oklahoma closed it’s doors… the entire city closed, evacuated, and shut down. Once it was a town of 20,000 people… in the first quarter of 1900’s it was a boomtown and had abundant lead and zinc. The Picher area became the most productive lead-zinc mining field in the Tri-State ...read more

  • * Letter Coral Got From Another Pastor’s ...

    Contributed by John Perry on Aug 18, 2010
     | 1,936 views

    *** Letter Coral got from another pastor’s wife one day. She was writing my wife a note in a card telling her what was happening in life for her. At the end of the note she concluded by saying ..... “Well, the baby is in his high chair, his dirty nappy needs changing, he’s got food all over his ...read more

  • The Craigslist Murder

    Contributed by Chris Mccarthy on Aug 17, 2010
     | 2,590 views

    THE CRAIGSLIST MURDER When Charlene Sanders drove home from a routine day of work April 28, the last thing she expected was that she would be telling family of her husband’s death later that night. At about 9 p.m. on April 28, Jim Sanders invited a young man and women into his home to view a ring ...read more

  • Faith And Promise

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Aug 17, 2010
     | 5,965 views

    FAITH AND PROMISE When something is promised, you have not seen it happen yet, have you? If I promise my wife that I'm going to clean out the basement, there's no proof that you can see. There's only my word. That promise is the only evidence it will happen. And I may prove unreliable for one ...read more

  • She Is Almost Ninety Years Old, And Apparently ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Aug 17, 2010
     | 1,100 views

    She is almost ninety years old, and apparently she's BEAUTIFUL. I am a Chaplain in an aged care facility and I meet a lot of 90 year olds. Some look pretty good for their age but SARAH catches your attention. The perfect Hollywood star, aging gracefully and looking years younger without the use of ...read more

  • Gift For The Children's Home

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 16, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,589 views

    GIFT FOR THE CHILDREN'S HOME A tired stay-at-home mom opened the front door of her home to find the preacher from the church, who said, "I’m collecting donations for the new children’s home we’re building. Just asking you to give what you ...read more

  • Preacher Vs. Worship Leader

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 16, 2010
     | 4,399 views

    PREACHER V. WORSHIP LEADER Conflicts are not uncommon, but when the preacher and song leader get into it, stand aside. One week, the preacher preached on commitment, and how we should move forward into doing service for others. After this sermon, the song leader led the congregation in singing ...read more

  • The Book Of Heaven] In 1832 Four Indian Chiefs ...

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Aug 15, 2010
     | 1,662 views

    [THE BOOK OF HEAVEN] In 1832 four Indian chiefs from the western part of our nation walked the streets of the city of St. Louis, Missouri. The wearied, wasted manner of their appearance demonstrated the fact that they had come a long way. General George Rogers Clark was military commander at St. ...read more

  • Take A Young Man From A Wealthy Family, Strip Him ...

    Contributed by Tobin Crenshaw on Aug 15, 2010
     | 3,168 views

    Take a young man from a wealthy family, strip him of all of his money until he finds himself homeless and has to beg on the street, hold him in a cell as a prisoner of war in a foreign land, and turn his family against him and what are the odds you would give for him to impact the world? Or ...read more

  • Ultra-Marathoner, Dean Karnazes, Is A Modern Day Superman

    Contributed by Tobin Crenshaw on Aug 15, 2010
     | 2,065 views

    Dean Karnazes is a modern day Superman. He has run fifty marathons in fifty days in fifty states, and runs ultra marathons of over 200 miles. He details his amazing accomplishments in his book Ultramarathon Man. After one particularly grueling 200 mile marathon he shared the following contents of ...read more

  • Trojan Horse! It Appears Innocent Enough, But It ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Aug 14, 2010
     | 2,226 views

    TROJAN HORSE! It appears innocent enough, but it is a harmful piece of software that looks legitimate. It tricks people into loading the wrong things into their systems. It gives a hacker access to cause damage. Unless you have a good ANTIVIRUS PROGRAMME, you will get infected and your whole ...read more

  • Hanging Onto The "Bomb"

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 13, 2010
     | 3,606 views

    HANGING ONTO THE "BOMB" For four hours he held the cylinder, waiting for rescue or an immediate death. After digging up what appeared to be an unexploded WWI bomb, David Page held on to it, afraid that letting go would detonate the device. While holding the bomb, the terrified 40-year-old from ...read more

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