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  • The Emperors Club Is A Movie About This Clash ...  PRO

    Contributed by Douglas Vincent on Nov 22, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,863 views

    The Emperors club is a movie about this clash between doing what is right and what will increase power and significance. The teacher has a young Senator's Son (Cedrick), who is a leader. After a brief turn in the right direction Cedrick decides to cheat to win the schools greatest honor. As ...read more

  • I Had Been Teaching My Three-Year Old Daughter, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,747 views

    I had been teaching my three-year old daughter, Caitlin, the Lord’s Prayer. For several evenings at bedtime, she would repeat after me the lines from the prayer. Finally, she decided to go solo. I listened with pride as she carefully enunciated each word, right up to the end of the prayer: "Lead ...read more

  • When A Mother Saw A Thunderstorm Forming In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,403 views

    When a mother saw a thunderstorm forming in mid-afternoon, she worried about her seven-year-old daughter who would be walking the three blocks from school to home. Deciding to meet her, the mother saw her walking nonchalantly along, stopping to smile whenever lightning flashed. Seeing her mother, ...read more

  • A Young Business Owner Was Opening A New Branch ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,897 views

    A young business owner was opening a new branch office, and a friend decided to send a floral arrangement for the grand opening. When the friend arrived at the opening, he was appalled to find that his wreath bore the inscription: “Rest in peace.” Angry, he complained to the florist. After ...read more

  • There Was A Poor Family In This Little Town. ...

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Sep 17, 2009
     | 2,541 views

    There was a poor family in this little town. Brought to the attention of the Baptist minister who got the word to his congregation and provided appropriate clothing to the family asking them to come to church the next Sunday. They agreed. When Sunday came they didn’t show up at the Baptist ...read more

  • The Heart In Scripture

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Jan 10, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,878 views

    THE HEART IN SCRIPTURE Heart is used in Scripture as the most comprehensive term for the authentic person. It is the part of our being where we desire, deliberate, and decide. It has been described as "the place of conscious and decisive spiritual activity," "the comprehensive term for a person as ...read more

  • Abe Lincoln Told The Story Of A Blacksmith Who ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,834 views

    Abe Lincoln told the story of a blacksmith who heated a piece of iron in the forge, not knowing what he was going to make. At first he thought of shaping it into a horseshoe but changed his mind. After hammering on the iron for a while, he decided to try to make it into something else. By this time ...read more

  • Philip Anschutz, A Multibillionaire Former ...

    Contributed by Todd Pugh on Jan 14, 2008
     | 976 views

    Philip Anschutz, a multibillionaire former oilman and co-owner of several sports teams started funding positive movies such as "The Chronicles of Narnia." He said he was driven to get into the movie business by his anger at the focus on sex and violence in mainstream films. "My wife and I now have ...read more

  • Going Home

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
     | 3,651 views

    GOING HOME For the first time since the Depression, more Americans ages 75 and older have been leaving the South than moving there, according to a New York Times analysis of Census Bureau data. The reversal appears to be driven in part by older people who retired to the South in their 60s, but ...read more

  • A Pentecost Testimony  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Mar 12, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 8,740 views

    A PENTECOST TESTIMONY Pastor Chuck shared a story of the work of the Holy Spirit. A group was having a Bible study. Since it was Pentecost, the decided to pray and worship for a while after the Bible study. One of the ladies began to worship in another langauge. Someone had brought a friend to the ...read more

  • A Woman By The Name Of Sandy Willey Related A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Aaron Burgess on Dec 11, 2002
    based on 78 ratings
     | 1,938 views

    A woman by the name of Sandy Willey related a Christmas story that occurred during World War II. A woman named Anne took her two little children to Texas to be with her parents because her husband was stationed in Europe. And they prepared for Christmas and got the tree up and all the gifts ...read more

  • Charlie Lubin Made Great Cheesecake. In Fact It ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Chandler on Apr 1, 2003
    based on 35 ratings
     | 3,239 views

    Charlie Lubin made great cheesecake. In fact it was so good he decided to open a cheesecake store, which he did on the north side of Chicago. It went so well that he opened a second store in South Chicago. That store did not do so well and eventually he lost both stores as a result. He sat in ...read more

  • Consider This Story Told By Bernard L. Brown, ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 1, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,682 views

    Consider this story told by Bernard L. Brown, Jr., president of the Kennestone Regional Health Care System in the state of Georgia. Brown once worked in a hospital where a patient knocked over a cup of water, which spilled on the floor beside the patient’s bed. The patient was afraid he might ...read more

  • After My Senior Year Of High School I Went To ...

    Contributed by Mark Adams on Jan 1, 2005
     | 1,795 views

    After my Senior year of high school I went to Honduras with a group of 70 teenagers from 4 states. While there, we worked with three different churches as well as a medical center. We also build 14 small houses for poor families. It was a fantastic experience. All the kids went home excited ...read more

  • A Grain Alone Or With Many ...

    Contributed by Mark Pierce on May 25, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,274 views

    A grain alone or with many others? STORY OF ONE GRAIN OF WHEAT: Farmer plows soil, digs shallow trenches, but must drop only one grain of seed at a time. Still true. Farmers pull a “grain drill.” Notched wheel drops seed through tube exactly one grain at a time. Single grain gathers moisture ...read more

  • Faith Like A Potato: Don't Give Up Hope

    Contributed by Selwyn Robins on Apr 19, 2011
     | 5,364 views

    FAITH LIKE A POTATO: DON'T GIVE UP HOPE There is a movie called 'Faith Like a Potato'. It takes place in South Africa. Long story short a farmer w/an anger management issue is converted to a believer (follower) of the word. Needing to bring in money for his family, he decides to plant a crop of ...read more

  • God Is For Us

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 11, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 11,855 views

    GOD IS FOR US Keith Hartsell of Wheaton, Illinois, was driving around with a friend of his in California, when he noticed that his friend's cell phone was locked with an unusual password -- pro nobis. Keith asked him what pro nobis meant and why he chose that for a password. Keith's friend told ...read more

  • To Martin Luther's Shame

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jun 21, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,620 views

    TO MARTIN LUTHER'S SHAME One of the blots on the career of the great German Reformer, Martin Luther, was his acquiescence to the bigamous marriage of Philip of Hess. In 1530, at the height of the Reformation in Germany and where the Protestant cause was at its most vulnerable, Philip of Hesse ...read more

  • Remember False Guilt Attacks The Person And The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Greene on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,416 views

    Remember false guilt attacks the person and the Holy Spirit attacks the problem. A young boy was going to spend the evening at a friend¡¦s house. His father asked that he call home once he arrived so that the father could be assured that his son had arrived safely. As the evening wore on, this ...read more

  • The Brooklyn Bridge Scam

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Nov 13, 2022
     | 786 views

    The greatest con artist in American history was George C. Parker. After the Brooklyn Bridge opened in NYC in 1883, George C. Parker saw a tourist admiring it, so he decided to try selling it to him. It was so easy, he decided to sell it again. Over a period of years he averaged selling the Brooklyn ...read more

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