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  • The Day After The Wedding, We Had To Drop Luke ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 23, 2009
     | 1,493 views

    The day after the wedding, we had to drop Luke off at Moody. Right in back of the visitor’s parking lot was a Pakistani cafeteria. A real dive, but dives often have the best food. I ordered my favorite, goat; Luke had fish and Marylu and Hannah- chicken. As I was standing in line, the small ...read more

  • A Fasting Story

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 11, 2009
     | 5,745 views

    A FASTING STORY Barbara Gordon tells about her first time fasting. (I don’t want to lose my reward) She fasted one day a week for 9 weeks. She was lead to pray for 9 individuals that had requested prayer. At the end she said, "God moved in many ways during that time. While most of the answers ...read more

  • Mark Hooper Was My Professor Of World Religions ...

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on Jan 22, 2010
     | 2,163 views

    Mark Hooper was my professor of World Religions in college. He once told the class about a missionary trip he took to India. While he was there he met and befriended a local fellow who was a Buddhist. This man took Dr. Hooper around; showing him the sites and helping him get acquainted with the ...read more

  • A Stinging Blow For Good  PRO

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 2, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,582 views

    A STINGING BLOW FOR GOOD Always remember that God knows what he is doing with us, even if we don’t know. Many years ago there was found in an African mine the most magnificent diamond in the world’s history. It was presented to the King of England to wear in his crown. The king sent it to ...read more

  • No Rest For The Unforgiving

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Mar 19, 2010
     | 2,685 views

    NO REST FOR THE UNFORGIVING Somewhere in the recesses of my memory is the recollection of a movie. It’s a Western; I know that much. I can’t remember the title of the movie, but I remember the story line. The hero is a law man, and he is transporting a convicted murderer across the treacherous ...read more

  • Friend Of The Son

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,327 views

    FRIEND OF THE SON Rick Warren talks about Ron Dunn, a friend of his, who took his young son to a carnival one time for his birthday. His son had picked six boys to go with him, so Ron bought a roll of tickets. Every line he'd come up to, he'd pull off seven tickets and give them to all the kids. ...read more

  • The Window Seat Perspective (Translation ...

    Contributed by David Pin on Feb 20, 2011
     | 1,879 views

    THE WINDOW SEAT PERSPECTIVE (TRANSLATION FOLLOWS) Cuando uno vuela en avión en el asiento que esta hacia la ventana puede ver las cosas desde otra perspectiva. Los grandes ríos se ven como pequeñas líneas, los valles se ven como grietas, las personas parecen hormigas y las ciudades se ven como ...read more

  • What's The Demand?

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on Feb 5, 2012
     | 3,675 views

    WHAT'S THE DEMAND? The magazine, Christianity Today, reported in its April 4, 1986 issue of a tool company that manufactured drill bits. Faced with financial losses, company executives gathered to discuss the problem: a declining demand for drill bits. The CEO challenged his men: "How can we ...read more

  • Python Swallows ...

    Contributed by Susan Blader on May 13, 2008
     | 1,917 views

    Python Swallows Alligator I read a rather weird news story in October of 2005. A researcher named Michael Barron was traveling through the Everglades National Park when he stumbled upon a bizarre sight. Prior to his arrival, a 13-foot long Burmese python had apparently attacked and subdued a ...read more

  • Identify With The Lost

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
     | 3,080 views

    IDENTIFY WITH THE LOST In her famous book and film, "The Hiding Place" Corrie ten Boom tells the story of a Dutch Christian family, her family, who had a heart for the Jewish people. Her grandfather Wilhelm started a weekly prayer group in 1844 in the city of Haarlem, near Amsterdam for the ...read more

  • Bearing The Mark

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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     | 2,431 views

    BEARING THE MARK Joseph Damien was a nineteenth-century missionary who ministered to people with leprosy on the island of Molokai, Hawaii. Those suffering grew to love him and revered the sacrificial life he lived out before them. One morning before Damien was to lead daily worship, he was ...read more

  • God Forgives Without Conditions

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jan 26, 2009
     | 4,655 views

    GOD FORGIVES WITHOUT CONDITIONS I once heard a story about Camelot when King Arthur was away. Guinevere, his wife, was unfaithful with Sir Lancelot. When King Arthur returned, he found out about the affair and had his wife placed in a convent for life. Towards the end of the story in a beautiful ...read more

  • Stuttering  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,525 views

    STUTTERING A enormously muscular guy with a bad stutter goes to a counter in a department store and asks, "W-w-w-where’s the m-m-m-men’s dep-p-p-partment?" The clerk behind the counter just looks at him and says nothing. The man repeats himself: "W-w-w-where’s the m-m-m-men’s dep-p-p-partment?" ...read more

  • The Birth Of Jesus - An Ordinary Time But An Extraordinary Birth

    Contributed by David Simpson on Jan 15, 2013
     | 3,464 views

    The Romans dominated the country. The Jewish people were captive to Roman law and Roman ways. That is what compelled Joseph to travel with his pregnant wife Mary from Nazareth to Bethlehem (some 80 miles). To return to his ancestral home for the purpose of registering for the Roman census. Just ...read more

  • Going Beyond Our Teachers  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 9, 2013
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,402 views

    A well-known Bible teacher gives this insight: "Someone on our staff informed me several months ago that a woman had called the ministry office to find out what my 'official position' was on a biblically gray area. When she was told that it's not my policy to make 'official' public statements ...read more

  • Let's Give Them A French Kiss!!  PRO

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 14, 2014
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     | 3,655 views

    SERMON BLOOPER!!! One of our youth pastors was leaving to go to another church on the same day my wife and I returned from a mission trip to France to encourage our missionaries there. As we closed the service, I brought my wife on the stage on live tv and illustrated how French churches "greet ...read more

  • Close Call -- For Real!

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 3, 2024
     | 493 views

    The Arms Race was on; we no longer feared atomic bombs, but the H-bomb. Bomb shelters would not protect against that greater level of destruction. At one point, we were a button away from a nuclear holocaust. According to wikipedia.com, “Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov…. was a lieutenant colonel of ...read more

  • How Much Is Laughter Really Worth?

    Contributed by James Snyder on Sep 30, 2023
     | 495 views

    Of all the things I prioritize in my life, laughter is at the top of the list. I appreciate laughter more than any other thing. Some people get paid for their jokes, while others pay mightily. I am in the latter category. I like to make people laugh, but sometimes it costs me. Whenever I see ...read more

  • John Pierpont Died A Failure. In 1866, Ar The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jul 27, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,654 views

    John Pierpont died a failure. In 1866, ar the age of 81, he came to the end of his days as a government clerk in Washington, D.C., with a long string of personal defeats. Things began well enough. He graduated from Yale, which his grandfather had helped found and chose education as his ...read more

  • Say, "Yes"

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Sep 25, 2016
     | 5,977 views

    Bob Goff tells of his love for playing practical jokes on his buddies. His friend Doug made the mistake of telling him where he was celebrating his 10th wedding anniversary and the penthouse suite he had prepaid for. A few days later, he and his wife checked into the hotel as Doug and his wife. ...read more

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