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  • I'm Free  PRO

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Sep 16, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 1,635 views

    “I’m Free” by Unknown Don’t grieve for me, for now I’m free, I’m following the path God has laid you see. I took His hand when I heard him call, I turned my back and left it all. I could not stay another day, To laugh, to love, to work, to play. Tasks left undone must stay that way, I found that ...read more

  • That's When The Angels Rejoice  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 12, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,611 views

    THAT’S WHEN THE ANGELS REJOICE There’s a gospel song entitled, “That’s When The Angels Rejoice” written by Larry Bryant: When the Model T first hit the street, It didn’t bring all heaven to its feet. And when the first computer was born, They didn’t blow Old Gabriel’s horn. There’s only one thing ...read more

  • No Civilization Has Ever Been Entirely Able To ...

    Contributed by Christian Breuninger on Dec 12, 2005
     | 1,880 views

    No civilization has ever been entirely able to delete rumors of land beyond. These rumors of a lost Eden come to us in stories, poetry, flashes of joy, aching desire which are, as CSL recognized: “the sent of a flower we have not found, the echo of a tune we have not heard” (Weight of ...read more

  • I Was 12 Years Old When I Discovered I Had The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Mccoy on Feb 8, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,643 views

    I was 12 years old when I discovered I had the power to knock down my older sister! We were out playing in the new fallen snow. It was all good natured. But, this winter was different. I had had a growth streak & was about the same height of my older sister. In the rough & tumble of having ...read more

  • I Was Watching Lord Of The Rings This Past ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 6, 2007
     | 1,428 views

    I was watching Lord of the Rings this past week, and there was this wonderful scene where Frodo, the Hobbit, is discouraged because of all the adversity he was going through. As they sit deep in the Mines of Moria, Frodo says to Gandalf, “I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this ...read more

  • Unknown Inheritances  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,545 views

    UNKNOWN INHERITANCES A Michigan factory worker, earning less than ten thousand dollars a year, was an unknowing heir to a half-million dollars. When located by an investigator some years after his benefactor’s death, the worker explained that he had neither returned home nor kept in touch with his ...read more

  • Ted Williams, Who Died In 2002 Was Arguably The ...

    Contributed by Kevin Short on Oct 13, 2009
     | 1,292 views

    Ted Williams, who died in 2002 was arguably the best hitter baseball has ever known. He was the last baseball player to hit better than .400 in a season. Upon his death George Will said in his column "There is no joy in Red Sox nation, a.k.a. New England, or in any heart where baseball matters." ...read more

  • Atheist Thankful For A Beautiful ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 24, 2009
     | 4,357 views

    Atheist Thankful for a Beautiful Morning One morning a woman who was a known atheist stepped out of her home on the hillside and was taken back by what a beautiful morning it was. The Cook Inlet sparkled, the air was fresh and crisp, the sky was a blue as she had ever seen it and Denali loomed over ...read more

  • Praise Be To The Lord, The God Of Israel, ...

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Jan 3, 2010
     | 3,594 views

    "Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come and has redeemed his people" (Luke 1:68 NIV). A little child plays innocently in a park. Suddenly a man grabs her from behind and drags her into a van. She’s gagged. A bag’s pulled over her head. Dust stings her eyes. The smell of sweat ...read more

  • Watch Out For The Weeds  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Feb 23, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,353 views

    WATCH OUT FOR THE WEEDS Watch out for the weeds in your life – the things that come between you and God; between you and serving God. I like the way Rick Warren illustrates weeds. • You don’t have to plan for weeds to grow; it just grows. • The difference between a plant and a weed is this. ...read more

  • The Lord's Answer

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Mar 12, 2010
     | 2,180 views

    THE LORD'S ANSWER A man once said to a servant of the Lord, "I am such a helpless, miserable sinner; there is no hope for me. I have prayed, and resolved and tried, and vowed until I am sick of my unavailing efforts." "Do you believe that Christ died for our sins, and rose again?" was the ...read more

  • Ignorance Of One's ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 27, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,992 views

    Ignorance of One’s Inheritance A Michigan factory worker, earning less than ten thousand dollars a year, was an unknowing heir to a half-million dollars. When located by an investigator some years after his benefactor’s death, the worker explained that he had neither returned home nor kept in touch ...read more

  • Pieces To The Puzzle

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 11, 2010
     | 1,910 views

    Why is it that we have more faith that the pieces of a puzzle made by a company in Taiwan will all fit together than we have that the pieces of our life that are presented to us by God will fit together? One person chooses to put like pieces together first, while another chooses to put the edges of ...read more

  • Reunited

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 23, 2011
     | 1,213 views

    REUNITED This week (1-11) an interesting story hit the presses: A woman who was kidnapped as a newborn 23 years ago says finding her real mother "felt like a dream." Carlina White was just 19 days old when she disappeared from Harlem Hospital in New York. She tells the New York Post that when ...read more

  • The Christian Church Is All About People. Little ...

    Contributed by Barton Howard on Sep 3, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,421 views

    The Christian Church is all about people. Little people, big people, tall people, short people, just any kind of people - but we’re all on the same adventure called “Heaven Bound.” The adventure begins when we allow Jesus Christ to become our Savior. The days are filled with wonder as we experience ...read more

  • I'll Never Forget My Brother Ken's 1971 Pontiac ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 2, 2008
     | 1,328 views

    I’ll never forget my brother Ken’s 1971 Pontiac Safari station wagon. Besides being dark brown colored and handling like a boat, it had an exhaust leak so it made some very interesting sounds. It just wasn’t a “chick magnet” kind of car. Well, when you’re a freshman in college, you’re happy just ...read more

  • Everyone Hears What You ...

    Contributed by Daniel Harman on Mar 28, 2008
     | 1,721 views

    "Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don’t say." “Many people will walk in and out of your life; but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart." A Friend should be Radical; They should love you when you’re ...read more

  • For Me The Most Powerful Way To Experience The ...

    Contributed by Anne Benefield on Apr 28, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,027 views

    For me the most powerful way to experience the presence of the Spirit is in stories. When I was in seminary, I took a course on the Holy Spirit. The professor required that we write our final paper on one of three documents. I chose the 1978 position paper on the Holy Spirit of the Presbyterian ...read more

  • In Our Study Group, It Was Mentioned That If ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Dec 15, 2008
     | 1,665 views

    In our study group, it was mentioned that if someone broke in and stole all the Christmas gifts not to mention the decorations and Christmas ham, then most of us would have a pretty miserable Christmas. Very few of us would get up and see the empty house and walk outside and start singing the ...read more

  • Keeping The Lights Burning

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 2,509 views

    KEEPING THE LIGHTS BURNING Robert Russell, pastor and author, tells a story of how about twenty years ago there was a house near the entrance of his subdivision that kept their Christmas lights burning long after the season was past. They burned through January. Even through the first of February ...read more