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  • My Penance  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 17, 2002
    based on 30 ratings
     | 1,294 views

    MY PENANCE The story of George C. Wallace sounds like something from Paul Harvey’s “the Rest of the Story.” It comes in two parts: the sad, earlier life and the hard but hopeful remainder. Even more dramatic is a tragic event in the middle that brought life-changing consequences for the man ...read more

  • Story Of Anne

    Contributed by David Selleck on Oct 26, 2006
     | 1,598 views

    Story of Anne. Anne Lamott, a fellow messy Christian describes perfectly what happens when Jesus pursues us. In her book Traveling Mercies, Anne recounts her conversion to Jesus. Things were not going well in her life: addicted to cocaine and alcohol, involved in an affair that produced a child ...read more

  • The Story Of George C. Wallace Sounds Like ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
     | 1,805 views

    The story of George C. Wallace sounds like something from Paul Harvey’s "The Rest of the Story." It comes in two parts: the sad, earlier life and the hard but hopeful latter life. A dramatic and tragic event in the middle brought life-changing consequences for the man from Alabama. In 1962, ...read more

  • The Wrong Guy  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2002
    based on 19 ratings
     | 2,393 views

    THE WRONG GUY Determined to avenge the assault of their young fourteen year old girlfriend, ten young people raced away from the hospital with a description of her assailant: an Hispanic man driving a red vehicle. Then by deception, the group of vigilantes lured young Leonel Cifuenies, a ...read more

  • Can You Recall A Time When You Were Close To God? ...  PRO

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Feb 20, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,912 views

    Can you recall a time when you were close to God? So close, I mean, you could swear you heard the rustle of angels’ wings? Maybe there was an expansive feeling within, perhaps a tear at the corner of your eye? I recall such a time. Believe it or not, I was in church. I was a student at Austin ...read more

  • A Speaker In Colorado Was About To Address A ...

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jan 3, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 11,781 views

    A speaker in Colorado was about to address a gathering of businessmen and women. Sitting a the head table, he turned to the real estate salesman on his left and said, "So, how are things going for you?" "Terrible," he answered. "Haven¡¯t you heard about the strikes? 80% of the people in this ...read more

  • The Bible According To Kids

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 23, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,018 views

    The Bible according to kids: IN THE FIRST BOOK OF THE BIBLE, GUINESSIS. GOD GOT TIRED OF CREATING THE WORLD SO HE TOOK THE SABBATH OFF. ADAM AND EVE WERE CREATED FROM AN APPLE TREE. NOAH’S WIFE WAS JOAN OF ARK. NOAH BUILT AND ARK AND THE ANIMALS CAME ON IN PEARS. SAMSON SLAYED THE PHILISTINES ...read more

  • You May Have Read The Following On A Bookmark Or ...

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Apr 1, 2007
     | 462 views

    You may have read the following on a bookmark or plaque, but it has special significance today. He was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman. He grew up in still another village, where he worked in a carpenter shop until he was thirty. Then for three years he was an itinerant ...read more

  • Nazarene

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 28, 2009
     | 1,847 views

    NAZARENE God could have come to the earth and assumed immediately the role of King of the World, and who could have resisted Him? He could have come with great pomp and ceremony. He could have entered the world a Man full-grown with rings on every finger, wrapped in robes spun in the halls of ...read more

  • A Greater Hero Than You Think

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 1, 2011
     | 3,397 views

    A GREATER HERO THAN YOU THINK One summer morning as Ray Blankenship was preparing his breakfast, he gazed out the window, and saw a small girl being swept along in the rain-flooded drainage ditch beside his Andover, Ohio, home. Blankenship knew that farther downstream, the ditch disappeared with ...read more

  • The Dreams Of James Irwin

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Mar 21, 2011
     | 1,804 views

    THE DREAMS OF JAMES IRWIN It started like so many evenings--Mom and Dad at home and Jimmy playing after dinner. Mom and Dad were absorbed with jobs and did not notice the time. It was a full moon, and some of the light seeped through the windows. Then Mom glanced at the clock. "Jimmy, it's time to ...read more

  • Remove The Hate — Be Pure  PRO

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Mar 30, 2013
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,555 views

    REMOVE THE HATE -- BE PURE "And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood (Hebrews 13:2)." Three years ago, Chris Simpson led a white pride march. Two years ago, he abandoned the white supremacist movement. This past April (2012), he was ...read more

  • Gold Medalist

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,413 views

    Gold Medalist In Seoul Korea—At his father’s funeral, American Carl Lewis placed his 100-meter gold medal from the 1984 Olympics in his father’s hands. “Don’t worry,” he told his surprised mother. “I’ll get another one.” A year later, in the 100-meter final at the 1988 games, Lewis was competing ...read more

  • Last Year A Former Homeless Man Was Buried At ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,881 views

    Last year a former homeless man was buried at the prestigious St. John’s Episcopal Church, across from the White House. St. John’s is called the “church of presidents” since nearly every U.S. leader since James Madison has worshiped there. In an unusual memorial, former members of Congress and ...read more

  • Since The Beginning Of Time People Have Fought ...

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on May 29, 2008
     | 1,272 views

    Since the beginning of time people have fought with each other A group of historians has compiled the following info. In the last 5600 years the world has seen only 292 years of peace During this same period there have been 14,351 wars In which 3.64 billion people have been killed The property ...read more

  • The Love Of God

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jun 12, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,854 views

    Several years ago, John MacArthur had the opportunity to spend several days traveling with the well-known gospel musicians, Bill and Gloria Gaither. At one point, he asked Bill what, in his estimation, were the greatest Christian lyrics ever written, aside from the inspired Psalms. Without ...read more

  • Dream-Stealers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 19, 2011
     | 5,726 views

    DREAM-STEALERS Years ago, I heard Pastor Anthony Mangun tell a story at Because of the Times that I have never forgotten. . . . The story is told of a young man by the name of Monty, who was the son of an itinerant horse trainer, who would go from stable to stable, race track to race track, farm ...read more

  • Facing Down A Mountain Lion  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 14, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,155 views

    FACING DOWN A MOUNTAIN LION Did you know that in the United States, mountain lions are the number one predator of human beings? So says author and naturalist, Craig Childs. On one occasion, he was doing research on the lions in Arizona’s Blue Range Wilderness. As he approached a water hole from ...read more

  • Good Soldiers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2008
     | 5,133 views

    GOOD SOLDIERS I am told as a young man Winston Churchhill was in a heated battle. The war planes were dropping bombs all around the soldiers assignments. Several died, but many were running away and hiding and not following commands. One soldier ran past Winston Churchhill. The soldier asked if ...read more

  • 65279;once, When My Brother Was Four Or Five ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kevin Barron on Jul 3, 2001
    based on 128 ratings
     | 1,642 views

    Once, when my brother was four or five and my sister three or four, Dennis came running into the house. “What’s wrong?” my mother asked. “Wanda hit me!” my brother, in tears, cried out. Not wanting him to be unable to take care of himself, my mother told him to hit my sister back if she ...read more

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