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  • You Can't Justify ...

    Contributed by Larry Moyer on Aug 5, 2009
     | 2,587 views

    YOU CAN’T JUSTIFY WORRYING So often we try to justify worrying. I know a man who said, "Don’t tell me worrying doesn’t do any good. Everything I worry about doesn’t happen." One man defended his worrying by saying, "I find it helps to worry. The people who worry never get ulcers." And one ...read more

  • I Have Two Rings One That Is Made Of Gold And I ...

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Sep 1, 2009
     | 1,649 views

    I have two rings one that is made of Gold and I can guarantee that it is, it has 9 carat stamped inside it. I even meet the Jeweler that made it and it contains his makers symbol / the other is pretty cool it has a lions head on it and it looks like gold and has a number 2 stamped inside it came in ...read more

  • We Look For God In Tangible Ways – New Job, ...

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Feb 4, 2010
     | 1,607 views

    We look for God in tangible ways – new job, any job, or our answers for healing prayer. We strain to see a favourable solution to a tough situation we’re asking God to deal with. When things begin to work out the way we expected we give him credit and praise him for what he’s doing. But when the ...read more

  • I Know Where You Are, Just Tell Me What You Need  PRO

    Contributed by H.b. Charles Jr. on Jan 16, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 8,290 views

    I KNOW WHERE YOU ARE, JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU NEED DR. C.C. MCCUTCHIN of Oklahoma was on the highway, traveling from Tulsa to Oklahoma City, to visit a member who was in the hospital. But on the way, he got a flat tire. Thankfully, he made it to a "Call Box" on the side of the road. But he had never ...read more

  • Old Bible

    Contributed by John Bright on Jan 17, 2021
     | 2,508 views

    A collector of rare books ran into an acquaintance who told him he had just thrown away an old Bible that he found in a dusty, old box. He happened to mention that Guten-somebody-or-other had printed it. "Not Gutenberg?" gasped the collector. "Yes, that was it!" "You ...read more

  • An English Missionary Doctor Named Helen ...  PRO

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Oct 28, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,969 views

    An English missionary doctor named Helen Roseveare, tells this story about an incident she experienced during her time in Zaire, Africa. One night she had worked hard to help a mother in the labor ward; but in spite of all they could do the mother died, leaving them with a tiny premature baby and ...read more

  • Christmas Can Still Arrive When You Least Expect ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeffery Russell on Dec 6, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,467 views

    Christmas can still arrive when you least expect it, sometimes in the most unexpected manner. Dr. James Dobson relates a story of an elderly woman named Stella Thornhope who was struggling with her first Christmas alone. Her husband had died just a few months prior through a slow developing cancer. ...read more

  • It Was The 1925 World Series. The Washington ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 23, 2007
     | 1,438 views

    It was the 1925 World Series. The Washington Senators were playing the Pittsburgh Pirates. The game was close. Finally, Goose Gosling of the Washington Senators came to the plate. The ball was pitched. Strike 1! The catcher threw the ball back to the pitcher. Goose readied himself again. ...read more

  • Rocky

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Dec 12, 2008
     | 2,181 views

    ROCKY One of the biggest movies of modern times, "Rocky" starring Sylvester Stallone, almost never got made. Stallone was struggling to find work as a screenwriter. He saw a fight against Ali and little-known Church Wepner. Wepner went 15 rounds, and it gave Stallone an idea. Three days later, ...read more

  • The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009
     | 1,355 views

    THE i-POD One day a woman came home to find her husband in the kitchen, shaking frantically with what looked like a wire running from his waist to the electric coffeepot he had in his hand. It seemed that he was being electrocuted. So - intending to jolt him away from the deadly current - she ...read more

  • Survival: What Would You Take?  PRO

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jan 4, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,283 views

    SURVIVAL: WHAT WOULD YOU TAKE? About 20 years ago I went on a training conference when I was working as a Patent Attorney for a Swiss multinational company called Sandoz. And one of the conundrums they set us to test our ingenuity was this: You are in a plane flying over the desert and as you are ...read more

  • One Of My Favorite Movies Is The Christmas ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Emmert on Mar 5, 2001
    based on 134 ratings
     | 3,673 views

    One of my favorite movies is the Christmas classic, A Christmas Story, the saga of a little boy named Ralphie Parker growing up in Gary, Indiana of the 1950’s. Ralphie has been drinking Ovaltine for months, saving up box tops so that he could send in a get a Little Orphan Annie Secret Decoder Ring. ...read more

  • Listing The Comebacks  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Apr 2, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 2,732 views

    LISTING THE COMEBACKS The 2001 World Series between the New York Yankees and the Arizona Diamondbacks will go down as that of the comeback. So in the November 12, 2001 issue of Sports Illustrated, they ranked the 10 greatest comebacks in world history. Among those making the list: 1. Muhammad ...read more

  • After A Divorce, A Mom Was Left To Bring Up Her ...  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Mar 28, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 1,978 views

    After a divorce, a mom was left to bring up her teenage daughter. She was becoming increasingly rebellious. One night the police called to ask her to get her daughter from the police station, because she’d been arrested for drunk driving. Not a word was spoken between them until the next ...read more

  • Rules Of Chocolate  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 6, 2004
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,080 views

    Rules of chocolate: If you’ve got melted chocolate all over your hands, you’re eating it too slowly. Chocolate covered raisins, cherries, orange slices and strawberries all count as fruit, so eat as many as you want. The problem: How to get 2 pounds of chocolate home from the store in a hot ...read more

  • Remembering My Purpose  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 22, 2004
    based on 23 ratings
     | 8,631 views

    REMEMBERING MY PURPOSE The Taj Mahal is one of the most beautiful and costly tombs ever built, but there is something fascinating about its beginnings. In 1629, when the favorite wife of Indian ruler Shah Jahan died, he ordered that a magnificent tomb be built as a memorial to her. The shah ...read more

  • The Sack Lunch  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 23, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,856 views

    THE SACK LUNCH A man was packing a shipment of food contributed by a school for the poor people of Appalachia. He was separating beans from powdered milk, and canned vegetables from canned meats. Reaching into a box filled with various cans, he pulled out a little brown paper sack. Apparently ...read more

  • There's A Secular Group In Britain Called "Join ...

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Feb 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,715 views

    There’s a secular group in Britain called “Join Me” that came up with a novel approach toward helping people, called “Good Fridays.” Each Friday they to take to the streets and carry out Random Acts of Kindness for the benefit of strangers. As the founder writes, “They took to their task with ...read more

  • This Past Week, Scientists Were Predicting That ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Dec 31, 2007
     | 1,235 views

    This past week, scientists were predicting that they will someday, in the next 10 years or so, be able to “create artificial life.” Interesting. As it turns out, they were talking about being able to put together a cell – a membrane, a nucleus, and the other parts that make it “live,” all in the ...read more

  • Forgiven, Forgiven, Forgiven...  PRO

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Mar 16, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,170 views

    FORGIVEN, FORGIVEN, FORGIVEN... I once read a marvelous story about a country doctor in Scotland who had a very poor practice. Although his patients would pay him in eggs, chickens, vegetables at harvest, and meat at slaughtering time, his huge ledger book would contain many names, symptoms, ...read more