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  • Among My Absolute Favorite Films Is The Indiana ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Jan 7, 2009
     | 3,041 views

    Among my absolute favorite films is the Indiana Jones saga staring Harrison Ford. If you have not seen the films, they are the story of Indiana Jones, a famed archeologist who goes on wild adventures in search of ancient lost artifacts, including the Ark of the Covenant in the first film and the ...read more

  • Zorthian's Fear

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Jan 26, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,423 views

    ZORTHIAN'S FEAR A mural artist named J.H. Zorthian read about a tiny boy who had been killed in traffic. His stomach churned as he thought of that ever happening to one of his three children. His worry became an inescapable anxiety. The more he imagined such a tragedy, the more fearful he became. ...read more

  • The Census Taker From Rome  PRO

    Contributed by Dorothy Napier on Sep 21, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,255 views

    THE CENSUS TAKER FROM ROME I am reminded of a story told of a cesus taker from Rome, who went to Galilee around 28 A.D. As he entered the region he came upon a man sitting on a donkey. he man had long hair and a flowing beard. He wore an old cloak, sandals, and beads. Pardon me the census taker ...read more

  • Misunderstood  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 21, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,670 views

    MISUNDERSTOOD It's easy to be misunderstood. Misunderstanding happens all the time. It is very, very easy to be misunderstood. One way to be misunderstood is to be vague and hazy. Just mumble under your breath and utter ambiguities, and I guarantee that you will be misunderstood. Some of you are ...read more

  • The Voice Of The Shepherd  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2011
    based on 13 ratings
     | 8,885 views

    THE VOICE OF THE SHEPHERD There once was a shepherd that lived in the Scottish highlands. This shepherd had a daughter and he would take her with him when he went out on the moors to take care of the sheep. The thing that the little girl liked best was to hear the call of shepherd. His voice ...read more

  • How Much Land?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,122 views

    HOW MUCH LAND? In his 1886 short story "How Much Land Does a Man Need?" Leo Tolstoy shows how a continual desire for more can ultimately cause us to lose everything. The main character of the story is a peasant named Pahóm, who at the beginning can be heard complaining that he does not own ...read more

  • He Told Me So

    Contributed by C. Scott Ghan on Jun 3, 2013
     | 4,011 views

    "HE TOLD ME SO" If you have ever clung to a child near death you know the dramatic fork in the road. You either give in almost totally to despair, fear, hopelessness, knowing death is eminent, realizing no miracle cure is coming, you are fighting a losing battle. --Or...you believe there is a ...read more

  • Adversity

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Dec 27, 2014
     | 8,468 views

    “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow.” - Mary Anne Radmacher Sometimes life deals us a situation so adverse, a loss so great, we feel unable to meet the challenge of facing day after day in our pain and loss. ...read more

  • What Will Follow You When You're Gone?

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Aug 17, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,704 views

    You make a choice of which will one you leave behind to others - Blessings or Curses. Jonathan Edwards, was a Puritan Preacher in the 1700s. He was one of the most respected preachers in his day. He attended Yale at the age of thirteen and later went on to become the president of Princeton ...read more

  • Some Years Ago The Minnesota Crime Commission ...  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Feb 25, 2002
    based on 14 ratings
     | 2,660 views

    Some years ago the MINNESOTA CRIME COMMISSION released a statement more in line with what the Bible teaches about man’s basic nature. ‘Every baby starts life as a little savage. He is completely selfish, and self-centered. He wants what he wants when he wants it – his bottle, his mother’s ...read more

  • What Happened On Easter?  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Apr 9, 2002
    based on 56 ratings
     | 12,104 views

    WHAT HAPPENED ON EASTER? A Sunday School teacher asked her class on the Sunday before Easter if they knew what happened on Easter and why it was so important. One little girl spoke up saying: "Easter is when the whole family gets together, and you eat turkey and sing about the pilgrims and all ...read more

  • Is That Superman Or ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 15, 2002
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,685 views

    IS THAT SUPERMAN OR ... Remember some years ago when you used to hear on TV, "Look, up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane, no it’s Superman"? On our televisions, we would watch a super human perform amazing feats as the people stood in awe. The third book of the best selling series, "Left ...read more

  • Waiting To Be Enjoyed  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Oct 6, 2002
    based on 55 ratings
     | 4,715 views

    WAITING TO BE ENJOYED Dallas Willard tells of when the REA (Rural Electrification Administration) extended the electrical lines to his home in Missouri. He says, “When those lines came by our farm, a very different way of living presented itself. Our relationships to fundamental aspects of ...read more

  • I Think I Was In My Pre-Teen Years, When Someone ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Feb 28, 2003
     | 1,740 views

    "I think I was in my pre-teen years, when someone whose name I did not hear at the time said this half in jest, but it made its point with me when I heard it and has stayed with me all these years. . He was British, and talking to an American pastor when he said, “The problem with you American ...read more

  • Praying In The Hay

    Contributed by Guy Caley on May 5, 2003
     | 3,043 views

    PRAYING IN THE HAY Armin Gesswein learned about praying God’s promises in a hayloft. Armin was a longtime Pastor, interdenominational prayer organizer and founder of the "Revival Prayer fellowship." When he began as a young Lutheran pastor trying to establish a church on Long Island and having ...read more

  • How Many Of Us Have Watched Trading Spaces On Tlc ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mitchell Skelton on Jun 10, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,239 views

    How many of us have watched Trading Spaces on TLC or seen Bob Villa and became inspired to finally do something about our own tired and outdated homes? It’s easy to get inspired to do something. Once inspired by seeing a weeks work condensed into a one hour TV show we can easily envision the ...read more

  • One Of Us?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 16, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,125 views

    ONE OF US? One of 1995’s biggest singles was Joan Osborne’s “One of Us.” The song earned 7 Grammy Award nominations, and made a virtually unknown singer an overnight sensation. It’s a song of spiritual questioning and about conceiving of God in a modern age. These are some of the words of that ...read more

  • Hearing God Correctly

    Contributed by Raymond Petzholt on Mar 25, 2004
     | 755 views

    “In a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honor, and some to dishonor. If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good ...read more

  • Ruth Tucker Tells The Story Of Kari Torjesen ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brad Bailey on Aug 2, 2004
    based on 14 ratings
     | 2,076 views

    Ruth Tucker tells the story of Kari Torjesen Malcolm, who served for 15 years as a missionary to the Philippines. Kari was an MK (missionary kid) who grew up in China: "As a teenager, she was confined for a time during World War II in an internment camp, and there she discovered a deep truth that ...read more

  • Let Me Begin By Telling You A Story About A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Richards on Sep 23, 2004
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,096 views

    Let me begin by telling you a story about a little girl that pretty well sums what I’m talking about here. A little girl was reading on an airplane when the man beside her noticed her storybook, entitled, "Jonah and the Whale." The man asked if the little girl believed the story. So, after saying ...read more