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  • Do You Understand That You Represent Jesus To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Robbie Phillips on Feb 5, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,290 views

    “Do you understand that you represent Jesus to me? Do you know, do you understand that when you treat me with gentleness, it raises the question in my mind that maybe He is gentle, too. Maybe He isn’t someone who laughs when I am hurt. Do you know, do you understand that when you listen to my ...read more

  • When I Was Very Young, I Remember Swimming At A ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 12, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,946 views

    When I was very young, I remember swimming at a lake during a Gregory family reunion. I know, the thought of such a reunion is more than some of you can stomach. At the lake, there was a dock. I would walk a little ways out on the dock, jump in the water, and then walk back to shore. Each time ...read more

  • A 2 A.m. Miracle – Joni Eareckson Tada

    Contributed by Greg Buchner on Oct 11, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
     | 27,379 views

    “A 2 a.m. Miracle” – Joni Eareckson Tada It was 2 a.m. and Ken, my husband was snoring softly beside me, not aware that I was biting my lip to keep from waking him up. The combination of my paralysis with middle-of-the-night insomnia always makes me feel claustrophobic. But this was different. The ...read more

  • The Count Of Monte Cristo Tells The Story Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Ward on Dec 16, 2004
    based on 12 ratings
     | 3,668 views

    The Count of Monte Cristo tells the story of Dantes (James Caviezel) who is unjustly accused and sentenced to life in France’s most dreaded prison. During his years in prison, Dantes’ makes friends with a priest, (Richard Harris) whose godly influence has a huge impact on Dantes’ spiritual ...read more

  • The New Preacher, Fresh Out Of College, Had Just ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 7, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,665 views

    The new preacher, fresh out of college, had just moved into town. He was nervous but excited about all of the opportunities. After a few days, a nurse at the hospital called and said that he needed to come and visit Mabel. He had never met Mabel but she was a member of the church. On the way to ...read more

  • A Pastor I Know, Stephey Bilynskyj, Starts Each ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,494 views

    A pastor I know, Stephey Bilynskyj, starts each confirmation class with a jar full of beans. He asks his students to guess how many beans are in the jar, and on a big pad of paper writes down their estimates. Then, next to those estimates, he helps them make another list: Their favorite songs. When ...read more

  • Some Of You Are Familiar With The Musical Man Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,342 views

    Some of you are familiar with the musical Man of Lamancha. 1. It is the story of Don Quixote, the weird character who jousts with windmills and envisions himself as a knight slaying dragons. 2. The most poignant part of the musical is his relationship with Aldonza. 3. She was a woman of ...read more

  • Christopher Reeve

    Contributed by Walter Rogers on Apr 3, 2007
     | 1,754 views

    3. Christopher Reeve a. Superman brought fame b. Man of Steel – Hero #1 (A hero is someone who commits a courageous actions with ou considering the consequences, someone who is larger than life) c. Horse Accident, Memorial Day 1995, on 3rd of 15 jumps, horse stopped and he fell, breaking his neck. ...read more

  • As A Boy Growing Up In The Country I Had Heard ...  PRO

    Contributed by Johnny Carver on May 12, 2001
    based on 361 ratings
     | 5,562 views

    As a boy growing up in the country I had heard scary stories about a snake called a "Black Racer" that would chase you. These stories kept me very alert as I walked up and down the gravel roads around where we lived. One day mom asked me to go to the neighbors house and borrow an iron because ours ...read more

  • Heart Of Worship  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Garrett on Apr 11, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 5,468 views

    “HEART OF WORSHIP” There’s a recent song that was written by a young man who lead the worship at church. He was an extremely talented singer, but the preacher there took him aside and told him that he could not lead the singing at church until things changed because he saw that he was more ...read more

  • Quote: One Hanging On A Tree

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 11, 2007
     | 1,107 views

    Quote: One Hanging on a Tree John Newton, 1725–1807 said: In evil long I took delight, Unawed by shame or fear, Till a new object struck my sight, And stopp’d my wild career: I saw One hanging on a Tree In agonies and blood, Who fix’d His languid eyes on me. As near His Cross I stood. Sure never ...read more

  • I Could Barely See Her Face In The Dark. 'guess ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,983 views

    "I could barely see her face in the dark. ’Guess I better head home,’ I whispered. There was a long pause. I leaned down. She was on tiptoes. I closed my eyes and concentrated on pursing my lips just right. Our faces sort of smooshed together. "There was one millisecond of awkwardness, and then ...read more

  • Outragious Claims" By Lee Strobel

    Contributed by Steve Smith on Dec 15, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,309 views

    ILLUSTRATION: “Outragious Claims” by Lee Stroble A Story from Maggie “Do you understand that you represent Jesus to me? Do you know, do you understand that when you treat me with gentleness, it raises the question in my mind that maybe He is gentle, too. Maybe He isn’t someone who laughs when I am ...read more

  • Eric "The Swimmer" Moussambani Of Equatorial ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Mitchell on Jan 31, 2008
     | 1,582 views

    Eric "The Swimmer" Moussambani of Equatorial Guinea was an unlikely hero of the Sydney Olympic Games. The 22-year-old African had only learned to swim last January, had only practiced in a 20 meter pool without lane markers, and had never raced more than 50 meters. By special invitation of the ...read more

  • On Courage  PRO

    Contributed by C Jordan on Feb 2, 2008
    based on 10 ratings
     | 10,486 views

    CLOSING STORY: “On Courage” Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at Stanford Hospital, I got to know a little girl named Liza who was suffering from a rare and serious disease. Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood transfusion from her five-year-old brother, who had ...read more

  • Years Ago, In The Pioneer Days Of Aviation, A ...

    Contributed by George Mansfield on Feb 23, 2008
     | 4,712 views

    Years ago, in the pioneer days of aviation, a pilot was making a flight around the world. After he had been gone for some two hours from his last landing field, he heard a noise in his plane which he recognized as the gnawing of a rat. He realized that while his plane had been on the ground a rat ...read more

  • Sometimes Even The Best Of Us Don't Get Along ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jul 12, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,995 views

    Sometimes even the best of us don’t get along like we should. I read about an 8-year-old boy from Waterford, Connecticut who saved his sister’s life. Zachary saved his 6-year-old sister, Meghan, when she started choking on a piece of hard candy. Zachary noticed Meghan wasn’t breathing, and gave ...read more

  • Dead To Sin, Remade In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 21, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,749 views

    DEAD TO SIN, REMADE IN CHRIST When Standard Oil Company began to refine petroleum, there was a black substance, a by-product, that no one knew what to do with. It was black, sticky, and stinky. It couldn’t be buried because it would just find its way to the surface again. It couldn’t be burned ...read more

  • The Specialists

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Sep 17, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,260 views

    The Specialists In The Wounded Healer, Henri Nouwen retells a tale from ancient India: Four royal brothers decided each to master a special ability. Time went by, and the brothers met to reveal what they had learned. "I have mastered a science," said the first, "by which I can take but a bone of ...read more

  • Possibilities

    Contributed by Bobby Bodenhamer on Oct 17, 2008
     | 3,465 views

    Possibilities He was born into wealth and was raised in a mansion. Today he wears prison gray after being convicted of planting a car bomb that took the lives of two members of his family. His almost unbelievable reversal of circumstances came after he tried to get control of a $10-million family ...read more