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  • When Life Sucks You In

    Contributed by David Dunn on Nov 6, 2025
     | 232 views

    Chippie the parakeet never saw it coming. One moment, he was perched in his cage singing his little heart out. The next, his whole world collapsed. It started when his owner decided to clean his cage with a vacuum cleaner. She took the nozzle off, stuck the hose inside, and at that very moment the ...read more

  • Pierced By The Word Of God - The Hell Fire Club

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Nov 19, 2025
    based on 2 ratings
     | 179 views

    When God wills it, ... his word can pierce anyone. As a certain Mr. Thorpe in 18th century Bristol ... found out. Thorpe was a part of a band of men who called themselves, ... the "Hell Fire Club." Their reason for existence ... was to mock and ridicule the work of the famed ...read more

  • Unrealistic Expectations

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Feb 2, 2026
    based on 2 ratings
     | 199 views

    Often times ... we may have ... unrealistic expectations. For example, ... if I have an expectation ... that my wife Lee will cook a 4-course meal every night. And she expects ... that I will take her out to eat every night. Well ...we are both going to be ... very disappointed. Not because ...read more

  • The Bible Book

    Contributed by John Bright on Jul 12, 2026
     | 7 views

    We need to be guided by God’s Word: Psalm 119:105 “Your word is a lamp to my feet, And a light to my path.” I remember learning that verse in VBS as a kid. So, can I just hold my Bible up at night to walk through a dark house? No way. This is just a book. It is ink on pages and cover, just ...read more

  • Ode To The Old Lady In The Mirror  PRO

    Contributed by James Kelley on Feb 11, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,247 views

    Ode to the Old Lady in the Mirror A very weird thing has happened. A strange old lady has moved into my house. I have no idea where she came from, or how she got in. I certainly did not invite her. All I know is that one day she wasn’t there, and the next day, she was. She is a clever old lady, ...read more

  • In The Summer Of 1988 I Found Myself Temporarily ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jay Patton on May 16, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
     | 2,944 views

    In the summer of 1988 I found myself temporarily assigned to Camp Pendelton, California Marine Corps Base. I’d requested to go to search and rescue school and I had gotten my wish. Search and rescue, in case you didn’t know, is pretty much as it sounds. Whenever someone turns up missing, or an ...read more

  • Unconditional Acceptance  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Jan 19, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 7,455 views

    A lady says: I am a mother of three (ages 14, 12, 3) and have recently completed my college degree.  The last class I had to take was Sociology. The teacher was absolutely inspiring with the qualities that I  wish every human being had been graced with. Her last project of the term was called ...read more

  • Our Dungeons  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Barnhill on Oct 10, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,218 views

    "Our Dungeons" (by Rev. Terry L. Barnhill) A story tells of a man who was imprisoned within an ancient stone dungeon. A grey shadowy jailor shook the iron lock on his daily rounds. It was the only sound that reminded the prisoner he was not alone in all the hopeless, dim and dying world of his ...read more

  • Ignorance Is Bliss! Maybe I Should Say Innocence ...

    Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Nov 4, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,240 views

    Ignorance is bliss! Maybe I should say innocence is bliss. A world of rich possibilities and dreams carry many young people from high school graduation to attend college and eventually a career. These innocent minds leave home and if they aren’t already, they are seduced into allowing their ...read more

  • I Heard The Story Of The Minister Who Was Leading ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on Sep 12, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,391 views

    I heard the story of the minister who was leading a building campaign in his church and need to raise some additional funds. Sound familiar? One day, the minister was checking the store room (we know this isn’t a story about Benton United Methodist Church because there ain’t no store room!), and ...read more

  • Max Lucado: Angels Were Silent  PRO

    Contributed by Daniel Devilder on Dec 4, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,718 views

    Max Lucado (Angels were Silent) Describes how in a similar way we cry out for something to cut through the clutter of life, turning to faith and religion to give us simplicity, instead finding things just as complicated: Enter, religion. We Christians have a solution for the confusion don’t we? ...read more

  • I Want To Begin With The Most Famous Logical ...

    Contributed by Ronnie Knight on May 9, 2008
     | 1,812 views

    I want to begin with the most famous logical argument ever posited for the existence of God taken from St. Thomas Aquinas Suma Theologiae. So, we begin with “The Five Ways of St. Thomas Aquinas”. First, we have the argument from motion. This argument speaks to the issue of creation. Most ...read more

  • Evangelism And Football  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Dietz on Sep 28, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,938 views

    Evangelism and Football We are now in the midst of one the hottest seasons of the year. No, I'm not talking about the weather and its accompanying temperatures. After all we have just finished having summer this past week and autumn is upon us. And also some trees up on the mountains in Grant and ...read more

  • Moses' Stutter  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,499 views

    Moses’ Stutter The hallway is silent now except for the two wheels of the mop bucket and the shuffle of the old man’s feet. Both sound tired. Both know these floors. How many nights has Hank cleaned them? Always careful to get in the corners. Always careful to set up his yellow caution sign ...read more

  • Marbles Of Love ...

    Contributed by Joe Fain on Apr 6, 2009
     | 2,381 views

    Marbles of love ministry (As presented to Bible Baptist Church of Mt. Vernon, KY 40456) 1151 s. dogwood drive berea, KY 40403 859-302-2622 [email protected] Greetings in Christ Name: We would like to introduce you to a ministry that we feel God has laid upon our hearts to ...read more

  • Faith Without Works

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Sep 4, 2009
     | 7,068 views

    FAITH WITHOUT WORKS As a Marine Sergeant, there were many times when I helped out the young troops in my charge with various sorts of favors. Sometimes I was the local financial aid officer, assisting a young Marine in between pay days with the money necessary for a car insurance payment. ...read more

  • The Diverse Disciples

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Apr 25, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,035 views

    THE DIVERSE DISCIPLES I have always been a bit of a loner. I was not the sort of person you wanted in your team. I didn't fit. If Jesus hadn't come into my life, I am sure I would have ended up as a starving artist or at least a hermit - a recluse with a long beard, black jeans, T-shirt and ...read more

  • The Cane Ridge Revival

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 23, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,856 views

    THE CANE RIDGE REVIVAL One of those great revivals of the American past took place in the late spring and early summer of 1801 at Cane Ridge in central Kentucky. A pastor named Barton Stone, who had been called to serve this little Methodist church by Daniel Boone, decided to call a four-day ...read more

  • The Light Racing To Save Us

    Contributed by Paul Barreca on Mar 31, 2013
     | 3,282 views

    THE LIGHT RACING TO SAVE US One of the most tragic stories of WW2 involves the tale of the survivors of the sunken USS Indianapolis. The ship went down in the last days of the war and the survivors remained unaccounted for five days. Many were in the water for that time with nothing more than a ...read more

  • Where Is Your Faith?

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Dec 25, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,322 views

    “A weak faith is weakened by predicaments and catastrophes, whereas a strong faith is strengthened by them.” – Victor Frankl Rain poured down and thunder boomed one dark night in September in Western Oklahoma. It had been a quiet, pleasant evening at the nursing center, and nurses and residents ...read more