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  • Good News On The Evangelism Front

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,998 views

    Good News on the Evangelism Front: Reg Bibby is a Canadian sociologist from the University of Lethbridge, and easily the foremost expert on the sociology of religion in Canada. He has done extensive surveying of the Canadian population over the last almost 30 years. The results of his most recent ...read more

  • His Hands Are Twisted And His Feet Are Useless. ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jul 13, 2007
     | 1,851 views

    His hands are twisted and his feet are useless. He can’t bathe or feed himself. He can’t brush his teeth, comb his hair, or put on his underwear. His shirts are held together by strips of Velcro. His speech drags like a worn-out audio cassette. Robert Reed has a severe case of cerebral palsy. The ...read more

  • Juliette Comes Home From An Exhausting Day. She ...

    Contributed by Sylvester Fergusson on Jul 17, 2007
     | 2,234 views

    Juliette comes home from an exhausting day. She wants and needs to share her feelings about the day. She says, "There is so much to do; I don't have any time to myself.¨ Chris says, You should quit that job. You don't have to work so hard. Find something you like to ...read more

  • How Do We Navigate The Guidance Of God In Our ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jul 20, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,827 views

    How do we navigate the guidance of God in our lives? Consider if you will you’ve pulled up at the traffic lights in your car and the lights have just turned to red, here you need to stop. Red means when it comes to God’s guidance means we always need to stop and consider the objective truth of ...read more

  • There Are Two Major Bodies Of Water In The Land ...  PRO

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Jul 23, 2007
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     | 1,456 views

    There are two major bodies of water in the land where Jesus walked. One is the Sea of Galilee, a beautiful lake 13 miles long and 7 ½ miles wide filled with fish and surrounded by lush foliage. The other body of water is the Dead Sea, 50 miles long and 11 miles wide, the shoreline of which is ...read more

  • I Recently Read This Story: "Back In The 1920s, ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jul 23, 2007
     | 826 views

    I recently read this story: “Back in the 1920s, when Lou Little coached football at Georgetown University, he had a player of average ability who rarely got into the game. Yet he was fond of him, and especially liked the way he walked arm-in-arm with his father on campus. Shortly before the big ...read more

  • Now It's Mighty Easy To Sit In Our Churches And ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 24, 2007
     | 753 views

    Now it’s mighty easy to sit in our churches and talk about what needs to be done. It’s mighty easy to talk about how the Gospel needs to be shared, but who will do it if not you and I, and who better than you? Ask Carl Froling. Several years ago, shortly after she started attending the church, ...read more

  • Alice Cooper  PRO

    Contributed by John Harvey on Jul 30, 2007
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     | 2,228 views

    Alice Cooper “Drinking beer is easy. Trashing your hotel room is easy. But being a Christian, that’s a tough call. That’s rebellion.” That’s an especially interesting perspective coming from a man who works with a guillotine every night. At the height of his worldwide fame, Cooper drank a bottle ...read more

  • Is There Enough Evidence To Convict You Of Being ...

    Contributed by Scott Brewer on Aug 7, 2007
     | 2,831 views

    Is there enough evidence to convict you of being a Christ-follower? Hamilton County Municipal Court Judge John Burlew was on the bench in April when Eric Hine, 43, of Cincinnati, came before him on a charge of receiving stolen property. Hine’s attorney asked for a low bond, saying Hine had a full ...read more

  • A Modern Medical Miracle

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Aug 23, 2007
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     | 3,829 views

    *Jesus worked medical miracles yesterday, and He can do the same thing today! Sometimes we have the privilege of seeing Him do it. When I worked for the Air Force in the late 70’s, one of my best friends was a Captain named Bill. *We got a call from Bill out of the blue, in the Fall of 1993. He ...read more

  • Here Is A Sign That Was Posted On A Bathroom ...

    Contributed by Kent Kessler on Aug 30, 2007
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    Here is a SIGN that was posted on a BATHROOM DOOR Attention Everyone: The Bathroom Door is Closed! Please do not stand there and talk, whine or ask questions. Wait until I get out. Yes, it is locked. I want it that way. No, it is not broken; I am not trapped. I know I have left it unlocked, and ...read more

  • Stay On Your Job And Work For The Lord

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Oct 6, 2007
     | 979 views

    STAY ON YOUR JOB AND WORK FOR THE LORD You have to stay on your job and work for the Lord. You can’t work for the Devil at night and for the Lord in the day. He don’t give no part time pay, you have to work night and day. You have to stay on your job to work for the Lord. You have to stay on your ...read more

  • Back In The 1500's - Ivan The Iv Became The First ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 8, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,017 views

    Back in the 1500’s - Ivan the IV became the first Czar of Russia. He ruled a large diverse nation but he wasn’t a good ruler. He wasn’t even a very nice man. In fact he was a very cruel man. He was so cruel they referred to him as "Ivan The Terrible." And he was widely known to be a very immoral ...read more

  • Frederick Douglass Who Grew Up As A Slave In ...

    Contributed by Sylvester Fergusson on Nov 3, 2007
     | 2,406 views

    Frederick Douglass who grew up as a slave in Maryland in the early nineteenth century and experienced slavery’s every brutality. He was taken from his mother when he was only an infant. For years as a child, all he had to eat was runny corn meal dumped in a trough that kids fought to scoop out with ...read more

  • Wonderful Burden

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 12, 2007
     | 3,242 views

    Wonderful Burden One morning R. C. Chapman, a devout Christian, was asked how he was feeling. “I’m burdened this morning!” was his reply. But his happy countenance contradicted his words. So the questioner exclaimed in surprise, “Are you really burdened, Mr. Chapman?” “Yes, but it’s a wonderful ...read more

  • The First Year I Was A Pastor, I Didn't Take Any ...

    Contributed by Stephen Evoy on Dec 14, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,115 views

    The first year I was a pastor, I didn’t take any vacation. Early in my second year, I heard a story about two lumberjacks. One lumberjack worked so hard that he refused to take any breaks—even to sharpen his chainsaw. The other lumberjack took fairly frequent breaks, and he spent a lot of time ...read more

  • Thomas Andrew Dorsey Was A Black Jazz Musician ...

    Contributed by Jeremy Poling on Dec 30, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,397 views

    Thomas Andrew Dorsey was a black jazz musician from Atlanta. In the twenties he gained a certain amount of notoriety as the composer of jazz tunes with suggestive lyrics, but he gave all that up in 1926 to concentrate exclusively on spiritual music. "Peace in the Valley" is one of his best known ...read more

  • You May Recognize The Name Of Florence Chadwick. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ronald Thorington on Jan 1, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,904 views

    You may recognize the name of Florence Chadwick. In 1952, Florence was the first woman to attempt to swim the 26 miles between Catalina Island and the California coastline. As she began this historical journey, she was flanked by small boats that watched for sharks and were prepared to help her if ...read more

  • I Heard A Story About A Woman Who Spent All Day ...  PRO

    Contributed by Stephen Evoy on Jan 4, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,508 views

    I heard a story about a woman who spent all day in a hot kitchen preparing a five course meal for some out of town guests. It was summer, it was 100 degrees outside; it was probably 120 in that kitchen. She worked hard, and everything turned out great. When everybody sat down to eat, this woman ...read more

  • The Cross Bearers

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jan 19, 2008
     | 4,838 views

    THE CROSS BEARERS The Lord brought two of his disciples to a road. He gave each one a cross of the same weight and asked them to carry it up to the end of the road, where he would wait for them. After this, the Lord disappeared. The first disciple carried the cross with ease, while the second ...read more