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  • I Read A Story Recently That Illustrates What I'm ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Sep 14, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 1,714 views

    I read a story recently that illustrates what I’m talking about. Back in the days when racial prejudice was open, vile and violent, a man was raised in the South under the bigotry and prejudice of that day. His mother and father had been killed by whites. He lived with his grandmother and with his ...read more

  • On Trial For Sharing The Gospel  PRO

    Contributed by Roger Nelmes on Jan 30, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,050 views

    On Trial for Sharing the Gospel 17 and 18 years old, Pakistan, 1997 (p27-28) Anila met Perveen at school. As their friendship grew, Anila gave Perveen a Bible and taught her Christian songs. Perveen quickly learned Christian songs and began to teach them to her younger sister when her parents ...read more

  • Letters To God From Children  PRO

    Contributed by Greg Warren on Apr 19, 2001
    based on 201 ratings
     | 3,754 views

    LETTERS TO GOD FROM CHILDREN Dear God, Did you mean for the giraffe too look like that or was it an accident? - Norma Dear God, Instead of letting people die and having to make new ones, why don’t you just keep the ones you have now? - Jane Dear God, Who draws the lines around the ...read more

  • Billy Finds A Home  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jul 9, 2001
    based on 93 ratings
     | 3,784 views

    Illus.: “Billy Finds a Home” It happened many years ago, in a small town in one of our southern states. One evening, during an electrical storm, a bolt of lightning struck a house, setting it on fire. The fire spread quickly and burned the house to the ground. A man and his wife perished but ...read more

  • A Memorial To The Resurrection  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2002
    based on 22 ratings
     | 7,619 views

    A MEMORIAL TO THE RESURRECTION Six miles outside of Manilla lies the peaceful but vast Manila American Cemetery. It is 152 acres of gently rising ground set aside to memorialize the military dead who served America during World War II in the Southwest Pacific Theatre. The cemetery is ...read more

  • This Is The Week We Celebrate Thanksgiving. In ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Hodgin on Dec 2, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,702 views

    This is the week we celebrate Thanksgiving. In many ways, it is one of the craziest weeks of the year. Now I know I am talking about other people’s families because there is no one here who is going to take the traditional Thanksgiving Day drive. You know the one where you get up Thursday ...read more

  • It Is Possible To Live Under A Delusion. You ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
    based on 10 ratings
     | 1,598 views

    It is possible to live under a delusion. You think you are kind, considerate and gracious when you are really not. You think you are building positive stuff into your children when in reality, if you could check with them twenty years later, you really didn’t. What if you could read your own ...read more

  • Oscar Did Not Know What Would Be In Store For His ...

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Sep 10, 2007
     | 1,267 views

    Oscar did not know what would be in store for his family as they disembarked at Ellis Island. There were times during their long journey from Sweden that young Oscar wondered if they would ever get to this wonderful place called America. Yet Oscar and his family settled in Minnesota and began to ...read more

  • Charlie Smith Was 23 Years Old When The Civil War ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 13, 2005
     | 1,835 views

    Charlie Smith was 23 years old when the Civil War ended; 61 when the Wright Brothers first flew. In 1977 he was recognized as the oldest living American of all time. When asked about his secret for longevity he said: “I ain’t got no special secret for how I live so long. I just live.” Smith avoided ...read more

  • The Bridge Of Grace Will Bear Your Weight, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006
     | 1,893 views

    "The bridge of grace will bear your weight, brother. Thousands of big sinners have gone across that bridge, yea, tens of thousands have gone over it. I can hear their trampings now as they traverse the great arches of the bridge of salvation. They come by the thousands, by their myriads, err since ...read more

  • Hite Of Folly. Sensationalistic Sex Surveys ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 2,287 views

    Hite of Folly. Sensationalistic sex surveys suffered further damage with the release of new research on the fidelity of American spouses. According to a new study by Tom W. Smith of the National Opinion Research Center, roughly 15 percent of married or previously married Americans have committed ...read more

  • Charlie Smith Was 23 Years Old When The Civil War ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
     | 1,569 views

    Charlie Smith was 23 years old when the Civil War ended; 61 when the Wright Brothers first flew. In 1977 he was recognized as the oldest living American of all time. When asked about his secret for longevity he said: "I ain’t got no special secret for how I live so long. I just live." Smith avoided ...read more

  • One Of My Earliest Childhood Recollections Was ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Apr 29, 2007
     | 1,389 views

    One of my earliest childhood recollections was in N. Wales and I was told by my mother never to eat a certain seed on a tree yet my brother and his friends encouraged me to eat it a similiar scenario to Adam and Eve do’nt you think? ...I was tempted to eat some laburnum seeds - I gave in to ...read more

  • In Yorkshire, England During The Early 1800's Two ...

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on May 25, 2007
     | 1,517 views

    In Yorkshire, England during the early 1800’s two sons were born to a family named Taylor. The older one set out to make a name for himself by entering Parliament and gaining public prestige. The younger son chose to give his life to Christ. With commitment to Christ, Hudson Taylor turned his face ...read more

  • A. The Story Is Told Of A Pig Farmer Down South ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A. The story is told of a pig farmer down south who called a local church and asked to speak to the Head Hog at the Trough. 1. The church secretary said, “If you are referring to our minister, you are welcome to call him Brother, or Reverend if you are so inclined, but it would be improper to refer ...read more

  • Comeback Churches  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Oct 31, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,102 views

    In his book Comeback Churches, Ed Stetzer said: Comeback churches cast a compelling vision for outreach. They made intentional, strategic efforts to move outward. ** - The main reason a church does not grow is that it doesn’t want to grow. Everyone in the church should be engaged in three ...read more

  • When Being Gracious Is Unethical

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 16, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,896 views

    WHEN BEING GRACIOUS IS UNETHICAL Sometimes people resent it when another is gracious, and sometimes graciousness can be unfair. My brother-in-law Joel, worked hard to turn paper in on time. The teacher had said she would not extend the deadline. So he pulled an all-nighter and got it done, only ...read more

  • Good God Almighty

    Contributed by Louis Pantelis on May 21, 2009
     | 5,071 views

    GOOD GOD ALMIGHTY I am reminded of the story of the fellow that always fell asleep during the pastor’s sermon. The wife had decided to keep him awake - so she took a large hair pin with the intention of sticking him with it when he nodded off. Sure enough, right in the middle of the pastor’s ...read more

  • Not "If"

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 8, 2010
     | 2,945 views

    NOT "IF" Wiersbe tells of a counselor who was trying to help a man who had come forward during an evangelistic meeting. "I’m a Christian," the man said, "but there’s sin in my life, and I need help." The counselor showed him 1 John 1:9 and suggested that the man confess his sins to God. "O ...read more

  • Sibling Revenge  PRO

    Contributed by William Hooper on May 3, 2011
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,341 views

    SIBLING REVENGE The desire to "get even" seems to be a part of the human psyche. It is like the story of a mother who heard her seven-year-old son screaming. She runs into the next room to see what is wrong, and discovers her two-year-old daughter is pulling the hair of her brother. The ...read more