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  • It Reminds Me Of The True Story Of A 37 Year-Old ...

    Contributed by David Flowers on May 17, 2005
     | 2,949 views

    It reminds me of the true story of a 37 year-old man in the Soviet Union who astonished friends and neighbors one day. He had been thought dead for eighteen years, when one day he emerged from under a pile of goat poop shrieking, “I want to work! I want to live!” His neighbors were astonished ...read more

  • Bigger And Better Rattle Snakes  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Jacobs on Jun 4, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,921 views

    "BIGGER AND BETTER RATTLE SNAKES" Mr. Jones called his pastor from the hospital one day and frantically said, "Oh, pastor come quickly, my son, John was just bitten by a rattle snake and is at the point of death." Of course the pastor hurried to the side of the worried father. ...read more

  • Do You See Him? Ill. Video Michael W. Smith – "I ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 27, 2005
     | 1,855 views

    Do you see Him? ill. Video Michael W. Smith – “I See You!” Let’s learn from this video to see Him and not others – not an idol we have created in our minds. Let’s not look to self or something created in our image. Instead let’s see the Jesus who is described and revealed to us in the Bible. The ...read more

  • There's A Wonderful Story About Jimmy Durante, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on Nov 28, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,981 views

    There’s a wonderful story about Jimmy Durante, one of the great entertainers of a generation ago. He was asked to be a part of a show for World War II veterans. He told them his schedule was very busy and he could afford only a few minutes, but if they wouldn’t mind his doing one short monologue ...read more

  • A New Movie

    Contributed by William Huegel on Jan 27, 2006
     | 3,006 views

    A new movie There is a new Christian movie out called “The End of the Spear”. It is the story of five young missionaries who were killed trying to reach the Auca Indians in the jungles of South America with the Gospel. All five of these courageous and faith-filled young men were speared to ...read more

  • God Ain't Dead

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Jun 26, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,891 views

    A pastor wrote: "Some time ago I saw a picture of an old burned-out mountain shack. All that remained was the chimney...the charred debris of what had been that family’s sole possession. In front of this destroyed home stood an old grandfather-looking man dressed only in his underclothes with a ...read more

  • My Dad And My Brothers As Served In The Marine ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Sep 19, 2006
     | 1,643 views

    My Dad and my brothers as served in the Marine Corps. I always wanted to, but the Lord, in His wisdom, saw fit to keep me from passing the physical. Even though I was never able to get into the military, I was impressed about one important focus the Marines had. They always kept in mind what was ...read more

  • Jesus Talks About Letting His Words Remain In Us. ...

    Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Sep 24, 2006
     | 1,465 views

    Jesus talks about letting his words remain in us. What does that mean? On occasion I’ve had opportunities to go elsewhere, away from the mission, to churches that were bigger and where there seemed to be more to gain. But whenever those opportunities come up, my dad’s voice has always gone off in ...read more

  • The Story Of The Good Pizza (Names Changed To ...

    Contributed by Robbie Parsons on Nov 5, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,443 views

    THE STORY OF THE GOOD PIZZA (names changed to protect people) Our young three year old daughter loves the locally owned Sherry’s Gustavo’s Pizza Store. We eat at the buffet almost every week. She eats one slice of pepperoni and one slice of "sweet pizza", crust with cinnamon and iced glaze. One ...read more

  • I Knew Of A Good-Looking Young Boy Who Attended ...

    Contributed by C Reola on Nov 26, 2006
     | 1,789 views

    I knew of a good-looking young boy who attended a Youth Camp. He was 14 years old, starting the High School life. During the camp, there was what they call Talent’s Night wherein the campers are to perform and show his/her talent. His leader asked him what his talent was? The boy doesn’t know how ...read more

  • To Win Them, You Must Weep For Them  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,112 views

    TO WIN THEM, YOU MUST WEEP FOR THEM A woman went to her pastor and said, "I’ve been a Christian for 20 years. I’ve read books on how to win souls. I’ve memorized scripture. I’ve taken courses on how to win the lost. And yet I haven’t won one person to the Lord. Why?" The pastor’s answer ...read more

  • If I Should Wake Before I Die

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 12, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,178 views

    IF I SHOULD WAKE BEFORE I DIE A father knelt down beside his little boy’s bed. It was time for prayers, hugs and kisses, and tucking in. The little boy began the childhood prayer he had repeated so many times before: now I lay me down to sleep; I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die ...read more

  • I Was A Senior In High School When One Of My ...

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Jun 18, 2009
     | 2,874 views

    I was a senior in high school when one of my neighbors, George, committed suicide. He was 19 the only son his mother, a poor widow, Mrs. Maria. He hung himself because some friends made fun of him… Mrs. Maria mourned over the terrible loss of her only son was not her only pain. She felt the ...read more

  • Ignoring The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009
     | 4,977 views

    IGNORING THE WARNINGS On Sep. 28, 1986 heavy rains flooded many low-lying areas of the Midwest. Two years before, there was a flood that many remember as the "Memorial Day Massacre" that claimed the lives of twenty people in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as small creeks and drainage ditches became killer ...read more

  • Kingdom In My Heart

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,888 views

    KINGDOM IN MY HEART Alistair MacLean quotes a story from Tauler, the German mystic: One day Tauler met a beggar. "God give you a good day, my friend." he said. The beggar answered, "I thank God I never had a bad one." Then Tauler said, "God give you a happy life, my friend." "I thank God," said ...read more

  • Marks Of A Healthy Church  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,483 views

    Marks of a Healthy Church Walt Disney was a dreamer. His crowning vision was EPCOT; Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. He envisioned the perfect city of 20,000 using all of the most modern advances technology. One problem, Walt Disney died before his cream was ever realized. His dream ...read more

  • Walt Disney World Opened In Orlando, Florida In ...

    Contributed by Tim Adams on Dec 1, 2009
     | 1,777 views

    Walt Disney World opened in Orlando, Florida in the summer of 1974. Disneyland in Anaheim, California had been in operation already for almost 20 years. Disney was a 47 year old man, already a successful film producer, director, animator, and entrepreneur when he began to work on his ideas of a ...read more

  • Accepting Forgiveness Can Be Difficult

    Contributed by Greg Bond on Dec 28, 2009
     | 2,961 views

    ACCEPTING FORGIVENESS CAN BE DIFFICULT I’m sure that many of you, just looking at this title, already have emotions running through your mind. Maybe accepting forgiveness from God and acceptance into His fellowship, is something you have struggled with personally, or you know one person, or ...read more

  • Consider Cornelia, A Woman Imprisoned In A Work ...

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 23, 2010
     | 2,059 views

    "Consider Cornelia, a woman imprisoned in a work camp in Romania during the hard years of Communist occupation. One night, being too tired to undress, she fell exhausted on her bed and immediately went to sleep. She began to dream of a beautiful field full of flowers. There was a soft humming sound ...read more

  • Something He Didn't Do

    Contributed by Josh Cougle on Apr 6, 2010
     | 3,475 views

    SOMETHING HE DIDN'T DO My fourth daughter Kezzi is struggling through some things lately; one of them is lying. She's an obvious liar too. A month or so ago, someone left the milk out. Not a huge thing in itself, but Kezzi isn't supposed to pour the milk. Now that complicates it. I call all of the ...read more