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  • Yard-Sale Grace

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 23, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,934 views

    YARD-SALE GRACE The Yadkinville Church of Christ had a yard sale. Well, it was actually a storage room giveaway. Dennis Conner said, "We didn’t really sell anything. We had so much stuff that it took up too much space. Also, we wanted to reach out to the community. As people came up we told ...read more

  • Citizenship

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on May 27, 2009
     | 3,125 views

    Every year, in US they are at least 50,000 couples who are married just for the citizenship… I know a bright young man; his name is __________, who after several years of waiting his green card, with no possibility to run his own business without legal papers, decided to take this short cut. He ...read more

  • One Of The Most High And Holy Times I Ever Had In ...

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Apr 19, 2010
     | 1,905 views

    One of the most high and holy times I ever had in Ukraine was the Lord’s Supper service we had at the children’s camp in Kaniv. We were upstairs from the craft room that afternoon. Junk and dirty clothes were scattered everywhere around the room. Some people sat on rough benches, some sat on the ...read more

  • The Sounds Of Approaching Bagpipes Signaled ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2010
     | 2,946 views

    The Sounds of Approaching Bagpipes Signaled Deliverance The Congregational preacher of old, D.L. Moody, tells the story of an incident that occurred during the last mutiny on the land of India, while under British control. The English were besieged in the city of Lucknow, and were in momentary ...read more

  • What Is Oneness?

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Apr 8, 2011
     | 1,692 views

    WHAT IS ONENESS? Well Songwriters: ROGER COOK, ROGER GREENAWAY wrote a song for Blue Mink called Melting Pot, the chorus goes like this: What we need is a great big melting pot, Big enough enough enough to take, The world and all its got And keep it stirring for a hundred years or more, And turn ...read more

  • Lost At The Corner

    Contributed by Merv Budd on May 10, 2011
     | 4,076 views

    LOST AT THE CORNER At a 1999 conference in Houston, speaker Marti Ensign, a missionary to Africa, told of bringing some African pastors to the United States for a big meeting. During their free time, these Africans wanted to go shopping. Even though they were in a small town, Marti knew there was ...read more

  • Good God, Good News

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 3, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,322 views

    GOOD GOD, GOOD NEWS Promoting his recent book "Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived", Rob Bell asked these questions: "How could that God (who condemns people to eternal punishment) ever be good? How could that ever be good news?" Well, let’s ask the ...read more

  • Memorial Day - Never Forget The Cost Of Freedom

    Contributed by David Simpson on May 24, 2018
     | 5,832 views

    Needless to say, protecting our freedom has come at a great cost. President Franklin Roosevelt said: “Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.” Our Lord Jesus Christ knew that we all have trouble remembering things, even important ...read more

  • A Living Memorial

    Contributed by James Chandler on May 29, 2018
     | 4,095 views

    When our children were young, we took a vacation to Washington D.C. We saw the many different memorials. The highlight of our trip was Arlington National Cemetery. It was quite a moment standing there with my wife and children watching the changing of the guard at the tomb of the unknown soldier. ...read more

  • Framed

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 11, 2019
     | 3,047 views

    A cow and a chicken were framed and thrown into prison. They knew they had to get out to bring the criminals to justice so they spent weeks designing escape plans. Finally, a month after they had been thrown in, they escaped in the middle of the night. However, they weren't silent enough and ...read more

  • There's A Device Invented Some Time Back Commonly ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Dec 31, 2007
     | 846 views

    There’s a device invented some time back commonly called a “fuzzbuster.” Its purpose is simple – to alert car drivers when a police radar gun is being used in the area. In other words, it’s to help you break the speed limit. Otherwise, you will worry a lot, looking over your shoulder and ...read more

  • Some Years Ago The Minnesota Crime Commission ...  PRO

    Contributed by Glenn Hickey on Jan 25, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,460 views

    Some years ago the Minnesota Crime Commission released a statement which said: ‘‘Every baby starts life as a little savage. He is completely selfish, and self-centered. He wants what he wants when he wants it –– his bottle, his mother’’s attention, his playmate’s toys, his uncle’s watch. Deny him ...read more

  • Alexander Maclaren Describes What Happened ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Mar 8, 2008
     | 1,456 views

    Alexander Maclaren describes what happened because of Christ’s command: “Barbarian, Scythian, bond and free, male and female, Jew and Greek, learned and ignorant … sat down at one table, and felt themselves all one in Christ Jesus. They were ready to break all other bonds, and to yield to the ...read more

  • Is Your Faith The Real Thing?

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 12, 2008
     | 1,866 views

    Is your faith the real thing? There are many different flavors of faith available Is your faith the real thing? Diet Coke - says Coke, but without the guilt this is like the person that says they are saved, but lives however they want Diet Caff. Free - says Coke, no guilt and no power, same as Diet ...read more

  • I Read A Little Blurb In A Reader's Digest Years ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on May 19, 2008
     | 2,370 views

    I read a little blurb in a Reader’s Digest years ago. A man sent in the story of when he was driving through an animal park where the animals are free and the visitors drive through on a narrow road to look at them. He said that as he came around a bend there was a large black car with darkly ...read more

  • The Baby And The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
     | 2,699 views

    The Baby and the Window It was a really hot day in September in San Antonio, when a woman accidentally locked her 10-month-old baby niece inside a parked car. Frantically, the mother and aunt ran around the car in near hysteria while a neighbor attempted to unlock the car with a clothes hanger. ...read more

  • My Friends We Are Living In A Generation That ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,888 views

    My friends we are living in a generation that has forgotten what this country was founded upon and the price it has cost throughout history to keep this country free. We have forgotten that 231 years ago the landscape of the world was changed, both politically and physically. Of those day’s ...read more

  • Recently The Stock Market Plummeted After Hitting ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Oct 8, 2007
     | 1,073 views

    Recently the stock market plummeted after hitting another record high and who saved the day? The empire! They lowered one insignificant rate but resulted in millions of dollars that would have been spent on interest to be used for spending. The empire saved us!! Meanwhile nothing really changed ...read more

  • Some Theologians Have Tried To Reintroduce ...

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Oct 28, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,581 views

    Some theologians have tried to reintroduce heretical teachings from the second and third centuries as newly-found Gospels. They claim writings like the “Gospel of Thomas” are authentic teachings of Jesus and his disciples. I’m reminded of the time President Abraham Lincoln met with General ...read more

  • A.w. Tozer Reconciles The Sovereignty Of God And The Will Of Man

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Nov 10, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 593 views

    A. W. Tozer attempts to reconcile God's sovereignty and man's freewill: An ocean liner leaves New York bound for Liverpool. Its destination has been determined by proper authorities. Nothing can change it. This is at least a faint picture of sovereignty. On board the liner are scores of ...read more