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  • Build Me A Son By General Douglas A. Macarthur  PRO

    Contributed by Danny Thomas on Jun 5, 2003
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,487 views

    Build Me a Son by General Douglas A. MacArthur Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face him self when he is afraid; one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory. Build me a son whose wishbone ...read more

  • Any Adults Here Remember The Television Show, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Nov 17, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 1,720 views

    Any adults here remember the television show, "Emergency?"¨ That was my ultra-favorite show. And at times I wish I had TV Land on my TV so I could watch it still. But because of that show, I was planning to be a paramedic, like the guys on that show. I thought it was really cool to use the ...read more

  • Two Brothers

    Contributed by Robert Castile on Nov 24, 2003
     | 3,773 views

    Two Brothers Two brothers worked together on the family farm. One was married and had a large family. The other was single. At the day’s end, the brothers shared everything equally, produce and profit. Then one day the single brother said to himself, ’’It’s not right that we should share equally ...read more

  • Let Me Conclude With This Brief Story About Clay ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Hawk on Mar 13, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,004 views

    Let me conclude with this brief story about Clay King Smith. Mr. Smith killed 5 innocent people, 2 women and 3 children, after tripping out one evening on drugs. In May of 2001, Clay King Smith was executed. A local news reporter in Arkansas had the chance to sit down and talk with Smith a year ...read more

  • When The Spiritual Leaders Fail To Lead People ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 18, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,408 views

    When the spiritual leaders fail to lead people toward God and teach the people His way then people will break the faith they have with God. Breaking the faith is common in a society when the leadership breaks down and fails to do its job. Breaking the faith means the people of God walk away from ...read more

  • What's That?' Said Lucy, Clutching Susan's Arm. ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Nov 2, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,206 views

    "’What’s that?’ said Lucy, clutching Susan’s arm. ’I - I feel afraid to turn around,’ said Susan; ’something awful is happening.’ The rising of the sun had made everything look so different - all colours and shadows were changed - that for a moment they didn’t see the important thing. Then they ...read more

  • Families At Risk Dr. Dobson Writes In His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,730 views

    Families At Risk Dr. Dobson writes in his current newsletter, “Here are some of the most disturbing findings from the 2000 U.S. Census report: Households headed by unmarried partners grew by almost 72% during the past decade, most of them involving people living together out of wedlock. Households ...read more

  • Long Ago In A Deep Mountain Valley Verdant With ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on Mar 23, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,337 views

    Long ago in a deep mountain valley verdant with growth and watered by a crystalline river there lived a tribe. They prospered and grew until the grass was grazed away, the game hunted to extinction, and the river ran dry. A group of young pioneer heroes rose up to say, “We have heard of a wider ...read more

  • Did You Know That The Idea For Mother's Day Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Mar 23, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,577 views

    Did you know that the idea for Mother’s Day was born in a small Methodist church in Grafton, West Virginia? It was 1876 and the nation still mourned the Civil War dead. While teaching a Memorial Day lesson, Mrs. Anna Reeves Jarvis thought of mothers who had lost their sons. She prayed that one ...read more

  • A Young Employee Secretly Misappropriated Several ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 9, 2007
     | 1,064 views

    A young employee secretly misappropriated several hundred dollars of his business firm’s money. When this action was discovered, the young man was told to report to the office of the senior partner of the firm. As he walked up the stairs toward the administrative office, the young employee was ...read more

  • John Bevere Notes: That When Adam Sinned In The ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 22, 2007
     | 2,641 views

    John Bevere notes: That when Adam sinned in the Garden he not only became subject to decay and death all of creation itself suffered the consequence of Adams choice to sin. i. “Consequently, not only Adam but all creation he was placed over immediately took the nature of death. Prior to Adam’s ...read more

  • A Young Employee Secretly Misappropriated ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,448 views

    A young employee secretly misappropriated several hundred dollars of his business firm’s money. When this action was discovered, the young man was told to report to the office of the senior partner of the firm. As he walked up the stairs toward the administrative office, the young employee was ...read more

  • A Man Named Victor Frankl, A Jewish Psychiatrist ...

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jul 10, 2007
     | 1,679 views

    A man named Victor Frankl, a Jewish psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor, discovered this great truth in the midst of a Jewish concentration camp during WW II. While seeking to survive the horror of this imprisonment Frankl began observing his fellow prisoners in the hope of discovering what coping ...read more

  • By Life Or By Death

    Contributed by Steve Smith on Jul 16, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,812 views

    ILLUSTRATION: BY LIFE OR BY DEATH John Piper, in his book, “Future Grace”, reprinted a letter by Carl Lundquist, former president of Bethel College and Seminary. In 1988, the doctors told him he had a rare form of cancer which invaded the skin over his entire body and ended his life three years ...read more

  • Naval Aviation Training Includes An ...  PRO

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Sep 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,370 views

    Naval aviation training includes an indoctrination session in what looks like a ride from some amusement park. The device takes up an entire huge room, and has individual containers attached to a larger wheel, allowing the person inside to be spun in multiple directions as the main wheel spins ...read more

  • Almost Every Culture Has A New Year's ...

    Contributed by Jay Winters on Jan 10, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,260 views

    Almost every culture has a New Year’s celebration. The ancient Romans celebrated the new year with the birth of Janus, the two faced god who could look back into the past and forward into the future. They exchanged gifts, not because they were overjoyed with each other, but as a method of bribery ...read more

  • A Man Named Victor Frankl, A Jewish Psychiatrist ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008
     | 1,175 views

    A man named Victor Frankl, a Jewish psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor, discovered this great truth in the midst of a Jewish concentration camp during WW II. While seeking to survive the horror of this imprisonment Frankl began observing his fellow prisoners in the hope of discovering what coping ...read more

  • On The Enemy: Be Encouraged

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Jul 7, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,750 views

    ON THE ENEMY: BE ENCOURAGED 1. When the devil brings up your past, bring up his future. 2. The man who is fully surrendered to the Lord will never deliberately surrender to the Enemy. 3. When adversity is most ready to strike us, God is most ready to strengthen us. 4. The devil is an equal ...read more

  • Every Believer Is Impacting The Spiritual Vigor ...

    Contributed by Curtis Rowe on Aug 4, 2008
     | 2,502 views

    Every believer is impacting the spiritual vigor of those around him! Gordon McDonald gave the following list... • Igniter- The Holy Spirit is the Creator of authentic spiritual energy! Do you provoke others? “I’ll paddle!” • Sharer- “… that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith ...read more

  • Jack Canfield Tells About A Young High School ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008
     | 1,488 views

    Jack Canfield tells about a young high school student whose father was a horse trainer. Because the family had to follow the horse-racing season, the young boy had to change schools throughout the year. During his senior year he was asked to write a paper about what his dreams for the future were. ...read more