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  • Susanna Petroysan Heard Her Daughter's Pleas, But ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Vicente on May 27, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,774 views

    Susanna Petroysan heard her daughter’s pleas, but there was nothing she could do. She and four-year-old Gayaney were trapped beneath tons of collapsed concrete and steel. Beside them in the darkness lay the body of Susanna’s sister-in-law, Karine, one of the fifty-five thousand victims of the worst ...read more

  • Grading Papers  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 21, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,548 views

    On the Lighter Side of life: Can you imagine yourself to being the nun that is sitting at her desk grading these papers all the while trying to keep a straight face and trying to maintain her calm and posture! PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE WORDING AND SPELLING. IF YOU KNOW THE BIBLE EVEN A LITTLE, ...read more

  • I Saw A Movie Recently Titled "Oh Brother Where ...  PRO

    Contributed by James May on Sep 3, 2001
    based on 54 ratings
     | 3,941 views

    I saw a movie recently titled “Oh Brother Where Art Thou” where three escaped criminals were on the run. One scene in this movie stands out to me more than any other. While on the run they are involved in a baptismal scene at the river. Two of the criminals are baptized by the preacher and they ...read more

  • There Was A Little Boy With A Bad Temper. His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 20, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 2,048 views

    There was a little boy with a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, to hammer a nail in the back fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Then it gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his ...read more

  • Motivation  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Decker on Oct 23, 2002
    based on 20 ratings
     | 7,347 views

    MOTIVATION Have you ever felt that you just didn’t have the heart for something? Late one night, a man had gone to a party and had too much to drink, so he decided it would be best to walk home. He found a shortcut through a poorly lit cemetery and, in the darkness, stumbled into an open grave. ...read more

  • A Vanished Friend  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Hensley on Apr 3, 2003
    based on 31 ratings
     | 2,870 views

    Around the corner I have a friend, In this great city that has no end. Yet days go by and weeks rush on, And before I know it a year is gone, And I never see my old friend’s face; For life is a swift and terrible race. He knows I like him just as well As in the days when I rang his bell And ...read more

  • This Is What Happened To A Texas Minister Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Nov 1, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,420 views

    This is what happened to a Texas minister who was scheduled to speak at an all-day conference. He was running late because his alarm had failed to ring. In his haste to make up for lost time, he cut himself while shaving. Then he found his shirt was not ironed. To make matters worse, running to ...read more

  • Godly Mother/Behind The Scenes: (Wesley ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steve Miller on Jan 4, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,186 views

    GODLY MOTHER/BEHIND THE SCENES: (Wesley Brothers) Susannah Wesley was one of the most terrific mothers of all time. Susannah’s father was a minister and she was born in England in 1669 as the youngest of twenty-five children! Susannah was married at 19 to Samuel Wesley, also a minister and, not ...read more

  • Game Show Veteran Wink Martindale Is Back, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,283 views

    Game show veteran Wink Martindale is back, hosting “Debt” on the Lifetime cable network beginning next week. Contestants arrive with between $6,000 and $10,000 in debt—from credit cards, student loans and car loans—and try to head into the black by answering pop-culture questions. Instead of taking ...read more

  • Christmas Under Attack Fox News Conducted A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 3, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,317 views

    Christmas Under Attack Fox News conducted a survey 11/29 asking: •Do you consider Christmas a religious holiday or cultural holiday? Religious: 57% ... Cultural 14% ... Both: 12% •Do you agree there is a war on Christmas in the U.S.? Agree: 42% ... Disagree: 48% •Does it seem that the public ...read more

  • A [recent] Study By The Barna Group Shows That ...

    Contributed by Don Parmely on Sep 11, 2006
     | 1,680 views

    A [recent] study by The Barna Group shows that despite an intense surge in religious activity and expression in the weeks immediately following 9/11 the faith of Americans is virtually indistinguishable today compared to pre-attack conditions. The director of the Barna study, David Kinnaman, put ...read more

  • Bride-To-Be Hosts A Banquet For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 10, 2009
     | 4,568 views

    Bride-to-Be Hosts a Banquet for Homeless Philip Yancey told the story of the woman who was getting married and planned a huge wedding banquet. It was going to held at the Hyatt Hotel and cost $13,000. After everything had been planned and paid for the groom dumped her. When she tried to cancel she ...read more

  • Minister Runs Ad In Local Paper To Invite ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2009
     | 6,209 views

    Minister Runs Ad in Local Paper to Invite Straying Sheep Back into the Fold A few years ago I was reading a book by Stephen Gaukroger. He tells the story of a New York Methodist minister who saw the need to bring his ‘ninety nine righteous’ sheep back into the fold. He put an advert in the local ...read more

  • Victor Shepherd Tells The Story Of A Missionary ...

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 3, 2010
     | 1,708 views

    Victor Shepherd tells the story of a missionary surgeon from the Gaza Strip in Israel. On one occasion this doctor stopped at a shack to see a woman on whom he had performed surgery. She and her husband were dirt poor. Their livestock consisted of one rabbit and two chickens. For income the ...read more

  • The Goal Of Bible Study  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,297 views

    The Goal of Bible Study J. Robertson McQuilkin said, "The goal of all Bible study is to apply the truth of Scripture to life. If that application is not made, all the work put into making sure of the author’s intended meaning will have gone for naught. In fact, to know and not do, doubles the ...read more

  • I'll Miss The Challenge

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,842 views

    I'LL MISS THE CHALLENGE A certain rabbi was adored by his community; everyone was always delighted with what he had to say. All, that is, except for Isaac, who never missed an opportunity to contradict the rabbi's point of view and point out flaws in his teachings. The others were disgusted with ...read more

  • Feelings Aside

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,745 views

    FEELINGS ASIDE A man once came to a preacher and said, "I was filled with joy in the meeting yesterday. Now it has all gone—all—and I do not know what to do. It is as dark as night." "I am so glad," was the preacher's reply. He looked at the servant of Christ with astonishment and said, "What ...read more

  • Not In Vain

    Contributed by Stephen Wright on Apr 9, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,833 views

    NOT IN VAIN In Washington, a Sunday school class was disrupted by a boy who wouldn’t behave. He also kept the other children from paying attention. The faithful teacher became discouraged and felt that his efforts were in vain. The mischievous youngster grew to manhood and travelled west, where he ...read more

  • More Than A Golf Ball

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 27, 2011
     | 3,227 views

    MORE THAN A GOLF BALL Curtis Strange, one of the golfers in the Master’s Tournament, teed up on the 12th hole and hit a beautiful shot. It rolled right up and dropped in the cup for a hole-in-one. The crowd went crazy with applause and cheering. Then Curtis Strange did an interesting thing. He ...read more

  • No Atheists In The Water  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Barreca on Mar 31, 2013
    based on 11 ratings
     | 6,758 views

    NO ATHEISTS IN THE WATER David Harrell wrote a book telling the story of his father, Edgar Harrell. Edgar was one of the 300 survivors of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, the last US ship sunk by enemy contact in WW2. 600 of the 900 men who survived the ship's sinking were stranded in the ...read more