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  • And Jesus Loved Them All

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Mar 4, 2008
     | 2,328 views

    And Jesus Loved Them All------ I saw a sea of faces in a dream I had one day and millions stood before a throne whose sins were washed away from every tribe and every land they all had heard the call the rich, the poor, the black, the white and Jesus loved them all. He loved them with their many ...read more

  • In 1815, The Legendary Battle Of Waterloo Was ...

    Contributed by Jordon Leblanc on Apr 5, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,725 views

    In 1815, the legendary Battle of Waterloo was fought in Belgium between the British and the French. The Duke of Wellington led the British, while Napoleon Bonaparte led the French. After a stunning victory by Wellington and the British, the news of the Battle of Waterloo to England was signaled by ...read more

  • W.d. Metzger

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Apr 20, 2008
     | 2,633 views

    W.D. METZGER He was the town drunk in Fairfield, Texas. He was married to Janie, who was a School teacher, and he was an embarrassment to her and many others. People would have to walk around him as he lay passed out in the streets. In a revival in Freestone County in 1939, in the same ...read more

  • As I Was Praying Recently At A Nearby Beach, A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Oct 24, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,072 views

    As I was praying recently at a nearby beach, a man walked by with a big smile on his face and said to me "Good Morning!" I noticed he had one artificial leg and he had been walking by the beach. I noticed on the sand behind him one footprint and a track where the man had been dragging his one ...read more

  • A Headline In Usa Today Said, "We're Heading Into ...

    Contributed by Dave Browning on Dec 22, 2008
     | 1,547 views

    A headline in USA Today said, "We’re Heading Into Something Big -- But What?" In the article it said "Standing at the front edge of history can be disconcerting. This year feels like just such a point in time. The stock market disaster, the wreckage in the technology industry, the ...read more

  • What Is Love, As Defined By The Online ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Feb 17, 2009
     | 1,283 views

    “What is love, as defined by the online world? Resisting a YouTube video of the 1993 hit song, the first click plunges you into a world of pink carnation- tainted tackiness. The website’s designer no doubt spends all afternoon baking cookies, sending chain emails and sighing at the "Home Sweet ...read more

  • What Other Gods?

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Mar 2, 2009
     | 2,425 views

    WHAT OTHER GODS? What other gods could we have besides the Lord? Plenty. For Israel there were the Canaanite Baals, those jolly nature gods whose worship was a rampage of gluttony, drunkenness, and ritual prostitution. For us there are still the great gods Sex, Shekels, and Stomach (an unholy ...read more

  • Just As Afraid Of You...?

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Mar 22, 2009
     | 3,753 views

    JUST AS AFRAID OF YOU...? The late great trumpet player Louis Armstrong tells a story about while growing up in Louisiana, having to go down to the pond and getting water for Allie May. He gets down there and is about to scoop the water out of the pond, and all of the sudden coming out of the ...read more

  • Where Else Could I Go?

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on May 9, 2009
     | 1,171 views

    WHERE ELSE COULD I GO? "My little boy gave me a great awakening," said an intelligent and spiritually-minded mother. "Jimmy is getting to an age when he often wants to try his own way instead of mine. Then he generally meets with a difficulty that hurts his feelings, and he comes at once to me ...read more

  • In James 5:15, God Promises Us That A Prayer ...

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on May 26, 2009
     | 2,771 views

    In JAMES 5:15, God promises us that a prayer offered in true faith will even make the sick person well. Let’s take that model of prayer and hold it up against the way we pray today. Most of us, being honest, pray something like this: ‘God I want you to make me well.’ And then in the back of our ...read more

  • Christ Makes Us More, Not Less

    Contributed by David Hodgin on Jun 24, 2009
     | 2,377 views

    CHRIST MAKES US MORE, NOT LESS The Major League record for homeruns is held by the Aaron brothers. Henry and Tommie combined hit more homeruns than any other combination of brothers in baseball history. Together they hit 768 homeruns. Henry hit 755 of them and Tommie added 13. Even though one ...read more

  • Married Or Single?

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Aug 11, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,564 views

    MARRIED OR SINGLE? John McArthur said: "The married person’s interests are divided between the earthly and the heavenly. And so it should be. It is not that the married believer has divided spiritual loyalties or that the unmarried is more spiritually faithful. Many married believers are holy in ...read more

  • What Other Gods?

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 24, 2010
     | 2,134 views

    WHAT OTHER GODS? What other gods could we have besides the Lord? Plenty. For Israel there were the Canaanite Baals, those jolly nature gods whose worship was a rampage of gluttony, drunkenness, and ritual prostitution. For us there are still the great gods Sex, Shekels, and Stomach (an unholy ...read more

  • Heaven To Earth, East To West  PRO

    Contributed by John Fallahee on Jun 23, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,226 views

    HEAVEN TO EARTH, EAST TO WEST 11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; 12 as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. Two distances are described here: heavens above the earth and East ...read more

  • On Anger

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 7, 2010
     | 5,165 views

    ON ANGER "As a clinical psychologist specializing in the treatment of angry men, I’ve seen many of my patients lose jobs, wives, and opportunities because they were simply not able to handle the normal frustrations and disappointments in life. They argue, they insult, and they sulk. They come to ...read more

  • King Of The Jungle

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010
     | 4,211 views

    KING OF THE JUNGLE I like the story of the arrogant, prideful lion, who wanted to remind other animals how great he was. He went to the gazelle and roared, "Who is the king of the jungle?" Trembling, the gazelle answered, "Why, you are, mighty lion." He went next to the giraffe and roared, ...read more

  • Explaining God's Answers To Prayers

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
     | 2,727 views

    EXPLAINING GOD'S ANSWERS TO PRAYERS During the reign of Abdullah the Third, there was a great drought in Baghdad. The Muslim doctors issued a decree that the prayers of the faithful should be offered up for rain; the drought continued. The Jews were then permitted to add their prayers; ...read more

  • A Joyful Noise

    Contributed by Noel Herr on Dec 18, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,670 views

    A JOYFUL NOISE You know, when our youth group went Christmas caroling, Emma was all aglow. We sang to her, perhaps not in the most angelic of tones----especially when we tried to sing "O, Come, All Ye Faithful", because the music we used wasn't the familiar tune we sang today. I felt kind of bad ...read more

  • What Is Oneness?

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Apr 8, 2011
     | 1,708 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

  • Brezhnev's Hope

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jun 5, 2011
     | 4,388 views

    BREZHNEV'S HOPE As Vice President of the U.S., George Bush represented the U.S. at the funeral of former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. Bush was deeply moved by a silent protest carried out by Brezhnev's widow. She stood motionless by the coffin until seconds before it was closed. Then, just as ...read more