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  • Happy To Be Alive  PRO

    Contributed by James O. Davis on Oct 28, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,346 views

    HAPPY TO BE ALIVE Bob Leland is a man who really encouraged me several years ago. You may have seen him on television. He has a healthy dose of enthusiasm for life. You may remember, he ran the New York marathon in 98 hours, 47 minutes, and 17 seconds. That’s not bad for someone who has no ...read more

  • Once There Was A Pastor Who Was Such A Golf ...  PRO

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Nov 2, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,465 views

    Once there was a pastor who was such a golf addict that one Sunday he called in sick and went golfing instead. Two angels were above him on the golf course, discussing the situation. One angel said, “You just wait. I’m gonna punish him good for this.” The other angel just floated back to see what ...read more

  • Daniel Meyers Speaks About A Book Written By A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Corey Arnold on Nov 17, 2003
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,940 views

    Daniel Meyers speaks about a book written by a cardiologist at the University of Tennessee that corroborates an important aspect of the biblical message. In the course of their emergency room work, Dr. Maurice Rawlings and his colleagues interviewed more than 300 people who claimed near-death ...read more

  • Have You Ever Been Looking For Someone In A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Warren Bird on Jan 18, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,062 views

    Have you ever been looking for someone in a crowd? Perhaps you’ve been to pick someone up at the airport, or been met yourself when you’ve gone to visit someone you haven’t seen for a long time. Think of the moment when you finally make eye contact with the person you are looking for. Suddenly, out ...read more

  • I Can Remember Two Separate Mornings In My Life, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brad Froese on Oct 6, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,684 views

    I can remember two separate mornings in my life, when I woke up early because I couldn’t breathe. When I woke, my lungs had stopped breathing and I realized they weren’t taking commands from my brain. So I darted out of bed, standing in the middle of the room with my mouth wide open, prompting my ...read more

  • J. One Rainy Afternoon I Was Driving Along One ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 24, 2004
     | 2,280 views

    J. One rainy afternoon I was driving along one of the main streets of town, taking those extra precautions necessary when the roads are wet and slick. Suddenly, my daughter, Aspen, spoke up from her relaxed position in her seat. "Dad, I’m thinking of something." This announcement usually meant she ...read more

  • One Of The People I Talked To Told Of An ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Nov 14, 2004
     | 1,768 views

    One of the people I talked to told of an interesting incident that happened at a family gathering. She suddenly found herself under attack as some of the other family members decided to bring up everything that she had ever done wrong. They reminded her of things from long ago and accused her of ...read more

  • While I Was In Bible College I Worked Part Time ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Feb 28, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,454 views

    While I was in Bible College I worked part time on the side for a construction company as a laborer. One day I was given the job of moving the 2 x12 planks the brick layers use on their scaffolding from one job site to another across town. This was supposed to be a two or three trip job as the ...read more

  • We've All Heard This Maxim, Particularly In The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,831 views

    We’ve all heard this maxim, particularly in the Christian community. No Robert Frank, a Cornell University economics professor, is trying to prove it quantitatively in his new book luxury Fever: Why Money Fails to Satisfy in an Era of Excess. Yacht makers are so backlogged that used boats sell for ...read more

  • Movie "About A Boy"

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Sep 2, 2006
     | 1,591 views

    Movie "About a Boy". Scene Setup: Will Lightman (Hugh Grant) is a bored, spoiled, London bachelor. He fills up his time with meaningless activities, but his need for meaning comes crashing in on him as he takes an inventory of his life. This entire scene, narrated by Will, shows him coming to terms ...read more

  • Of The Need To Be Deliberate And ...

    Contributed by Michael De Rosa on Sep 9, 2006
     | 1,909 views

    Illustration of the need to be deliberate and diligent: The weeds overcome When we lived in KCMO, we rented a duplex on Walrond Avenue. We had our own fenced in back yard and along the entire fence line, we had a lot of shrubs and weeds. I did not like that and wanted to get those things out of ...read more

  • I Read Of A Short French Film, Illustrating ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Oct 30, 2006
     | 714 views

    I read of a short French film, illustrating greed that was made some time back about an empty village and a stranger who entered this deserted town. "Where are all the people?" he wondered. All signs of life were there, nothing was locked, food was on the table, smoke curls from the chimneys, ...read more

  • A Little 2 Year Old Girl Stands At The Edge Of A ...

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Nov 16, 2006
     | 1,055 views

    A little 2 year old girl stands at the edge of a swimming pool frozen. Her daddy is in the water with his arms raised up toward his little angel saying, “Jump; it’s okay princess, daddy will catch you.” In that moment that little girl feels for the first time the inner conflict that we have all ...read more

  • G. K. Chesterton, In His Book Orthodoxy, Writes ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 17, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 942 views

    G. K. Chesterton, in his book Orthodoxy, writes about creation and the creative enthusiasm of God. He says: “A child kicks his legs rhythmically through excess, not absence, of life. Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things ...read more

  • The Nail-- As The Story Goes, They Built A New ...

    Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Apr 9, 2007
     | 1,464 views

    THE NAIL-- As the story goes, they built a new church building and people came from everywhere to see it. They admired its beauty! Up on the roof, a little nail heard the people praising everything about the lovely structure except the nail! No one even knew he was there, and he became angry and ...read more

  • One Kentucky Night

    Contributed by Robert Hoos on Apr 21, 2007
     | 1,683 views

    One Kentucky Night I think that God has given us these pictures of what we were meant for in nature as a testimony to our hearts cry for him. And that’s why, one night my friends and I found ourselves where we did. On our way back from watching a basketball game in Kentucky, we found ourselves ...read more

  • One Day The Reformer Martin Luther Was Feeling ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 7,475 views

    One day the reformer Martin Luther was feeling rather down. The Pope was after him. His colleagues were bickering among themselves. He felt the heavy pressure that came with being a professor, pastor, and father. And he was in excruciating pain from kidney stones. As he moped around the house ...read more

  • A Man Was Irritated By His Wife's Refusal To ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,356 views

    A man was irritated by his wife’s refusal to admit her hearing problem. Speaking with his doctor one day he asked, “How can I get my wife to admit that she needs a hearing aid?” “I’ll tell you what you need to do,” his doctor replied. When you get home peek your head through the door and ask, ...read more

  • I Heard A Story Once About A Rebellious Little ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,910 views

    I heard a story once about a rebellious little boy in school. He was always causing trouble. He’d throw rocks on the playground. He’d disrupt class and just generally drive his teacher nuts. His biggest problem is that he would never sit down. Well, one day, the teacher couldn’t stand it any ...read more

  • A Number Of Years Ago, Gladys And I Were At A ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 24, 2007
     | 930 views

    A number of years ago, Gladys and I were at a church where we worked, usually without help, trying to bring in the children and youth of the community. We would pick up and teach children on Tuesday afternoons. We picked up and taught youth on Wednesday afternoons, and then had prayer meeting on ...read more