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  • Someone Else Is Punished

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 31, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,034 views

    SOMEONE ELSE IS PUNISHED There was once a movie called The Last Emperor. A young child was anointed as the last emperor of China and lived a life of luxury with 1,000 servants at his command. He was once asked by his brother, "What happens when you do wrong?" "When I do wrong, someone else is ...read more

  • Ask Jonah!  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jul 12, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,479 views

    ASK JONAH! A new believer was on a plane with an intellectual (a man educated beyond his intelligence). He sneered at her reading the Bible and asked if she believed it? "Yes." "Jonah and the whale story?" (A great fish) "Yes." "How did it happen?" "Don't know, but I'll find out when I get to ...read more

  • Today It's Rare To See Siblings Serving ...

    Contributed by Larry Vinson on Jul 24, 2008
     | 1,791 views

    "Today it's rare to see siblings serving alongside each other, either in church or in a ministry outside of church. Parents often focus on allowing each child to explore his or her individual gifts and talents through service -- which is a good thing. Then as brothers and sisters grow up, their ...read more

  • Trials Expose The True Heart

    Contributed by Sidney Sumida on Oct 6, 2009
     | 3,367 views

    TRIALS EXPOSE THE TRUE HEART Circumstances that are hard and difficult will bring out the best and worst in people. When the terrorist attack happened to our nation on 9/11, we saw this timeless truth acted out right before our very eyes. Some of the greatest acts of heroism were demonstrated by ...read more

  • God Shows Up In The Humblest Dwellings

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Dec 15, 2009
     | 2,177 views

    GOD SHOWS UP IN THE HUMBLEST DWELLINGS Tommy Welchel describes the miracles of Azusa Street: "The thought that God visited us in a barn to introduce His Son...confounds the minds of scholars a skeptics. These miracles were happening in and old, run-church that once used to house animals. By the ...read more

  • Jesus Swooned?  PRO

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Apr 7, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,069 views

    JESUS SWOONED? One lady wrote in to a question and answer forum. "Dear Sirs, Our preacher said on Easter, that Jesus just swooned on the cross and that the disciples nursed Him back to health. What do you think? Sincerely, Bewildered." "Dear Bewildered, Beat your preacher with a ...read more

  • Bambú Japonés (Translation Below)

    Contributed by Kelly Cabrera on Feb 7, 2010
     | 2,112 views

    Bambú japonés (TRANSLATION BELOW) No hay que ser agricultor para saber que una buena cosecha requiere de buena semilla, buen abono y riego constante. También es obvio que quien cultiva la tierra no se impacienta frente a la semilla sembrada, halándola con el riesgo de echarla a perder, gritándole ...read more

  • Who Invented The Autocorrect?

    Contributed by James Snyder on Apr 15, 2023
     | 1,127 views

    The other day I recognized something that had been happening for quite a while. As I was texting, I noticed that there was AutoCorrect. So whenever I spelled a word, it would finish the spelling before I was done. And, if I was spelling it wrong, it corrected me. A few times, I am typing a word, ...read more

  • The Iron Maiden  PRO

    Contributed by Jonathan Lucas on May 11, 2001
    based on 110 ratings
     | 2,530 views

    The Iron Maiden In Strausbourg, France there is an Iron Maiden that was used for torture during medievel times. Molded into the likness of a beautiful maiden it bore death for those that came within it’s grasp. Outwardly it was appealing, but it was what is inside that is deadly. As a victim ...read more

  • There Were Three Guys Talking In The Pub. Two Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rob Morton on Jun 5, 2001
    based on 132 ratings
     | 3,534 views

    There were three guys talking in the pub. Two of them are talking about the amount of control they have over their wives, while the third remains quiet. After a while one of the first two turns to the third and says, "Well, what about you, what sort of control do you have over your wife?" The ...read more

  • ...gone Home  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Apr 9, 2002
    based on 15 ratings
     | 2,516 views

    ...GONE HOME A troop of Boy Scouts was being used as "guinea pigs" in a test of emergency systems. A mock earthquake was staged, and the Scouts impersonated wounded persons who were to be picked up and cared for by the emergency units. One Scout was supposed to lie on the ground and await his ...read more

  • At One Time At The City Temple In London, There ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 15, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 1,560 views

    At one time at the City Temple in London, there was in the congregation a restaurateur named Emil Mettler, who was a close friend and missions agent of Albert Schweitzer in Britain. Mettler would never allow a Christian worker to pay for a meal in his restaurant but once he did happen to open his ...read more

  • Though This May Be An Oversimplification, There ...  PRO

    Contributed by Greg Waddell on Nov 30, 2002
    based on 59 ratings
     | 2,134 views

    Though this may be an oversimplification, there are basically two fundamental worldviews with regard to the subject of TRUTH. These two views can be compared to playdough and a rock. They are two ways to view the world in which we live. The playdough worldview sees truth as flexible, changing, ...read more

  • In 1883 In Allentown, New Jersey, A Wooden ...

    Contributed by Jason Cole on May 20, 2005
     | 1,582 views

    In 1883 in Allentown, New Jersey, a wooden Indian—the kind that was seen in front of cigar stores—was placed on the ballot for Justice of the Peace. The candidate was registered under the fictitious name of Abner Robbins. When the ballots were counted, Abner won over incumbent Sam Davis by 7 votes. ...read more

  • Mobilization Is Not Filling Slots," Claims Carol ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 1,699 views

    “Mobilization is not filling slots,” claims Carol Davis, veteran church leadership trainer, “Mobilization is activating the incredible capacity of Christ’s church to serve the purposes of God in our own generation. Mobilization happens when I’m being used as an activator. I listen to and watch for ...read more

  • Albert Mohler Jr. -- "At Some Point In The ...

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Feb 8, 2006
     | 849 views

    Albert Mohler Jr. -- “At some point in the nineteen-sixties, Hell disappeared. No one could say for certain when this happened. First it was there, then it wasn’t. Different people became aware of the disappearance of Hell at different times. Some realized that they had been living for years as ...read more

  • Story Told Of J Arthur Rank  PRO

    Contributed by Joshua Brett on Aug 18, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,812 views

    Story told of J Arthur Rank J. Arthur Rank, an English executive, decided to do all his worrying on one day each week. He chose Wednesdays. When anything happened that gave him anxiety and annoyed his ulcer, he would write it down and put it in his worry box and forget about it until next ...read more

  • Someone I Know Who Is Really Struggling With His ...

    Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Oct 29, 2006
     | 1,699 views

    Someone I know who is really struggling with his faith stately boldly the other day that he had come to understand that the universe is God and it was clear he thought that was a stunning revelation, a great new and important truth. One of the first things that happens when we go away from the ...read more

  • The Burning Bush: A Strange Sight

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 13, 2006
     | 2,544 views

    Walter Kaiser writes: “What took place was a "strange sight" (v. 3) to Moses. Therefore, to explain what happened here as a temporary mirage of reflected sunlight on some red leaves or a campfire of some Bedouin … is to substitute our experience for Moses’ forty years in that area and his estimate ...read more

  • The Word Advent Comes From The Latin Word, ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Weeks on Dec 9, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,171 views

    The word Advent comes from the Latin word, “advenire”, conjugated as “adventus” which is a combination word of “ad” meaning, “to” or “toward” and “venire”, “come” which is conjugated as ventus, which means more specifically, “coming”. Combining them gets us literally, “toward the coming.” The ...read more