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  • Have You Ever Wondered What It Would Be Like If ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 19, 2007
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     | 2,546 views

    Have you ever wondered what it would be like if you were transported back in time 200 years? How would you explain the inventions we take for granted? If you spoke of computers or DVDs or Ipods or even television, people would think you were sort of strange. We are from the future. One day, the ...read more

  • Eric Liddell, Was An Olympic Champion, And The ...

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Mar 10, 2008
     | 2,019 views

    Eric Liddell, was an Olympic Champion, and the hero of the movie "Chariots of fire." But, He was also a dedicated Christian who knew how important it was to find a place to spend some time alone with God in prayer. During World War II, Lidell was captured and spent some time as a prisoner of war ...read more

  • Looking In The Wrong Place  PRO

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Nov 10, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,190 views

    LOOKING IN THE WRONG PLACE Billy Graham tells the story of a man looking for his wallet on the street. Someone asked him what he was looking for. He said, "I lost my wallet." The other person said, "Where did you lose it?" He replied, "About half a block up the street." The other person ...read more

  • The Oakland Police Force Recently Unveiled Its ...

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on Jan 2, 2009
     | 2,266 views

    The Oakland police force recently unveiled its first lowrider police car. The vehicle has the standard logo, lights and siren, but also includes chrome wheels, hydraulic lift, and a 500-watt sound system. The car was put on the force to help officers build better relationship with inner-city ...read more

  • God's Sunlight

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Aug 28, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,418 views

    How is it that the sunlight gives us such joy? Why does this radiance when it falls on the earth fill us with the joy of living? The whole sky is blue, the fields are green, the houses all white, and our enchanted eyes drink in those bright colors which bring delight to our souls. And then there ...read more

  • Engraved On A Cathedral In Germany

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Apr 2, 2022
     | 530 views

    These words are engraved on a cathedral in Lubeck, Germany: You call Me master and obey Me not, You call Me light and see Me not, You call Me the way and walk Me not, You call Me life and live Me not, You call Me wise and follow Me not, You call Me fair and love Me not, You call Me rich ...read more

  • During The War In Vietnam, A Young West Point ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on Feb 12, 2001
    based on 133 ratings
     | 3,974 views

    During the war in Vietnam, a young West Point graduate was sent over to lead a group of new recruits into battle. He did his job well, trying his best to keep his from ambush and death. But one night when they had been under attack, he was unable to get just one of his men to safety. The soldier ...read more

  • The Corpse Of Sin  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 25, 2002
    based on 32 ratings
     | 4,594 views

    THE CORPSE OF SIN When he was arrested in February 2002 for dumping off as many as 200 bodies in nearby woods, 28 year old Ray Brent Marsh, the operator of Tri-State Crematory told authorities that the incinerator had not worked for some time. A spokesman for the company that made the ...read more

  • What Does God Promise Us? He Will Watch Over ...

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Feb 18, 2005
     | 3,761 views

    What does God promise us? He will watch over your life; the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore. It goes back to the same theme throughout. The LORD is watching, no matter whether you’re coming or going - He’s watching. I’d compare it to walking through a mall ...read more

  • Cry Of The Streets  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Vicente on Mar 19, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,992 views

    CRY OF THE STREETS by Joel Vicente Inspired by the countless faces of people we minister to. These are the unheard voices of the streets. The Cry of the Streets If the streets could speak What would they cry I don’t have clothes without a tear Do not pass me by The other kids laugh at what I ...read more

  • A Fencing Contractor Was Talking With A Rich ...  PRO

    Contributed by Allan Quak on Dec 6, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,214 views

    A fencing contractor was talking with a rich property owner about his chances of going to heaven. The rich man believed that God would be pleased with his efforts. He said, “I’ve lived a good life and been hardworking and giving to worthy causes. Sure, I hide some of my income so it doesn’t get ...read more

  • A Farmer One Planted Two Fruit Trees On Opposite ...  PRO

    Contributed by Danny Rogers on Nov 29, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,541 views

    A farmer one planted two fruit trees on opposite sides of his property. The one he planted to provide a hedge hide the unsightly view of an old landfill; the other to provide shade to rest under near a cool mountain stream which ran down beside his fields. As the two trees grew, both produced began ...read more

  • He Lay In A Bed Seat, Slightly Twisted And ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Aug 12, 2010
     | 1,578 views

    He lay in a bed seat, slightly twisted and looking at me with one eye half open. I was finishing a small Bible study devotional with a group of aged people on a passage from the book of Job in the Bible, telling them that God loves them and still has a purpose for their lives, to look UPWARD NOT ...read more

  • Stories Of God's Provision

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Nov 14, 2010
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    STORIES OF GOD'S PROVISION John Brentz, a friend of Luther, and one of the stalwarts of the Reformation, incurred the hatred of Charles V who made many attempts to kill the minister. Hearing that a troop of Spanish cavalry was on the way to arrest him, he cast himself upon God in prayer. At once ...read more

  • The Root Bears The Fruit  PRO

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
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    THE ROOT BEARS THE FRUIT A farmer one planted two fruit trees on opposite sides of his property. The one he planted to provide a hedge hide the unsightly view of an old landfill; the other to provide shade to rest under near a cool mountain stream which ran down beside his fields. As the two ...read more

  • Communion: In Remembrance

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Aug 11, 2012
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    COMMUNION: IN REMEMBRANCE A man was working in his backyard one day, when his neighbor began talking to him over the fence. He said, "Yeah, my wife and I went to one of those seminars yesterday, you know, where they teach you ways to improve your memory and such." His neighbor commented, ...read more

  • The Fire  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 8,087 views

    THE FIRE H. A. Ironside told the story of pioneers who were making their way across one of the central states to a distant place that had been opened up for homesteading. They traveled in covered wagons drawn by oxen, and progress was necessarily slow. One day they were horrified to note a long ...read more

  • It Was January And A Crowd Of Mostly Christian ...

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 7, 2008
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    It was January and a crowd of mostly Christian children and teenagers had gathered for a Bible Camp at the Station Field complex of Pattimura University on the Island of Ambon in Indonesia. When the camp was over, cars came to take the laughing; rejoicing children back to their homes. But there ...read more

  • Pride Keeps Us As Americans From Taking A Look ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Apr 14, 2008
     | 1,284 views

    Pride keeps us as Americans from taking a look around this world that we live and realizing that people die every day so that we can enjoy the privileges that we enjoy. Did you know that Americans consume about 80% of the world's coffee supply? And yet, we aren't told a lot about the coffee ...read more

  • You've Heard The Story. Jetblue Angered A Lot Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008
     | 2,030 views

    You’ve heard the story. JetBlue angered a lot of people when they cancelled a thousand flights in the course of a few days. Negative customer reaction was enough to make the average CEO want to hide. Instead, JetBlue CEO David Neeleman took the pilot’s seat and responded quickly with sincere ...read more