Contributed by Keith Broyles on Oct 4, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
        based on  2 ratings
                    
                         | 3,925 views
                    
                 
                
                    One day a man went out walking in the woods.  He really wasn’t paying much attention to what was going on around him or to where he was.  He was just walking aimlessly through the forest.  As he walked he came to the edge of a sharp cliff.  Like I said, he wasn’t paying much attention to where he
                    
                        ...read more
                    
                
                
                    Tags: 
                    
                
                
                    Denomination: 
                    Methodist
                
             
        
        
            
                
                
                    Contributed by Fred Sigle on Dec 20, 2007
                
                
                
                    When my son Steven was 5 years-old, he wanted a Ghost Buster Proton Pack for Christmas.  I don¡¦t think the MERCHANTS in the small town of Bowie, Texas where we lived even heard of such a thing.  So Brenda and I drove 55 miles to Wichita Falls, Texas in search of this gift for Steven.  We went all
                    
                        ...read more
                    
                
                
                    Denomination: 
                    Christian/Church Of Christ
                
             
        
        
            
                
                
                    Contributed by Amy Bickel on Aug 6, 2008
                
                
                
                    A few weeks ago I went to make myself a cup of coffee and ended up with one of the strongest cups of coffee I’ve ever had.  It was so strong I could only drink about half of it and that was after doctoring it up with sweetener and flavored creamer.  The rest I had to dump out.
	What made my coffee
                    
                        ...read more
                    
                
                
                    Tags: 
                    
                
                
                    Denomination: 
                    Baptist
                
             
        
        
            
        
        
            
                
                
                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
        based on  73 ratings
                    
                         | 1,287 views
                    
                 
                
                    John D. Rockefeller is an example of the benefits of giving.  He achieved what our culture calls success.  Rockefeller had amassed more wealth than he could ever spend.
By the time Rockefeller was fifty-three his life was a wreck.  Throughout his business career he said, “I never placed my head
                    
                        ...read more
                    
                
             
        
            
            
                
                
                    Contributed by Ryan Johnson on Mar 6, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
        based on  23 ratings
                    
                         | 2,175 views
                    
                 
                
                    That question went through the minds of Daryl and Clarita Gusstafson?  This God loving, dedicated Christian couple was infertile for many years, despite exhaustive medical tests and procedures.  They prayed consistently for God to grant them the privilege of bringing a child into the world, but the
                    
                        ...read more
                    
                
                
                    Tags: 
                    
                
                
                    Denomination: 
                    Christian/Church Of Christ
                
             
        
        
            
                
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
        based on  3 ratings
                    
                         | 2,712 views
                    
                 
                
                    “A CHRISTIAN HOME”
O GIVE US HOMES BUILT FIRM UPON THE SAVIOR, 
WHERE CHRIST IS HEAD AND COUNSELLOR AND GUIDE; 
WHERE EVERY CHILD IS TAUGHT HIS LOVE AND FAVOR 
AND GIVES HIS HEART TO CHRIST, THE CRUCIFIED: 
HOW SWEET TO KNOW THAT THOUGH HIS FOOTSTEPS WAVER 
HIS FAITHFUL LORD IS WALKING BY HIS SIDE!
                    
                        ...read more
                    
                
                
                    Tags: 
                    
                
                
                    Denomination: 
                    Presbyterian/Reformed
                
             
        
        
            
                
                
                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
        based on  5 ratings
                    
                         | 2,537 views
                    
                 
                
                    AND I AM ONE OF THEM 
In the third century St. Cyprian wrote to a friend named Donatus, 
"This seems a cheerful world, Donatus, when I view it from this fair garden under the shadow of these vines.  But if I climbed some great mountain and looked out over the wide lands, you know very well what I
                    
                        ...read more
                    
                
                
                    Tags: 
                    
                
             
        
        
            
                
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
        based on  46 ratings
                    
                         | 2,873 views
                    
                 
                
                    There is story about a Chinese artist, a new Christian who wanted to paint the parable of the prodigal son. In his first attempt, he painted the father standing at the gate with his arms folded looking sternly down the road at a son coming. Another Christian explained to him that was not the
                    
                        ...read more
                    
                
                
                    Tags: 
                    
                
                
                    Denomination: 
                    Wesleyan
                
             
        
        
            
                
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
        based on  20 ratings
                    
                         | 2,656 views
                    
                 
                
                    It is significant to mention what happened to Smith Wigglesworth when he first received the ability to speak in tongues in Sunderland in 1907.
He described this experience as follows: "She [Mrs Boddy, a minister’s wife] laid her hands on me and then had to go out of the room. The fire fell. It was
                    
                        ...read more
                    
                
                
                    Tags: 
                    
                
                
                    Denomination: 
                    Evangelical/Non-Denominational
                
             
        
            
            
                
                
                    Contributed by Troy Borst on Sep 16, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
        based on  7 ratings
                    
                         | 1,707 views
                    
                 
                
                    “I’m Free” by Unknown
Don’t grieve for me, for now I’m free, I’m following the path God has laid you see.
I took His hand when I heard him call, I turned my back and left it all. 
I could not stay another day, To laugh, to love, to work, to play.
Tasks left undone must stay that way, I found that
                    
                        ...read more
                    
                
                
                    Tags: 
                    
                
                
                    Denomination: 
                    Christian/Church Of Christ
                
             
        
        
            
        
        
            
                
                
                
                
                    No civilization has ever been entirely able to delete rumors of land beyond.   These rumors of a lost Eden come to us in stories, poetry, flashes of joy, aching desire which are, as CSL recognized: “the sent of a flower we have not found, the echo of a tune we have not heard” (Weight of
                    
                        ...read more
                    
                
                
                    Tags: 
                    
                
                
                    Denomination: 
                    Evangelical/Non-Denominational
                
             
        
        
            
                
                
                    Contributed by Bruce Mccoy on Feb 8, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
        based on  5 ratings
                    
                         | 1,701 views
                    
                 
                
                    I was 12 years old when I discovered I had the power to knock down my older sister!  We were out playing in the new fallen snow.  It was all good natured.  But, this winter was different.  I had had a growth streak & was about the same height of my older sister.  
In the rough & tumble of having
                    
                        ...read more
                    
                
                
                    Tags: 
                    
                
                
                    Denomination: 
                    Baptist
                
             
        
        
            
                
                
                
                
                    	I was watching Lord of the Rings this past week, and there was this wonderful scene where Frodo, the Hobbit, is discouraged because of all the adversity he was going through.  As they sit deep in the Mines of Moria, Frodo says to Gandalf, “I wish the ring had never come to me.  I wish none of this
                    
                        ...read more
                    
                
                
                    Denomination: 
                    Methodist
                
             
        
            
            
        
        
            
                
                
                    Contributed by Kevin Short on Oct 13, 2009
                
                
                
                    Ted Williams, who died in 2002 was arguably the best hitter baseball has ever known.  He was the last baseball player to hit better than .400 in a season.  Upon his death George Will said in his column "There is no joy in Red Sox nation, a.k.a. New England, or in any heart where baseball matters." 
                    
                        ...read more
                    
                
                
                    Tags: 
                    
                
                
                    Denomination: 
                    Evangelical/Non-Denominational
                
             
        
        
            
                
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
        based on  3 ratings
                    
                         | 4,474 views
                    
                 
                
                    WATCH OUT FOR THE WEEDS
Watch out for the weeds in your life – the things that come between you and God; between you and serving God.
I like the way Rick Warren illustrates weeds.
• You don’t have to plan for weeds to grow; it just grows.  
• The difference between a plant and a weed is this. 
                    
                        ...read more
                    
                
                
                    Tags: 
                    
                
                
                    Denomination: 
                    Independent/Bible
                
             
        
        
            
                
                
                    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Mar 12, 2010
                
                
                
                    THE LORD'S ANSWER
A man once said to a servant of the Lord, "I am such a helpless, miserable sinner; there is no hope for me.  I have prayed, and resolved and tried, and vowed until I am sick of my unavailing efforts."
"Do you believe that Christ died for our sins, and rose again?" was the
                    
                        ...read more
                    
                
                
                    Tags: 
                    
                
                
                    Denomination: 
                    Christian Church