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  • A Few Nights Ago My 2 Year Old Son Ephram Was ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Apr 22, 2010
     | 2,641 views

    A few nights ago my 2 year old son Ephram was very sleepy and ready for bed. Though his bed is the bottom bunk he decided that he was going to climb up the latter to Sebastian’s top bunk. Normally he is very able to climb to the top but in his half awake state he got his foot tangled in the ...read more

  • The Beatitudes: An Instrument Panel

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 31, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,876 views

    THE BEATITUDES: AN INSTRUMENT PANEL On July 16, 1999, John F. Kennedy, Jr. was killed when the Piper Saratoga light aircraft he was piloting crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. His wife, Carolyn Bessette, and sister-in-law, Lauren Bessette, were also ...read more

  • My Son Peter Was Born In Poland And Has A Polish ...

    Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Aug 3, 2012
     | 2,434 views

    My son Peter was born in Poland and has a Polish passport and yet since he’s my son, he also has an American passport. Depending on the situation, he can use whichever passport he wants and claims he is a citizen of both countries. Some people think that they can do the same with their life here ...read more

  • An Elderly Man Said To H.a. Ironside, "I Will Not ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,945 views

    An elderly man said to H.A. Ironside, “I will not go on unless I know I’m saved, or else know it’s hopeless to seek to be sure of it. I want a definite witness, something I can’t be mistaken about!” Ironside replied, “Suppose you had a vision of an angel who told you your sins were forgiven. ...read more

  • Adoption Explained

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Jul 7, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,547 views

    ADOPTION EXPLAINED During the time that the New Testament was written, when a family adopted a child, there was no immediate big celebration of that adoption. But, when that child reached the proper age, there was a celebration, and at that time, the child was given every single legal standing as ...read more

  • Suzanne Guthrie, Writing In Christian Century ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Oct 3, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,986 views

    Suzanne Guthrie, writing in Christian Century (May2, 2001), tells this story: “A friend of mine who served in the military during World War II (and is now a nun) was once at a conference with two men, a German and an American. As they wiped dishes one evening after dinner they exchanged stories ...read more

  • Oath

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jun 7, 2010
     | 2,476 views

    The "Oath of Allegiance" taken by all who choose to become naturalized citizens of the United States follows. Immediately after saying the oath one's citizenship is in effect. "I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign ...read more

  • While Secretary Of State During The Regan ...  PRO

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on May 19, 2004
    based on 12 ratings
     | 5,362 views

    While Secretary of State during the Regan presidency, George Shultz kept a large globe in his office. When newly appointed ambassadors had an interview with him and when ambassadors returning from their posts for their first visit with him were leaving his office, Shultz would test them. He would ...read more

  • A Black American Baptist Preacher From Richmond ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    A black American Baptist preacher from Richmond was attending a Baptist convention in Mississippi. A Mississippi preacher, reading the Scripture lesson for a morning session, read: “Now the Kingdom of Heaven was likened unto ten Virginians which took their lamps and went forth to meet the ...read more

  • In England, Most Radio And Television Stations ...  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Fox on Dec 6, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,757 views

    In England, most radio and television stations are run by the government-operated British Broadcasting Service (the BBC). There are some independent stations today, but 40 years ago, the BBC ruled the airwaves alone in England. In 1965, a free-spirit named Roy Bates, decided to set up his own, ...read more

  • D. L. Moody Was A Great Evangelist Of His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Burkey on May 23, 2005
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     | 3,877 views

    D. L. Moody was a great evangelist of his generation. Think Billy Graham, and you begin to get an idea of his impact. He made this observation about eternal life, "Some day you will read in the papers that D.L. Moody, of East Northfield, is dead. Don’t you believe a word of it! At that moment I ...read more

  • We Speak And We View Only In Part Because The ...

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on Jun 13, 2005
     | 2,067 views

    We speak and we view only in part because the afterlife is a place we have never been. Talking about heaven and hell is sort of like a person taking a vacation to a place he/she has never been before. Take Hawaii, for instance. I’ve never been there. I would love to go, and perhaps one day will ...read more

  • My Oldest Son Loves To Read. His Mom Gets The ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jun 13, 2005
     | 1,265 views

    My oldest son loves to read. His mom gets the credit for that. She has a ferocious appetite for reading, (as well as being extremely beautiful). One of the first series of books Kenny read was the children’s version of The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. The seventh book is entitled The Last ...read more

  • Gordon Zwicky Won Top Honors In This Year's ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jul 31, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,225 views

    Gordon Zwicky won top honors in this year’s Burlington Liars Club. Zwicky, who is 72, beat out 299 other people from 31 states and Canada. Zwicky claimed he and his wife, Dorothy, won the lottery and decided to drive to Florida. They had never been anywhere before, but their neighbor told them ...read more

  • Bishop Fulton Sheen In His Autobiography, ...

    Contributed by Tim Richards on Sep 3, 2005
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     | 2,455 views

    Bishop Fulton Sheen in his autobiography, Treasure in Clay wrote about an experience he had when he was traveling around preaching, "I stopped to ask a few boys for directions to the Town Hall where I was giving a lecture. They told me where the Town Hall was and then asked, "What are you going to ...read more

  • In The Movie "Shawshank Redemption," An Old ...  PRO

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 10, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,731 views

    In the movie “Shawshank Redemption,” an old prisoner, Brooks Handlin, acts unreasonable and threatens to take another prisoner’s life. They find out that the reason Brooks has reacted this way is that he’s scared. Scared because his parole has been approved. You see those outside of Shawshank see ...read more

  • Charles Fuller Once Announced That He Would Be ...

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 22, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,940 views

    Charles Fuller once announced that he would be speaking the following Sunday on “Heaven.” During that week, a precious letter was received from an old man who was very ill. Here is part of his letter: “Next Sunday you are to talk about Heaven. I am interested in that land, because I have held a ...read more

  • Listen To This Dreary Inscription On A Gravestone ...

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 23, 2005
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    Listen to this dreary inscription on a gravestone in Britain near Windsor Castle: Pause, my friend, as you walk by; As you are now, so once was I As I am now, so you will be. Prepare, my friend, to follow me! A ...read more

  • A Christian Railroad Engineer Was Speaking To A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,199 views

    A Christian railroad engineer was speaking to a group of fellow workers about heaven. He said, “I can’t begin to tell you what the Lord Jesus means to me. In Him I have a hope that is very precious. Let me explain. Many years ago as each night I neared the end of my run, I would always let out a ...read more

  • David Brainerd Was An American Colonial ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
     | 2,570 views

    David Brainerd was an American colonial missionary to the Indians who died at the age of twenty-nine. His diary reveals a young man intensely committed to God. Brainerd once said to Jonathan Edwards: “I do not go to heaven to be advanced but to give honor to God. It is no matter where I shall be ...read more