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  • Pressure Washing

    Contributed by Jack Kale on Apr 6, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,303 views

    Pressure Washing The wooden fence around our yard was black from mildew in parts, but it was mostly sun bleached gray. The grime was heaviest around the sprinkler heads where Florida humidity turns the porous wood into a mildew factory. I had grown accustomed to the funk and had gotten so ...read more

  • Conversion Of A Communist

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Sep 25, 2016
     | 4,614 views

    Leonard Ravenhill tells the story of preaching an 8-day crusade in a large church in Glasgow, Scotland starting the first day of World War II. That shattered his meetings and no more than 50 people showed, so they started to meet in a side room instead. Despite this, he preached his heart out every ...read more

  • Prayer

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Sep 25, 2016
     | 13,056 views

    Chris Jeffries tells the story of Roy who was feeling frustrated that he was not able to do what he felt he was born to do. So he prayed for Our Father to change something. Then there was a knock at the door and they met two strangers, a married couple. They invited them in and sat them down at ...read more

  • Best Christmas Illustration Ever!  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Aug 13, 2017
    based on 3 ratings
     | 8,057 views

    The brand new pastor and his wife were assigned to their first church in Brooklyn and were to reopen it. They arrived in early October excited about their opportunities. When they saw the church, it was run down and needed a lot of work. They set a goal to have everything done in time to have their ...read more

  • Sailing Away  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Vicente on Aug 17, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 2,347 views

    SAILING AWAY A personal testimony. Inspired by His calling, Joel Vicente. ------- I was secure at home when I heard the voice from the Captain exclaim, "Come follow me. Go where I send you. No need to fear. I will be with you." I asked, "But Captain, may I remain here on the shore where it is ...read more

  • Steve Bouman Tells The Story We Began To Find ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Sep 28, 2004
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,926 views

    Steve Bouman tells the story We began to find our power as a congregation in New Jersey as a matter of being a place where you can go when there’s no where else to go. When you invite the poor and the homeless, they do come such as Edgar. He is by anybody’s standards a strange character. He lives ...read more

  • Years Ago, A Very Wealthy Man Shared With His ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 20, 2007
     | 2,003 views

    Years ago, a very wealthy man shared with his devoted young son a passion for art collecting. Together they travelled the world, adding only the finest art treasures to their collection. Priceless works by Picasso, Van Gogh, Monet and many others adorned the walls of the family estate. The ...read more

  • Failing To Give Him The Key

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Feb 6, 2010
     | 2,061 views

    Failing to Give Him the Key The early years of the 19th century were troubled times in the German confederation. Rumors of revolution and rioting had the federated government in panic. Klemens von Metternich, the chief statesman of the confederation, ordered thousands of young men drafted into the ...read more

  • The Tablecloth  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,713 views

    THE TABLECLOTH The brand new pastor and his wife were assigned to their first church in Brooklyn and were to reopen it. They arrived in early October excited about their opportunities. When they saw the church, it was run down and needed a lot of work. They set a goal to have everything done in ...read more

  • Trouble? Joe Was Trouble...

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Oct 25, 2023
     | 856 views

    TROUBLE? JOE WAS TROUBLE! SOMEONE IS HURTING! I had taught school in Virginia several years. I was assistant principal. I often observed the kids in the younger classes and thought someday I will teach that child. There was a young boy named Joe. Joe was in the office pretty often in some kind ...read more

  • The Manor - A Story About The Master Coming Back

    Contributed by John Gullick on Jul 31, 2017
     | 3,961 views

    Here is a story- Driving up to the mansion seemed quite grand. The turrets bathed in the bright sunlight - windows glistened sending wild cascades of light over the pastures. The driveway was, well, elegent to say the least. But immediately Bernard sensed something was wrong. The hedges and shrubs ...read more

  • Rain On The Rocks

    Contributed by Jack Kale on Sep 30, 2017
     | 2,661 views

    Rain on the Rocks We were on the last morning of a five day float down the Buffalo River in Arkansas. Our family joined another for the second annual Kale-Parker river trip. Everyone had their own boat and each was packed with supplies ranging from coolers, cook-wear, clothes, fishing gear, and ...read more

  • Called To Serve

    Contributed by Dr. John Singarayar on Dec 1, 2023
     | 1,222 views

    In 1884, a devastating famine struck India, claiming over 50 lakh lives. In the midst of despair, Christian organizations from America, driven by compassion, sailed to India to provide medical aid and sustenance. Dr. John, accompanied by his daughter Ida Scudder, arrived in Ranipet. The dire ...read more

  • Bill Hybels And Soccer Coach (Across The Room ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 22, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,544 views

    Bill Hybels and Soccer Coach (Across the Room p30) Bill tells about his sons soccer coach (Brian). One day he felt prompted to leave the sideline and go introduce himself and help put the balls and equiptment away. He wasn’t thrilled to find out Bill was a pastor. After several months of ...read more

  • Out Of The Sun, Packed In A Diamond Formation And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
     | 1,638 views

    Out of the sun, packed in a diamond formation and flying as one that day, the Minute Men dove at nearly the speed of sound toward a tiny emerald patch on Ohio’s unwrinkled crazy quilt below. It was a little after nine on the morning of June 7, 1958, and the destination of the Air National Guard’s ...read more

  • Who Lives In Your House?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 9, 2001
    based on 207 ratings
     | 3,636 views

    Who Lives In Your House? Author: Unknown Once there was a very wealthy young man who lived in a great,elaborate house with dozens of rooms. Each room was more comfortable and more beautiful than the one before it. One day he decided to invite the Lord to come and stay with him. When the Lord ...read more

  • Just This Past Thursday We Learned The Results Of ...

    Contributed by Mike Rexroat on Dec 16, 2007
     | 1,879 views

    Just this past Thursday we learned the results of what is being called the "Mitchell" report. For those of us who are baseball fans it was a pretty dark day. Former Senator George Mitchell concluded his almost two year investigation into the game and released his conclusions and one of those ...read more

  • Whoever Gets The Son Gets It All  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,252 views

    WHOEVER GETS THE SON GETS IT ALL The story is told about a wealthy man and his only son - both of whom loved to collect rare works of art! They had everything - from the late great Andalusian-Spanish painter, draughtsman, and sculptor, Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) to the late great Italian painter ...read more

  • The Christmas Scout

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,053 views

    THE CHRISTMAS SCOUT In spite of the fun and laughter, 13 yr. old Frank Wilson was not happy. It was true, he had received all the presents he wanted, and he enjoyed the traditional Christmas Eve reunions with relatives for the purpose of exchanging gifts and good wishes but Frank was not happy. ...read more

  • He Who Has The Son Has It All

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 31, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,097 views

    I wrote this at the end of 2014 Fourteen years from the Millennium seemed a long time and now we are into a new year – again!! I have spent much of last week preparing to lead a pilgrimage to Israel – a new experience for me. And with the new it is good to recall the old. Our Gospel reading is ...read more

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