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  • Have You Ever Heard Of Rockin' Rollin ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Mar 13, 2001
    based on 106 ratings
     | 2,138 views

    ILL. Have you ever heard of Rockin’ Rollin Stewart? Let me ask you another question. How many of you have ever watched a sporting event, a Super Bowl or Monday night football game, & have seen the giant sign saying "John 3:16?" How many of you have seen that? That’s amazing! Rockin’ Rollin ...read more

  • Have Some Ice Cream  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 30, 2001
    based on 342 ratings
     | 2,341 views

    Received in an e-mail Have Some Ice Cream "Last week I took my children to a restaurant. My six-year-old son asked if he could say grace. As we bowed our heads he said, "God is good. God is great. Thank you for the food, and I would even thank you more if Mom gets us ice cream for dessert. ...read more

  • Karl Barth, A Famous Theologian, Was On A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Hughes on Feb 7, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 6,423 views

    Karl Barth, a famous theologian, was on a streetcar one day in Basel, Switzerland, where he lectured. A tourist to the city climbed on and sat down next to Barth. The two men started chatting with each other. "Are you new to the city?" Barth inquired. "Yes," said the tourist. "Is there anything you ...read more

  • The Answer Is No  PRO

    Contributed by David Dykes on Mar 31, 2003
    based on 39 ratings
     | 2,871 views

    THE ANSWER IS NO I had a friend growing up who had the ugliest bicycle I’d ever seen. It was a hand-me-down made from the parts of other bicycles. It was so ugly it didn’t even have handlebar grips. He was always complaining that his hands would slip off the slick handlebars. He pestered his dad ...read more

  • A. Last Week I Took My Children To A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 1, 2003
    based on 78 ratings
     | 2,685 views

    A. Last week I took my children to a restaurant. My six-year-old son asked if he could say grace. As we bowed our heads he said, “God is good. God is great. Thank you for the food, and I would even thank you more if mom gets us ice cream for dessert. And Liberty and Justice for all! Amen!” ...read more

  • In The First Game Of The Best-Of-Seven, 2004 ...

    Contributed by David Ward on Mar 8, 2005
     | 1,252 views

    In the first game of the best-of-seven, 2004 American League Championship Series between baseball’s New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, Boston’s ace pitcher Curt Schilling was in pain. An ankle injury kept him from being able to plant his foot and throw the ball with his usual skill. Schilling was ...read more

  • The Bible Tells The Story Of Absalom. He Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Aug 28, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,207 views

    The Bible tells the story of Absalom. He was the son of King David — Israel’s greatest king. Through a series of circumstances, Absalom began to despise his father and made plans to become king in his father’s place. He surreptitiously sowed seeds of division and rebellion in his father’s ...read more

  • I Hope That They Are Praying As Well Just As Two ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brent Baker on Sep 13, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,162 views

    I hope that they are praying as well just as two men did on September 11, 2001. I read this story in this week’s lookout. Two men were on the 81st floor of tower #2 of the World Trade Center, desperately trying to avoid the fate that was claiming so many that day. Stanley Praimnath, an ...read more

  • Six Year Old's Prayer

    Contributed by Richard Wafford on Sep 9, 2006
     | 1,686 views

    7. SIX YEAR OLD’S PRAYER Last week I took my children to a restaurant. My six-year-old son had asked if he could say grace. As we bowed our heads he said, "God is good. God is great. Thank you for the food, and I would even thank you more if Mom gets us ice cream for dessert. And Liberty and ...read more

  • In The Early Days Of The United States Of ...

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Nov 18, 2006
     | 1,959 views

    In the early days of the United States of America a weary traveler came to the banks of the Mississippi River for the first time. There was no bridge. It was early winter, and the surface of the mighty stream was covered with ice. Would he dare cross over? Would the uncertain ice be able to bear ...read more

  • There Was A Very Capable Evangelist Whom God Used ...

    Contributed by Mark Ferrante on Jan 12, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,362 views

    There was a very capable evangelist whom God used in a significant way. But he lost his interest in spiritual things and drifted into a life of sin, for a number of months. Some of his sin was done in secret but ultimately, it became public knowledge and even made the headlines. At first, all he ...read more

  • Winning The Lottery

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2011
     | 4,102 views

    WINNING THE LOTTERY Christmas night 2002, Jack Whittaker had five out of five numbers in the West Virginia Power ball drawing. Jack Whittaker had just won $314 million, the largest undivided lottery jackpot in history. He took the one lump payment and received $113 million after taxes. Listen ...read more

  • Serving Saves A Soul

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jul 8, 2011
     | 2,650 views

    SERVING SAVES A SOUL One of the best ways to do these good things is to get involved in Vacation Bible School: Praying for VBS, inviting kids to come, serving in VBS, and following up on our guests. Kids will get saved. Sometimes even parents get saved through VBS. Florence Lee can tell you that. ...read more

  • The Knowledge Of Good And Evil  PRO

    Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Jan 8, 2014
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,224 views

    THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL Viktor Frankl in his book, "Man's Search for Meaning," describes the reactions of two brothers with the same heredity, the same environment, in the same concentration camp under the Nazis. One became a saint and the other a swine. Frankl tells us the reason why. He ...read more

  • Look At The List: Bitterness, Rage, Anger, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,306 views

    Look at the list: bitterness, rage, anger, brawling, slander, malice, unforgiveness. Traveling light, Paul says, is letting God begin to deal with the hurts, the slights, the anger and unforgiveness that burdens us down. If we want to travel light, we have to unpack the donkey of all the baggage we ...read more

  • Listen To Dietrich Bonhoeffer, A German ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,244 views

    Listen to Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German Christian minister who opposed the Nazis and was killed in a concentration camp just weeks before the end of World War II. Cheap Grace is the deadly enemy of our Church. We are fighting today for costly grace. Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness ...read more

  • In The First Game Of The Best-Of-Seven, 2004 ...

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Oct 1, 2007
     | 591 views

    In the first game of the best-of-seven, 2004 American League Championship Series between baseball’s New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, Boston’s ace pitcher Curt Schilling was in pain. An ankle injury kept him from being able to plant his foot and throw the ball with his usual skill. Schilling was ...read more

  • When Larry Crabbe, Christian Psychologist And ...

    Contributed by Amanda Wilson on Oct 20, 2007
     | 1,615 views

    When Larry Crabbe, Christian psychologist and author, became a father, he decided he was going to do parenting right! So Larry made sure he hugged his sons and told them he loved them. He had father-son talks, dinners and camping trips. He personally saw to it that his sons had a thorough ...read more

  • God Will Often Allow Crises Into ...

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Mar 29, 2008
     | 1,059 views

    Illustration: God will often allow crises into our lives to show us where we put our confidence. There was a farmer who one day went happily and with great joy in his heart to report to his wife and family that their best cow had given birth to twin calves, one red and one white. And he said, “You ...read more

  • Bought To Be ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,904 views

    BOUGHT TO BE FREED A young girl was being sold at auction one day. She was a beautiful girl, tall and slender. The bidding was keen, and quickly mounted higher and higher until at last only two men were left bidding for her ownership: the one a low, uncouth foul-mouthed fellow who raised his bid ...read more