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  • Birdy, Birdy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Birdy, Birdy One of my favorite memories of my time serving as a youth pastor, was in the mid 1980’s when I took a group of teenagers to a nursing home in Arkadelphia, AR. While there, we sang songs to the residents, we shared a testimony of how Christ touched our life, and then, a young man in ...read more

  • Two Years Ago, On June 28 (2005), Four Navy Seal ...  PRO

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Jul 31, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,502 views

    Two years ago, on June 28 (2005), four Navy SEAL commandos were on a mission in Afghanistan, searching for a notorious al-Qaeda terrorist leader hiding in a Taliban stronghold. As the battle ensued, three of the SEALs were killed, and the fourth, Marcus Luttrell was blasted unconscious by a ...read more

  • There Was A Small Boy In Sunday School And The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 21, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,340 views

    There was a small boy in Sunday School and the teacher told them that next Sunday was "bring a friend day." So the next Sunday this little one brought his little friend. All the kids were participating in the "old" activity where you put your hands together and interlock your fingers and build the ...read more

  • I Spoke With Wes, The New Manager Of Our Clothing ...

    Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Aug 26, 2007
     | 1,888 views

    I spoke with Wes, the new manager of our clothing store, Double Take the other day. He’s been a volunteer at Yonge Street Mission for years, and so he knew that we work with all kinds of people, including people who live on the street. He gave me permission to tell his story. Wes realized a few ...read more

  • I Shall Never The First Time That I Was Able To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Aug 29, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,104 views

    I shall never the first time that I was able to take communion. For years, I had sat back and took far too much heart and thought into those who took on communion “unworthily.” The first time that I took communion was the Thursday of the preceding Easter Sunday of 1990. I was at Texas Bible ...read more

  • Here Is A Sign That Was Posted On A Bathroom ...

    Contributed by Kent Kessler on Aug 30, 2007
    based on 1 rating
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    Here is a SIGN that was posted on a BATHROOM DOOR Attention Everyone: The Bathroom Door is Closed! Please do not stand there and talk, whine or ask questions. Wait until I get out. Yes, it is locked. I want it that way. No, it is not broken; I am not trapped. I know I have left it unlocked, and ...read more

  • Af Sgt. Arthur Powell Told His Story In The July ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Sep 6, 2007
    based on 1 rating
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    AF Sgt. Arthur Powell told his story in the July (1994) "Guideposts." When I was a kid growing up in St. Nicholas Project in Harlem, I was scared. I was afraid of shooting, gang harassment and threats from drug dealers. Dad wasn’t around much, and Mom, who wasn’t well, had her hands full ...read more

  • We Were In Spain A Few Weeks Ago And We Went To A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Simon Mattholie on Sep 10, 2007
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     | 1,936 views

    We were in Spain a few weeks ago and we went to a water park to keep the kids happy. Now I don’t mind swimming, but I don’t do heights – really. Anyway, Dom my youngest decides that he and I are going to go down some of the water shoots - there was one called the black hole, and actually it was ...read more

  • Frederick Douglass Who Grew Up As A Slave In ...

    Contributed by Sylvester Fergusson on Nov 3, 2007
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    Frederick Douglass who grew up as a slave in Maryland in the early nineteenth century and experienced slavery’s every brutality. He was taken from his mother when he was only an infant. For years as a child, all he had to eat was runny corn meal dumped in a trough that kids fought to scoop out with ...read more

  • Pursued By The Atoning Love  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 6, 2007
    based on 11 ratings
     | 5,184 views

    Pursued by the Atoning Love One evening a woman was driving home when she noticed a huge truck behind her that was driving uncomfortably close. She stepped on the gas to gain some distance from the truck, but when she sped up the truck did too. The faster she drove, the faster drove the truck. Now ...read more

  • In The Small Town We Lived In, The Volunteer Fire ...  PRO

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 16, 2007
    based on 15 ratings
     | 2,755 views

    In the small town we lived in, the volunteer fire department’s telephone was answered by the policeman on duty, who would in turn sound the fire whistle to rally the volunteers to duty. One Saturday morning my father, the town chief of police, had just come on duty when the fire department phone ...read more

  • She Prayed, They Cheered

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,548 views

    She Prayed, They Cheered Recently, in Houston, Texas, a 16-year-old girl backed down from her decision to lead in voluntary prayer before a high school football game. She had been elected by other students at the school to pray before each of the Santa Fe Indians’ home games. The problem was that ...read more

  • I Can Give Thanks For Everything – Whether I Want ...

    Contributed by David Vanheuvelen on Nov 24, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,506 views

    I can give thanks for everything – whether I want to or not is the issue. I have to choose. You can give thanks for everything. If it were not possible, God wouldn’t have commanded it in His Word. This is God’s will for you… give thanks in all circumstances. You can choose to be thankful for work ...read more

  • You May Recognize The Name Of Florence Chadwick. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ronald Thorington on Jan 1, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,781 views

    You may recognize the name of Florence Chadwick. In 1952, Florence was the first woman to attempt to swim the 26 miles between Catalina Island and the California coastline. As she began this historical journey, she was flanked by small boats that watched for sharks and were prepared to help her if ...read more

  • Does Christ Have Authority Over You? Do You ...

    Contributed by Charles Whitmire on Jan 20, 2008
     | 1,673 views

    Does Christ have authority over you? Do you submit to his will for your life? Here’s the real question: Who’s in charge of you? A few years ago a certain bracelet became popular with Christian youth. I’m sure you saw them... WWJD was the inscription, right? I had a police officer friend in Bastrop ...read more

  • While Josh Mcdowell Was Attending Seminary In ...

    Contributed by Nathan Johnson on Feb 22, 2008
     | 1,772 views

    While Josh McDowell was attending seminary in California, his father went Home to be with the Lord. His mother had died years earlier, but Josh was not sure of her salvation. He became depressed, thinking that she might be lost. Was she a Christian or not? The thought obsessed him. “Lord,” he ...read more

  • Years Ago, In The Pioneer Days Of Aviation, A ...

    Contributed by George Mansfield on Feb 23, 2008
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    Years ago, in the pioneer days of aviation, a pilot was making a flight around the world. After he had been gone for some two hours from his last landing field, he heard a noise in his plane which he recognized as the gnawing of a rat. He realized that while his plane had been on the ground a rat ...read more

  • Cassie Was In The School Library Reading Her ...

    Contributed by Mike Cleveland on Mar 19, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,970 views

    Cassie was in the school library reading her Bible when two young killers burst in. According to witnesses, one of the killers pointed his gun at Cassie and asked, do you believe in God?" Cassie answered, "Yes, I believe in God." "Why?" the gunman asked. Cassie did not have a chance to respond; the ...read more

  • There Was Once A Man Who Was Born In A Little ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,968 views

    There was once a man who was born in a little town back east. He grew up and took on the family business. The only earthly father he had ever known died sometime in his teen years and as the oldest son he took on the responsibility of caring for his mother. He had a good reputation among all the ...read more

  • In A Poem Attributed To Archbishop Oscar Romero, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,693 views

    In a poem attributed to Archbishop Oscar Romero, entitled “Prophets of a Future Not Our Own,” he states: “It helps, now and then, to step back and take the long view. We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of the magnificent enterprise that is God’s work. Nothing we do is complete, ...read more