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  • Because The Time's Going To Come When You Will ...

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Mar 19, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,808 views

    Because the time’s going to come when you will pass from this earth, and you will stand face to face with God. I don’t know exactly what’s going to happen at that point, but here’s one possibility. I’ve asked my daughter, Dani, to help me with this. Here’s what I think might happen: You’re ...read more

  • I Can Imagine This Conversation In Heaven

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 12, 2008
     | 1,148 views

    I can imagine this conversation in Heaven It starts with me Lord, I have sinned, I have done this awful thing and I pray for you to forgive me As I pray God is listening and He says Look at that filth, he disgusts me His life is full of sin makes me want to puke How dare he approach my holy throne ...read more

  • Stuart Briscoe Tell The Story Of A Friend Who ...  PRO

    Contributed by Eldon Reich on Mar 28, 2002
    based on 97 ratings
     | 2,889 views

    “Stuart Briscoe tell the story of a friend who often used an old fruit tree to escape from his second story bedroom window, especially when his father was about to punish him. One day the father announced that he was going to cut down the old tree because it had not borne fruit in many years. That ...read more

  • I Can't See You

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 12, 2007
     | 2,042 views

    I Can’t See You One night a house caught fire and a young boy was forced to flee to the roof. The father stood on the ground below with outstretched arms, calling to his son, “Jump! I’ll catch you.” He knew the boy had to jump to save his life. All the boy could see, however, was flame, smoke, and ...read more

  • A Small Boy Was On The Witness Stand In An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2008
     | 4,394 views

    A small boy was on the witness stand in an important lawsuit. The prosecuting attorney cross-examined him, then delivered, he thought, a crushing blow to the testimony. "Your father has been telling you how to testify, has he not?" "Yes," the lad replied and did not hesitate with the answer. "Now," ...read more

  • A Small Boy Was On The Witness Stand In An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 27, 2008
     | 2,853 views

    A small boy was on the witness stand in an important lawsuit. The prosecuting attorney cross-examined him, then delivered, he thought, a crushing blow to the testimony. "Your father has been telling you how to testify, has he not?" "Yes," the lad replied and did not hesitate with the answer. "Now," ...read more

  • A Boy's ...

    Contributed by Dwight L. Moody on Jun 11, 2009
     | 3,041 views

    A BOY’S STORY Some years ago, as I was about to close a prayer meeting, a young man got up and urged all those men present that had not yet accepted of Christ, to do so that night. And in closing up his little speech, he said, "I once had a father and mother that cared more for my soul than for ...read more

  • When He Was Elected To The Baseball Hall Of Fame ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bill Harper on Jan 22, 2001
    based on 141 ratings
     | 6,496 views

    When he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984, Harmon Killebrew said, “My father taught me and my brother to play ball in the front yard. One day my mother came out and told him we were ...read more

  • To Take From One, Because It Is Thought His Own ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,732 views

    "To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, ...read more

  • Kim Duk-Soo Will Never Forget November 20, 1950. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,806 views

    Kim Duk-Soo will never forget November 20, 1950. That was the day Communist troops found him hiding with his father in a root cellar. "When we heard the soldiers coming, I was sure we would be killed," says Kim, his eyes filling with tears. "My Daddy told me we could not tell a lie to save our ...read more

  • Peace

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 15,518 views

    PEACE This question was once asked, "If you could choose what you want most in life, what would you ask for?" The most common answer was "Peace." People want peace in their marriages, families, workplaces, country and world. Our country has some of the best medical and psychological treatment ...read more

  • During The Long War Years A Boy Looked ...  PRO

    Contributed by Aaron Burgess on Dec 14, 2002
    based on 17 ratings
     | 1,852 views

    During the long war years a boy looked frequently at a picture of his daddy on the table. His father had left for Europe when the boy was a young infant. After several years the boy had forgotten him as a person but he would often look at the ...read more

  • There Once Was A Fellow Who, With His Dad, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Dec 28, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 8,624 views

    There once was a fellow who, with his dad, farmed a little piece of land. Several times a year they would load up the old ox-drawn cart with vegetables and go into the nearest city to sell their produce. Except for their name and the patch of ground, father and son had little in common. The old ...read more

  • Let Me Tell You A Story From Alberta History: ...  PRO

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Dec 12, 2002
    based on 60 ratings
     | 5,225 views

    Let me tell you a story from Alberta history: Cree Chief Maskepetoon met Rev. Robert Rundle, and at their first meeting declared "I will never become a Christian as long as there are horses to steal and scalps to take." Nevertheless Maskepetoon became a staunch friend to Rundle and his attitude ...read more

  • Dr. H. A. Ironside, In His Lectures On Acts, ...  PRO

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Aug 3, 2001
    based on 26 ratings
     | 2,792 views

    Dr. H. A. Ironside, in his Lectures on Acts, recalls the story his mother told about his own dear father’s dying hour. The mother said, "Your father had this passage running through his mind. He kept repeating it constantly. ‘A great sheet and wild beasts and-and…’ He could not seem to get the next ...read more

  • The Great Soccer Player Pele, Was A Smoker When ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sean Smuts on Jan 15, 2003
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,253 views

    The great soccer player Pele, was a smoker when he was younger. His father caught him one time and instead of getting angry, he called his son to the porch where they spoke his father saying, “Pele, you realize that if you continue smoking you will not play as well as you could.” Pele said “Yes, ...read more

  • We Have A Custom Of Viewing The Body, Not Just ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007
     | 891 views

    We have a custom of viewing the body, not just out of curiosity or to judge the mortician’s skill but to face reality. In doing that we grieve, which ventilates our sorrow and helps to bring emotional healing and relief. A young boy in my former pastorate suffered the death of his thirty-year-old ...read more

  • Just Tell The Truth

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
     | 4,714 views

    JUST TELL THE TRUTH A small boy was on the witness stand in an important lawsuit. The prosecuting attorney cross-examined him, then delivered, he thought, a crushing blow to the testimony. "Your father has been telling you how to testify, has he not?" "Yes," the lad replied and did not hesitate ...read more

  • Start Of The Human Race  PRO

    Contributed by Robert Fa’atoia-Collins on May 13, 2010
    based on 7 ratings
     | 7,494 views

    START OF THE HUMAN RACE A little girl asked her mother, "How did the human race start?" The mother answered, "God made Adam and Eve and they had children, and so all mankind was made." Two days later, the girl asked her father the same question. The father answered, "Many years ago, there were ...read more

  • A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009
     | 3,276 views

    AMAZING In 1997, Reeve Lindbergh, daughter of aviator Charles Lindbergh, was invited to give the annual Lindbergh Address at the Smithsonian Institution’s Air and Space Museum to commemorate the 70th anniversary of her father’s historic solo flight across the Atlantic. On the day of the speech, ...read more