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  • 57 Cents  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Sharpes on Feb 16, 2002
    based on 212 ratings
     | 2,353 views

    57 CENTS One afternoon a little girl, who had eagerly wished to go, turned back from the Sunday-school door, crying bitterly because there was no more room . . . [I] asked her why it was that she was crying, and she sobbingly replied that it was because they could not let her into the ...read more

  • Almost Ten Years Ago, I Taught A Life Science ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Apr 15, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,968 views

    Almost ten years ago, I taught a Life Science class at Mission High School in San Francisco. The class was made up of students who didn’t want to take Biology and failed Life Science at least once before, some more than once. Many days, I would have students who came to class from the police ...read more

  • Always Looking For Inspiring Stories To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 31, 2002
    based on 73 ratings
     | 2,883 views

    Always looking for inspiring stories to demonstrate the power of prayer, The Presidential Prayer Team shares this amazing story in the news today. Please pass it on to inspire others. 50 Christian truckers got together to pray to pray that somehow the sniper terrorizing the Washington, DC area ...read more

  • The Movie, Chariots Of Fire Is The True Story Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by William Neel on Jan 14, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,204 views

    The movie, Chariots of Fire is the true story of Eric Liddell, a man who ran for Scotland, then went on to become a missionary. You may recall that he refused to run on the Sabbath, forfeiting some of the awards he probably would have won in the 1924 Olympics. There was another scene in that ...read more

  • The Dog Gone Story!  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 28, 2003
    based on 40 ratings
     | 5,456 views

    THE DOG GONE STORY! Many years ago before airplanes and the great jets of today, people had to travel by ships. These great ocean going vessels were very slow sailing across long distances. The King of Greece made the decision to travel to the USA. The King had heard of the vast land and how God ...read more

  • A Crushing Grief—communion Meditation  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,493 views

    A CRUSHING GRIEF-- COMMUNION MEDITATION Her name was Laurie. Robert Barnett only met her one time and that was for less than an hour. It was in the ICU at a university hospital. It was the last day of Laurie’s life on earth, only neither Laurie nor Robert knew that at the time. During the brief ...read more

  • I Am A 52 Year Old Adoptee. I Was Born On ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 11, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,908 views

    I am a 52 year old adoptee. I was born on February 1, 1951 in a Lynchburg, VA hospital. My first two years of life must have been traumatic as my birth mother gave me up when it became apparent that she could not take care of me. She was unmarried at the time and the birth father was a married ...read more

  • I Met Rosemary When I Was 15 Years Old. Her ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2005
     | 1,974 views

    I met Rosemary when I was 15 years old. Her father was the proprietor of a pool hall called El Rancho Grande. He had two rules concerning me and the pool hall. Rule #1 was “If you play and lose, you pay.” Rule #2 was “If you play and win, you play for free.” Needless to say, I got as good as I ...read more

  • Let Me Tell You A Story About A Christian Just ...  PRO

    Contributed by Thomas Black on Feb 2, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,273 views

    Let me tell you a story about a Christian just like you and I. Let’s call him George for no good reason. George woke up Monday morning after a remarkable Weekend. Family time was well spent and The church services were excellent. He’d had testimonies of answered prayer in his own life and the ...read more

  • A Farmer One Planted Two Fruit Trees On Opposite ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 19, 2005
    based on 16 ratings
     | 3,243 views

    A farmer one planted two fruit trees on opposite sides of his property. The one he planted to provide a hedge hide the unsightly view of an old landfill; the other to provide shade to rest under near a cool mountain stream which ran down beside his fields. As the two trees grew, both produced ...read more

  • The Church Is Called The Body Of Christ. Have ...  PRO

    Contributed by Greg Warren on May 4, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 8,040 views

    The church is called the body of Christ. Have you ever thought about what it would be like if the members of our physical bodies behaved like the members of the spiritual body sometimes do? HEART - "You know, I’m just stuck in a rut. For the last 45 years all I do is beat and beat. Lub, ...read more

  • Many Years Ago A Senior Executive Of The Then ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,671 views

    Many years ago a senior executive of the then Standard Oil Company made a wrong decision that cost the company more than $2 million. John D. Rockefeller was then running the firm. On the day the news leaked out most of the executives of the company were finding various ingenious ways of avoiding ...read more

  • Back In The Eighteenth Century, A Young Boy Was ...

    Contributed by John Shearhart on May 14, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,681 views

    “Back in the eighteenth century, a young boy was born into a Christian home. For the first six years of his life, he heard the truths of the gospel and he was loved. Sadly, though, his parents died. The orphaned boy went to live with his relatives. There he was mistreated and abused and ridiculed ...read more

  • Some Years Back, Before Skin-Grafts Were A Common ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Feb 18, 2007
     | 4,644 views

    Some years back, before skin-grafts were a common medical procedure, a certain girl throughout all her life openly showed her shame for the deep scars that covered both of her mother’s hands. The girl was so ashamed of her mother’s hands that she constantly insisted that her mother wear gloves ...read more

  • Intro: A Voyaging Ship Was Wrecked During A Storm ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,166 views

    INTRO: A voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two of the men on it were able to swim to a small, desert-like island. The two survivors, not knowing what else to do, agreed that they had no other recourse but to pray to God. However, to find out whose prayer was more powerful, ...read more

  • Judge Alexander M. Sanders, Jr., The Chief ...

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Sep 20, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,889 views

    Judge Alexander M. Sanders, Jr., the Chief Juctice of the South Carolina Court of Appeals, tells a story about what happened when his daughter Zoe was just three years old. Sanders came home from work one day to find his home – and especially his young daughter – in a state of turmoil. Zoe’s pet ...read more

  • I Read A Story Of A Woman On Vacation That Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kl Burrus on Nov 19, 2007
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,500 views

    I read a story of a woman on vacation that was shopping in the finest stores. One day she saw the most beautiful cup she had ever seen. She went in bought the cup and everyday she would take the cup out and admire it. She would even talk to the cup and say, ’’I’m glad that I found you. You’re one ...read more

  • Mulligan

    Contributed by Grant Van Boeschoten on Feb 1, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,336 views

    "Mulligan" There are a lot of golfers out there who have convinced themselves that it is OK to cheat, they even came up with a name for it so that it didn’t sound so bad. It’s called a Mulligan, a do over, a second chance. Here is how it goes. You step up to the tee box to hit the ball and ...read more

  • Mr. Coffee Gets His Mug ...

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Jun 3, 2008
     | 1,340 views

    Mr. Coffee Gets His Mug Money THIS COFFEE "MUG" WORTH $15.6 MILLION TO ITS OWNER SAN FRANCISCO -- When it comes to coffee, Russell Christoff is more of a fresh-brewed than a freeze-dried kind of guy. So he never scrutinized the Taster’s Choice label. When he finally did, he was staring back at ...read more

  • Evil In Us ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 21, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,468 views

    EVIL IN US ALL In 1960, Israeli undercover agents kidnapped one of the worst killers in Hitler’s army from his hideout in South America. His name was Adolf Eichmann. They took him to Israel to stand trial for crimes against humanity. Prosecutors called a long list of witnesses who had either seen ...read more