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  • She Is Almost Ninety Years Old, And Apparently ...

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Aug 17, 2010
     | 1,105 views

    She is almost ninety years old, and apparently she's BEAUTIFUL. I am a Chaplain in an aged care facility and I meet a lot of 90 year olds. Some look pretty good for their age but SARAH catches your attention. The perfect Hollywood star, aging gracefully and looking years younger without the use of ...read more

  • Our Tongues Get Us Into Trouble

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,986 views

    OUR TONGUES GET US INTO TROUBLE The classic movie, "A Christmas Story," is a nostalgic look at growing up in Gary, Indiana, through the eyes of a boy named Ralphy. One scene depicts a school recess in the middle of winter. Two boys surrounded by their classmates argue whether a person’s tongue ...read more

  • Meeting With God In A Cesspit

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 15, 2011
     | 1,902 views

    MEETING WITH GOD IN A CESSPIT Philip Yancey shared about "a conference on evangelism sponsored by Billy Graham in Manila. A Cambodian man mesmerized the audience with his story of daily meditation. Under the Pol Pot regime he was held in a concentration camp like those depicted in the movie ...read more

  • Faith Like A Potato: Don't Give Up Hope

    Contributed by Selwyn Robins on Apr 19, 2011
     | 5,489 views

    FAITH LIKE A POTATO: DON'T GIVE UP HOPE There is a movie called 'Faith Like a Potato'. It takes place in South Africa. Long story short a farmer w/an anger management issue is converted to a believer (follower) of the word. Needing to bring in money for his family, he decides to plant a crop of ...read more

  • Deceiver  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Walther on May 25, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,504 views

    DECEIVER Ephesians 6.10-12 Especially, "schemes of the devil..." Here Paul explains the realities of evil in this world. How different this is from popular ideas about evil. There is a comical view of evil -- the character who wears a red suit and carries a pitch fork. Then there is the ...read more

  • The Anger Of King Henry Ii

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 18, 2011
     | 4,107 views

    THE ANGER OF KING HENRY II King Henry II of England, back in around 1200, had a lot of power. He put an end to a long and bloody civil war, and ruled both England and a large chunk of France for many years. He was so famous that a movie was made about him, about 25 yrs ago, starring Richard Burton ...read more

  • They're Not Ready For Heaven

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 25, 2011
     | 4,015 views

    THEY'RE NOT READY FOR HEAVEN The movie The End of the Spear tells the true story of five missionaries who gave their lives to reach the violent Waodoni tribe in the jungles of Ecuador in the 1950s. Led by Nate Saint, the missionaries were eager to reach the Waodoni people before they all died off ...read more

  • Toy Story: Friendship

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jun 23, 2012
     | 3,334 views

    TOY STORY: FRIENDSHIP "As iron sharpens iron so one man sharpens another." (Proverbs 27:17) Henry Ford said, "My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me." And what's true of a good church is true of a good friend; they love you and they help you aspire to grow and be whole. Have ...read more

  • The Umpire's Revenge  PRO

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Mar 6, 2013
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,033 views

    THE UMPIRE'S REVENGE Forgiveness begins when we give up the quest to get even. This is difficult, because getting even is the natural obsession of the wounded soul. Stories about getting even always capture our attention. It wouldn’t surprise me if revenge is the theme of as many as half the ...read more

  • Rain Man Doesn't Understand Inheritance

    Contributed by David Ward on Feb 25, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,755 views

    "Rain Man" was the top moneymaking film of 1988, and also won the Oscar for Best Picture. It tells the story of an abrasive and selfish wheeler-dealer named Charlie (Tom Cruise), who discovers that his estranged father has died and bequeathed all of his multimillion-dollar estate to his other son, ...read more

  • Behind The Scenes Of An Arizona Circus, Bobb ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,498 views

    Behind the scenes of an Arizona circus, Bobb Biehl started chatting with a man who trains animals for Hollywood movies: " ’How is it that you can stake down a ten-ton elephant with the same size stake that you use for this little fellow?’ I asked, pointing to a baby elephant who weighed three ...read more

  • Helen Keller, The Much Beloved Blind, Deaf, And ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,567 views

    Helen Keller, the much beloved blind, deaf, and dumb American author, envisioned what she would most like to see if she could see for just three days. In her article “Three Days to See,” she wrote that she would like to see those she loved on the first day - to look deeply and lovingly into the ...read more

  • Like Most Of Us, I Am Sure That You Can Remember ...

    Contributed by Paul Dietz on Mar 25, 2008
     | 1,314 views

    Like most of us, I am sure that you can remember the scenes of brutality made against Jesus’ character in that film; the derided trials of Caiaphas, Pilate and Herod; the shredding of His flesh and muscle through the scourging by Roman centurions; the excruciating crucifixion between two common ...read more

  • But In These Last Days He Has Spoken To Us By ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2008
     | 2,416 views

    “But in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son.” Ingmar Bergman is a celebrated Swedish filmmaker. He tells the story of how one day he was listening to the works of classical composer Igor Stravinsky. As he was listening to the music, he began to daydream about a 19th-century cathedral. ...read more

  • Shadowlands Is A Powerful ...

    Contributed by Ferdinand Funk on Sep 29, 2008
     | 1,575 views

    Shadowlands is a powerful movie Based on the life of C.S. Lewis. In one scene Lewis has just return from London to Oxford. Thru interesting circulmstances he met Joy Gresham, And American woman who was interested in his writings. Later on in the story Lewis marries Joy Gresham in a private ...read more

  • A Father's Duty Never Ends

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 23, 2009
     | 2,720 views

    A FATHER'S DUTY NEVER ENDS I went to a Saturday matinee showing of that great Sidney Poitier movie, "Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?" and I reveled in that confrontation between Poitier’s world-renowned doctor character and his inner-city postman father. The postman father plays the "I sacrificed ...read more

  • Patriotic Testimony - Sgt. York, Christian Soldier

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on May 23, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,524 views

    SERGEANT YORK the Christian Soldier If someone remembers the name Sergeant York, they remark by saying, “That’s the movie starring Gary Cooper, right?” Who is this hillbilly from Tennessee? This is where our story begins. In December 1887, in the hills of Pall Mall, Tennessee, Alvin York was ...read more

  • Joy Does Not Become Elusive To People. People ...  PRO

    Contributed by Denise Raterta on Nov 30, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,758 views

    Joy does not become elusive to people. People choose to elude joy and God, for that matter. I remember how Jennifer Aniston’s character in the movie “The Good Girl” resented her lady friend’s consistent cheerfulness by saying: “I wonder what the h--- that woman is so d--- happy about.” It’s ...read more

  • If It Moves, Sin!

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Dec 4, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,101 views

    Chuck Swindoll writes: “One of my favorite stories comes from a man who used to be in our church. He and his wife were close friends of our family, but they have now moved to another part of the country. We really miss their joyful presence. When he was a youth worker many years ago in an ethnic ...read more

  • Born Losers

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Apr 28, 2009
     | 3,950 views

    BORN LOSERS Susan Boyle has taken the world by storm. Here is this middle aged homely spinster who has never been kissed--and she has won the hearts of not only Britain, but nearly everyone in the world. Why is that? Is it because she is such a fantastic singer? I don’t think so. There are ...read more

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