Contributed by Dana Chau on Sep 1, 2002
based on 44 ratings
| 1,890 views
Warren Wiersbe tells about the time the late William Randolph Hearst sent out his agent to secure particular art pieces. After months of searching, the agent reported that he had finally found the treasures. They were in Mr. Heart’s warehouse. Hearst had been searching frantically for art pieces
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
*other
Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Nov 15, 2002
based on 15 ratings
| 2,598 views
During the Civil War a Union soldier from Ohio was shot in the arm.
His captain saw he was wounded and barked out an order, “Gimme your gun, Private, and get to the rear!”
The private handed over his rifle and ran toward the north, seeking safety.
But after gong only about two or three hundred
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Bruce Howell on Nov 20, 2002
based on 2 ratings
| 1,854 views
I have a treasure which I prize,
Its like I cannot find;
There’s nothing like it on th earth,
‘Tis this–a quiet mind.
But ‘tis not that I’m stupified,
Or senseless, dull, or blind;
‘Tis God’s own peace within my heart
That forms my quiet mind.
I found this treasure at the Cross;
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Wesleyan
Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 10, 2001
based on 2 ratings
| 2,837 views
DETERMINATION IN DISASTER
As a young man, film director Robert Flaherty spent many months in the far north looking for iron ore and cod. He found neither, but he did shoot 70,000 feet of film in his travels.
Someone encouraged him to edit the film and make a documentary, which Flaherty spent
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
based on 14 ratings
| 2,355 views
A woman missionary in the South Pacific Islands was explaining to a group of children the custom and significance of giving gifts at Christmas. "Giving gifts," she said, "expresses love and reminds us of the perfect gift of love we received from God: Jesus."
Later that week, a young native
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Independent/Bible
Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jul 24, 2003
based on 7 ratings
| 3,422 views
Colson’s Change
In July of 1984 Charles Colson was speaking at a Baptist gathering.
He told of his change from being an Episcopalian to becoming a Baptist.
He had considered a change dictated by his study of Scripture and his developing personal convictions.
But he did not want his change to be
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Mike Leiter on Sep 2, 2003
based on 16 ratings
| 5,831 views
Motives are critical!
An elderly man on the beach found a magic lamp. He picked it up and a genie
appeared. "Because you have freed me," the genie said, "I will grant you a
wish." The man thought for a moment and then responded, "My brother and I had
a fight 30 years ago and he hasn’t spoken to
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Vineyard
Contributed by Kathy Findley on Oct 25, 2003
based on 17 ratings
| 4,076 views
Shadowlands -- a Broadway play, later made into a motion picture -- tells the story of C. S. Lewis and his wife, Joy . . .of their intense love for one another . . .and of the shadow that was cast across their life. Shadowlands portrays their struggle with Joy’s cancer. After Joy’s death, Lewis
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
based on 3 ratings
| 1,947 views
A missionary in Paraguay wrote, “While …serving in Paraguay, a Maka Indian named Rafael came to sit on my porch. I was eating and went out to see what he wanted. He responded, "Ham, henek met." Again I asked what I could do for him, but the answer was the same. I understood what he was saying but
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Presbyterian/Reformed
based on 4 ratings
| 10,029 views
In, The Horse Whisperer, Tom Booker, has a gift when it comes to what he calls "gentling" horses. In one telling scene, a traumatized horse, frightened by a ringing cell phone, gallops off into the far end of a large pasture. Booker walks into the pasture and sits down, where he waits for what
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Dec 27, 2003
based on 4 ratings
| 1,537 views
Near Cripple Creek, Colorado, gold and tellurium occur mixed as tellurite ore. The refining methods of the early mining camps could not separate the two elements, so the ore was thrown into a scrap heap.
One day a miner mistook a lump of ore for coal and tossed it into his stove. Later, while
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 22, 2004
based on 12 ratings
| 1,740 views
An African missionary named William Chalmers was approached one day by two chiefs. They said, ‘We want Christian teachers, will you send them?
The missionary sadly said that he had no one to send.
Two years passed and the chiefs returned. The missionary himself could arrange to go now and
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Thomas Clawser on Aug 21, 2004
based on 2 ratings
| 13,033 views
An ancient Chassidic parable tells the story of Yechiel, the young grandson of a Chassidic rabbi, who once played hide-and-seek with a friend. When it was his turn to hide, he found a great hiding place where he waited, somewhat impatiently, for his friend to find him.
He waited and waited; it
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Other
Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 26, 2004
based on 15 ratings
| 3,446 views
Sitting in the doctor’s office, a mother was trying to entertain her four year old daughter. She found a Bible story book with pictures in it. Flipping through the book, the mother would point to a picture and ask the little girl if she knew what story that was. Imagine the mother’s delight as
...read more
Tags:
based on 1 rating
| 3,534 views
Nona Freeman, the great missionary, once related this story about something that happened in Ghana:
A student from a college in Carbondale, Illinois gave another student from Ghana a tract. In Ghana when a student goes away to college everyone in their tribe contributes something but when they
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Pentecostal
Contributed by Tim Richards on Sep 23, 2004
based on 6 ratings
| 1,458 views
Ultimately let me share what I believe is at stake. In 1947, sociologist and historian Dr. Carle Zimmerman studied the deterioration and ultimate disintegration of various cultures. He found that in each society the disintegration of the culture was preceded by the disintegration of the family. He
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
based on 7 ratings
| 2,778 views
As a minister, I conduct many baptismal services. My denomination baptizes in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. One Sunday, my family and I went to a friend’s home in the country. Our four children went outside to play with the others. After a short while, we heard only silence
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational