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  • The One  PRO

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Apr 22, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,323 views

    THE ONE The crowds cheered and waved their hands. Many stood upon their tip-toes hoping to catch a glimpse of their deliverer as he processed by. "He's the one! echoed throughout the streets. Many praised his name with hands and fists held high. Was it true? Had "the one" finally come ...read more

  • The Sheep Dog  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,908 views

    THE SHEEP DOG A man by the name of Keith Miller told of the time when his daughters were very young. They’d drop them off at the church’s children’s chapel on Sundays before the 11 am service. But one day Keith chanced to be in the class when the preacher was telling the story for the day to the ...read more

  • I Knew He Would Come.

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 10, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,623 views

    "I KNEW HE WOULD COME." Bruce Howell tells the story of a father and his son and daughter who were 8 and 10. They went swimming in the Atlantic Ocean off New Jersey a few years back. They were all great swimmers. They were a long way from shore and they became separated when the dad realized that ...read more

  • Precious Stone

    Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Jul 31, 2011
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     | 5,115 views

    PRECIOUS STONE Peter says that Jesus is a living stone rejected by men, but chosen by God and precious. He also says that we are living stones...so we are precious to God also. We are precious to God because of what Jesus has done for us. If we are precious to God and he calls us a living stone, ...read more

  • Stain Removal: Homeboy Industries

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Sep 9, 2011
     | 2,383 views

    STAIN REMOVAL: HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES Father Greg Boyle is in the business of erasing the past. A Jesuit priest, he is the founder and director of Homeboy Industries in East Los Angeles. Father Boyle put together a team of physicians trained in the laser technology of tattoo removal. The team is ...read more

  • Orel Hershiser, Singer

    Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Sep 29, 2011
     | 2,925 views

    OREL HERSHISER, SINGER A number of years ago Orel Hershiser was pitching for the Los Angeles Dodgers. They had just won the World Series, and Orel had been named the most valuable player of the series. One of the TV shows about the series showed him in the dugout just before the ninth inning ...read more

  • Two Faces

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 5, 2011
     | 1,651 views

    TWO FACES WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Frank and Louie the cat was born with two faces, two mouths, two noses, three eyes — and lots of doubts about his future. Now, 12 years after Marty Stevens rescued him from being euthanized because of his condition, the exotic blue-eyed rag doll cat is not only ...read more

  • Arthur's Envy

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 8, 2011
     | 3,330 views

    ARTHUR'S ENVY When I served on staff at Rayne Memorial UMC on St. Charles Avenue, a young man named Arthur began attending. Arthur was a nice guy but was different, both in appearance and in personality. Arthur got involved in the young adult ministry I had started at the church and was accepted ...read more

  • Burn The Ships

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Nov 2, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,120 views

    BURN THE SHIPS In the 1500’s there was a commander named Cortes who was trying to conquer the Yucatan Peninsula for its gold. To prevent retreat Cortes ordered his ships to be sent to sea and scuttled so they could not retreat. How where they to get home? They weren’t--they would either win or ...read more

  • Chippie's Story  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Spencer on Nov 14, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,023 views

    CHIPPIE'S STORY Max Lucado shares the story of a parakeet named Chippie. Chippie’s owner decided to clean his cage...with a vacuum cleaner. She was almost finished when the phone rang, so she turned around to answer it. Before she knew it, Chippie was gone. In a panic she ripped open the vacuum ...read more

  • Not Home Yet

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Feb 15, 2012
     | 7,288 views

    NOT HOME YET Author Anne Graham Lotz told a story in her book, "Heaven, My Father's House". It is the story of an old missionary named Samuel Morrison who had spent twenty five years doing ministry in Africa. He returned to America on the same ocean liner that brought President Teddy Roosevelt ...read more

  • The Purpose Of Life  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 28, 2012
    based on 5 ratings
     | 9,193 views

    THE PURPOSE OF LIFE There's a guy named Hugh Morehead who 45 years ago began a hobby of writing to famous philosophers and scientists and authors and asking them, "What is the purpose of life?" The responses he got back were depressing at best. Isaac Asimov wrote back, "As far as I can see there ...read more

  • Be ...  PRO

    Contributed by Joe Bertone on Aug 1, 2012
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,833 views

    BE PREPARED A student is taking a class in ornithology, the study of birds, and it’s a very difficult class with a very ornery professor. He walks in for the final, and he thinks he’s studied up for it, but there’s no paper and pencil questions, no little blue books. He looks above the chalkboard ...read more

  • The Truth Of The Book  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 23, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,602 views

    THE TRUTH OF THE BOOK John Ortberg states "It’s a strange thing: the book has never been so accessible. According to Guinness Book of Records, L. Ron Hubbard’s writings of scientology have been translated into 65 languages; the Koran is supposed to be read in Arabic so it hasn’t been translated ...read more

  • Christ Is The Wind, Christianity Is The Sail  PRO

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Mar 2, 2013
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,829 views

    CHRIST IS THE WIND, CHRISTIANITY IS THE SAIL Does the practice of our religion reflect the God we serve? In Shane Hipps' book, "Selling Water by the River: A Book about the Life Jesus Promised and the Religion that Gets in the Way," he uses an analogy from sailing to express what has happened in ...read more

  • Abraham Lincoln: Merit Your Freedom  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 8, 2013
    based on 8 ratings
     | 8,061 views

    ABRAHAM LINCOLN: MERIT YOUR FREEDOM In the last days of the Civil War, the Confederate capital, Richmond, Virginia, fell to the Union army. Abraham Lincoln insisted on visiting the city. Even though no one knew he was coming, slaves recognized him immediately and thronged around him. He had ...read more

  • A Surprise Visit From Abraham Lincoln

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,556 views

    A SURPRISE VISIT FROM ABRAHAM LINCOLN In the last days of the Civil War, the Confederate capital, Richmond, Virginia, fell to the Union army. Abraham Lincoln insisted on visiting the city. Even though no one knew he was coming, slaves recognized him immediately and thronged around him. He had ...read more

  • Rain Man Doesn't Understand Inheritance

    Contributed by David Ward on Feb 25, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,166 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

  • Jesus The Perfect Man  PRO

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Jul 3, 2016
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,663 views

    Harry Ironside, the Bible teacher, told of a visit to Palestine years ago by a man named Joseph Flax. He had an opportunity to address a gathering of Jews and Arabs and took for the subject of his address the first Psalm. He read it and then he asked the question: "Who is this blessed man of whom ...read more

  • Being Crucified With Christ

    Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Aug 11, 2016
     | 8,185 views

    As I was typing up the many pages of notes I would use for my weekly podcast sermon, I needed to replace some letters in a name in part of my document with "M-E," so it would read correctly as I recorded. I was trying to use the ’Find & Replace’ command, but it looked a little ...read more