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  • There Used To Be A Show On Cable Television ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rob Clifton on May 23, 2001
    based on 125 ratings
     | 3,299 views

    There used to be a show on cable television called, "Tales from the Darkside." The title sounds a little more sinister than the series really was, because I’m not one to watch scary movies and such. It was more like the old show, "The Twilight Zone." In one episode, there was an old man who ...read more

  • Back In 1995 In Christianity Today - Harold ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 8, 2001
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,216 views

    Back in 1995 in Christianity Today - Harold Miller told of the change that God brought to the natives in the Peruvian Amazon. He wrote: “Just one generation ago these were fearful, aggressive, and animistic people; all their contacts with outsiders were marked by violence. But now they’ve been ...read more

  • A Hurricane Was Coming. All The People, Family ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 10, 2002
    based on 63 ratings
     | 1,720 views

    A hurricane was coming. All the people, family and those working on the farm that day, had hurried into the shelter. They were huddled together in a dark hurricane shelter with the winds howling and rattling the only door that everybody could see in the front of the shelter. The wind was blowing ...read more

  • Never Enough  PRO

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 27, 2002
    based on 52 ratings
     | 6,821 views

    NEVER ENOUGH The story is told of two old friends who bumped into one another on the street one day. One of them looked forlorn, almost on the verge of tears. His friend asked, "What has the world done to you, my old friend?" The sad fellow said, "Let me tell you. Three weeks ago, an uncle died ...read more

  • A.fools Are Defined By Holman's Bible Dictionary ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 8, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,813 views

    a.Fools are defined by Holman’s Bible Dictionary as: FOOL, FOOLISHNESS, AND FOLLY Translations of several uncomplimentary words which appear approximately 360 times throughout the Old and New Testaments to describe unwise and ungodly people. The words are especially predominant in the Wisdom ...read more

  • It Seems As Though The Devastating Water Of The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lisa Delay on Aug 10, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,029 views

    It seems as though the devastating water of the Asian tsunami uncovered an ancient city 45 miles south of Madras, India. Apparently, according to old British travel writings, the area was once a 7th century port city with seven pagodas, six of which were submerged by the sea. The location was part ...read more

  • Two Different Perspectives  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 17, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,608 views

    It’s remarkable how two people can look at the same problem and come up with two different perspectives. A man was driving in the country one day and he saw an old man sitting on a fence rail watching the cars go by. Stopping to pass the time of day, the traveler said, “I never could stand living ...read more

  • Morris Siegel Was A Street Person In Los Angeles. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,298 views

    Morris Siegel was a street person in Los Angeles. He lived like most street people--roaming about in back alleys, sleeping out-of-doors, carrying everything he owned in an old shopping cart. He was found in an alley, dead of natural causes, perhaps heart trouble. The interesting thing about ...read more

  • It May Be That Praise, Like Gold And Diamonds, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 2,671 views

    It may be that praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value to its scarcity, as Samuel Johnson said, but most of us would prefer to err on the side of giving too much praise than too little. One who would agree was the wife of an old Vermonter named Eb. Old Eb was, like many of his breed, rather ...read more

  • I Am ...

    Contributed by Sylvester Fergusson on May 1, 2006
     | 2,027 views

    I am Tired I am tired checking the time Hurrying to move on To complete one task Move on to another. I am tired seeing men suffering Women crying Children begging I am tired going to funerals Seeing grown men cry And big women hold their bellies I am tired!! I am tired of men killing men Women ...read more

  • What Some People Won't Do For Money

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Apr 20, 2002
     | 1,172 views

    What some people won’t do for money. In an attempt to collect 40,000 euros ($44,780) in insurance payments, a 58-year-old German landscape gardener had a friend cut off his thumb and forefinger with a chainsaw. According to authorities, the gardener held onto a cutting board while his accomplice, ...read more

  • Howard Hendricks A Bible College Professor, ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jul 27, 2007
     | 1,892 views

    Howard Hendricks a Bible College professor, tells of the time they had a guest over for dinner and his 4 year old son prayed at the table. He said, "God, make this food easy to eat and protect the fence in the back yard. Jesus name, Amen." The guest said afterwards, "The food part I understand, but ...read more

  • Struggling With God

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 13, 2009
     | 3,417 views

    STRUGGLING WITH GOD Just because God calls us or permits us to do something, it doesn't mean that we can afford to be complacent about it. Jacob’s return to the land of the promise was risky. If Jacob didn’t learn to be a little less conniving and little less arrogant, the old sibling feud would ...read more

  • Just As Afraid Of You...?

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Mar 22, 2009
     | 3,711 views

    JUST AS AFRAID OF YOU...? The late great trumpet player Louis Armstrong tells a story about while growing up in Louisiana, having to go down to the pond and getting water for Allie May. He gets down there and is about to scoop the water out of the pond, and all of the sudden coming out of the ...read more

  • Childlike Forgiveness

    Contributed by Ramon Canals on Jun 5, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,257 views

    CHILDLIKE FORGIVENESS A few months ago, I was in El Paso holding an evangelistic meeting, and the young people were serving dinner to the mothers being that it was Mother’s Day. I was seating in a chair watching what was going on, and right in front a four-year-old girl pushed a two-year-old boy, ...read more

  • Did You Hear About The Israeli Woman That Wanted ...

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jun 23, 2010
     | 1,090 views

    Did you hear about the Israeli woman that wanted to do something very nice for her mother? She bought her mother a brand new mattress and threw out the old one. The problem was her mother had hidden her entire life savings in the old mattress. It was approximately $1million! When the daughter ...read more

  • The Power Of Hope

    Contributed by Scott Bradford on Nov 30, 2010
     | 7,273 views

    THE POWER OF HOPE When 18 year old Heidi was thrown from a car and suffered a head injury it was a real miracle that she recovered and was soon in rehab at Crystus Santa Rosa. She was learning to walk again through rehab and therapy and a young 16 year old girl named Ashley was brought to Crystus ...read more

  • Carry Their Burden  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 17, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,252 views

    CARRY THEIR BURDEN A pastor gathered a group of people from his church to train them to witness. After some minimal training, he sent the group out into the neighborhood. When they returned to share their experiences, one young man said he had tried to tell an older gentleman about the love of ...read more

  • The Danger Of The Serpent

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 5, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,753 views

    THE DANGER OF THE SERPENT There was a tragedy in Florida. I’m not sure if the baby BURMESE PYTHON came with a warning. If not, it should have. The Oxford, Florida family that brought the serpent home as a pet would live to regret allowing such a creature in the house. The snake, now 12 feet long, ...read more

  • We Had Been Given A Gift To Go The Whitewater ...

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Dec 9, 2011
     | 2,036 views

    We had been given a gift to go the Whitewater Center in Charlotte, NC to go on a Rope Course and Zip Line. First of all you get into a harness which feels like you are a two year old that has just gotten into trouble for the 20th time. Now you are on a leash, a short leash. The rope course is ...read more