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  • Speaking About Balance, Yesterday I Read About A ...  PRO

    Contributed by W F on Jan 27, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,512 views

    Speaking about balance, yesterday I read about a 28 year old woman in Sacramento who died last week from drinking too much water! The woman had entered a competition on a radio station and the idea was to see who could drink the most water without having to go to the bathroom. The comp was called, ...read more

  • Roy Anthony Borges Was Sentenced To A Term Of 45 ...  PRO

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Mar 5, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,660 views

    Roy Anthony Borges was sentenced to a term of 45 years in a Florida penitentiary for robbery. He has become a Christian and is a law clerk in the prison library. Roy tells this story in an article he wrote for DISCIPLESHIP JOURNAL and MEN OF INTEGRITY magazine in 1998: “Where the strong prey on ...read more

  • Phillip Keller Drew From His Many Years As A ...

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Apr 14, 2008
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    Phillip Keller drew from his many years as a shepherd to write, A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23, a book many Christians find beneficial. In one place he describes “cast” sheep: “This is an old English shepherd’s term for a sheep that has turned over on its back and cannot get up again by itself…. Even ...read more

  • The Courage To Be A Christian

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on May 1, 2008
     | 6,072 views

    The boy sobbed, "But Dad, I want my ball..." "You can play with your ball," I said, "but you’ll have to go downstairs and get it yourself" Now the tears flowed. Tony’s playroom held the stuffed animals, toys, and games that four-year-old love. He spent hours there. But to turn on the ...read more

  • I Read A Parable Or Story Many Years Ago. The ...

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jun 6, 2008
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    I read a parable or story many years ago. The first weather storm hit the area suddenly and the temperature dropped fast. A POISONOUS SNAKE was dying by the side of the road. A young teenage boy stopped and looked at the snake. The poisonous snake had a LURE to this young man. He picked up a stick ...read more

  • H ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
     | 2,192 views

    HEALED Tony Campolo tells a story about being in a church in Oregon where he was asked to pray for a man who had cancer. Campolo prayed boldly for the man’s healing. That next week he got a telephone call from the man’s wife. She said, "You prayed for my husband. He had cancer." Campolo thought ...read more

  • Love God, Love ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 19,453 views

    LOVE GOD, LOVE PEOPLE James Moore tells about a man named George. George was a peacemaker with a big heart and wonderful sense of humor. Everyone loved George at church, and he was respected at the hospital where he worked. The reason why so many people loved George was because he was always kind ...read more

  • Onward Christian Soldier  PRO

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Oct 11, 2008
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    Onward Christian Soldier It was 1854. Pastor Dudley Tyng was voted as the new pastor of a Philadelphia church at only 29 years old. At first the work went well until he started to preach against the sin of slavery – at that point to church did not want to make anyone mad so they told him to shut ...read more

  • Sleeping Through The Storm

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Nov 10, 2008
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    SLEEPING THROUGH THE STORM Years ago a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. He constantly advertised for hired hands. Most people were reluctant to work on farms along the Atlantic. They dreaded the awful storms that raged across the Atlantic, wreaking havoc on the buildings and ...read more

  • A Very Cold Winter

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
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    A VERY COLD WINTER It was autumn, and the Indians on the remote reservation asked their new Chief if the winter was going to be cold or mild. Since he was an Indian Chief in a modern society, he had never been taught the old secrets. When he looked at the sky, he couldn't tell what the weather was ...read more

  • 8 Reasons You Should Not Expect An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009
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    8 REASONS YOU SHOULD NOT EXPECT AN INHERITANCE I read an article in the New York Times recently that should sober anyone who is planning on receiving an inheritance. It was titled, “8 Reasons You Should Not Expect an Inheritance.” 1. People live longer and people who live longer spend more of ...read more

  • Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jan 24, 2009
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    COME THOU FOUNT OF EVERY BLESSING Robert Robinson was just a small boy when his dad died, and this meant that he had to go to work while still very young. Without a father to guide him, he fell in with bad crowd of friends. One day, his gang harassed a drunken gypsy. Pouring more whiskey into ...read more

  • The Prince Of Peace And The Pauper

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Feb 2, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,350 views

    THE PRINCE OF PEACE AND THE PAUPER It may be a poor example, but I draw from Mark Twain's classic "The Prince and The Pauper." Ten-year-old Prince Edward, spoiled and bored, finds a pauper boy, Tom Conti, who is his precise double in appearance. The two trade places on a lark, but the Prince ...read more

  • Forget The Cup--Enjoy The Hot ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
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    FORGET THE CUP--ENJOY THE HOT CHOCOLATE A group of graduates, well established in their careers, were talking at a reunion and decided to go visit their old university professor, now retired. During their visit, the conversation turned to complaints about stress in their work and lives. Offering ...read more

  • Having Your "Rights"

    Contributed by Todd Leupold on Mar 2, 2009
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    HAVING YOUR "RIGHTS" Dr. Ironside tells a story from his childhood we should all remember: "Many years ago as a little fellow I attended a meeting in Toronto where some difficulty had come up between brethren and they did as the apostle suggests. My dear mother took me along . . . and I well ...read more

  • Alcoholics Anonymous And Celebrate Recovery

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 12, 2009
    based on 1 rating
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    ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS AND CELEBRATE RECOVERY By 1934, alcoholic Bill Wilson had ruined a promising Wall Street career because of his constant drunkenness. He was introduced to the idea of a spiritual cure by an old drinking buddy, Ebby Thacher. While in a hospital, Wilson underwent what he believed ...read more

  • Let Me Hear You Play That Harmonica!

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on May 4, 2022
     | 1,477 views

    Why do we need to pay attention to what is being said if it is the same old thing that we have heard before? Maybe we need practice in what we are hearing. A young American engineer named Billy was sent to Ireland by his company to work in a new electronics plant. It was a two-year assignment ...read more

  • On The Anvil

    Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Jun 26, 2022
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     | 1,890 views

    With a strong forearm, the apron-clad blacksmith puts his tongs into the fire, grasps the heated metal, and places it on the anvil. His keen eye examines the glowing piece. He sees what the tool is now and envisions what he wants it to be - sharper, flatter, wider, longer. With a clear picture in ...read more

  • The Marathon

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Oct 17, 2022
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    On Sunday, October 16, 2022 my daughter, aged 25, ran her first marathon – the Toronto Waterfront marathon. Though I’m currently living 3000 kms away in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada – I was there at the race to cheer her on. I was not prepared for the emotional intensity of the ...read more

  • Patience Makes It Happen

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 12, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,140 views

    "The history books are full of stories of gifted persons whose talents were overlooked by a procession of people until someone believed in them. To name a few ... "Einstein was four years old before he could speak and seven before he could read". Einstein became one of the greatest ...read more