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  • Trouble Hearing  PRO

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Jan 30, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,907 views

    TROUBLE HEARING One evening while we were dining in a restaurant, a waiter strode through our section asking, "Does anyone here drive a red New Yorker?" We assumed its headlights had been left on. "Yes!" an elderly gentleman in a neighbouring booth responded emphatically. His wife reacted ...read more

  • A Small Storeowner Was Being Pressured To Sell ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Decker on Nov 19, 2002
    based on 2 ratings
     | 32,792 views

    A small storeowner was being pressured to sell his store to the owners of a large department store who had bought every building on the block, except his. Frustrated by the man’s refusal to sell, they eventually opened their huge store on either side of the small one, with a big banner running ...read more

  • A Story Is Told About A Famous Preacher Long Ago ...  PRO

    Contributed by Donald Smith on Apr 24, 2003
    based on 6 ratings
     | 13,290 views

    A story is told about a famous preacher long ago who pastored a church that was filled every Sunday by people who traveled miles on foot just to hear his messages. One day, as the church was emptying, a passerby asked one of the people in the church why this preacher’s messages were so compelling. ...read more

  • A Young African Boy Listened Intently As The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Dec 4, 2003
    based on 13 ratings
     | 3,752 views

    A young African boy listened intently as the missionary teacher explained why Christians give presents to each other on Christmas Day. ’An expression of our joy over the birth of Jesus and our love for one another’. When Christmas came the boy brought the teacher a very beautiful sea shell. ...read more

  • In College, James Dobson's Goal Was To Become The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jan 29, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,635 views

    In college, James Dobson’s goal was to become the school’s tennis champion. He felt proud when his trophy was prominently placed in the school’s trophy cabinet. Years later, someone mailed him that trophy. They had found it in a dustbin when the school was renovated. He said, "Given enough ...read more

  • Tradition Has It That Michelangelo Was Teaching ...

    Contributed by William Yates on Mar 18, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,105 views

    Tradition has it that Michelangelo was teaching some art students one day. He walks over to one of his students and then starts painting on his canvass. He then hands the student the brush. The student is awestruck. He asks: "How can I finish what you have started?" "Let this inspire you to finish ...read more

  • Elizabeth Elliot Tells In Her Book "Passion And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Nov 9, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,170 views

    Elizabeth Elliot tells in her book “Passion and Purity,” how on her first date with Jim Elliot (one of the five martyred missionaries in Ecuador), they went to a missionary meeting at Moody Church in Chicago, late in April. The speaker was one of the daughters of the famous missionary to Africa ...read more

  • Marriage Is Not A Contract; It Is A Covenant. In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on May 3, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 7,682 views

    Marriage is not a contract; it is a covenant. In a contact, the two parties remain separate (Party of the first part and party of the second part). Like salad dressing, oil and water, shaken up and mixed together, put never really one. Left alone and still, salad dressing will eventually ...read more

  • Never Really Connected  PRO

    Contributed by Ervin Kimrey on May 21, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,976 views

    NEVER REALLY CONNECTED One night I saw my 7 year old daughter walking around with a cell phone. She was talking away. She would ask questions, wait for a reply, and give answers to apparent questions: "Yes...no...maybe...I’ll have to check on that..." and so on. Finally, worried about the bill ...read more

  • There's Story About An Atheist Who Traveled ...  PRO

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on May 30, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 1,977 views

    There’s story about an atheist who traveled around giving lectures at colleges and universities. At one of these lectures, he gave the challenge he gave every time. “If there’s a God, I challenge him to strike me down in the next 5 minutes.” Of course, the time went by and the tensions rose, ...read more

  • When Fighting Ceased In 1918 The Mud Of The ...

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Nov 4, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,894 views

    When fighting ceased in 1918 the mud of the battlefields was allowed to rest and nature began to be restored and before long the wild flowers grew and bloomed including the poppy. The colour of red reminded people of bloodshed and the sacrifice by millions of brave soldiers of their lives. And so ...read more

  • Our Personal Rainbow

    Contributed by Susan Blader on Nov 27, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,115 views

    Our Personal Rainbow And did you know that God gives each of us our own personal rainbow? No two people will see the same rainbow. A rainbow is formed by a raindrop that acts like a prism, separating sunlight into its individual color components. If you stand looking at a rainbow, and someone ...read more

  • Two Elderly, Excited Southern Women Were Sitting ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael De Rosa on Nov 27, 2006
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,521 views

    Two elderly, excited Southern women were sitting together in the front pew of church listening to a fiery preacher. When this preacher condemned the sin of stealing, these two ladies cried out at the tops of their lungs, "AMEN, BROTHER!"When the preacher condemned the sin of lust, they yelled ...read more

  • Martin Luther King Jr

    Contributed by Raymond Smith on Dec 30, 2006
     | 4,418 views

    Martin Luther King Jnr "I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together. This is ...read more

  • Two Preachers And Two Signs

    Contributed by Johnny Knight on Aug 11, 2007
     | 3,904 views

    Two Preachers and Two Signs Two preachers were standing beside the mountan road holding two signs.  One sign said "turn around before it is too late" and the other said "the end is near".  All the sudden a car came speeding around the curve and past the two preachers holding their signs and never ...read more

  • In The Late L800s There Were Just Two Deacons In ...

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 3, 2007
     | 2,973 views

    “In the late l800s there were just two deacons in a small Baptist church in Mayfield County, Kentucky. One Sunday, one of the deacons put up a small wooden peg in the back wall so the minister could hang up his hat. When the other deacon discovered the peg, he was outraged that he had not been ...read more

  • If We Set Ourselves Up As The Judge Of Who Is And ...

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Oct 11, 2007
     | 1,093 views

    If we set ourselves up as the Judge of who is and is not righteous, we’ll get it wrong as often as we’ll get it right. Through the years I’ve had numerous occasions when folks warned me to watch out for other people in a church. The amazing thing is that --- in almost every case --- the people I ...read more

  • Hudson Taylor: Missionary To China. Saw Many ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Oct 22, 2007
     | 898 views

    Hudson Taylor: Missionary to China. Saw many come to Christ during one period of time. Many had heard the gospel message and had been newly saved. One particular older Chinese man came up to Taylor and said with joy in his heart, ‘How long have you had this wonderful news in your land?’ WELL ...read more

  • Moody Crusade: Two Men Came Up Afterwards With ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Oct 22, 2007
     | 955 views

    Moody Crusade: Two men came up afterwards with arms around each others shoulders and laughing, ‘Mr. Moody, you won’t believe this. We have worked with one another for 13 years and we didn’t know that we were both Christians until we both showed up at your crusade’. Moody replied, ‘That is some of ...read more

  • Many People Talk About Near Death Experiences: ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Dec 13, 2007
     | 1,258 views

    Many people talk about near death experiences: Some people have even experienced near death experiences and they find themselves in a dark tunnel approaching a marvellous light. Many medical experts will debunk and explain these near death experiences as mere neurological actions of the brain and ...read more