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  • There Was A Man Who Was Going Skydiving For The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,926 views

    There was a man who was going skydiving for the very first time. He had taken all the lessons and now it was time for his first solo jump. He leaps out of the plane but he panicked and couldn’t remember how to open his parachute. As he was falling rapidly to the earth he suddenly met another guy ...read more

  • Blind Mules

    Contributed by Lonnie Erwin on Sep 27, 2007
     | 5,581 views

    Illustration: Blind Mules A man was driving through a mining region one Sunday when he noticed a large number of mules in an open field. When he inquired about this unusual sight, he was told that the work animals had been brought up from the dark passages below to preserve their eyesight. ...read more

  • Little Johnny Was In The Kitchen Helping His ...

    Contributed by Arley Ellingson on Apr 2, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,193 views

    Little Johnny was in the kitchen helping his mother make supper. She asked him to go into the pantry & get her a can of tomato soup, but he didn’t want to go alone. "It’s dark in there & I’m scared." She asked again, & he persisted. Finally she said, "It’s OK. Jesus will be in there w. you." ...read more

  • This Week I Have Been Reading The Book, "How To ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 7, 2008
     | 1,478 views

    This week I have been reading the book, “How to Forgive When You Don’t Feel Like It” by June Hunt. She opened her book with the following Introduction, “Resentment...rage…retaliation. Ever struggle with forgiveness? Ever thought it was impossible? Ever knew you oughta but didn’t wanna? I believe ...read more

  • Martin Luther Had A Dream In Which He Stood On ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on May 1, 2008
     | 3,697 views

    Martin Luther had a dream in which he stood on the day of judgment before God Himself, and Satan was there to accuse him. When Satan opened his books full of accusations, he pointed to transgression after transgression of which Luther was guilty. As the proceedings went on, Luther's heart sunk in ...read more

  • Maybe You Remember Hearing A Few Years Ago About ...

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on May 7, 2009
     | 2,265 views

    Maybe you remember hearing a few years ago about the “The Three Tenors.” Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, and Jose Carreras, three of the world’s most renowned voices. They performed together at a concert in L.A. In a press conference, one reporter tried to stir up a little competition between ...read more

  • True Biblical Worship So Satisfies Our Total ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 17, 2009
     | 2,299 views

    True biblical worship so satisfies our total personality that we don’t have to shop around for man-made substitutes. William Temple made this clear in his masterful definition of worship: For worship is the submission of all our nature to God. It is the quickening of conscience by His holiness; ...read more

  • Positive Discipline

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Sep 29, 2011
    based on 1 rating
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    POSITIVE DISCIPLINE Zig Ziglar says he looked into a mirror one day and realized he needed to lose a lot of weight. He really wanted to get in shape. As an incentive, he put a picture of a thin man on the refrigerator door. There are all kinds of gimmicks offered as motivators to dieting. You can ...read more

  • The Gift Of Their Lives

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 21, 2012
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    THE GIFT OF THEIR LIVES A Dutch pastor was helping Jews escape the Nazis when he himself caught. He was loaded into a boxcar with several Jews and others to be sent to a concentration camp. It was a long, frightening journey through the night. Finally the train stopped, the doors opened, and ...read more

  • The Next One

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Aug 16, 2013
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    THE NEXT ONE Eugene Peterson wrote about visiting a monastery. While on the way to the refectory for lunch, he and the monks he was visiting walked past a graveyard with an open grave. He asked one of the monks which member of the community had died recently, and he was told, "Nobody. That grave ...read more

  • Different Use In Heaven  PRO

    Contributed by Tim Gibson on Nov 23, 2000
    based on 312 ratings
     | 5,737 views

    DIFFERENT USE IN HEAVEN A millionaire Christian is sleeping in his bedroom when an angel comes to him and wakes him up. "It’s time for you to go to heaven", says the angel. "Oh, i’m not ready, what should I bring ?", says the millionaire. "Nothing, just yourself", replies the angel. But the ...read more

  • I Can Remember One Late Winter's Day When I Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Scott Hippler on Dec 3, 2001
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,961 views

    I can remember one late winter’s day when I was about 7, my grandmother had taken a cousin and me to the grocery store. When the shopping was done and the brown paper sacks were in the car, we headed home. On the way, grandma had to stop off at another store for a few minutes, so my cousin and I ...read more

  • Listening To Us  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,795 views

    LISTENING TO US While serving as Presbyterian missionaries in Lebanon Ben and Carol Weir learned a great deal about prayer when Ben was suddenly kidnapped by Shiite Muslim extremists in 1984. He was held in solitary confinement, in cramped quarters for sixteen months. Carol wondered whether she ...read more

  • When God Looks At The Human Heart, He Knows What ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Dunn on Feb 11, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,034 views

    When God looks at the human heart, he knows what he’s looking at. 1 Samuel 16:7 suggests that we don’t and can’t, even when we look at our own hearts. The results of not seeing the heart for what it is can be disastrous. An Illinois man died waiting for a donor kidney a month after his transplant ...read more

  • Some Years Ago A Christmas Card Pictured A World ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Dec 19, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
     | 3,677 views

    Some years ago a Christmas card pictured a world into which You had not come. A minister fell asleep in his study on Christmas morn. In his dream he found himself looking through his home, but no little stockings hung by the chimney. No Christmas wreaths nor holly decorated the house. He walked ...read more

  • The Way Indicated  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 26, 2003
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,528 views

    THE WAY INDICATED An open door which no man can shut, and a closed door which no man can open, are indications of God’s way. Rev. 3:8. One morning at a hotel at Denver I inquired of the Lord what I should do that day. The answer came to my heart: "Write to Marion, and to Mrs. Reynolds, and ...read more

  • There Is A Remarkable Prison In Brazil. For Over ...  PRO

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jul 19, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,451 views

    There is a remarkable prison in Brazil. For over twenty years the government has allowed two Christians to run the prison. The prison is called “Humaita” and it runs on Christian principles. All the work is done by the prisoners, except that which is required by two full-time staff. Families ...read more

  • I Can Remember In My Very Early Bible College ...

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Feb 20, 2005
     | 1,284 views

    I can remember in my very early Bible college days, how that a love for the Word of God begin to develop within my own life. I had one particular instructor, Kelsey Griffin, who really turned me on to the power of the Word of God. I can remember sitting up night and night and poring over ...read more

  • Some Of You Are Familiar With The Television ...  PRO

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Sep 24, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,311 views

    Some of you are familiar with the television show Deal, or No Deal. It consists of 26 cases, each containing a different amount of money. The contestants don’t know the sum of money in each case, and they try to pick the one with the greatest amount of money. They open the cases, one by one, ...read more

  • The Son Of A Wealthy Man Expected To Receive A ...

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 13, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,540 views

    The son of a wealthy man expected to receive a sports car for his graduation. Instead his Dad called him into his study, told him that he loved him and handed him a wrapped-up present. When he opened it, he found it to be a box containing a leather bound Bible, with his name inscribed on the ...read more