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  • Elevator Magic  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 24, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,477 views

    ELEVATOR MAGIC An Amish boy and his father were visiting a mall. They were amazed by almost everything they saw, but especially by two shiny, silver walls that could move apart and back together again. The boy asked his father, "What is this, Father?" The father [never having seen an elevator] ...read more

  • Drop Everything

    Contributed by Sterling Franklin on Jun 22, 2010
     | 2,061 views

    DROP EVERYTHING A child is doing his homework inside, and it's a bright and sunny day. The child's father runs in and says, "Son, drop EVERYTHING! We're going to the amusement park, and you're going to play all afternoon!" The son gladly drops his pencil and paper and runs to follow his father! ...read more

  • Now She Understands  PRO

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Jul 5, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,257 views

    NOW SHE UNDERSTANDS A lady had two children. The older son was 7 years old and the little girl about 2½ years old. She heard this terrible scream upstairs and as she ran upstairs she found out that the little girl was pulling the hair of her brother. He was crying out in pain. The mother ...read more

  • Faith In Tragedy: Luther Bridges  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 24, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,469 views

    FAITH IN TRAGEDY: LUTHER BRIDGES A Methodist preacher by the name of Luther Bridges was born in 1884. He married and had 3 sons. Pastor Bridges accepted an invitation to minister at a conference in Kentucky in the year 1910, so he left his family in the care of his father-in-law & made the trip to ...read more

  • The 10 Tests Of Abraham

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Nov 6, 2012
     | 6,052 views

    THE 10 TESTS OF ABRAHAM Ten Tests of Abraham according to Maimonides: 1. God tells him to leave his homeland to be a stranger in the land of Canaan. (12.1) 2. Immediately after his arrival in the Promised Land, he encounters a famine. (12.10) 3. The Egyptians capture his beloved wife, Sarah, and ...read more

  • Sorry You're Too Late

    Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 3, 2012
     | 2,451 views

    A young man, after a revival service, came up to the visiting evangelist and they were getting ready to put up everything for the night. The young man had left after the invitation, under conviction, he had returned at the conclusion of the service and went up to the evangelist and he said, "Sir, ...read more

  • Victor Frankl: Prisoner Story

    Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Aug 25, 2009
     | 3,385 views

    VICTOR FRANKL: PRISONER STORY Victor Frankl was a Viennese psychiatrist whose entire family was captured and kept in Concentration camps in Nazi Germany. While Frankl was being held prisoner his father, mother and wife all died in camps. Only Frankl’s sister and himself survived. Dr. Frankl has ...read more

  • The Story Is Told - Out Of Ww 2 & The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tony Klinedinst on Aug 9, 2002
    based on 14 ratings
     | 1,166 views

    ILL. The story is told - out of WW 2 & the holocaust that took the lives of millions of people - of Solomon Rosenberg & his family. It is a true story. Solomon Rosenberg & his wife & their 2 sons & his mother & father were arrested & placed in a Nazi concentration camp. It was a labor camp, & the ...read more

  • A Mother Of A 9-Year-Old Boy Named Mark Received ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,252 views

    A mother of a 9-year-old boy named Mark received a phone call from his teacher in the middle of the afternoon. Marks teacher said Mrs. Smith; your son did something that surprised me so much that I thought you should know about it immediately." The mother was uneasy and nervous by such a ...read more

  • Pastor Bruce D. Weaver And His Wife Drove In ...  PRO

    Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Oct 17, 2004
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,081 views

    Pastor Bruce D. Weaver and his wife drove in their car to pick up their son from Vacation Bible School. The sky was growing dark and there was a storm watch in effect, but no rain was falling yet. The theme for their upcoming Vacation Bible School had to do with Noah’s ark and the flood, so he ...read more

  • I Remember A 13 Year Old Boy Standing In His ...

    Contributed by Bob Soulliere on Dec 16, 2006
     | 973 views

    I remember a 13 year old boy standing in his mothers front room and looking out her window at the weather, it was late November or early December and watching it rain and snow, sleet and thinking what a gloomy day. Suddenly a green Plymouth Valiant slowly pulled up to the driveway and pulled in. ...read more

  • Craig Shirley In His Sermon "That's Not Fair" ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 6, 2007
     | 1,990 views

    Craig Shirley in his sermon “That’s not fair” tells this story from one of Bill Cosby’s books: You know, comedian Bill Cosby says that you aren’t really a parent until you have at least two children. When you have only one child and you walk into the room and find the lamp broken, it’s difficult ...read more

  • Team Hoyt  PRO

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Sep 19, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,763 views

    TEAM HOYT - Team Hoyt loves to race -Dick and Rick Hoyt are a father-and-son team from Massachusetts - Since 1975 who together compete just about continuously in running cycling swimming crossing 1000 finish lines - 64 marathon races. - 204 10 K runs - 206 triathlons - 6 of these triathlon ...read more

  • Peace Child  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,776 views

    Peace Child In 1962, missionaries named Don and Carol Richardson went to New Guinea to bring the Good News of Christ to a group of people known as the Sawi. The Sawi was a headhunting, cannibalistic tribe who used the skulls of their victims as pillows. He wrote a book about his experience called ...read more

  • In 1962, Missionaries Named Don And Carol ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,180 views

    In 1962, missionaries named Don and Carol Richardson went to New Guinea to bring the Good News of Christ to a group of people known as the Sawi. The Sawi was a headhunting, cannibalistic tribe who used the skulls of their victims as pillows. He wrote a book about his experience called "Peace ...read more

  • A Winning Father

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Jan 1, 2011
     | 5,437 views

    A WINNING FATHER One of the most powerful stories in the history of the Olympic Games involved a canoeing specialist named Bill Havens. He was a shoe-in, I'm told, to win a gold medal in the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris. But a few months before the Games were held, he learned that his wife ...read more

  • Susannah Wesley, Mother Of John Wesley Spent One ...  PRO

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on May 7, 2001
    based on 161 ratings
     | 4,748 views

    Susannah Wesley, mother of John Wesley spent one hour each day praying for her 17 children. In addition, she took each child aside for a full hour every week to discuss spiritual matters. No wonder two of her sons, Charles and ...read more

  • For Family Devotions, Martin Luther Once Read The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 3,416 views

    For family devotions, Martin Luther once read the account of Abraham offering Isaac on the altar in Genesis 22. His wife, Katie, said, "I do not believe it. God would not have treated his son like that!" "But, Katie," Luther replied, ...read more

  • A Bishop Of A Century Ago Pronounced From His ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,716 views

    A bishop of a century ago pronounced from his pulpit and in the periodical he edited that heavier-than-air flight was both impossible and contrary to the will of God. Oh, the irony that Bishop Wright had two sons, Orville and Wilbur! Wright was wrong. ...read more

  • Mel Gibson Is A Fine Example Of An Effort Of Man ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Oct 23, 2006
     | 1,068 views

    Mel Gibson is a fine example of an effort of man to portray the price Jesus paid for our ransom. The price was much greater than he could ever portray on a film. When we finally realize what Jesus done for us, we can not ...read more

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