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  • Why Those Women Loved And Wept, It Were Not Hard ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,597 views

    Why those women loved and wept, it were not hard to guess; but they could not have had greater reasons for love and grief than my heart has. Nain’s widow saw her son restored; but I myself have been raised to newness of life. Peter’s wife’s mother was cured of the fever; but I of the greater plague ...read more

  • Every Year At Christmas, James Baxter Watches ...

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Dec 27, 2005
     | 1,771 views

    ‘Every year at Christmas, James Baxter watches people rip apart his company’s product and throw it away. All the hours of creative design and careful manufacturing are gone in a flash. And he has no regrets. As president of the nation’s largest maker of Christmas gift-wrap, Mr Baxter says, “What ...read more

  • Tbn Troubles Ministry Watchdog Wall Watchers Has ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,084 views

    TBN Troubles Ministry watchdog Wall Watchers has recommended Trinity Broadcasting Network leaders Paul and Jan Crouch step down from TBN leadership, citing their lavish lifestyle, a lack of TBN financial transparency, and other problems. The announcement also notes the couple takes home an annual ...read more

  • Many Years Ago A Farmer Had An Unusually Fine ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jan 28, 2006
     | 1,627 views

    Many years ago a farmer had an unusually fine crop of wheat. Just a few days before the wheat was to be harvested, a terrible hail and wind storm came. The entire crop was destroyed. After the storm was over, the farmer, with his little son, went out on the porch. The little boy looked at what ...read more

  • In 1963...65 Percent Of Americans Said They ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006
     | 1,856 views

    "In 1963...65 percent of Americans said they believed in the absolute truth of all words in the Bible. Within 15 years, by 1978, the proportion of the population holding this belief had declined to 38 percent. The current figure of 32 percent represents a new low in literal belief in the Bible" ...read more

  • Barn Handles

    Contributed by Tim Parsons on Sep 24, 2006
     | 1,601 views

    Shortly after Herman Ostry bought a piece of property in Bruno, Nebraska, a nearby creek flooded his new barn with 29 inches of water. Herman’s son Mike started thinking about the problem. Mike counted the number of boards, timbers, and nails, estimating the barn’s weight at 19,000 pounds. Mike ...read more

  • When I Went To A Crossways Conference The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Curt Cizek on Apr 19, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,367 views

    When I went to a Crossways conference the presenter spoke about his tour of the Holy Lands in 1998. The tour gude got on the bus, introduced himself as Amnon. He said that he was named after one of King David’s sons. The presenter said, "You mean the one that assaulted his half-sister Tamar?" ...read more

  • Are We So Focused On The Crowd And The Offerings ...  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jun 10, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,118 views

    ARE WE SO FOCUSED ON THE CROWD AND THE OFFERINGS THAT WE CAN’T SEE? ARE WE MATERIALISTIC MINDED? I love Indian arrow heads. I lived in Virginia and I collected arrow heads for me and a few friends. I had a super collection. I displayed my arrow heads in my office at church. Someone broke into the ...read more

  • Reading A Book On Growing Grapes [p.m. Wagner, A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tom Doubt on Aug 4, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,731 views

    Reading a book on growing grapes [P.M. Wagner, A Wine Growers Guide, 1996] gave me insight into Jesus’ words about vine, branches, and fruit. Wild female vines cannot bear fruit unaided; they have a defective stamen. Living outside God’s will does not produce good work or fruit. ...read more

  • Story Told By Shari Hanson) My Mother Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 21, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,102 views

    (Story told by Shari Hanson) My mother was baby-sitting my son, Dirk, at her house one day. When I stopped to pick him up, Mom told me that Dirk had followed her into the bedroom as she put some things away in the closet. “Grandma,” he asked, “what room is this?” “This is a closet, Dirk,” she ...read more

  • Oswald Chambers Once Said, "We Trample The Blood ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Mar 15, 2004
    based on 12 ratings
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    Oswald Chambers once said, “We trample the blood of the Son of God if we think we are forgiven because we are sorry for our sins. The only explanation for the forgiveness of God and for the unfathomable depth of His forgetting is the death of Jesus Christ. Our repentance is merely the outcome of ...read more

  • I Read A True Story About A Young Man Who Was ...

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Apr 13, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,975 views

    I read a true story about a young man who was called into the Civil war between the States. He made it back from the war without even a scratch. But when he got home, he learned that his father had died. He went out to the barn where his father used to milk the cows and saw a strange thing. He saw ...read more

  • Bobby And Susie Were Playing Upstairs While ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 25, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,915 views

    Bobby and Susie were playing upstairs while their mother was doing the dishes. All of the sudden, the children’s mother heard, "Thud, Thud, Thud...", and she ran to see what had happened. She went to the base of the stairs to find Susie curled up in a little ball and crying. Susie then told her ...read more

  • A Well Know Christian Was Being Interviewed On ...  PRO

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Nov 20, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 9,475 views

    A well know Christian was being interviewed on the radio. The host asked, “How would you defend Christianity?” “I can’t defend Christianity.” “But I thought you were a Christian, why won’t you defend Christianity?” “I am a Christian, but Christianity means something different to you and to ...read more

  • Barn Rising

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 3, 2009
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     | 1,637 views

    BARN RISING Herman Ostry’s barn was under water because of a nearby creek. The Nebraska farmer invited a few friends to a barn raising. But it was not a typical barn rising (I said raising). They didn’t build a new barn. No, Mr. Ostry needed to move his entire 17,000 pound barn to a new ...read more

  • Brother Reassure His Sister In Carlsbad Caverns ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 20, 2009
     | 4,223 views

    Brother Reassure His Sister in Carlsbad Caverns When Lights Turned Out Bob Woods tells the story of a couple who took their son, 11, and daughter, 7, to Carlsbad Caverns. As always, when the tour reached the deepest point in the cavern, the guide turned off all the lights to dramatize how ...read more

  • Love And Service--Mark Dever And J.c. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 1, 2010
     | 2,895 views

    Love and Service--Mark Dever and J.C. Ryle JC Ryle: “True greatness does not consist in being an admiral or a celebrity. It consists of devoting yourself, body, soul and spirit to the blessed work of making the people around you more happy and holy.” Mark Dever, at 9Marks Conference. This quote ...read more

  • Easter: Open Casket

    Contributed by John Perry on Apr 6, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,640 views

    EASTER: OPEN CASKET I was speaking to a woman recently who told me the sad story of her daughter in-law who was killed in a car accident. She explained how she had been the one who was responsible for the identifying of her daughter in-law's body. When the time for the funeral came, the distraught ...read more

  • Striking The Last Note

    Contributed by Charles Wallis on Aug 10, 2010
     | 4,126 views

    STRIKING THE LAST NOTE It is said of one of the famous composers that he had a rebellious son who used to come in late at night after his father and mother had gone to bed. And before going to his own room, he would go to his father's piano and slowly, as well as loudly, play a simple scale, all ...read more

  • Picture Of Cheese

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Aug 23, 2010
     | 4,368 views

    PICTURE OF CHEESE I heard a story about a man who had a mouse in his house and his wife wanted him to catch it. His problem was that he didn’t have any cheese (and did not want to buy it). So he cut a picture of cheese out of a magazine and placed it in the trap. He thought, "I’ll just fool the ...read more