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  • I Could Have Done More  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 18, 2011
    based on 21 ratings
     | 7,534 views

    I COULD HAVE DONE MORE The film Schindler's List chronicled the heroic efforts of a German industrialist named Oskar Schindler. Through his unselfish activities, over a thousand Jews on the trains to Auschwitz were saved. After Schindler found out what was happening at Auschwitz, he began a ...read more

  • Making Christmas Special  PRO

    Contributed by Sam Higgs on Dec 1, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,254 views

    MAKING CHRISTMAS SPECIAL In the months leading up to the Christmas season, Dan had lost his job. Well, in the city he lived in, most of the workers had to relocate with the company or face unemployment. Dan was one of the unlucky ones who had not been with the company long enough to be asked ...read more

  • Repentance Is Not A One-Time Event

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,777 views

    REPENTANCE IS NOT A ONE-TIME EVENT Doug Tegner tells the story of attending a one-day leadership retreat called to deal with his church's current crisis. Redwood Chapel was founded in 1962 and has since hosted the Bay Area Sunday School convention (BASS), had strong music programs, planted vibrant ...read more

  • Making Christmas ...

    Contributed by Sam Higgs on Dec 6, 2012
     | 5,254 views

    Making Christmas Special In the months leading up to the Christmas season, Dan lost his job. Well, in the city he lived in, most of the workers had to relocate with the company or face unemployment. Dan was one of the unlucky ones who had not been with the company long enough to be asked to ...read more

  • Myron

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Sep 11, 2008
     | 1,629 views

    Myron Do you need encouragement on a smaller scale for a person with lesser abilities? Kenneth Dodge, San Leandro, California: In a small town in the Midwest where I spent six years of my early youth, there lived a mentally retarded adult named Myron. It was during depression years and there was ...read more

  • The Mona Lisa Of Your Life

    Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 20, 2009
     | 2,075 views

    THE MONA LISA OF YOUR LIFE We live in an "I can’t wait" society. We must have instant gratification! It is no longer good enough to have a phone at home – now need a phone in your pocket! It is no longer good enough to have dial up internet – now must have High speed DSL ...to send a letter via ...read more

  • The Business Executive

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 25, 2025
     | 181 views

    Story: A business manager went on holiday to an island in Greece. One day, while he was on the beach, he was called up on his mobile phone by his secretary, wanting some help. He gave her some instructions and told her to call him back when she had finished. As he was pacing up and down ...read more

  • About 6am On A Wed Morning James Lawson Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeffrey Stewart on Oct 21, 2000
    based on 81 ratings
     | 3,171 views

    About 6am on a Wed morning James Lawson of Running Springs, CA left home to apply for a new job. An hour later his 36 yr old wife, Pasty left for her 5th grade teaching job down the mountain with her 2 children, 5 yr old Susan and 2 yr old Jerry. Unfortunately they never got that far. 81/2 hours ...read more

  • Fred Craddock, In An Address To Ministers, Caught ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 1, 2001
    based on 50 ratings
     | 3,536 views

    Fred Craddock, in an address to ministers, caught the practical implications of living for Christ. -"We think giving our all to the Lord is like taking a $l,000 bill and laying it on the table-- ’Here’s my life, Lord. I’m giving it all.’ -But the reality for most of us is that he sends us to the ...read more

  • The Land Of Persia Was Once Ruled By A Wise And ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Dec 9, 2001
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,281 views

    The land of Persia was once ruled by a wise and beloved Shah who cared greatly for his people and desired only what was best for them. One day he disguised himself as a poor man and went to visit the public baths. The water for the baths was heated by a furnace in the cellar, so the Shah made his ...read more

  • There Is No Room For Broad-Mindedness In A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Apr 16, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
     | 1,655 views

    There is no room for broad-mindedness in a chemical laboratory. Water is composed of two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen. The slightest deviation from the formula – not allowed. There is nor room for broad-mindedness when it comes to music. The skilled director will not permit his first ...read more

  • Blondin Lived From 1824-1897 And Was A Famous ...  PRO

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Oct 4, 2002
    based on 89 ratings
     | 2,800 views

    Blondin lived from 1824-1897 and was a famous French tight-rope walker and acrobat. His greatest fame came in 1859 when he accomplished one of his greatest feats for the first time walking a 1100 foot tight-rope suspended 160 feet above the waters of Niagra Falls. Blondin went on to walk across ...read more

  • The Resources We Need

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on May 28, 2003
     | 1,706 views

    THE RESOURCES WE NEED Federal Express, a speedy postal delivery company, once ran a commercial similar to movie Castaway, in which Tom Hanks played a FedEx worker whose company plane went down, stranding him on a desert island for years. Looking like Tom Hanks in the movie, the FedEx employee ...read more

  • There Is A Great Scene In The 1975 Movie ‘jaws'. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 12, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,891 views

    "There is a great scene in the 1975 movie ‘Jaws’. The Constable, played by Roy Scheider is at the dining room table lost in thought over this problem with the killer shark that’s terrorizing the water ways. Suddenly he looks out the corner of his eye and realizes his small boy is copying his ...read more

  • He Knows Your Need

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2003
     | 2,677 views

    HE KNOWS YOUR NEED There was a popular religious movement around the time of the founding of our country called Deism. Deism was opposed to Christianity’s personal idea of God. They believed that God created the world, but that he wound it up like a clock and then left it to attend to other ...read more

  • One Of The Finest Steamers Afloat On Lake ...  PRO

    Contributed by David Elvery on Nov 14, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,850 views

    One of the finest steamers afloat on Lake Champlain in Vermont, USA was the steamer "Champlain.’’ Cheer after cheer went up when she slid from her moorings on the dry-dock into the waters of the lake. Her machinery was perfect, her crew well trained, and the passengers on her for her maiden ...read more

  • Once, I Took The Kids Up To The Cabin Without ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Dec 29, 2004
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,489 views

    Once, I took the kids up to the cabin without Pam. The cabin is a rustic place with no running water, no electricity, but plenty of space for the kids to run and play. On the day that we were to come back home, I got them dressed in the morning, packed up the van, and loaded them in. I took a ...read more

  • They Tell Me The Story That Long Ago There Was A ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 16, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,422 views

    They tell me the story that long ago there was a small church, in a small town, in a small county, where a small congregation had tried for years to get the biggest “sinner” in town, Sam, to come to church. Sam the sinner would have nothing to do with the church. He wouldn’t even come on Easter or ...read more

  • The Wheat Of Heaven  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 3, 2006
    based on 11 ratings
     | 4,274 views

    The Wheat of Heaven Taken from the stalk of Calvary Placed within the dark, cold earth Silent lies the Wheat of heaven There to wait resurrection birth Left alone in fragrant seed coat Till the time had come to pass It would soon give way to victory Life eternal sprang forth at last When ...read more

  • O Brother Where Art Thou?  PRO

    Contributed by Troy Borst on May 11, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,644 views

    INTRODUCTION... O Brother Where Art Thou? I was flipping through the TV the other night and one of the stations had on a movie that I have enjoyed watching before that stars George Clooney and was released in 2000. "O Brother Where Art Thou?" is a story about three prisoners (George Clooney, John ...read more