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  • In The Foreward Of His Book, Inside Out, Larry ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeffery Lindsay on Aug 11, 2001
    based on 61 ratings
     | 5,163 views

    In the foreward of his book, Inside Out, Larry Crabb writes this: “Modern Christianity, in dramatic reversal of its biblical form, promises to relieve the pain of living in a fallen world. The message, whether it’s from fundamentalists requiring us to live by a favored set of rules or from ...read more

  • Once, When I Was In The Seventh Grade, My Dad, My ...  PRO

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 26, 2002
    based on 51 ratings
     | 1,358 views

    Once, when I was in the seventh grade, my dad, my brother, and I were traveling from Oak Ridge, TN to Jellico, TN. My dad was going to preach, and I was going to play the guitar and my older brother the saxophone. We got into a discussion, I will never forget. Dad is a student of the ...read more

  • Overcomers  PRO

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Feb 6, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 6,230 views

    Overcomers 1. Johnny Fulton was run over by a car at the age of three. He suffered crushed hips, broken ribs, a fractured skull, and compound fractures in his legs. It did not look as if he would live. But he would not give up. In fact, he later ran the half-mile in less than two minutes. 2. Walt ...read more

  • Dead Poets Society Is, I Think, One Of The Best ...  PRO

    Contributed by James Jack on Mar 8, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,164 views

    Dead Poets Society is, I think, one of the best films of all time. In his first lesson with his senior class, the rather eccentric but very inspiring English teacher John Keating, played by Robin Williams, takes the boys into the foyer outside the classroom where he asks one lad by the name of ...read more

  • It Like The Family That Was Down Fishing At The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Jun 18, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,015 views

    It like the family that was down fishing at the pier one day, The dad was busy watching the rods and bobbers while his two sons, a 12-year old and a 3-year old were down playing along the dock. The 12 year old was supposed to be watching his little brother, but he got distracted. The 3 year old, ...read more

  • I Found An Almost Unbelievable Demonstration Of ...

    Contributed by Mark Haines on Dec 16, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,270 views

    I found an almost unbelievable demonstration of how the Christmas spirit comes and goes in a story told to Pastor Stuart Briscoe years ago by an old German man. He fought with the German forces in the First World War. In those days, battles were not high tech but hand-to-hand trench warfare. ...read more

  • Some Years Back, Before Skin-Grafts Were A Common ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Feb 18, 2007
     | 4,220 views

    Some years back, before skin-grafts were a common medical procedure, a certain girl throughout all her life openly showed her shame for the deep scars that covered both of her mother’s hands. The girl was so ashamed of her mother’s hands that she constantly insisted that her mother wear gloves ...read more

  • H. Page Williams Wrote A Book Called Do Yourself ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 15, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,074 views

    H. Page Williams wrote a book called Do Yourself a Favor: Love Your Wife. I wish there were some way to make it required reading for church membership. In it he said, "I asked one wife what it was that her husband was doing that caused her to want to leave him, and her reply was ’Nothing.’ ...read more

  • I Didn't Get An Allowance When I Was In High ...

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on May 21, 2009
     | 2,473 views

    I didn’t get an allowance when I was in high school and any kind of paying work was few and far between. My parents expected me to come to them when I needed money for lunch money, class rings, yearbooks, books, gas money, dates, or anything. Instead of being thankful that they wanted to give me ...read more

  • Ipod ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 14, 2009
     | 3,178 views

    iPod Religion This is right up there with what 10-year-old Joshua wrote to his pastor: “Dear Pastor, My father says I should learn the 10 Commandments. But I don’t think I want to because we have enough rules already in our house.” That’s not as bad as what 11-year-old Ralph wrote: “Dear Pastor, I ...read more

  • Grace At ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 20, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 12,711 views

    Grace At Bat I read this week about a baseball game that one day took place. It seems that the Lord’s team was playing Satan’s team. The Lord’s team was at bat, the score was zero to zero, and it was in the bottom of the 9th inning with two outs. The Coach and the Lord stood by observing the game. ...read more

  • Revenge Is ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 30, 2009
     | 5,538 views

    Revenge is Sweet They thought it was just kids playing pranks, but it turned out to be an angry 72 year old man, instead. From 2003-2005, a number of former teachers and school admins in NY reported a rash of vandalism at their homes. They would wake up to punctured car tires from roofing nails ...read more

  • Integrity In ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2009
     | 4,431 views

    Integrity in Sports Joseph’s family was certainly blessed because of his Integrity. And yours will be as well! In the end, the greatest success story of Joseph is certainly not his secular achievements as second in command in Egypt. His greatest achievement is his single-mindedness to follow, to ...read more

  • Listening To The Master's Voice  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,208 views

    LISTENING TO THE MASTER'S VOICE One of the first exposes of the beliefs of our future ministers was made by Redbook magazine in August of 1961. The publishers hired one of the top pollsters in the nation to survey a full representation of our seminaries which are supposedly preparing men for ...read more

  • You Can Have My Room

    Contributed by Jeffrey Dillinger on Dec 20, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,395 views

    YOU CAN HAVE MY ROOM Wally was a 7th grade student who was bigger than any of the other students in his Sunday school class. His mother had been an alcoholic when he was born, and as a result, Wally just did not have all the mental capabilities that the rest of his classmates had. But somehow he ...read more

  • God's Chair

    Contributed by Antonio Silveira on Feb 26, 2011
     | 3,220 views

    GOD'S CHAIR When I was small, I used to play a game with my friends called musical chairs. Do you remember it? The object of the game was to be in possession of a chair when the music stopped. All through life it often seems we’re caught up in this game. There are different kinds of chairs and in ...read more

  • Titanic: Code Of Honor

    Contributed by Mark Adams on Sep 10, 2011
     | 3,316 views

    TITANIC: CODE OF HONOR I bet a lot of you remember the movie Titanic. That song came out, and for a few days we loved Celine Dion, until we'd heard it so many times we started wishing we could put her on that boat to sink with the rest of them. Titanic was a movie that was loosely based on the ...read more

  • A Study In Compassion

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Feb 10, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,261 views

    A STUDY IN COMPASSION John Darley and Daniel Batson decided to replicate the story of the Good Samaritan with seminary students. A few variables were introduced. The seminarians were interviewed and asked why they wanted to go into ministry. There were a variety of responses, but the vast majority ...read more

  • Golfers Have A Change Of Heart

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 21, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,735 views

    GOLFERS HAVE A CHANGE OF HEART When you willingly give Jesus all that you are and all that you have, you receive so much more in return. I heard a story once about a group of guys who were returning from playing golf in rural Georgia. As they drove down a two-lane road they came up on a ...read more

  • Mr Jackson Learns To Love

    Contributed by John Gullick on Oct 22, 2015
     | 3,604 views

    Let me tell you a story. Mr Jackson, everyday, looked angrily towards his neighbours. Fushia and Watt. What kind of names were they? It made him angry. Tattoos, and, she had a nose piercing, and, their dog chased his cat. Mr Jackson sighed. Parties sometimes, well barbeques, cars parked on his ...read more

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